Veteran pilot Yang Jianxi coaches a new pilot born in 1992. Since starting his career in 1976, Yang has amassed more than 27,000 hours of total flight time with no errors on his record. In 2018, he was awarded the Outstanding Pilot medal by the Civil Aviation Administration of China, highest honor for a Chinese civil aviation pilot. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yun)
Veteran pilot Yang Jianxi prepares for his first flight in 2019 at an airport in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, Jan. 1, 2019. Since starting his career in 1976, Yang has amassed more than 27,000 hours of total flight time with no errors on his record. In 2018, he was awarded the Outstanding Pilot medal by the Civil Aviation Administration of China, highest honor for a Chinese civil aviation pilot. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yun)
Veteran pilot Yang Jianxi leads the flight crew to board an aircraft in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, Jan. 1, 2019. Since starting his career in 1976, Yang has amassed more than 27,000 hours of total flight time with no errors on his record. In 2018, he was awarded the Outstanding Pilot medal by the Civil Aviation Administration of China, highest honor for a Chinese civil aviation pilot. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yun)
Veteran pilot Yang Jianxi talks to crew members onboard an aircraft in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, Jan. 1, 2019. Since starting his career in 1976, Yang has amassed more than 27,000 hours of total flight time with no errors on his record. In 2018, he was awarded the Outstanding Pilot medal by the Civil Aviation Administration of China, highest honor for a Chinese civil aviation pilot. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yun)
Veteran pilot Yang Jianxi takes a look at an aircraft in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, Jan. 1, 2019. Since starting his career in 1976, Yang has amassed more than 27,000 hours of total flight time with no errors on his record. In 2018, he was awarded the Outstanding Pilot medal by the Civil Aviation Administration of China, highest honor for a Chinese civil aviation pilot. (Photo: China News Service/Zhang Yun)
