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 AOPA China is a community of aviation fans. This episode shares with you flying fun with Guo Jia.  Hello everyone, thanks for tuning in to 5Minutes with AOPA-China. This episode is meant to be inspiring as we are goingto interview a super aviation geek. Nick: Welcome to join us, Mr.Guo. Would youlike to introduce yourself a little bit?Guo Jia: Hello, my name is Guo Jia. Someonecalls me super aviation geek, but I’d like to say I’m not good enough rightnow, but I believe someday I will. I am running a small company givingtechnical support for cement industry in China also abroad. Nick: What makes you so crazy about flying?Guo Jia: I think there are two reason. WhenI was ten years old, my father took me to a park where retired airplanes,commercial airplanes were on display. There was a BEA Trident which was verypopular in 1960s and 1970s in China. I entered the cockpit for the very firsttime. Everything in it was so interesting, I spent almost half an hour stayingin the captain’s seat,

WhoFlies on Charted Jets?  Claire: Hello everyone, this is 5 Minutes withAOPA-China. I am Claire.Nick: The annual Asian Business AviationConference & Exhibition (ABACE) 2019 has just opened this week. Since its inceptionin 2012, ABACE has scored over 8,000 attendees from 50+ countries around theworld, 165 exhibitors, 35 business aircraft on static display and more than 300members of the media.Claire: Companies big and small are gatheringin Shanghai, China, with hopes and goals on new investment opportunities andmeeting new partners in business.. It provides a glimpse into the growth ofdynamic Asian market.Nick: If you had visited the exhibition thisweek, you must have witnessed Gulfstream‘s unprecedented presence at the show,showcasing its fleet of class-leading aircraft. Gulfstream G500, G600, G650ER,G550 and G280 were all on display.Claire: Plus, Bombardier Global 7500 made itsdebut in China, a deal of 2 Global 7500 has been sealed, worth 291 milliondollars, according to the report.Nick: I’ve

Drones everywhere. UAS pilot becomes a new profession. Claire: Hello everyone, 5 Minutes withAOPA-China here. I am Claire. Nick: Hi there. Claire: Black hole is the star today, butwe would like to discuss about something else. A piece of news released last Wednesdaycaught our attention, a list of 13 new professions was published by theMinistry of Human Resources and Social Security of China. Among them, there is UASpilot. Nick: Statistics show a rapid increase in UASpilot population these years, with the number of around 44 thousand so far.More candidates are predicted to flood into the market over the next few years. Claire: The trend is here. The technologythat used to keep military forces out of dangerous missions has entered intothe commercial market and our daily lives. Nick: Such a huge number of UAS pilot, whatdo those flying machines do? Claire: To name a few, UAS can be appliedto precision agriculture, aerial inspection, mapping, search and rescue, andentertainment

AI is taking over the world, or is it?Claire:Hello! Thanks for tuning in to 5minutes with AOPA-China . Today I’m honored to have two guests here. Oh youtwo, would you please introduce yourself a little bit? Mingwei: Sure. I’m Mingwei,from ICSCC. I’m an interpreter. Sun: I’m Sun Xinyu. I’m also atranslator and interpreter. Claire:Right now we have this very hottopic of AI and people are worried their job will be replaced by those robots.So what’s your opinion about that? Mingwei: Indeed I think this is a questionthat we cannot escape. Because robots and computers have a lot of advantages.They have very low cost and very high speed . But to my personal point of view,AI can only replace those boring jobs so that humans can spend more time withhigh level tasks which require more critical thinking. Sun:Yes totally agree, it may be justeasier for AI to replace those repetitive and standardized work because AI ismore about matchmaking and copy and paste. Claire: While you mentioned copy

Great Wall is the name card of China, and of Beijing. One way to explore the wonderful resort is to fly over it. C: Hello, thank you for tuning in to 5Minutes with AOPA-China. This is Claire. N: Hi, Nick is here with a smile ear toear. C: Somebody is happy today. N: Indeed, I am. We had an aerial tour lastWednesday. What made it so special for me is that it was an aerial trip abovethe Great Wall. You know, an aerial sightseeing over the GREAT WALL, it must bea genius that comes up with this combo! I’ve thought of many ways to visit theGreat Wall. Climbing on foot of course is the most common way; taking a cablecar, comparatively speaking, is more relaxing. But in a helicopter. Theexcitement is on a totally different level. C: Totally agree. It was also my first timeto look at the Great Wall from bird’s eye view. As we were ascendingvertically, with the hum of Robinson 44 filling our ears, I could hear the bloodpumping in my eardrum. Soon, when we merged into the rugged wilderness I co

