兩個大男生 七年飛行夢
2016-08-25

7年，對好多男生來說是一個心理關口。如果叫你用7年時間去追逐一個虛無縹緲的夢想，你會放膽嘗試嗎？飛機師鄭楚衡（Hank）與工程師達仁（Gary）兩位大男生，7年來同心埋首裝嵌本港首架小型飛機「香港起飛（B-Koo）」www.hkheadline.com，由組裝、註冊到試飛，其間碰壁無數，努力7年，將在今個星期日（8月28日）夢想達成，正式起飛！文：Travis　圖：蔡建新

Hank 唔去諗失敗，諗下點成功！

Hank的飛行夢故事之前已被廣泛報道過，身為國泰民航機師的他，7年前忽發奇想，希望在本土裝嵌一架飛機，由香港起飛，再用3個月時間環遊世界。眼前這部RV-8單引擎螺旋槳小型飛機「香港起飛（B-Koo）」，由零開始，從搵地方組裝、籌資金、買零件到試飛，每一個環節都足以令意志薄弱的人氣餒，「失敗我無諗過，直頭唔去諗！開初唔好諗幾時可以環遊世界，反而每日都會當一個小Project去做，例如今日完成咗機尾，已經好開心，否則你聽日就想放棄。」

7年前用上150萬元買入組裝配件，單是試飛30分鐘已花近30萬元。為圓夢，Hank試過賣樓套現，幸得不少人出心出力出錢幫助，讓他可繼續實行，所以亦由最初的個人夢想，到現在不想令身邊人失望。「過程中有人肯撐自己係好重要，要搵志同道合嘅人，Gary就係個好好嘅拍檔，我哋大家互補不足，我負責裝嵌揸飛機，佢識民航資訊。有時我去到某一個位，心諗『死啦，搞唔掂！』佢就會喺旁邊話『不如你試下呢個方法，得喎！』就咁樣過下一關，過下又一關，行到呢步。」Hank謂家人都犧牲不少，就連合家歡去旅行都會掛住Project進度，心不在焉。上次在澳洲試飛，Hank就特意帶同老婆仔女，安排每人坐在後座試飛15分鐘，希望可以分享喜悅。「依家所有嘢都Ready等28號，其實唔想等，最好依家即刻起飛！」Hank笑謂。

Gary 唔好咁貪心，逐步逐步嚟！

飛機工程師Gary是知道Hank的計劃後自薦參加的，當時有些朋友向他潑冷水，「喂，唔好儍啦，香港咁細，點搵到地方？」不過Gary一於懶理，「搵地方嵌飛機係首要解決的問題，之後聖保祿學校借出美術室，仲有女學生輪流幫手裝嵌，我哋簡直執到，最終能夠搬來港基，實在無諗過！」重重難關重重過，7年終圓夢，Gary謂：「『唔貪心，袋住先』係自己致勝心法，依家好多人做事想一步就達到，一下就解決所有嘢，其實邊有咁簡單！要逐個細步逐個細步咁行，今日難關喺呢度就解決咗先，打個譬如，要飛去一個地方，只要4個鐘好天，你就硬係要睇10個鐘頭天氣狀況，到咗最後都無郁過。」

不過，正能量充沛如Gary，也有投降之時，早前民航處不准飛機在港完成25小時飛行測試，要移師澳洲，及後成功飛回香港並獲民航處批出飛行證，但畢竟有點美中不足，「試飛嗰Part唔能夠喺香港做埋係一個遺憾，不過依家諗番，4月試飛6月就攞到個牌，兜一兜個彎都唔錯，做事有時要接受不完美嘅缺憾美！」

起飛時間：8月28日上午7時55分

路線：以香港為出發及最後目的地，飛越所有經線及南北極圈外的大部份緯線，大約共55,000公里，途經包括澳洲、英國、意大利等近25個國家。

I remembered that I watched the news about B-Koo several years ago in TVB, noting that a pilot would like to build a mini plane in Hong Kong as an amateur builder. However, he did not have enough space to place the plane, he started seeking help from some schools. The news I watched before was about he finally could settle the plane in a school’s art room with the consent of the school’s principal. The students of the school could volunteer to help construct the plane also. It’s several years ago.

Days before, when I read the newspaper in the morning as usual, I saw him again, while time flies, it’s been seven years away from that small dream ignited. Seven years, he and his teammates have been hanging on the same dream for seven years, and finally they did it. The plane is completed and can fly. The interview with Hank, the pilot who made this dream come true, is truly inspiring. He said, he will only think about how to succeed, he never thinks about failure, as once you think about failures, you won’t even start! He will just tackle a small project every day, if this small project is completed, move to another one. Handle the stuff step by step, tackle the problem one by one. No need to worry too much. He made an example, “A pilot only needs good weather for 4 hours in order to reach the destination, why you have to check 10 hours’ weather? It will only give you an excuse for not to fly.” Any step is a step, there is no perfection. We can accept imperfection and keep moving forward.

So inspiring act and dream.

Safe trip!