In the flight preparation room of the Blue Sky Aviation Base, Luo Yong lay on the flight doctor's seat and kept urging the flight doctor on duty: "Did you say hello?"
The flight doctor on duty had sweat all over his forehead: "I just called to ask, and the Civil Aviation General Hospital said that the email will be sent soon."
"How long is soon? Everyone is waiting now." Luo Yong slapped the table, looking extremely anxious. If there were no other people around, he would have started to curse long ago because he needed to pay attention to his image.
Taking a deep breath and trying to calm himself down, Luo Yong stopped urging the flight doctor. He leaned on the flight doctor's seat and beckoned his assistant not far away. When the assistant came over, he asked, "Have you contacted Instructor Mo?"
"We've contacted them, and they're on their way here." The assistant said, "However, the dispatcher said that if we let Instructor Mo fly, the class won't be able to fly for the next two days, and it seems that it's not easy to find someone."
Luo Yong waved his hand and said: "If we can find someone, we will find someone to take over. If we can't find someone, we will change the model. If that doesn't work, we will cancel it."
After Luo Yong finished speaking, he glanced around the flight preparation room and asked, "Where are Chief Engineer Di and Xu Cang?"
"I saw them go out just now, and I don't know where they are now." The assistant asked, "Do you want me to go find them?"
"No, no, just let them go." Luo Yong pointed at the flight doctor's seat and said, "Just stay here now. When the Civil Aviation General Hospital sends Xu Cang's special permission to go back to flight, notify me immediately. I'm going to take a rest."
In fact, since the 9811 incident, Luo Yong has been so busy that he has hardly had a good rest. After the Yulong earthquake, he didn't get any sleep at all and was almost exhausted.
The assistant nodded. Just as Luo Yong was about to sit down on the sofa, the assistant caught up with him and handed him a document: "Mr. Luo, this is a new document issued by the Civil Aviation Administration. It asks you to cooperate with the marketing department to write an assessment and submit it."
"What the hell?" Luo Yong was already very annoyed, and thinking about being urged by his superiors to do official business, he was even more angry. He took it patiently and took a look.
The document was very short, only two pages, and it took me less than two minutes to read it.
"What is this? It means that the discount restrictions on air ticket prices have been lifted, right?" Luo Yong asked.
The assistant nodded. "Yes, but it is only for routes involving tourist cities. It should be a trial run and will probably be rolled out later. The above is to ask whether the deregulation of air ticket prices will affect our pricing and sales philosophy?"
"What can it affect? ​​We are an airplane, not a bus. We are a high-end transportation industry. If we lower the price, wouldn't that be lowering our status? How can we call it high-end? I don't understand what's worth evaluating about this thing." Luo Yong threw the document back to his assistant: "Just discuss it with the secretary of Mr. Chen from the marketing department and fool the people above. I guess Mr. Chen doesn't have the energy to think about these things. And lowering the price? Whoever lowers the price is destroying his own brand. The bureau is really stupid. It just adds to our workload by issuing such a boring thing. You just keep an eye on the aviation medical department. I'll sit over there."
After saying this, Luo Yong really didn't want to waste any more time on this meaningless document. He waved his hand and ran to the sofa in the corner to close his eyes and rest.
At this moment, in the small smoking room next to the flight preparation room, Xu Cang had already changed into his flight uniform and was looking at the drizzle outside the window with a worried look on his face.
That's right, he finally agreed to Di Qingquan.
Di Qingquan was right about one thing. Only those who have a sense of justice will be swayed by it. Selfish people don't care at all. Even if a great justice is pressing down on them, it will have no effect on them.
At this moment, Xu Cang's mind was filled with the words from a later movie - Do good people have to be pointed at with guns?
With a sigh, Xu Cang returned to his chair helplessly, glanced at Di Qingquan beside him, and said lightly: "Chief Architect, this is the first time, and it will be the last time. Even if the sky is pierced in the future, don't ask me to fix it."
"I know you're a good kid, so even though you were reluctant, you still came with me." Di Qingquan was obviously a little embarrassed: "As long as you complete the mission this time, you will become the youngest meritorious pilot in our country. There has never been such a person before, and I'm afraid there will never be one in the future."
Xu Cang casually drank a sip of mineral water, looking uninterested: "I don't care about this kind of thing. Instead of giving me this kind of honor, it's better to give me something substantial."
