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Chapter 93 Arrival in New York

After talking to Carol Stamford, they said goodbye to each other and returned to their room. Butler Andrew was already greeting him. When it was dinner time, Jing Yu saw them flying over the storm belt at the observation deck.

In the following time, the entire flight was much smoother and no other problems occurred. Since Jing Yu received advice from Carol Stanford, he began to reduce contact with Scarlett and Symen, which made the girl a little unhappy, but Jing Yu thought it was good.

Captain Vidoc seemed to compensate Scarlett, Saimen and Jing Yu for leaving without completing the last visit, and invited them to visit their control cabin again, but this time everyone except Jing Yu was in a lack of interest, so they quickly got things done.

However, Jing Yu promised Captain Victor that he would write a novel about airship adventure through this trip and his experience of traveling through the storm area, which made Captain Victor excited to fly. Especially after Jing Yu clearly stated that he would write Captain Victor in it, he received his warm reception.

So during this period, Jing Yu would be with Captain Victor whenever he had time to see how they controlled the airship, and listened to Captain Victor telling his own stories and the dangers he encountered.

In this way, Jing Yu learned a lot about airships, especially when there was no woman. Captain Victor also took him to visit the steam cabin at the rear of the airship to see how two small 40-horsepower steam engines drive the propeller to work.

"Does the airship be driven by these two machines?" Jing Yu asked curiously.

"Mr. Jing, the steam engine is just a supplement to the power. In most cases, we will look for the right airflow and let the wind push us forward. Generally, we will use the steam engine only if we really can't find the right airflow or there is no wind at all, but the speed will be much slower and the consumption of coal and fresh water will be too high." The captain explained.

Jing Yu also figured out why such a large airship can be driven with only such a small horsepower steam engine, and the airship I saw before often adjusting the height up and down, which turned out to find a more suitable direction for wind.

When the airship arrived at its destination, that is, it was over New York, Jing Yu and Captain Victor became very good, so he could naturally continue to stay in the control cabin.

"Mr. Jing, we are now over New York, but it's really bad, and I don't like it at all." For Captain Victor, the British, New York is not too attractive, it's just a big city, but it's completely incomparable to London.

At this time, New York was completely different from what Jing Yu saw in his own world. The entire city did not have skyscrapers that were towering into the sky, but the buildings below were painted in black. There were no bridges on the famous Hudson River, and there were no buildings familiar to Jing Yu on Manhattan Island.

"The airship is standing in front, and we will land there, Mr. Jing, if you want, I can have a drink after landing, know that I can't do this on the airship," said Captain Victor.

"Sorry, Mr. Captain", Jing Yu rejected his invitation, "I still have a way to go."

"Are you going to Miss Saimen?" asked the captain. They had become very familiar with each other these days. Captain Victor did not look like a serious and rigid Briton at all, but rather an extroverted Gaul or a new Roman. Jing Yu was used to this, so he could make some harmless jokes with Captain Victor.

"No, I hope Miss Saimen can take the nearest flight back, and I and another lady are going to the north." Jing Yu explained that the journey in the New World was not that easy, and Jing Yu did not plan to let her continue. He felt that he and Andrew could accompany Miss Stamford home.

Captain Victor glanced at Jing Yu, "Okay, Mr. Jing, it seems that another lady is your favorite. If it were me, I would choose her. That lady also looks rich and more beautiful, right?"

Jing Yu shook his head and said, "After I send her home, I will return to New York."

"Don't you be with her?"

"Of course not, any lady is from New World, her home is here." Jing Yu said.

"That's a pity," Captain Victor said regretfully when he heard Jing Yu say this, "That lady is so beautiful, Mr. Jing, if I was thirty years younger, oh, twenty years younger, I think I would be fascinated by her."

"Captain, we are about to land." Suddenly, a crew member shouted at Victor.

"Okay, be ready for landing," the captain responded, and then said to Jing Yu: "It seems that we can only have a good chat next time. When will you go back to London?"

Captain Victor asked, "I hope to see you again on the way back."

"I'm afraid it will take some time, Mr. Captain, I need to go to Pennsylvania." Jing Yu replied.

"When you go back, you'd better choose the 'Flying White Elephant', Mr. Jing," the captain said to him.

"I will, Mr. Captain."

Jing Yu planned to continue to see how they landed an airship. At this time, through the glass, he could see the high and sharp tether tower of the airship station in the distance.

"Go forward slowly," the captain ordered, "Close the heating pipe valve."

"Yes, sir." Immediately someone operated the car clock, informed the steam cabin behind, and someone turned the valve, and replied: "The heating pipe has been closed."

The propeller speed began to decrease and the airship altitude also began to decrease, but this was a slow process. Jing Yu felt that it would take at least an hour or two to reach somewhere, so he waited patiently.

After the airship flew above the tether tower, the captain ordered some hydrogen to be released, so the airship continued to lower its height. When it was hundreds of meters away from the tether tower, the airship threw a cable out of the airship.

The tether tower was pulled onto the tower with a long pole.

"The people on the tower will connect the cable to the winch. Where will they have a steam engine-driven winch, and the airship will be pulled down, so we will complete the landing." Captain Victor explained to Jing Yu.

Sure enough, the cable began to tighten, and the airship was pulling and falling speed increased significantly.

"Welcome to the New World, Mr. Jing," Captain Victor said to him. "We will replenish hydrogen, coal and fresh water here. We will return to London in two days. It will take about half a month to come back next time. Mr. Jing, I hope to see you at that time."

"I try to catch up," Jing Yu replied, thinking that the remaining distance was to take the train to take Miss Carol Stamford near her home, and he could return by himself. If the speed was fast enough, he could catch up.
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