Author: according to Tong Yue
There is a real plane in the community. Residents can visit the supermarket, play mahjong, dance square dances and drink tea under the fuselage at any time in the cabin. Do you envy this "trench" feeling?
The retired aircraft "stayed" in the community for nearly 20 years. Photo by Yue Yitong
Recently, Oucheng Garden Community, located in Baihe Community, Dongsheng Street, Shuangliu District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, has a hot air with a genuine aircraft, which has caused heated discussions among netizens.
The retired aircraft "stayed" in the community for nearly 20 years. Photo by Yue Yitong
Nearly 20 years of retired aircraft “staying in” communities
This aircraft is located in the atrium of the community. The wings are 37.4 meters long, the fuselage is 35.9 meters long, and the aircraft height is 10.16 meters. It has spent nearly 20 years with the residents of the community. Years have left mottled marks on the aircraft. Although the surface is somewhat corroded, the words "European Garden" and "Southwest Airlines" on the fuselage are still clearly visible. It is understood that this aircraft belongs to the IL-18 model produced by the former Soviet Union. Since 1959, China has introduced 15 aircraft and served in the air force and civil aviation. Due to years of service and other reasons, the model was gradually retired after 1988.
The retired aircraft "stayed" in the community for nearly 20 years. Photo by Yue Yitong
Pan Jing, Party Secretary of Baihe Community, introduced that when the Oucheng Garden Community was first built in 2001, the community developer moved the purchased aircraft into the community atrium by assembling because of its own "aviation complex". After the community was built, the area under the plane slowly became a place for residents to relax. However, with the passage of time, the inside and outside of the aircraft have been severely rusted and rotted, which has certain safety risks.
The retired aircraft "stayed" in the community for nearly 20 years. Photo by Yue Yitong
In 2019, the community decided to maintain and strengthen the aircraft after negotiating with the owners and properties of the community, and introduced merchants by means of foreign investment, hoping to transform its interior into a convenience supermarket to give the aircraft that has been decommissioned for many years a new " mission". Xiao Zhiyong, a community owner with nearly 40 years of experience in civil aviation, contacted a senior aircraft maintenance engineer to conduct a safety assessment of the overall structure of the aircraft. After evaluation, the overall structure of the aircraft does not have too many problems, but considering the long-term manned and loaded objects in the future, it still needs to be strengthened and maintained.
The merchants of the aircraft under the "pan" funded the operation on the aircraft.
With the support of the community and the community, the merchants under the aircraft "funded" to fund the operation on the aircraft. The renovation mainly includes the removal of the rotten wooden structure in the cabin, the addition of tail rods on the basis of aircraft landing gear load-bearing, the addition of load-bearing rods for the added step ladders, and solving the problems of power supply, drainage, and ventilation. After a period of about three months of renovation, the interior of the aircraft was completely new.
A “foreign” supermarket opened in the cabin
"See you on an airplane" has become a mantra for residents
After the transformation, the supermarket in the cabin opened. This supermarket is named as a service supermarket of “Flights of the Hour” and it is mainly based on semi-public welfare services. When entering the supermarket, the freezer, air conditioner and so on are all available. The shelves on both sides are full of commodities, as well as plateau specialties such as yak beef, barley wine and yak milk.
Supermarket in the cabin. Photo by Yue Yitong
Supermarket in the cabin. Photo by Yue Yitong
According to Wang Dan, the person in charge of the supermarket, since the community does not have an elevator, and the owners are mostly elderly people, no matter how small the commodities are, the supermarket is responsible for delivery. During the epidemic, the community was closed and managed. Wang Dan, who lives in other communities, simply ate and slept on the plane, ensuring 24 hours to provide services to residents.
Several mahjong tables are also placed at the position of the aircraft nose to provide leisure activities for residents of the community. Photo by Yue Yitong
Several mahjong tables are also placed at the position of the aircraft nose to provide residential areas for the residents. At 13 o'clock every day, the residents of the community will come here, order a cup of hot tea, and rub mahjong all afternoon. Uncle Zhang, a 67-year-old community resident, said happily, "I haven't rubbed Mahjong in the plane before. It feels very special. I took pictures and sent them to my relatives. Everyone is envious of me!"
Supermarket in the cabin. Photo by Yue Yitong
Since the opening of the supermarket, Wang Dan ran up and down every day, and has lost more than ten pounds, but she did not feel hard at all, but instead felt very cool. The young female boss smiled and said, "It should be said that there is no second supermarket on the plane in the community in Sichuan! I think life is very meaningful now."
Supermarket in the cabin. Photo by Yue Yitong
The summer is hot, but it is very cool under the plane. It has become an activity place for residents of the community to drink tea, play chess, exercise, and dance square dances. All year round, from morning till night, the plane is always the most lively place in the community.
The retired aircraft "stayed" in the community for nearly 20 years. Photo by Yue Yitong
Under the plane, the residents of the community will have tea, chess, exercise, and square dance activities. Photo by Yue Yitong
"Eating every day, the owners who played well with each other sent a'see you on airplane' on WeChat, and everyone gathered together in tacit agreement. This sentence has become our mantra." Chun Xiuxia, 59, this year After living in the community for 15 years, she said, "The residents of the community have a deep affection for the aircraft, and the aircraft has also become a bond to the feelings of the neighborhood. We heard that the aircraft is on the Internet and we are very proud! Last year, the aircraft supermarket opened After that, it will be more convenient, you can buy the necessities of life without leaving the community."
Chun Xiuxia's community dance team dances under the plane every night. Photo by Yue Yitong
Chun Xiuxia's community dance team dances under the plane every night. For her, this is one of the happiest times of the day. "This aircraft is already the spiritual sustenance of the residents of the community." Waving greetings with neighbors, Chun Xiuxia laughed, the aircraft is like a "big friend" of all residents of the community, and is there anytime, anywhere, waiting for and Everyone has a good time together.
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