American Celestial Master

Chapter 84, Condor

The two of them were talking like this, and the airport was in front of them.By U.S. standards, this is a third-class local airport with no flights, and only some general aviation services use this type of airport.Because of this, it is relatively easier to fly at such airports.There are no various cumbersome boarding checks or anything.The car can even drive directly to the tarmac, and then the personnel can board the plane directly after getting off.

A Gulfstream G650 is already parked here waiting.Mr. Brown drove the car to the side of the plane, stopped the car, and was about to open the door for Lin Qiusheng.However, Lin Qiusheng had already opened the car door and got out, so he quickly opened the trunk, intending to help Lin Qiusheng with his luggage.

"Thank you, Mr. Brown. But if people see that I let someone who is old enough to be my grandfather to help me carry my things, my reputation will be discredited." Lin Qiusheng said this, and he himself mentioned suitcase.

Lin Qiusheng's luggage is quite simple, except for a few clothes, a game book, and a pipe axe, there is nothing else in the box, so the weight is not heavy.

A man in his 30s who had been waiting by the side of the plane also greeted him.

"Ah, Lin, let me introduce, this is my nephew Ralph. He studied the history and culture of the Middle East at Columbia University. He can speak Arabic and Turkish. He was a secretary in the consulate in Istanbul for a while. , I have some social connections in Turkey, and I also know Patriarch Bardo. Now he is in charge of some business, but right now, no business is more important than the business we are doing."

Mr. Brown's nephew graduated from Columbia University, which is not a big deal.Rich people like Mr. Brown probably have long-standing Columbia alumni and benefactors in their families.Lin Qiusheng estimated that Mr. Brown must be qualified to write a recommendation letter for Columbia University.

However, Mr. Brown's nephew's ability to speak Arabic and Turkish really made Lin Qiusheng pay attention to him. Arabic is notoriously difficult among various languages, especially some pronunciation. It is said that some people who learn Arabic In order to be able to pronounce certain sounds accurately, he even underwent surgery on his own mouth.

But even so, after spending a lot of effort and learning standard Arabic, when you actually arrive in Arabia, you may still find that you can't understand what those Arabs are saying-because Arabic Standard Arabic has not been seriously promoted, and everyone speaks dialects.What's more, the Arabic characters they wrote, even including the local road signs, are still incomprehensible to you, and you can't look them up in the dictionary because they are spelled according to the dialect.

Therefore, Ralph's admission to Columbia University may depend on the letter of recommendation, but if he can learn Arabic, it really shows that he is not the kind of ignorant dude who is completely ignorant.In the United States, in many cases, the children of rich families do not have to work harder than those in Asian countries when they receive education.

"Hi, you can call me Ralph." Ralph held out his hand to Lin Qiusheng.

"Hello, you can call me Lin like my friend." Lin Qiusheng said.

The two said a few more words and boarded the plane together.

The plane quickly took off from the airport and turned eastward.It is more than 8000 kilometers to fly from New York to Istanbul. Although the Gulfstream G650 is a little faster than most commercial airliners, it still takes about eight hours to fly to Istanbul.During this period of time, Lin Qiusheng asked Ralph about the political and economic situation in Turkey and the things that need attention in Turkey.

It was already the morning of the next day when the plane arrived near Istanbul, and the Istanbul time was past nine o'clock the next morning.A flight attendant on the plane suddenly walked into the cabin and said to Lin Qiusheng and Ralph: "You two gentlemen, just received instructions from the ground that the airport where we are going to land is temporarily closed for some reason. We need to change An airport landing."

"What caused it, do you know?" Lin Qiusheng asked.

The flight attendant shook his head and said, "We don't know either."

"Then where are we diverting?" Ralph asked.

The flight attendant then said a place name.

"It's a little farther, but it's not far away." Ralph said, "Contact the ground and ask the person who picks up the plane to pick us up there."

"We've already connected," the flight attendant replied.

Ralph nodded in satisfaction, and was about to say something more, when Lin Qiusheng patted him on the shoulder suddenly: "What do you see over there?"

Ralph hurriedly looked out of the window, and saw two eagles flying upwards in the distance.

"What height are we now?" asked Ralph.

"About 8000 meters." The flight attendant replied.

The flight altitude of Gulfstream business jets in the cruising section is generally more than 1 meters. At this time, it is already close to the destination, so the altitude has been lowered.

"These two eagles flew so high?" Ralph was startled.

With the eagle's flying ability and the right airflow, it is not impossible to fly to this height, but it is indeed very rare to fly so high.