Aviation industry needs new blood. We need action now.  N: Hello, thank you for tuning in to 5Minutes with AOPA-China. This is Nick and Claire. C: Several days ago, we had a lovely chatwith Tom, Mr. Xue Guohang, an entrepreneur. He is already over 80, with hiseyes blazing with passion. N: His company, Triton Aerospace, is knownfor having designed and manufactured Skytrek, the first CAAC and FAA certifiedLSA in China. It is proud to say that Skytrek has been exported to Americaalready. A more ambitious future is on the way. C: LSA is short for Light sport aircraft,but we could not understand it literally. This category of aircraft wasestablished about 15 years ago in US. As the population aging encroachedaviation industry, pilots from World War II, Vietnam War, Korean War and US AirForce are retiring, the of population joining the aviation circle isoutnumbered by the aging speed of those veterans. N: There are so many aspects to consider,and that makes a good discussion topic with

AOPA-China is full of Aviaiton Maniac. Today we will introduce you one of them. Nick: Hello everyone, thanks for tuning into 5 Minutes with AOPA-China. I'm Nick. Today, we have this special episode fora good friend, Yu Dongguan. He ranks second in our 5 PM aviation Quiz group. Hello,Mr. Yu. Can you give us a brief introduction of yourself? Yu: Hi guys, I am Yu, an aviation fancoming from the quiz group. Nick: We all know that you are super fan ofaviation. I’m curious when did these all start? Yu:When I was a child, my family told me a lot of stories that related Chinese AirForce, for my grandpa was a major officer of an Institute of Chinese Air Force.So you know, it influences me a lot and built up an appetite for aviation frommy childhood. Nick: Oh man. You are from an aviationfamily. What was your dream when you were a child? Yu: Pilot, no doubt! Nick: Haha, Awesome. What have you done forit? Yu:Well, during the years of growing up and college studying time, I tried m

International Women's Day. Let's start the celebration.C: Helloeveryone, thanks for tuning in to 5 Minutes with AOPA-China. I’m your friendClaire.N:Helloguys, I’m Nick.C:Todayis not only just Friday. Today is a special day.N:March8th, International Women’s Day! The day is not country, group ororganization specific - and belongs to all groups collectively everywhere.Gloria Steinem, world-renowned feminist, journalistand activist once explained "The story of women's struggle for equalitybelongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collectiveefforts of all who care about human rights."C:International Women's Day (IWD) has been observed since the early 1900's - atime of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world that sawbooming population growth and the rise of radical ideologies. International Women's Day isall about unity, celebration, reflection, advocacy and action - whatever thatlooks like globally at a local level. But one thing is for sure, InternationalWom

For aviaiton safety, some sacrifices have to be made. Claire: Helloeveryone, thanks for tuning in to 5 Minutes with AOPA-China, we are back! Andwe’ll continue to accompany you on every Friday. I’m Claire.Nick: I’m Nick.Last year was really monumental to us. We started the podcast and have beenassiduous in presenting it. Thanks for your support which is a great motivationfor us.Claire: Withoutfurther ado, let’s kick off today’s topics.Nick: Right, 5minutes with AOPA-China always gives you the latest hot topics in aviation.Claire: The flight3U603 from Chengdu to Dubai returned shortly after takeoff due to an unexpectedclosure of the designated airspace in Pakistan. But the plane circled in theair for more than 4 hours before landing.Nick: Why didn’tit land directly? I imagine it wasn’t the best day for everybody on board.Claire: That’sprecisely what we are gonna talk about. Do you know the terminology “fueldumping” or “fuel jettison”?Nick: Sure, anaircraft dumps fuel mid-flight before landing because it’s

Nick: Hello, again, everyone. Thank you fortuning in on 5 Minutes with AOPA-China. This is Nick. Claire: And Claire. We are ushering in theChinese new year of Pig in a few days. N: New looks, new hopes. C: Now getting back home is on the top ofour agenda. Like it or not. The Spring Festival travel rush is here. N: The Spring Festival is one of theworld's most prominent and celebrated festivals, with the "largest annualmass human migration in the world". Before you can join in this mass humanmigration, the first thing you have to do is get a ticket. I was on threecomputers and my phone when my ticket went on sale to get mine. It was likeoperating a war room. What about you, have you got yours?,? C: It takes a village, literally. My wholefamily helped me to get mine, there’s result. N: During this period, majority of peopletravel by train. If you could not get a train ticket, air ticket is not a verybad choice. Flying is more expensive but it gets you home a lot quicker t