Originally Xu Cang just said it casually, a bit like complaining. But it was different when Di Qingquan heard it. He quickly said: "You are sacrificing yourself for others this time, and our General Administration cannot let you down. What do you want? Financial compensation, or a future career guarantee?"
Monetary rewards are understandable, but if the authority can provide escort for a pilot, then it will basically be a smooth journey, which is also quite tempting.
"Then can the bureau give me a spot?" Xu Cang said with a smile.
Di Qingquan was startled: "What quota?"
Xu Cang licked his lips: "It's... a quota to set up an airline company."
Di Qingquan was really shocked, and it took him a long time to recover: "What do you want to do? What do you want to do with the airline quota? "
Xu Cang looked at the time on his watch: "What else could it be?"
"To form an airline?" Di Qingquan asked, "Why?"
It's not about whether you can, but why. This is a big difference.
Xu Cang held his forehead, he felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach, he didn't know if it was because of nervousness. In response to Di Qingquan's question, he just said casually: "The current civil aviation is terrible, so I want to build one myself."
Di Qingquan was speechless for a moment: "When you say rotten, do you mean the airline, or... the bureau?"
Xu Cang smiled and didn't continue the conversation.
However, this silence was tantamount to a disguised admission, which made Di Qingquan feel a little embarrassed.
"I am the chief engineer of the General Administration after all. You are really not shy about it." Di Qingquan pondered for a moment: "Material rewards are relatively easy to handle, but it is not easy to get a quota. The review of that thing is very strict. I can only say that I will do my best."
Xu Cang had always listened to the words "do your best" casually. However, he did not dwell on this issue any more, as the things he was going to fly soon really made him feel stressed.
Xu Cang is also a human being, so of course he gets nervous. I remember when he was a kid, he would get nervous when it came to exams, and when he got nervous, he would want to go to the bathroom. After so many years, his old habit has not changed.
Suddenly, his ears moved slightly, as if he heard the sound of the flight box being pulled.
"Coming?" Xu Cang stood up suddenly and walked outside. As soon as he reached the corridor, he saw Instructor Mo Shangyun enter the flight preparation room.
He shouted into the smoking room: "Someone's coming, I'm coming over!"
After saying that, Xu Cang ran directly to the flight preparation room.
In the preparation room, teacher Mo Shangyun was taking off his coat. The drizzle outside was particularly disturbing, and coupled with a bit of late spring cold, it seemed to have returned to the cold winter overnight.
After hanging his coat on the rod of the flight suitcase to dry, Mo Shangyun quickly noticed Luo Yong who was walking over.
Luo Yong, who had just rested for a short while, hurried over and said apologetically, "Teacher, I'm sorry, this is an emergency, so I have to trouble you."
However, Mo Shangyun just replied coldly: "Where is Xu Cang?"
"Teacher!" Xu Cang came closer: "Teacher, I'm here!"
Mo Shangyun suddenly felt a little dazed, this sentence was so familiar. Before this, Xu Cang walked on the wild road in the rain all night and walked all the way to Lushui County.
That morning, when Xu Cang found him, his first words were also "Teacher, I'm here!"
"Good boy!" Mo Shangyun patted Xu Cang's shoulder: "I heard that your eyes and ears were injured during 9811. Are you okay now?"
Xu Cang still showed considerable respect for this mature and steady teacher, and nodded heavily: "My ears are almost healed, but my eyes are still a little blurry."
At this time, Di Qingquan had also caught up. When he saw Mo Shangyun, he was stunned for a moment and blurted out: "Old Mo, are you leading the team?"
Di Qingquan and Mo Shangyun had known each other before when they were in the aviation school, but Mo Shangyun preferred front-line work and refused the bureau's call-up many times, and became an ordinary instructor at Blue Sky Airlines.
"Don't! I can't lead the team." Mo Shangyun shook his head: "Boss Luo has told me everything. To be honest, from my perspective, I can't think of anything else to do. Lu Jinghua's plan is the best solution in my opinion. If it still can't be implemented, then it really can't be implemented. Xu Cang, what are you going to do?"
In fact, Mo Shangyun was being conservative. Because the Blue Sky 9000 in front blocked the intersection of the exit and main taxiways, the distance available for braking was reduced. This meant that the problem they were facing now was more difficult to solve than when Lu Jinghua was there.
