CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- On August 1, an Arora SA60L with two persons on board took off from Longxing Airport in Liangjiang New Area at 10:06 and arrived at Luodai Airport in Chengdu at 11:56 after a 1-hour and 50-minute flight. After a brief rest, the crew took off from Luodai Airport at 12:59 and arrived at Longxing Airport at 14:50.

This is the first round-trip low-altitude route between Chongqing and Chengdu, and also the first time that flight enthusiasts participate in the transfer route, further expanding the low-altitude economic application scenarios and low-altitude flight modes.

“I am a flight enthusiast. Since childhood, I has always hoped to fulfill my flying dream. This is my first time to operate an airplane to and from Chengdu. I am very excited.” Li Xudong, a flight enthusiast who participated in the flight, said that “Compared with cars, airplanes are faster. When you fly in the air, you can embrace the blue sky and the great mountains and rivers of the motherland, and then you know what flying is and what freedom is.”

It is understood that Li Xudong obtained a sports flight license at the beginning of this year, now his cumulative flight time has been nearly 100 hours, and he finished the transfer flight for more than 10 times.

Chen Yiqing, the General Manager of Chongqing Pengzhiyi General Aviation Co., Ltd. (referred to as “Pengzhiyi General Aviation”) told the reporter that that on July 26, Pengzhiyi General Aviation has successfully verified this route, and prepared for the subsequent normalization of the flight of Chongqing-Chengdu route. This flight was initiated by the flight enthusiasts, and they completed the first flight which was an active exploration of low-altitude economy.

According to the introduction, Pengzhiyi General Aviation mainly provided personal recreational flight, flight license training, popularization of aviation science and other flight services. In addition to flying to Chengdu, it can also fly Yongchuan Daan General Airport, Zigong Fengming General Airport and other routes.

Wang Huiquan, flight instructor of Pengzhiyi General Aviation, has more than thirty years of flight experience.

He said to the reporter that this flight took off from Longxing Airport, and arrived at Chengdu Luodai Airport after Hechuan, Tongnan, Anyue, Lezhi and other places, with a total flight distance of about 300km, at a flight speed of about 160km/h, a flight duration of about 1 hour and 50 minutes, and a flight true altitude of less than 300m.

During the flight, they saw the beautiful scenery of Huaying Mountain, the Jialing River, the Tuojiang River, Longquan Mountain, etc. On the way back, they also brought back specialties such as peach from Longquan Mountain. (Translated by Vichy, Fathom Language Limited)