Tribute to the father of Chinese aviation: Feng Ru

The Chinese nation has always been a romantic nation, and from the moment the ancestors looked up at the star dome around the fire, they planted the indiscriminate pursuit of flying in the sky.

The strange light in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", the dapeng in Zhuangzi's pen, and the beautiful flying sky on the Dunhuang wall. Then to the paper kites in the hands of children, the rising Kong Ming lanterns, and the soaring of thousands of households. In the process of pursuing its dreams towards the blue sky, the Chinese nation has blurred the boundary between myth and reality.

The hand of time is plucked to September 21, 1909, in Oakland, California, USA. With the sound of the roaring motor, the iron bird took off, and Chinese flew 2640 feet with the help of a flying machine for the first time, 1788 feet farther than the Wright brothers.

San Francisco newspaper exclaimed: Chinese aviation technology surpasses that of the West! Feng Ru, becoming the first person to fly in China, is recorded in history.

921 has become the starting point of modern Chinese to ask the sky and pursue dreams.

Feng Ru's feats deeply affected Dr. Sun Yat-sen, who was living in exile. In 1914, Sun Yat-sen put forward the advanced national defense idea that "aircraft will be the weapon for decisive victory in future wars" and wrote "aviation to save the country" to inspire the people.

October 15, 1945, Yan'an.

"You are the eagles that are released"

Zhou Enlai said this when sending off Chang Qiankun, You Jiang, and Liu Yudi, who had gone to the northeast to set up an aviation school.

Chase the snow ruts for airplane tires.

Without jet fuel, alcohol is used instead.

Heaven did not have a watch to put the alarm clock on the leggings.

Horse-drawn aircraft, several migrations, north to south return, Yuru Yucheng, northeast old aviation school has become the cradle of the people's air force.

In 1950, the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, New China's air power was stretched thin.

On April 17, 1951, the aviation industry was born in the smoke, and aviation became the red gene planted by the aviation industry from the day of its birth.

On October 20, 2018, the AG600 made its first successful water flight. Continuing to carry forward the spirit of serving the country through aviation and striving to achieve the goal of building an aviation power has become a new mission in the new era.

In 2021, on the occasion of the centenary of the founding of the Party, the aviation industry will usher in its 70th anniversary.

Looking back at 921 112 years ago, from aviation to save the country, to aviation to serve the country, and then to an aviation power, the aviation industry is seven ranks and one fanghua.