联邦熊猫快递号“整装待发/Fueling the FedEx Panda Express

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2011年12月4日 9:40AM, 众所瞩目的两只大熊猫“阳光”和“甜甜”搭乘联邦快递的波音777专机从成都前往英国的爱丁堡。这架机号为892的777飞机12月3日就抵达了成都双流机场。为了保障两只可爱的中国国宝安全准时地出发，我和其他两位来自香港和上海站的机务人员对飞机进行了认真仔细的检查。鉴于所在机坪只能使用油罐车加航油，并且飞机计划起飞时间正是加油繁忙的时段，而这个型号的飞机加油量又比较多，我们决定采用两次加油的方式。这就是说在飞机到达时就加好了大部分的油，这样起飞前只需要再补充少量的油，从而避免了因为油料公司繁忙而导致加油延误的风险。12月4日凌晨五点半，我们就来到了机场，开始为熊猫包机做准备。当“阳光”和“甜甜”在飞机起飞前两小时随着大批媒体来到飞机前时，等待他们的是一架已经整装待飞，状况良好的“联邦熊猫快递号”。满载着中国人民的友谊和美好祝愿，两只可爱的大熊猫终于顺利地按计划飞往英国。我们希望当“甜甜”和“阳光”回归中国时，还是搭乘“联邦熊猫快递号”专机。
我是周霆雷。 我是联邦快递。

At 9:40 am, December 4, 2011, two giant pandas – Tian Tian and Yang Guang – that have drawn attention from the whole world traveled from Chengdu, China to Edinburgh, UK on a FedEx Boeing 777F charter. The charter, No. 892, arrived at Shuangliu International Airport on December 3. In order to ensure the safety and punctual departure of China’s national treasures, I, along with two Field Line Maintenance members from Hong Kong and Shanghai, conducted a thorough and careful check of the aircraft. As the ramp where the aircraft parked only allows oil tank truck to operate, and the estimated time of departure (ETD) of the aircraft was a busy time for aircraft refueling, combined with the fact that this type of aircraft consumes huge amounts of fuel, our team decided to adopt the “Twice Refueling” method. Twice Refueling requires refueling the plane with most of the fuel upon arrival and supplying the rest before take-off. This method avoids the risk of delay due to fuel. At 5:30 am on December 4, our team arrived at the airport and made the final preparations for the panda-charter departure. Just two hours before take-off, when Tian Tian and Yang Guang arrived at the ramp along with a large number of media, a fully prepared FedEx Panda Express was ready for take off. These two lovely pandas flew first class to the UK on time with the friendship and warm wishes of the Chinese people supporting them. We hope that Tian Tian and Yang Guang will travel on the FedEx Panda Express upon their return to China.
I am Ting-Lei Zhou. I am FedEx.

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