"Your uncle will always be your uncle!" This line is most appropriate for Guangdong uncle Cai Yingliang, who did something that many young people dare not do at the age of 91.
Recently, the "old naughty boy" Cai Yingliang came to the Zhuzhou A paragliding base, dressed in good equipment, he was calm and self-assured, smiling happily, holding a selfie stick in his hand, running forward under the guidance of the assistant personnel, gently jumping off the ground, swimming in the valley. 91 years old, which is far beyond the base's mandatory age limit of 70 years. Before gliding, the base coach comforted "don't be afraid", and Cai Yingliang calmly replied: "Afraid of what, very excited in the air!" ”
According to the person in charge of the base, as far as he knows, Cai Yingliang is currently the oldest person in China to challenge power paragliding.
This is not the first time that Cai Yingliang has played paragliding, and in addition to paragliding, he has also challenged more exciting projects over the years: three-kilometer boardwalk, sea paddle board... As he did when he was a soldier decades ago, climbing a water tower more than twenty meters high, "They are all afraid, but I dare!" ”
Before taking off, the coach said "Don't be afraid", the old man: "Afraid of something, very excited!" ”
"I'm not afraid, I'm excited and happy in the air!"
On the 4th, Cai Yingliang had returned to his home in Lufeng City, Guangdong Province, and told the Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter about this experience on the phone, and the "post-90s" was still excited like a child.
Zhou Yicheng, the operation manager of the paragliding flight camp in Zhuzhou, introduced that according to the regulations, customers aged 5-70 can take paragliders, and the base comprehensively considers Cai Yingliang's good physical fitness, coupled with his strong will, which allows him to ride.
Cai Yingliang's daughter Cai Yunhua introduced that there is another reason why the old man chose to come here: Cai Yingliang's young son learned gliding at this base, and the family knows more about gliding and this base, and feels relieved to bring the old man here.
Considering that Cai Yingliang is over ninety years old, in order to do a good job in reception, the base has made sufficient preparations: let Cai Yingliang fill out the test form a day in advance, confirm it twice after arriving at the scene, and let him climb to the top of the mountain after repeated evaluation.
May 31 was a beautiful day to fly. The base coach informed Cai Yingliang of the precautions before taking off, comforting "don't be afraid", he calmly replied: "Afraid of something, very excited in the air!" "In order to ensure absolute safety, the base has arranged two auxiliary personnel to assist in take-off and landing.
At the top, Cai Yingliang held the selfie stick to freeze the beautiful moment, and he completed this extreme challenge.
In fact, he had successfully challenged it once as early as three years ago. Zhou Yicheng, operation manager of the base, said: "This jump of the uncle (Cai Yingliang) broke the highest age record for paragliding in the country and became the oldest paraglider. ”
For Cai Yingliang to put forward the idea of paragliding again, his family expressed great support, daughter Cai Yunhua said: "My father is so old, there are definitely risks, but the old man's body and mentality are very good, so when he has this idea, we all encourage him to support him." ”
In addition to paragliding, he has also challenged three kilometers of boardwalks and paddle boards at sea
The elderly Cai Yingliang showed a strong spirit of adventure when he was young.
In July 1951, when he saw the recruitment notice, he concealed his family's name, but his mother was reluctant to chase after him and could not stop him from joining the army.
Cai Yingliang served as a soldier for two years, and in 1953 he went to an air force unit to study and work. There, he experienced two 360-degree spin training sessions and really felt the joy of flying at high altitude.
Later, when Cai Yingliang was the station manager of the Air Force base station, he often needed to climb the water tower more than twenty meters high to check the situation, and when others were discouraged, he went straight ahead. Cai Yingliang smiled and said, "They are all afraid, but I dare!" Later, Cai Yingliang followed the troops back to Guangdong and stationed for decades.
In these years in the army, Cai Yingliang has developed a regular schedule and a good attitude, and his optimistic spirit has also deeply influenced future generations.
In the memory of his daughter Cai Yunhua, his father was an active person, often holding a bamboo pole in the yard to play pole jumping, "he has always been constantly surpassing himself, as a child hopes to meet his dream of transcendence in his lifetime." ”
Cai Yingliang has a tough body, a lively personality, and a self-disciplined life. After working hard for most of his life, he only had time to walk around at the age of retirement, so filial piety and children often took him out to "scatter the wilderness". In fact, paragliding is just one of the "thrilling games" that the old man has played, 3 years ago he experienced power paragliding for the first time in Zhuzhou, and in May this year he completed a trip to more than 3,000 meters of boardwalks, went to Chau Tsai Island to play sea paddle boarding... A photo remains in the WeChat circle of friends of her daughter Cai Yunhua, and the old father in the photo laughs.
Xiaoxiang Morning Post intern Yang Xiaokang Wang Yinqi reporter Xiang Shuai