GFS Open Day

Last Sunday, I paid a visit to the GFS (Government Flying Services) open day with my family. It took me thirty minutes to queue up at the bus stop in Tung Chung and another thirty minutes outside the entrance of the GFS headquarter. It was quite exhausting and annoying to wait so long on a hot sunny day. After going through all the formality like document check and registration, we finally got in and walked around in the hanger.

My daughter was excited by the flying performance such as high speed low 'fly-pass', SAR (search and rescue demonstration), release of 'water bomb' and hovering with crewman winched down. We also had a chance to have a close look at choppers such as the EC 155 Dolphin and L2 Puma. The fixed wing 'Jet-stream' specially designed for long-range rescue and reconnaissance also drew our attention. We all loved the air show and the airplanes.

After the visit, my daughter told me that she want to be a pilot one day. I told her that good English is one of the requirements of being a pilot. " You always pronounce 'three' as 'tree"', if you can pronounce 'three' correctly, you will not be qualified as a pilot", I said. After learning this, she immediately pronounced the word 'three' and did it correctly.

Somtimes a dream is an important driving force to learning especially for children.