{"product_id":"飛越太平洋-港裝嵌小型機啟航-料11月凱旋","title":"Inspiration from HK on the wing","description":"\u003cstyle\u003e\n        * {\n            box-sizing: border-box;  \n        }\n        p {\n            margin-top: 0;\n            margin-bottom: 16px;\n            text-align: justify;\t\n        }\n        strong {\n            font-weight: bold;\t\n        }\n        \n  .container {\n    max-width: 100%;\n    margin: 0 auto;\n  }\n\n        .image-box {\n            display: flex;\n            flex-direction: column;\t\t\n            gap: 12px;\t\t\t\t\n        }\n        .image-box img {\n            display: block;\t\t\t\n            width: 100%;\t\t\t\n            height: auto;\t\t\t\n            object-fit: cover;\t\t\n            border-radius: 4px;\t\t\n\t    margin: 5px 0;\t\t\t\n        }\n\n@media (min-width: 600px) {\n    body {\n        margin: 0 auto;\n    }\n  .image-box.img-2,\t\t\t\t\t \n  .image-box.img-3 {\n    flex-direction: row;\n  }\n  .image-box.img-2 img {\t\t\t\t  \n    width: calc(50% - 6px);\n  }\n  .image-box.img-3 img {\t\t\t\t \n    width: calc(33.333% - 4px);\n}\n    \u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe B-KOO Inspiration, a kit-built, RV-8 single-engine aircraft, took 500 students, pilots and engineers eight years to build at a cost of HK$1.5 million.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen it had to go through 40 hours of flight testing in Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe big reward revved up at 8.30am yesterday as the twin-seater set off from Hong Kong International Airport on the first leg to Clark International Airport northwest of Manila. In all, it will stop at 50 airports in 25 countries, covering some 55,000-kilometers - about 1.4 times the circumference of the globe - before returning in November.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image-box\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/3934\/3478\/files\/01_4e73a89a-07e4-4fdf-9ee0-0dbd60e4b40d.jpg?v=1794192460\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCathay Pacific pilot Cheng and his co-pilot Gary Tat will work his way through Southeast Asia and then steer Inspiration back to Australia. Then comes the Pacific. The big challenge will be Hawaii to San Jose, California, which is the longest leg and will take between 13 and 14 hours.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter crossing North America and working his way to and across Europe, Cheng heads to Jordan and then over much of Asia to home.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome of Cheng's fondest words before the departure were for his family. \"Both my daughter and the aircraft are eight years old,\" he said, but as he had spent much time in the eight years building the plane he didn't always have time with his family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I think I owe them a lot.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith a mainly white fuselage, the 6.4-meter plane has a Lion Rock emblem on its tail. That, Cheng said, shows \"the spirit of Hong Kong people has not changed,\" and he hopes others will be inspired in line with the name of the aircraft, its builders and his flight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt a ceremony to mark the departure, Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said the government puts great store on aviation in Hong Kong, reminding people that the Airport Authority is establishing a civil aviation academy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The name of Hank's aircraft is Inspiration, meaning to stimulate to action. I hope Hank's journey can inspire young people in Hong Kong,\" he said.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSource: The Standard\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"image-box\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/3934\/3478\/files\/02_fa419b9e-1db4-4353-8af7-b7dc7bc26185.jpg?v=1794192460\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Lifewire HK","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49307536982134,"sku":null,"price":3690.0,"currency_code":"HKD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/3934\/3478\/files\/00_fc7e8ac2-6efd-4fff-8d0d-57fcaaaf5313.png?v=1794192499","url":"https:\/\/www.lifewire.hk\/en\/products\/%e9%a3%9b%e8%b6%8a%e5%a4%aa%e5%b9%b3%e6%b4%8b-%e6%b8%af%e8%a3%9d%e5%b5%8c%e5%b0%8f%e5%9e%8b%e6%a9%9f%e5%95%9f%e8%88%aa-%e6%96%9911%e6%9c%88%e5%87%b1%e6%97%8b","provider":"Lifewire HK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}