Zhou Hongyi opened the "air BMW" out of the circle, and bluntly said that "I want to learn to fly with a driver's license and take fans to the sky"

China Times

2024-05-08 08:08Posted on the official account of Beijing China Times

Zhou Hongyi drove a small plane

On May 7, Zhou Hongyi, founder and chairman of 360 Group, became popular again after the live auction of Maybach. originally planned to test drive the Xiaopeng Huitian flying car live, but it turned out that he drove a small plane and was addicted, and finally succeeded in gaining fans and became interested in flying the plane.

According to an interview with a reporter from the "China Times", Zhou Hongyi's live broadcast went to the Shifosi Airport in Pinggu District, Beijing, which is operated and managed by Oriental Fashion General Aviation. The aircraft he flew was a Cirrus SR-20 aircraft.

The aircraft is known as the "BMW of the Sky", a luxury private jet, with the world's safest full-aircraft parachute system (CAPS), horizontal and vertical shock-absorbing leather tables and chairs, built-in airbags, four-point seat belts, ultra-light power-assisted sidesticks and many other world-leading designs.

Zhou Hongyi posted on Weibo: Today I experienced the charm of a low-altitude economy, this is the first time I have taken a small plane, and it has also changed my prejudice against small planes. In the future, when I have time, I want to learn a pilot's license by myself, so that I can take my fans to the sky for a spin together.

Experience flying on a flight

On May 7th, "Uncle in Red" Zhou Hongyi came to Oriental Fashion (603377. SH) operated by Beijing Pinggu Shifosi Airport, launched a three-hour live broadcast to refuel and power up domestic new energy and low-altitude economy, attracting the attention of more than 10 million netizens and fans.

According to some news, Zhou Hongyi was originally scheduled to test drive the Xiaopeng Huitian flying car with Zhao Deli, the founder and president of Xiaopeng Huitian, but because the test flight procedures of Xiaopeng Huitian could not be completed, the flying car that Zhou Hongyi will test drive could not take off. In this regard, Zhou Hongyi said: "I want to try, but I am a little worried. ”

As the live broadcast progressed, Zhou Hongyi, who had never taken a general aviation aircraft, made up his mind to experience flying in person through the patient explanation of the flight instructor. The plane he flew on was a Cirrus SR-20 aircraft, known as the "BMW of the sky".

After getting on the plane, Zhou Hongyi was calm and calm, and turned on the selfie mode on the plane, accompanied by the roar of the plane, Zhou Hongyi successfully completed the five-sided flight experience.

Zhou Hongyi, who experienced the flight, said excitedly: "The biggest feeling I have when I came here today is that I have changed my prejudice against small planes, it is very stable, very safe, and I feel great." Don't judge new things by experience, or judge them after experiencing them yourself, I decided to come to you to learn a license. ”

The low-altitude economic sector detonated A-shares

In the A-share market on May 7, the stock price of 360 in early trading was once up and down, and the low-altitude economic concept sector led the stock market. SH), Lihang Technology (30106. SZ) closed the price limit shortly after the opening. Zongshen Power(001696. SZ) followed by the impact of the daily limit, and the entire sector showed an obvious collective upward trend. At the close, the general aviation sector rose 2.58%.

It can be seen that with the low-altitude economy being written into the 2024 "Government Work Report", a series of measures to actively deploy the low-altitude economy are in full swing. 2024 is known as the "first year of the low-altitude economy", and it is expected that by 2026, the scale of the mainland's low-altitude economy is expected to exceed one trillion yuan.

In the eyes of professionals, with the low-altitude economy officially ushering in the same frequency resonance of the industrial end and the policy side, many places across the country have taken active actions to lay out the low-altitude economic industrial chain. In the medium and long term, benefiting from the development of low-altitude economy, regional industries will usher in a "window" for upgrading, transforming from the traditional "plane" model to the "three-dimensional" model, and helping to form a new growth point of the regional economy.

According to data released by the Civil Aviation Administration of China, the market size of China's low-altitude economy is expected to reach 1.5 trillion yuan by 2025 and 3.5 trillion yuan by 2035. According to the white paper on low-altitude economy of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Digital Economy Research Institute, by 2025, the comprehensive contribution of low-altitude economy to China's national economy will reach 3 trillion yuan to 5 trillion yuan.

After experiencing the flight, Zhou Hongyi said frankly on Weibo: We have two ways to measure youth, the first is physiological, the second is psychological, young people are interested in everything. Today, I am looking at it with curiosity, making a propaganda for the low-altitude economy, and applauding.

"Some people say that I don't change the car, I change the plane, this is nonsense, I give priority to changing the car. I think that in the new energy intelligent networked vehicles, China is just around the corner. Zhou Hongyi said that the next step is a low-altitude and economical aircraft. By the way, I'm not really a top performer in the car circle, and I don't know how to be a car critic. I just want to choose a few new energy vehicles for myself, and also drive more entrepreneurs to refuel and power domestic new energy vehicles. ”

In an interview with a reporter from China Times, the relevant person in charge of Oriental Fashion said that in 2023, Oriental Fashion will aim at the UAV control training market, seize new opportunities, lead the new track of "flying", combine the advantages of flight pilot training, and join hands with China AOPA to build a UAV training and flight base, aiming to allow flight enthusiasts to become qualified UAV operators and outstanding talents through systematic professional training, and further change the phenomenon of small scale and few professional institutions in the mainland UAV training industry. In the next step, the two sides will carry out multi-party cooperation in the popularization of aviation culture, general aviation training, and UAV training.

"Private flight" goes to the public

In recent years, with the gradual opening of low-altitude airspace, a series of favorable policies for general aviation have been introduced, the development momentum of the general aviation industry is good, and "private flight" has gradually entered the public eye, and more and more ordinary people can easily obtain a pilot license after a period of study.

It is reported that in 2018, Oriental Fashion cross-border layout of the general aviation sector, the accumulated more than 20 years of experience in motor vehicle driver training to pilot training, to provide domestic mainstream airlines with modern, standardized and standardized high-quality route transport driver flight training services, into the general aviation industry in the past five years, Oriental Fashion General Aviation has gradually completed the dumbbell type, comprehensive training route layout.

At present, Oriental Fashion has operated five general aviation airports and two flight academies, including Dezhou Plain Airport, Zhoukou Xihua Airport, Shangqiu Minquan Airport, Beijing Shifosi Airport and Hebei Xiong'an Airport, and its main business scope covers flight training, aircraft sales, aircraft maintenance, air tours, airport operations, etc.

The relevant person in charge of Oriental Fashion told the "China Times" reporter that in the future, the company will continue to firmly adhere to the operational goal of "building the most standardized aviation school and building the highest level of security airport", constantly improve, improve and strengthen the standard and service quality, and at the same time focus on the development needs of the national civil aviation industry, cultivate more qualified professional talents for the continental aviation industry, and build more modern aviation facilities complex.

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