The 85-year-old Wang Deshun is a pantomime performance artist, he became a drama actor at the age of 24, studied pantomime at the age of 49, began to drift north at the age of 50, and created the art of "living sculpture" at the age of 57... At the age of 79, he became popular overnight for a bare-chested catwalk and was called "China's coolest grandfather". Recently, the elderly Wang Deshun flew a light plane into the blue sky at an airport in Beijing, completed a flight of up to 40 minutes, and independently completed the operation of turning and climbing high, refreshing the record for the oldest age of flight cadets in China.
On August 24, in an interview with the Yangtze Evening News Purple Cow News, the elderly Wang Deshun told reporters: "I enrolled in school on June 1, because this day is Children's Day, and I took a child's heart to realize my childhood dream of flying. Are you going to ask me hard? Of course it's difficult, every step is a new beginning, even every theory, I have to re-learn, but I can't do it because it's difficult, this is what I want to do, I have to work hard to complete. ”
An 85-year-old man who soared into the sky
Set a new record for the oldest age of flight cadets in China
What would you look like if you were old? How will you choose to live?
The elderly Wang Deshun in Beijing faced this question and gave an amazing answer. Recently, he passed all subject exams at Beijing Miyun Mujiayu Airport and flew the SW100 light aircraft produced by the Slovenian Bat Aircraft Manufacturing Company, completing a 40-minute flight.
The elderly Wang Deshun is flying a plane
In the public picture, the white-haired and white-bearded old man Wang Deshun successfully landed and walked out of the cabin, the powerful pace coupled with the upright posture, and his age formed a clear contrast, only to listen to the voice did not feel that this is an eighty-year-old man, "The learning process is very tense, learning to this point today, I have a sense of enjoyment of flying." He said happily.
Elder Wang Deshun (right)
According to CCTV News, the total number of valid pilot licenses in China is more than 73,000, and the 85-year-old Wang Deshun is one of them, who successfully obtained his flight license in August this year and became the oldest flight cadet in China. After the flight, he shared the news on his social platform, and soon young fans commented: "Too strong, Grandpa, live very dashingly!" ”
Recently, the Yangtze Evening News Purple Cow News reporter contacted the elderly Wang Deshun, who told reporters that the pilot exam was initiated by him on his own initiative, in order to realize his dream of flying from childhood, "The whole flight training is from June 1 to August 20, a total of 80 days, I spent 30 days to learn flight theory, and spent 50 days to practice." "Every step is not easy for him.
The old man Wang Deshun and the plane he flew
The physical examination faces layers of assessment
In the end, every item was qualified
What Wang Deshun wants to obtain is a private pilot's license, which includes 40 hours of aviation theory training and 40 hours of flight training. Citizens over the age of 17 can apply for the exam, but there are very strict requirements for the physical fitness of the trainees. Wang Deshun needs to have a formal physical examination certificate to study, and it took him a lot of effort in this step.
"I went to the flight personnel medical examination and identification center to do a physical examination, and they did it for me according to the physical standards of the pilot." He said that there is a test to tie the body to the turntable, how many turns on the left side, how many turns on the right side, after stopping, you need to immediately distinguish between east and west, north and south, if you turn dizzy, it is unqualified. He passed the test relatively smoothly, but at the chief physician's signature, he encountered the first problem.
"He looked at me and didn't sign it." Elder Wang still remembers the scene at that time, the doctor asked him how old he was, and he honestly replied: "85 years old." The doctor was concerned about his physical health and asked incomprehensibly: "85 years old, what are you doing flying the plane for?" He immediately replied, "I want to fly a plane, so I'll study." ”
The old man Wang Deshun longed to fly freely like a seagull
He asked my family if they knew? Do the children agree? I said yes, and I passed all the indicators. Finally, the doctor asked him to do a tablet test, saying that after passing, he could get a signature. For this tablet test, after returning from the physical examination center, the elderly Wang Deshun stayed in the gym every day to train, and finally successfully got the doctor's signature.
Next, Wang Lao's medical examination report was sent to the Civil Aviation Administration, and the staff of the Civil Aviation Administration also asked the same question: "Why should the 85-year-old fly an airplane?" After Wang Deshun answered, the Civil Aviation Administration asked him to go for a urine test.
"There are 25 criteria for urine testing, and if one is not qualified, it cannot be signed." A few days after the result, Wang Lao received a text message from the Civil Aviation Administration, "All 25 criteria are qualified, and they say that my application is eligible." ”
At the same time, for safety reasons, Wang Lao needs to do more than other personnel to do an echocardiogram, after coming to the hospital, he heard that he wanted to take a driver's license, the doctor asked him: "So old, what car do you want to drive?" How blessed it is to enjoy the blessings. ”
"I said no, I don't want to drive a car, I want to drive a plane, this is the test that the Civil Aviation Authority asked me to do." The doctor was surprised and said: "Really fake, then you can choke, can't pass, 85-year-old people do this test, basically will find out the problem." ”
However, a few days later, Wang Deshun's heart test report came out, the test results were written on it without any abnormality, he handed this test report to the Civil Aviation Administration, and finally obtained the physical examination certificate issued to him by the Civil Aviation Administration.
