Fly me to the #moon? Man flies home by private helicopter for the Mid-Autumn Festival How important is the #MidAutumnFestival for #Chinese people? One man, surnamed Shu, went so far as to fly by a luxury private #helicopter valued at 70 million yuan (around $11.3 million) to get home in time to celebrate with his family. It created quite a flutter on Saturday in Yancheng City, east #China’s Jiangsu Province, where the helicopter landed in front of a local hotel downtown. The parking lot was cleared in advance for his landing. The helicopter is 14 meters long and 3 meter wide, with 2 rows of seats inside and can hold five people. Shu reportedly bought it from Italy earlier this year and has gone through legal procedures to have it licensed. “They are heading back from Tianjin for the Mid-Autumn Festival”, said Mr. Xu, a friend of Shu. Shu is a local in Dafeng City in Jiangsu province, and runs business in north China’s Tianjin municipality, according to an article in Modern Express. Internet users on Sina Weibo reacted differently on the case. “Such a ‘Tuhao’ (A Chinese word referring to someone rich but less educated). But being rich without forgetting his home. Like it. ”@ Xueshanzhulin “From Tianjin to Yancheng City? Can its battery bear such a (long) fly? …” @yingyueguying
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 12:33:12 +0000
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