Episode36 GA Airport PlatformClaire: Good day, thank you for tuning inon 5 Minutes with AOPA-China. I’m Claire. Nick: Hello guys, Nick’s here. Lastepisode, we talked about sport aircraft pilot license, today the theme is GAairport. Where to find the GA airport information? Claire: sure, using a search engine is oneway, but you may not find what you want so easily. AOPA-China has done somework on it, which you may find it useful. Nick: You may be surprised, but it was truethat I didn’t even know about GA airports until I came to AOPA-China. I thoughtthere were just two civil aviation airports in Beijing: Beijng CapitalInternational and Nanyuan Airport. Claire: there was this quiz question in our 5 PMAviaiton Quiz, how many airports are there in Beijing? How many do you know? Nick: now I know the answer. There are 7 excludingDaxing International Airport which will be open before end of September thisyear. They just finished their first calibration flight the day beforeyesterday. Cl

Episode35 Ready to fly Claire: Hello, everyone. This is Claire.Welcome to 5 Minutes with AOPA-China. You are with me and Nick. Nick: Hello guys, last episode, we learntabout ICSCC, today we will discuss about the new policy on sport aircraft pilot.CAAC has streamlined the process to obtain the license. It’s much easier tobecome a sport aircraft pilot now. Claire: How much easier? Nick: Simply put, no knowledge exam and nomedical certificate. Claire: You sound very excited. Noknowledge exam. This could be a controversial topic for some people. What doyou think? Nick: Really, I couldn’t believe it when Ifirst heard of it. I thought it was fake news until I saw the officialdocument. (Claire: fake news. That is really thecatch phrase these days. Thank you Trump. ) Claire: I think it is wonderful and opendoors to more people to welcome them to this aviation fun. Nick: How we Chinese excel in exams (thereputation) are how much we hate exams. Claire: no exam doesn’t

Claire: Would you introduce yourselfplease?Wang: Hello everyone! My name is WangKanlin, and I am from the International Cooperation and Service Center of CAAC. Claire: When was ICSCC established?Wang: Our center was established in 1996based on its predecessor, the translation office of CAAC which was set up in1989. In December 2011, with the approval of CAAC, the InternationalCooperation and Service Center and Foreign Airlines Service Centerconsolidated. Claire: How long have you been working inthe center?Wang: I have been working in our center for12 years. Claire: What are the core business ofICSCC?Wang: Our center mainly provides civilaviation related translation and interpretation services, services for foreignairlines, civil aviation related foreign affairs services, editing &publishing services, as well as consultancy and research services. We have theDivision of Translation,  Division of Foreign Airlines Service,Division of Passport and Visa Service, Division of Editing and Consu

Episode33 Chat with Ke YubaoClaire：Goodafternoon. Thank you for listening to 5 minutes with AOPA-China. I’m Claire.The first episode in 2019, we would like to share UAS developing trend withyou.I’m very happy to have Ke Yubao with us forthe show. Mr. Ke, Thank you for your time.Would you please introduce yourself?Ke: Hello, everyone. I’m Ke Yubao. I am a professional pilot, also anaviation enthusiast. In the early years, I served in Air Force of the CPLA,flying fighter aircraft. I devoted myself to China’s national security in myyoung age. After retiring from air force, I’ve been working as a pilot forcivil aviation industry, flying fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters and seaplanes.What I’m mainly focused on is developing aviation culture in China, on theother hand, I study aviation regulations .Claire: What new areas do you think will UAS cast its charm?Ke: As far as I’m concerned, the further development of UAS industry inChina will focus on its applications. As drones are becoming smarter , they areexpected t