"Those are not ordinary eagles, they are coming towards us!" Lin Qiusheng said.

Yes, those two eagles were approaching the plane from the direction of three o'clock, the speed was abnormally fast.

At this time, the pilot may have noticed the approaching eagle, the sound of the engine became a little louder, and the plane began to turn and climb.

Ralph and Lin Qiusheng leaned together at the window and looked out. They soon discovered that there was another abnormality of the two eagles, that is, the two eagles were too big.

"Compared with this one, the monkey-eating eagle in "Black Cat Sheriff" is more than one level smaller!" Lin Qiusheng couldn't help thinking this way in his heart.

Speaking of which, the monkey-eating hawk in "Black Cat Sheriff" was a shadow of Lin Qiusheng's childhood. In the cartoon, that thing was about the size of a helicopter, but now the two big hawks flying over, although there is still a distance, But both Lin Qiusheng and Ralph could tell that this thing was much bigger than a helicopter, and even looked much bigger than the Gulfstream G650 they were riding on now.

"It's not scientific!" cried Ralph. "How could there be such a big eagle? It's not scientific!"

Lin Qiusheng looked at Ralph, and then at the big eagle outside. Obviously, Ralph did not have the power of a political commissar, so although he shouted "this is unscientific", it did not make the unscientific The eagle that flies up falls down.

But at this time, the Gulfstream G650 has increased its speed considerably, and the distance between the two big eagles and them has not been shortened any more.

"It seems to be scientific to a certain extent. After all, the eagle's aerodynamic shape, flying at such a high subsonic speed, is already a bit wrong. If it can still fly faster than the Gulfstream, then it is really..." Ralph He spoke again.

"The appearance of this thing shows that science has changed. This is not an ordinary eagle, this is a super eagle, how fast it can fly, we'd better not guess. Well, I remember the story in Sinbad There seems to be something like this."

"Yes, I remembered it when you said it," said Ralph. "In the story of Sinbad's second voyage, it was the condor! The story says that the circumference of the bird's eggs There are fifty steps, so the diameter will be sixteen steps. I think Sinbad is exaggerating a bit. These two condors should be no big. It is said that this kind of bird will catch elephants to feed their chicks .My God, this kind of thing has come out!"

"Deng Shen has come out. What's so strange about these things appearing?" Lin Qiusheng said, "Maybe they are the ones that affect our normal landing."

While talking, Lin Qiusheng took out his mobile phone and started recording.Research on this extraordinary creature also requires some similar information.

"If it was earlier, such a video would definitely be considered fake, but now..." Ralph turned his head and said to the flight attendant next to him, "Please bring my suitcase."

Ralph took out a camera from the suitcase, and kept taking pictures of the two condors through the window.

At this time, the Gulfstream G650 was already flying very fast, and it was still climbing continuously. The two condors chased for a while, then lost interest in the target that was running too fast, turned around and left.

"Now what is our altitude and speed? Also, ask the pilot, how high is his estimate of the speed of the two eagles just now?" Lin Qiusheng asked.

The flight attendant responded and went to the cockpit. After a while, he came back from there and replied: "Now we are at an altitude of 0.9 meters, and the speed is Mach 0.8. The pilot estimated that the two condors just now may have flown out of close proximity. Mach [-]."

After this episode, nothing special happened, and the plane landed at the landing airport normally.Rather, the vehicle that was supposed to come here to greet them hadn't arrived yet.

Ralph turned on his mobile phone to search for local news, and immediately said to Lin Qiusheng: "As we had guessed, those two eagles attacked the airport where we planned to land, destroyed a landing plane, and caused a lot of trouble. There were minor casualties, and it was reported that the plane belonged to the Turkish army, and some senior officers of the Turkish military were on board."

Lin Qiusheng took Ralph's cell phone and looked at it, sighing: "This is really a mess. If we flew faster and arrived half an hour earlier, I'm afraid we would be attacked too. Our plane Its top speed is faster than Condor, but its acceleration and flexibility at low speeds are definitely not comparable to it, and if it really hits it, it will be really dangerous."

"Lin, you're a superhero, can't you deal with it?" Ralph asked.

"If I have already landed, I have many ways, but in the air, I still have some ways, but I may not be able to keep the plane and you." Lin Qiusheng replied honestly.

"Next time it kills me I won't fly. I'd rather take a boat and spend over a week across the Atlantic," said Ralph.

"I think it's better to take a plane when I go back." Lin Qiusheng said, "Sinbad's story does not lack sea monsters."

(End of this chapter)