"With this medical examination certificate, I am qualified to learn to fly, although after many twists and turns, but every test standard is qualified, they have no reason to refuse." Wang Deshun said that after passing the physical examination, the first thing he faced was the theoretical examination, and the passing score was 60 points, and he scored 82 points.
The wonderful life of the "slash old man"
At the age of 50, he began to live a "North Drift" life
"The first time I flew over Beijing, I felt scrambled and overwhelmed, I didn't know which button to press, I didn't know where to fly, I didn't know how to control the plane." Thinking back on the experience of the first day of practical flight, Elder Wang said that his brain was blank, the theories learned in the book were clearly remembered, but they would not be used, and there was no extra time to look at the outside scenery, to summarize the problems pointed out by the coach at all times, to reflect after going back, and try to correct them the next day.
After flying for about a dozen hours, under the guidance of the accompanying instructor, he gradually mastered the method of controlling the aircraft, "I let it fly wherever it goes, it will fly wherever it goes, I let it fly as high as it can fly, I let it fly as fast as it wants." The old man Wang Deshun told reporters triumphantly like a child. In this way, he became the pilot of this SW100 light aircraft, and in this challenge to "age", he once again reached the end of victory as before.
This flight is not the first time that the elderly Wang Deshun has opened a new attempt. He is a pantomime performance artist, and his representative works of mime are included in the drama volume of the Encyclopedia of China. In addition to his work, he is an uncompromising "slash old man": a drama actor at the age of 24, a pantomime study at the age of 49, a north drift at the age of 50, a "living sculpture" art at the age of 57, a horseback riding at the age of 65, a motorcycle ride at the age of 78, a catwalk at the age of 79, a DJING at the age of 80, a dream of Flying Blue at the age of 85...
The elderly Wang Deshun was once a drama actor
Speaking of the experience of the past few decades, Wang Lao said that every paragraph was impressive, because it was his real life, and he remembered the year when he left Shenyang with his wife to become a "North Drift" when he was 50 years old, there was no house and no car, everything started from scratch, "I want to do mime performance, she wholeheartedly supported me." As a result, after several performances, let alone making money, even the salaries of the staff could not be paid. ”
Known as "China's Coolest Grandpa"
"One night, when we were walking down the street, we saw an entertainer, and my wife rummaged through her pocket for half a day, pulled out a little money, put it in the bowl in front of him, and she told me that we are in a similar situation to him now, and we can understand each other." 」 Since then, these words have been imprinted in his heart and urged him to work hard.
"People often ask me why I can do it, and the answer I can think of is character, nature is like this, I want to do things, as long as it is reasonable, I will try to do it, no matter how difficult it is." 」 Wang Deshun said that there are often media members who ask him to give advice to young people, "I said that I don't need to say it, life will teach them how to live." ”
"It's never too late to start what you want to do"
Wang Deshun in life is still a fitness expert, punching the gym 7 times a week, which is his habit of not moving, has insisted on many years, "everything wants to try, what new equipment is in the gym, I will try to practice." ”
Going to the gym to punch in has become the habit of the elderly Wang Deshun
It is also this habit that allows him to practice a good figure that others envy. In March 2015, the 79-year-old Wang Deshun went viral with a catwalk: a bare-chested old man with white hair and white beard but a strong figure. On the stage of the International Fashion Week where handsome men and beautiful women gathered, his spirited appearance made people shine, and he was called "China's coolest grandfather" by netizens.
The 79-year-old Wang Deshun ran the catwalk
Wang Deshun called himself "Wang Deshun Old Man" on Weibo, here is the platform for him to communicate with young netizens, he often writes the state of his work and life into a short text, with photos to share, like other old people, chat about the latest developments, Xiu Xiu his granddaughter, "Today is March 19, 2021, I came to Hengdian to shoot a play, more than a year has not come to Hengdian, now it seems that the crew is more and more, feel about to return to normal, very happy!" "I bought my granddaughter's summer vacation, and my granddaughter Xiaoyu helped me nail nails, and it seems that Xiaoyu inherited the gene that I can work." ......
Weibo dynamic update is not very diligent, but it is 85 years old he completed independently, in the comment area can often see Wang Deshun reply to netizens' dialogue. For him born in the 1930s, the operation of the smart phone is also difficult, but he can also play with the mobile phone very slippery.
He said that there are still many pursuits in the future, and there are many options in his eighties, as he once said in a speech, which is enshrined by many people as a motto: "Believe me, human potential can be tapped, when you say it is too late, you must be cautious, it may be an excuse for you to retreat, no one can stop you from succeeding, except yourself." 」 ”
Source: Yangtze Evening News