On June 1, 1997, in the famous Hukou Waterfall of the Yellow River, in order to present a gift to the mother of the motherland, "Little Black Brother" Ke Shouliang risked his life and completed a historic leap that attracted everyone's attention.
Ke Shouliang's feat, but some netizens believe that it is in the "show" and "Bo eyeballs", the difficulty of flying over the Hukou Waterfall is not large, an ordinary racing driver can complete, that is, a foot on the throttle.
Is the truth what netizens say? In this issue, let's uncover the truth together!
The "little black brother" Ke Shouliang, who we are familiar with, is not only the "first flying man in Asia" who flew the Yellow River, but also an excellent stunt performer, and a good big brother who is charitable and charitable in life.
Ke Shouliang, who was born in Ningbo, moved to Taiwan Province with his family at the age of two, and because he often did rough work under the hot sun, his skin was tanned in his youth, so he was also known as "Little Black".
The 1970s was the golden age of the Hong Kong and Taiwan film and television industry, catching up with this good era, Ke Shouliang threw himself into the show business circle by chance, but because he had no appearance and no culture, he could only start from the Dragon and Tiger Martial Arts, and then became a stuntman.
In the 1982 Hong Kong comedy kung fu film Best Partner, there is a dangerous scene that requires a motorcycle to break out of the third floor of a commercial building.
At that time, no one was willing to take on this job that was considered "absolutely impossible", and it was Ke Shouliang who took the initiative to ask for help, and since then he has become famous in the stunt circle.
Since then, Ke Shouliang has continuously refreshed a number of records of flying car stunts, and has been named "Ke Bold" by everyone.
In 1992, Ke Shouliang drove a motorcycle and successfully flew over the "Beijing Jinshanling Beacon Tower" in the Great Wall under the attention of all, becoming the first cattle man in the world to fly over the Great Wall.
At the same time, he said that the next goal would be to fly over the mother river, the Yellow River. He said: "The Great Wall is the father, the Yellow River is the mother, I want to connect them together through my flyby, so that it makes sense." ”
In order to fulfill his promise, he has chosen a leap point along the bank of the Yellow River 5 times and visited Hukou Waterfall 4 times.
The reason for this may be that some friends think that he is mainly concerned about his own safety. In fact, it is not only that, because once the day of the leap is reached, it will receive the attention of the whole world, and it must be ensured that it is foolproof so as not to be seen as a joke by foreigners.
In addition, Ke Shouliang has also contacted the relevant departments in Shaanxi and Shanxi for many times, and has test flights in Dongguan, Xi'an and other places for 3 times.
Dongguan that simulated test flight, Ke Shouliang drove straight, which once wanted to fly to 38 meters when the car was unbalanced, suddenly came a 360 degree flip, fortunately he had excellent driving skills, only to save a life, but the 300,000-valued car was all destroyed, which made him heartbroken.
Summing up the experience of the last time, Ke Shouliang conducted a second test flight in Dongguan shortly after, and he added 200 kg of sandbags to the rear of the car to adjust the balance of the body, and finally completed it smoothly.
On the morning of May 22, 1997, Ke Shouliang made his last test flight at the Xi'an Old Airport Aviation Club, and this time, he also completed it very beautifully, but the leap distance was only 43 meters, which was 12 meters less than the Hukou Waterfall.
When asked by the media if he had the confidence to fly the Yellow River, he patted his chest and said: "Surely no problem!" ”
In the face of the media, Ke Shouliang talked and laughed, and was as strong as iron. But when I got home, I felt the most sorry for my family, especially my wife.
According to him, every time she flew a test, her wife never dared to come to the scene, because she was afraid that it would be a farewell between husband and wife.
Speaking of the difficulty of leaping, according to the measurement data, Hukou Waterfall is in the narrowest part of the Yellow River, with a total width of 55 meters and a height of more than 30 meters, plus more than 300 meters of the river channel suddenly tightened at the mouth of the kettle, the water flow surged to unimaginable, a slight misjudgment of a thousandth of a second, fell down and shattered to pieces.
Seeing this, I believe that those netizens who say that the leap is not difficult, the attitude should change.
After talking about the difficulty of the leap, let's talk about the "show".
In an interview, Ke Shuliang said: "My wife was worried about me, so much so that she had a heart attack. But in order to support me to fly over the Yellow River, she took out the savings of our family for 5 years to save money and even sold the house. The old father also took out 300,000, which was already his coffin book. ”
Ke Shouliang also said: "I flew over the Great Wall and the Yellow River to challenge myself, but I am sorry for my family. This flight is my last, and I hope to arouse the concern of Chinese people around the world for building the motherland, and do their best to serve the motherland. ”
From Ke Shouliang's words, it is not difficult to find that he is full of guilt for his family, and also reflects his confidence and determination to pay tribute to the mother of the motherland. In terms of courage, it is absolutely unmatched by all keyboard men!
At 13:19 on June 1, the Yellow River Hukou Waterfall, in the anticipated and worried eyes of more than 100,000 spectators, Ke Shouliang sat steadily in the main cab of the white Mitsubishi racing car, and what he was about to conquer was the surging Yellow River.
It is true that Ke Shouliang's stepping on the accelerator is just a foot of throttle, but this foot throttle is heavy, and surely no one can understand it! In the end, the car drew a beautiful arc in the sky, and it took only 1.58 seconds to fly over the mouth of the graben, but this short scene will forever go down in history.
When the staff pulled the "little black brother" out, facing the camera, he had tears in his eyes and said excitedly: "Thank you for the Chinese people's concern for me, thank you for your family's concern and support, thank you!" ”
What does Ke Shouliang's successful leap over the Mother River represent, and what is the real significance? Of course, I believe that every descendant of Yanhuang has an accurate answer in their hearts!