Lu Jinghua has done a good job, but still failed. Mo Shangyun is extremely pessimistic about finding a better solution.
"The key problem this time is that there is not enough resistance..." Xu Cang's eyes flashed with brilliance: "Then we can artificially create more resistance, such as pulling the speed brake down!"
"No!" Di Qingquan shook his head: "The speed during the approach phase is already relatively low, and the speed brake is not very effective."
Just like reverse thrust, the deceleration effect is very good at high speeds, but as the speed decreases, the effect is greatly reduced. The same is true for flight speed brakes.
As expected of the chief engineer of the General Administration, he grasped the key point right away. However, Xu Cang never placed all his hopes on the flight speed brake. He pursed his lips and said, "In addition, you can also artificially create side slip..."
Mo Shangyun raised his eyebrows: "You mean left rudder and right turn? But isn't this something that only smaller planes can do? Can a large plane like the 737 do this? Can the fuselage structure support it?"
"In theory, it's possible." Xu Cang said, "We can give it a try!"
"Logic..." Luo Yong didn't believe in theoretical things at the moment. He just wanted a definite result, so he interrupted, "Is there no safe way?"
Xu Cang was already annoyed, and Luo Yong's stupid words made him even more speechless. He could only say with a hint of sarcasm: "If there really is some safe way, we wouldn't have to be so gloomy."
Luo Yong immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing. He silently shrank back under Di Qingquan's murderous gaze, trying to hide himself in the corner of the crowd.
Di Qingquan pondered for a moment and said, "I remember someone overseas used this method. Although it landed safely in the end, the fuselage was found to have a lot of distortion after inspection. It seems that even if the 737 can withstand it, it can only last for a short time."
"So, I plan to do it after we are below 1,000 feet. Instructor Mo and I will keep an eye on the plane, and we will stop immediately if there is any sign of trouble."
Di Qingquan nodded: "Well, this method is feasible."
If it is done below one thousand feet, it will not exceed one minute at most, which is not a long time and the danger is still relatively low, which is within an acceptable range.
At this moment, Mo Shangyun suddenly added: "Xu Cang, what if this method still doesn't work?"
Xu Cang lowered his head and did not answer.
Seeing this, Di Qingquan coughed twice lightly. He knew that even Xu Cang was unwilling to face that result.
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Blue Sky 9200, this is the second special flight number that Blue Sky Airlines has used to dispatch a plane to Yulong. Previously, due to the emergency landing at Tianshan, Blue Sky Airlines had already sent one of its planes for overhaul. Then, not long ago, another plane broke down at Yulong Airport. If there is another problem this time, the loss of capacity alone will be enough to make Blue Sky Airlines miserable.
In the cockpit, Xu Cang was slowly preparing the cockpit. Actually, there was nothing to prepare. This time, the Civil Aviation Administration of China specially ordered the Jianchuan Air Traffic Control Bureau to open a temporary route for Blue Sky 9200. After taking off, it can fly directly to Yulong without taking the company route.
Another thing that made Xu Cang feel fortunate was that this transportation mission only involved machinery and equipment, and no living people, which made Xu Cang have fewer worries.
Otherwise, if you really encounter any special situation, you will be constrained by the people behind you who are worried about what to do.
After refueling and loading the goods, they can apply for pushing out. When they first contacted the clearance control, they said they should report ready at any time and could push out at any time, and the priority was very high.
At the same time, in order to reduce the approach speed as much as possible, Xu Cang requested that no extra items be loaded except the necessary fuel and cargo. If time was not too tight, Xu Cang would even request that all the seats in the cabin be removed.
The approach speed of the aircraft is directly proportional to the total weight of the aircraft. If the aircraft is lighter, the speed can be reduced a little bit. Landing Yulong this time is a matter of life and death, so it is necessary to reduce the trouble as much as possible.
Xu Cang was typing into the CDU with his head down, and suddenly said, "Instructor, you will be the one to fly before we reach 1,000 feet."
Mo Shangyun had been in a daze just now, but when he heard Xu Cang say this, he suddenly laughed: "What's wrong?"
"I'm a little nervous!" Xu Cang said with a smile, "Excuse me for troubling you, teacher?"
