Chapter 41 Flight Planning (Recommended, Favorites)

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  "Haha, dear Sun, you must keep your word. I've already prepared the plane, and as soon as the logistics personnel arrive, we can start this epoch-making flight. Just thinking about it makes me so excited that I couldn't sleep." He even pointed to his dark eye circles for Sun Xiang to see.

  "Alright Hughes, that dark circle under your eyes is probably because of the beautiful Miss Hepburn, right?" Sun Xiang teased, poking Hughes' belly.

  Although he had a thick skin honed from many years of doing business, Hughes couldn't help but blush: "Let's talk about the real issue, let's talk about the real issue."

  "Have you set the time?" Sun Xiang asked.

  "Hughes, with a straight face: 'Of course, after my meticulous planning, we will take off from Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York, cross the North Atlantic via Newfoundland, and our first stop will be Paris, France. Heh heh, I reckon the French beauties there will give a warm welcome to our aerial heroes. Next stop is Moscow, where we'll make a brief stay before flying directly to Omsk, then Yakutsk, Fairbanks, Alaska, and Minneapolis. The departure date is tentatively set for May 25th.'"

  Xun Xiang nodded: "Okay, today is the 14th, we must arrange a professional team to be responsible for checking and maintaining each station. We need to prepare convenient food to eat in the sky, what kind of plane are we using? Is it an Ilyushin Il-14?"

  Huse's face lit up with excitement: "Indeed, my partner, the plane is an Ilyushin Il-14, but the engine has been modified based on your two drawings. The payload capacity is greater and the flight speed is faster."

  Sun Xiang muttered to himself in his heart, this was originally the most suitable plane for long-distance travel in this era. In history, you also used this one. Some things will indeed follow the course of history.

  "Hughes continued, 'Don't worry about the professional team, I've already sent out all of H.S. company's maintenance personnel and also recruited a batch of top-notch personnel from Lockheed.'"

  "What about H·S Company's operations? What about those flights?"

  "Of course we're grounding them," Hughes said matter-of-factly. "I'm not going to gamble with the lives of our passengers."

  "You're really impressive, I admire you. The largest flight operator in the US stopped due to the boss's reason, but your business is doing great." Sun Xiang whispered.

  "Hey, Sun, don't worry, I've already released the news on all major newspapers and radio stations. Everyone is cheering for my decision, haha! This is also a great advertisement for our airline company. Think about it, when we successfully complete our around-the-world flight, people will definitely have more confidence in our planes. The effect will be tremendous!" Hughes said with a smug face, winking at Sun Xiang.

  "Alright, since you've already made arrangements, I have nothing to say. How are we going to spend the next ten or so days? Do you have any plans?"

  "Hugh retorted: 'You're hanging out with two pretty girls and you want me to arrange your schedule?'"

  Sun Xiang: "......"

  "Hughes said: "Okay, okay, no kidding, there's a national attention boxing match in three days, do you want to come and take a look?"

  Xun Xiang suddenly became interested: "Oh? Boxing match? Who's fighting who?"

  "Hughes chuckled and said, 'I knew you'd be interested. I've got us seats in the front row for the big bout between our people's champion from New Jersey, James J. Braddock, and last year's top boxer, Joe Louis. Oh boy, just thinking about it gets my blood boiling.'"

  Sun Xiang suddenly became excited, in 2005 a Hollywood blockbuster was released, the movie told the story of James J. Braddock's boxing career, Russell Crowe's performance is still vividly remembered to this day, a man who wholeheartedly takes care of his family is indeed worthy of people's respect.

  Bradock gave up his boxing career in the early 1930s, but unfortunately, America was hit by an economic crisis from 1929 to 1933. James' family had already fallen into poverty, just like most Americans at that time. The harsh reality and frequent misfortunes made James almost desperate.

  He was unable to pay the bills, and his whole family had to rely on social relief funds to make a living. Nevertheless, in his heart, the only thing that held him back was this family, and his wife Mei still gave him great encouragement and confidence as always.

  Out of love for his family and to maintain his own dignity, James made up his mind to take up boxing again, relying on prizefighting to support the whole family.

  After turning into a heavyweight boxer, he defeated Kogurefu, which made his fate change fundamentally. In front of the 1-to-10 odds, he finally defeated Bell and rose to become the new boxing champion.

  His opponent in the showdown was also a legend! He was the "Brown Bomber" Joe Louis, who remained undefeated for twelve years and became the second black heavyweight champion of this century after defeating Braddock.

  He retained this title for the next 12 years, during which he successfully defended it 25 times. Until March 1949, when he retired from boxing, he still wore this crown. The length of time and the extent of influence are beyond anyone's reach, and no one has broken it to this day.

  How could such a legendary showdown be missed? Sun Xiang was also secretly looking forward to this boxing match.

  In the afternoon, a group of people returned to Washington, marking the end of their trip in Boston. After sending Rita back to her residence, Sun Xiang took Sherry back to her home.

  Xue Li stood at her own door with a timid look, making Sun Xiang burst out laughing: "Why are you only getting scared now?"

  Sherry's face turned pale: "I don't know what I was thinking at the time, I just left a letter and walked away, I really didn't know how angry Dad would be."

  "Alright, my sweetheart, things aren't that serious."

  Smiling and ringing the doorbell, it was Sherry's mother Rose who opened the door. Seeing Sun Xiang and Sherry standing at the door, her eyes suddenly turned red. As soon as Sherry saw her mother in front of her, she burst into tears, and the two of them hugged each other and cried bitterly.

  Sun Xiang looked at the scene with a mix of emotions, thinking that his father, who was a military officer, was still strong enough, but he didn't know how his mother would cry when she heard the news of his disappearance. He sighed inwardly and decided not to think about it anymore.

  Hearing the noise at the door, Duncan's father also came out and saw his daughter's mouth twitching slightly, but he quickly controlled himself.

  It was already late when they arrived home, and Little George had gone to bed early. Upon learning that the two hadn't eaten dinner yet, Mrs. Losberne quickly prepared some smoked meat, bread, and oatmeal for them.

  After dinner, Deng Ken gave Sherry a serious ideological education. After learning that Sherry had realized her mistake, he stopped and specifically asked about the situation of Bai Qiu'en and the medical conditions in Spain.

  "What is the current situation with healthcare in Spain?"

  Sherry replied: "There are still enough people, but if we keep fighting like this, the medicine will definitely become more and more difficult to obtain."

  Duncan said: "Well, I'll go talk to the hospital and see if we can donate some medicine."

  Sherry's eyes sparkled with little stars as she looked at Duncan.

  Luos didn't mention Spain at all, and just kept urging the two of them to eat more.

  Listening to her mother's words, Sherry couldn't help but burst into tears again. Tears streamed down her smooth cheeks and dripped onto the plate. In the end, Sherry couldn't eat anymore. The two hugged each other tightly, with Sherry repeatedly apologizing.

  Sun Xiang didn't dare to mention going to China at this time, the family had just met, how could he tell them that he was going to take away their daughter and go to a distant East? This was not something he could do.

  Everyone at home has calmed down, and then Xun Xiang began to apologize to the two elders. The mistake was his fault, Sherry is a very good girl, I will definitely cherish her, and promise the two elders that she will not be harmed.

  Looking at Sun Xiang's serious expression, Sherry squirmed in her mother's arms, and the storm of Sherry running away came to a perfect end.