"Can you feel it? This is the sensation of thrust overcoming drag! Now, when the airspeed reaches 55 knots, gently pull back on the stick! Feel the moment when lift overcomes gravity!"
Lin Yu'an lightly rested his hand on his control stick and closed his eyes.
He could clearly feel the plane accelerating and vibrating on the bumpy snowy ground, then, with Hank's maneuver, a gentle yet powerful force lifted the entire plane upwards.
The sensation of weightlessness arrived, the bumpiness disappeared, replaced by a smooth and seamless feeling of moving freely in three-dimensional space.
The small town of Wiseman and familiar log cabins were rapidly diminishing in size. The boundless snowfields and the continuous Brooks Range unfolded before him in an unprecedentedly magnificent manner.
"Now, you try," Hank let go of the control stick in front of him and moved his feet off the rudder pedals, signaling Lin Yu'an to take over.