Mo Shangyun waved his hand: "That's fine. The key point is below a thousand feet. It's my duty to help you finish some unimportant things ahead."
"Hmm!" Xu Cang responded softly, and then stopped talking and continued to fiddle with the CDU silently.
Mo Shangyun looked at this young man in his twenties, and felt a lot of emotion in his heart. A few months ago, Xu Cang was still a problematic pilot who was about to be grounded, but now, he has reached a height that even Mo Shangyun could not imagine.
To be honest, even now Mo Shangyun still couldn't figure out how Xu Cang had made such a huge transformation. Even if he had learned to fly since his mother's womb, he wouldn't have achieved such an achievement!
"Is there really a genius in this world who is born with knowledge?" Mo Shangyun couldn't help but sigh.
After waiting for about ten minutes, the equipment was loaded and the fuel was added. With Di Qingquan and Luo Yong standing on the apron in front watching, the plane was slowly pushed away, carrying an unspeakable weight and about to set off.
As agreed, Xu Cang had been adjusting his status after takeoff. It wasn't that Xu Cang was pretending, but after the 9811 incident, Xu Cang had stopped flying for a long time, and it was still a little difficult to suddenly enter the flying state, so he could only let Instructor Mo fly first, so that Xu Cang could get used to it first.
Just as Teacher Mo said, the work above a thousand feet was indeed unimportant, and Xu Cang did not shirk his responsibilities, so the most difficult work was still given to him.
Before takeoff, there was one thing that everyone agreed on, that is, Lu Jinghua's changes to the flight plan were perfect. So, above a thousand feet, Mo Shangyun would control the plane according to what Lu Jinghua did.
When Xu Cang first contacted the Yulong Tower, he also asked the tower about the situation of the previous Blue Sky 9000 flight. However, as he expected, due to the lack of sufficient equipment at the airport, the Blue Sky 9000 flight was still stuck at the intersection of the runway and the taxiway.
As expected, Xu Cang didn't have any special emotions. After the plane flew over Cangkou, Xu Cang restrained his lazy demeanor and began to concentrate.
Just like before, Mo Shangyun started to slow down and establish the landing configuration at a relatively early stage and maintained an altitude of 5,700 meters. When the plane passed the initial turning point, Xu Cang unbuckled his seat belt, stood up, looked down, and his face was suddenly filled with worry.
"What's wrong?" Mo Shangyun saw that Xu Cang's expression was not right, and couldn't help but ask while calculating the descent rate.
Xu Cang retracted his gaze and fastened his seat belt: "Originally, I was thinking of relying on visual observation to maintain the terrain distance, so that I could go lower when passing this point. Now it seems too dangerous."
Mo Shangyun: "What do you mean?"
"The tilted mountain is a hilltop close to the program track. After it tilted, it was just below the program track. If the plane went down a little bit, the safety interval would not be enough." Xu Cang cursed, "What bad luck! The tilted mountain is just the highest point within 40 kilometers of Yulong Airport."
"So it seems that it is correct to maintain the MSA altitude at the initial turn point."
"But this puts too much pressure on us." Xu Cang also put his right hand on the steering wheel: " Forget it, never mind, let's fly first."
According to the plan, after passing the initial turning point, a descent rate of 2,000 feet was used. Originally, Xu Cang had planned to slightly increase this descent rate in order to reduce some pressure on himself later. After all, at a descent rate of 2,000 feet, even if the engine was close to slow speed, it was not actually slow speed.
However, seeing that the terrain was too dangerous, Xu Cang gave up the idea of ​​increasing the descent rate.
After passing the final approach fix point, the descent rate decreased to 1,300 feet. These were the paths that Lu Jinghua had taken before, which saved Xu Cang a lot of trouble. The following is the key to whether this landing will be successful!
At this moment, in the open space below the control tower of Yulong Airport, Lu Jinghua and Wang Xuan were looking at the plane approaching from the fifth direction, both with heavy expressions.
"My family said that Xu Cang was the main pilot this time." Wang Xuan seemed to be speaking casually, but the sourness in his words could not be concealed no matter what.
Lu Jinghua squinted his eyes, the raindrops falling from the sky hung on his eyelashes, making him unable to see clearly. However, after hearing Wang Xuan's words, he responded casually: "It was not assigned by the family. To be precise, it was Chief Engineer Di from the General Administration who went to find Xu Cangfei on purpose."