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Wrap up 2018, Hello2019Angela: Hello,everyone. Welcome to 5 Minutes with AOPA-China, one of our signatureprograms.Claire: Today weare going to wrap 2018 up and get ready for 2019.Nick: 2018 hasbeen a milestone for me. I graduated from CAUC and started my job inAOPA-China. Time flies so fast, it’s already the end of the year.Angela: Nick, doyou enjoy working with us so far?Nick: Very much. Although I am occupied everyday, but I feel happy. Because generalaviation is something new to me, I have a lot to learn. It is inspiring and exciting.Claire: Wonderful. We established this podcast inMay and now over 30 episodes are out there.Angela: Wonderfuljob as I see, podcast as well as 5 PM Quiz program on Wechat. If you areinterested, join us. Lots of fun.Nick: Let’s have aquick review about what happened in China’s general aviation circle.Claire:T o behonest, many news made the list. However, we would like to share with you threebig trends.Nick: Sure. Top 1.The urging for opening up of lower airspace is strong as eve

Episode 31We are very glad to have Mr. Zeng Ming from flight standarddepartment of CAAC here. Let’s get to know something about civil UnmannedAircraft System.Q: Could you please introduce yourself, Mr. Zeng?A: I am very happy to be a part of yourpodcast. Currently I am the deputy director of the general aviation division offlight standard department of CAAC. Before I came to CAAC, I was a captainflying in China Southern Airlines. Now I’m in charge of flight license issuesand UAS affairs, and also general aviation operations of all sides.Q: How many civil UAS pilot are there in China?A: As of November 13, 2018, the number of civil UAS pilot licenses is43440.Q: What is the difference between certificate and license? If I am acertificate holder, how can I renew my certificate to license?A: The certificate is issued by AOPA-China, while the license isissued by CAAC. If you are a certificate holder, before September of 2018, yourcertificate could be renewed automatically by applying on the e-license system.Now, yo

Episode 30ICAO NGAP 2Hello, everyone. This is 5 Minutes withAOPA-China. I am Claire in Shenzhen.Three hours of flight took me from chillBeijing to warm Shenzhen. I don’t need to wear my down coat any more. Wonderfulplace to be.This week was surely very exciting. Thesecond ICAO NGAP Global Summit was held.Almost 1000 delegates from 82 countries andregions flew from all parts of the world, attended the summit. I was one ofthem. Lucky me to be a part of this big event. I will try my best to highlightthis great event within 5 minutes. If I had done a lousy job, please bear withme. The information there was exploding.Dr. Liu Fang, secretary general of ICAO,delivered a speech about future of aviation and the huge demand of aviationprofessionals. How to bring up aviation talents and keep them in the industrywas the topics of this meeting.Clip 1Nicole from Transport Canada stressed theissues of women in aviation now and in the future. Among 17 SDGs of UN, ICAOsupports 15 of them. The No.5 is gender equality.Clip 2I h

Claire: Hello, everyone. This is 5 Minuteswith AOPA-China. I’m very happy that we have Mr. Chris Turner with us thistime. So Mr.Chris Turn, could you introduce yourself a little bit?Chris: Hi everyone, I’m Chris Turner, a captain from the UK.Currently, I’m living in Greece and will be moving to China early in 2019.Claire: Welcome to China. When did youbecome a pilot?Chris: I learned to fly when I was 18 in the BritishArmy, flying helicopters.Claire: Howmany hours have you flown so far?Chris: I’vegot just over 6,000 hours currently, 3500 hours in the British Army, over 2500hours for civilian.Claire: Youhave flown both military and civilian. How many types of aircraft have youflown?Chris:Without checking my logbook, I’ve got 30 plus aircraft varying fromhelicopters, military fast jets to heavy body transports. When I was inmilitary, I was a senior examiner for all aircraft types, and in civilianworld, I was a IOC captain driving various different aircraft.Claire:Your experiences are mind-blowing. To my understa

Claire: Hello everyone, you are listeningto 5 minutes with AOPA-China. I’m Claire.Nick: Hi, this is Nick. This episode we aregonna talk about skydiving aircraft.Claire: right, skydiving is an extremesport. It is for the professional adventurers. Amateurs like us can try tandemskydiving.Nick: Well, I see. So have you tried once?I mean tandem skydiving.Claire: No, not yet. But I will.Nick: I saw this on Twitter. “Stupidairline. They fly you in a plane with no air hostess, don’t serve you coke ornuts and midway through the flight at 10000 feet open the door and kick you outof the plane.”Claire: hahaha. First, allow me to introduceone skydiving airline to you. Tianjin Jin Jin aviation.Their skydiving business started more thana year ago. Almost 3000 have checked the box on their bucket list.Nick: I would like to me one of them. Mr. DouRuchao , the president of Jin Jin aviation, has been a friend of AOPA China fora few years. We are so delighted to have him with us as a guest for ourpodcast.Claire: Before we dive