Am now living and teaching at the Aviation University in Guanghan, where China's commercial pilots are trained. China is facing a great shortage of pilots, who have to know English, so there are many students and lots of work - I have three hundred and sixty three first year students from all over the country. In their English classes taught by locals the students are given three days to memorize several paragraphs of English. These students are all reciting their passages:
Aircraft engine maintenance building:
The grounds are really nice, though have an under construction feel. The new library:
The students have to keep up a demanding physical program, including workouts on equipment to train their balance and control. Behind the propeller-like swings you can see both fixed and free rolling wheels that the students have to be able to control.
My students brought me to try these out one day and it was very fun, though I didn't try to spin one all the way around.
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