Lu Jinghua was just telling the truth, but this truth made Wang Xuan, who was already extremely jealous, even more annoyed, and he refuted him casually: "I want to see if Xu Cang is really so tactful..."
Before he could finish his words, the plane, which was already very close to landing, suddenly experienced a drastic change in state. The nose of the plane shifted significantly to the right, and the wing fell to the left.
The entire plane went from being in a normal upright approach to a strange state of descending at an angle.
"Slip? Does he think it's slipping?" Wang Xuan frowned: "Left rudder, right steering?"
Due to perspective issues, from the perspective of Wang Xuan and the other person, the nose of the plane was tilted to the right, but in the cockpit, the plane was tilted to the left.
The corners of Lu Jinghua's mouth twitched a few times: "This can indeed increase the resistance, and maintain a larger descent rate while maintaining the same speed. But the sideslip is too big. He stepped on the rudder to the bottom. With such a large artificial sideslip, aren't you afraid that the plane will be damaged?"
At this time, in the cockpit, Xu Cang almost had to turn his head to the right to see the runway. The nose of the plane was at an angle of more than 45 degrees to the runway. In this case, the plane itself would generate great resistance, but this also meant that the plane would have to bear a huge air load.
It was actually quite dangerous to maintain such a huge sideslip. If the aircraft was not properly controlled, it might crash. Xu Cang had almost exhausted all his energy on controlling the aircraft, so he had no extra energy to pay attention to the descent rate and speed.
"How's the speed?" Xu Cang asked, "No change, right?"
"No!" To be honest, even Mo Shangyun was frightened when he saw such a crazy operation. This was truly dancing on the edge of a knife. If one was not careful, the plane would be destroyed and everyone on board would die.
"Okay!" Xu Cang uttered the word heavily.
As long as it remains like this, and as long as the aircraft can maintain a standard landing speed, it should be possible to stop the aircraft on the escape route, at least that's what the calculations show.
But before Xu Cang could be happy for long, he suddenly seemed to hear a creaking sound. He was very familiar with this sound. When the plane was about to land on Tianshan Mountain, it encountered a violent downdraft and descended rapidly. The captain kept holding the stick, causing the fuselage structure to bear huge pressure. In that case, the plane made a creaking sound.
This is a symptom of deformation of the fuselage structure!
"Not good!" Obviously Mo Shangyun also heard the noise, and he shouted immediately: "We can't do this any longer, the plane is going to disintegrate!"
Xu Cang dared not continue, so he gritted his teeth, released the left rudder, and turned back. In this way, the plane returned to the normal approach state. However, the plane was like a spring that had been pressed and finally lost its pressure, and it began to rebound all of a sudden. Not only was the speed soaring, but the rate of descent was also decreasing.
"Damn it, so close!" Looking at the runway that was already within reach, Xu Cang cursed inwardly. But he was not Zhang Wenli, and he had not lost his last bit of rationality. Knowing that it was too late to do anything, he stepped on the accelerator and pulled the plane up.
On the tarmac, Lu Jinghua looked at the plane that had been pulled up again and sighed secretly: "Is it still not working?"
Wang Xuan next to him had a very complicated expression. He was actually a little gloating, but somehow, he always felt a little disappointed in his heart.
In the cockpit, after retracting the flaps and landing gear, Xu Cang looked at the gradually receding Yulong Airport and said to Mo Shangyun, "Let's go back!"
Mo Shangyun also knew that there was no need to try again, so he did not raise any objections. After taking over the control from Xu Cang, he drove the plane directly to Jianchuan Airport.
In order to reduce the total weight of the aircraft as much as possible, the fuel carried was not much, not enough for the second approach, so it was necessary to return to Jianchuan to refuel. Fortunately, Yulong Airport is very close to Jianchuan Airport, and the flight time is less than half an hour. The green lights were on all the way, so it would not take long to go back to refuel.
Half an hour later, the plane landed and stopped at the remote parking position at the head of runway 23. As soon as the plane stopped, the long-prepared fuel truck and passenger elevator came up.
After the cabin door was opened, Di Qingquan was the first to enter the plane. Xu Cang told Di Qingquan everything.
"Does that mean we can't go from the top?" Di Qingquan's face was extremely heavy. Then the only way left was to go through the valley bottom. But this method was too dangerous. If you were not careful, the plane would be destroyed and everyone would die.
Suddenly, the atmosphere in the cockpit became somewhat solemn. Just as everyone was speechless, Xu Cang glanced at the fuel gauge and found that the refueling was complete.
Yulong Airport is too close to Jianchuan, so a little refueling is enough. However, the end of refueling also means one thing, they must make a choice.
To be honest, when the time comes , it takes courage to make a choice. This departure may be a farewell forever!
Di Qingquan, who had been thinking for a long time, suddenly patted Mo Shangyun on the back and pointed outside: "Lao Mo, come down, I'll fly the next part."
Mo Shangyun was stunned: "What are you flying for?"
"What do you mean I'm flying?" Di Qingquan unbuckled Mo Shangyun. "Old Mo, this has nothing to do with you. I was the one who pulled Xu Cang up here. We all know what the next part of the flight means. I persuaded Xu Cang to come up here, and when the danger really came, I was still down there. Are you kidding me?"
Mo Shangyun glared at Di Qingquan fiercely: "What do you mean, do you think I'm afraid of death?"
"This is none of your business!" Di Qingquan seemed to have made up his mind: "Lao Mo, listen to me and come down!"
Xu Cang held the steering wheel with his right hand, his heart was in chaos. There was a great terror between life and death, even Xu Cang was not immune, he was also afraid!
Suddenly, Xu Cang's eyes fell on the small storage box on his left hand. In this small box was a bottle of mineral water, which the crew usually relied on for drinking water.
However, Xu Cang didn't have the leisure to look at a bottle of mineral water at this time. Instead, he clearly saw ripples on the surface of the half-finished bottle of mineral water for some reason.
Suddenly, Xu Cang's heart tightened, and an indescribable surge of blood rushed to his brain. He suddenly shouted: "Teacher Mo, let Chief Master Di come up!"
The two people who were still arguing were both startled, and Mo Shangyun stared blankly at the pale-faced Xu Cang. For some reason, he felt that Xu Cang seemed a little abnormal, and couldn't help but ask with concern: "Xu Cang, what's wrong with you?"
"I said... let Chief Engineer Di come up!" Xu Cang lowered his head and repeated it solemnly.
Mo Shangyun and Di Qingquan looked at each other and finally stopped arguing. Xu Cang was the commander of everything, so they just had to listen to whatever he said.
Mo Shangyun stood up and gave his seat to Di Qingquan. However, as soon as Di Qingquan sat down, he immediately realized that Mo Shangyun had unplugged his headphones when he went downstairs, and said to Xu Cang, "Old Mo didn't leave the headphones for me, wait a minute, I'll go get them!"
After saying that, Di Qingquan unbuckled his seat belt and quickly got off the plane to chase Mo Shangyun.
However, just as Di Qingquan got off the passenger elevator and called out to Mo Shangyun to get his headphones, he suddenly heard a muffled sound. Turning around, he discovered that the plane door had been closed.
Di Qingquan's face changed drastically, and he quickly ran up and knocked on the plane door: "Xu Cang, what are you doing? Open the door, I'm still outside!"
At this moment, Mo Shangyun, who was on the apron, immediately ran to the right side of the plane's nose. Through the side window, he saw Xu Cang with his forehead against the steering wheel. Mo Shangyun quickly ran to the bottom of the plane and kept hitting the nose to attract Xu Cang's attention: "Xu Cang, Xu Cang!"
Suddenly, Mo Shangyun stopped hitting the nose of the plane. He clearly saw increasingly obvious ripples on the surface of the puddle not far away.
"No, no, no!" Mo Shangyun suddenly understood something. There was another earthquake! There was another earthquake! There must be another aftershock in Yulong.
If Xu Cang wanted to pass under the river valley, wouldn't the falling rocks from the mountains on both sides of the earthquake bury Xu Cang at the bottom of the valley?
He slapped the nose of the plane like crazy, and he understood that Xu Cang wanted to go alone!
In the cockpit, Xu Cang's forehead was against the steering wheel. His whole body was shaking and he was filled with fear, but no two people should be allowed to travel on the road to death!
Xu Cang wants to be the only one!
At this moment, he finally understood that the hymn of mankind is... the hymn of courage!