Roger da Anne sun buƙaci saduwa da Sergei a San Francisco. "Za mu tafi da jirgin kasa, jirgin ruwa ko jirgin sama?" - ta tambayi Anne.
"Tsarin jirgin yana jinkiri sosai, kuma tafiya ta jirgin ruwa a Kudancin Amirka zai ɗauki watanni," in ji Roger. "Za mu tashi da jirgi."
Ya shiga cibiyar sadarwa ta tsakiya ta hanyar amfani da kwamfutarsa na sirri kuma ya jira na'urar ta tabbatar da ainihin sa. Da ƴan maɓallan maɓalli, ya shiga cikin tsarin tikitin lantarki ya shigar da lambobin asalinsa da inda zai nufa. Bayan ƴan daƙiƙa kaɗan, kwamfutar ta kawo jerin jiragen da suka dace, kuma ya zaɓi na farko. Ana cirar daloli don biyan kuɗi kai tsaye daga asusun sa na sirri.
Jiragen sun taso ne daga filin jirgin saman birnin, inda suka isa ta jirgin kasan birnin. Ann ta canza zuwa tufafin tafiye-tafiye, wanda ya ƙunshi rigan haske mai haske da aka yi da masana'anta na wucin gadi bisa polycarbonates kuma tana mai da hankali kan yanayinta mai rai, wanda ba ta san wani haɓakar ƙwayoyin halitta ba, da kuma wando mai launin shuɗi mai duhu. Kyakkyawar gashinta mai launin ruwan kasa ta barsu a kwance.
A filin jirgin, Roger ya gabatar da katin shaidarsu ga wakilin kamfanin jirgin sama, wanda ya yi amfani da na'urar kwamfuta don tantance ko wanene su da kuma samun bayanai game da tafiyarsu. Ta shigar da lambar tabbatarwa ta ba su izini biyu wanda ya ba su damar shiga yankin. Sannan an duba su ta hanyar tsaro - matakin da ya dace don duk balaguron jirgin sama. Sun mika kayansu ga wani wakilin; za a kai shi ne a wani bangare na daban na jirgin, wanda ba a yi masa allurar roba ba.
“Kuna tsammanin za mu tashi a jirgin sama? Ko a daya daga cikin sabbin jiragen sama? - ta tambayi Anne.
"Na tabbata zai zama jet," in ji Roger. – Jiragen da ake amfani da su a zahiri sun daina aiki. A gefe guda kuma, injunan roka har yanzu suna cikin matakin gwaji. Sun ce idan aka fara amfani da su a ko'ina, irin wadannan jirage za su dauki tsawon sa'a guda a mafi yawa. Kuma jirgin na yau zai dauki tsawon sa'o'i hudu."
Bayan wani dan lokaci suna jira ne aka tasa keyarsu cikin jirgin tare da wasu fasinjoji. Jirgin dai wani katon Silindar karfe ne mai tsayi akalla mita dari, da fikafikan fikafikai suna kallon wani kusurwa, inda aka dora injinan jet guda hudu. Sun duba cikin jirgin na gaba sai suka ga matukan jirgi guda biyu suna duba dukkan kayan aikin da ake bukata don tuka jiragen. Roger ya yi farin ciki da cewa ba dole ba ne ya tashi jirgin da kansa - sana'a ce mai wuyar gaske wadda ta buƙaci shekaru masu yawa na horo.
Bangaren fasinja mai faɗin da ba zato ba tsammani yana da fasinja madauki; Akwai kuma tagogin da za su iya kallon karkarar yayin da suke tashi kilomita 11 a sama da gudun sama da kilomita 800 a cikin sa'a. Nozzles, waɗanda ke fitar da iska mai matsi, suna kiyaye yanayin zafi mai daɗi a cikin ɗakin, duk da yanayin sanyi da ke kewaye da su.
"Na dan damu," in ji Anne kafin tashin.
"Babu wani abu da zai damu," ya sake tabbatar mata. – Irin wadannan jiragen sun zama ruwan dare gama gari. Kun fi aminci fiye da jigilar ƙasa!”
Duk da natsattsen jawabin da Roger ya yi, dole ne ya yarda cewa shi ma ya dan damu matuka a lokacin da matukin jirgin ya daga jirgin sama sama kasa ta fadi. Shi da sauran fasinjojin sun daɗe suna kallon tagar. Da kyar ya iya kera gidaje, gonaki da zirga-zirga a kasa.
"Kuma a yau mutane da yawa suna zuwa San Francisco fiye da yadda na zata," in ji shi.
"Wasu daga cikinsu na iya zuwa wasu wurare," in ji ta. - Ka sani, zai yi tsada sosai don haɗa duk maki akan taswira tare da hanyoyin iska. Don haka muna da tsarin cibiyoyin canja wuri, kuma mutanen ƙanana suna fara zuwa irin wannan cibiya, sannan kuma zuwa wurin da suke buƙata. An yi sa'a, kun samo mana jirgin da zai kai mu San Francisco kai tsaye."
Lokacin da suka isa filin tashi da saukar jiragen sama na San Francisco, jami’an kamfanin jirgin sun taimaka musu wajen sauka daga cikin jirgin tare da kwaso kayansu, inda suka duba tambari masu lamba don tabbatar da mayar da kowace jaka ga mai shi.
"Ba zan iya yarda mun riga mun kasance a wani birni ba," in ji Ann. "Sa'o'i hudu kawai da suka wuce mun kasance a Chicago."
“To, har yanzu ba mu isa garin ba! – Roger ya gyara mata. “Har yanzu muna filin tashi da saukar jiragen sama, wanda ke da dan tazara da birnin, saboda yana bukatar wani yanki mai girman gaske, da kuma idan ba a saba samu ba. Daga nan za mu isa birni ta hanyar amfani da ƙananan sufuri.
Sun zabi daya daga cikin motocin kasa masu amfani da carbon da ke jira a layi a wajen filin jirgin. Kudin tafiyar ya yi kadan wanda za a iya biya ba ta hanyar canja wurin lantarki ba, amma ta alamun dala mai ɗaukuwa. Direban ya tuka motarsa ya nufi cikin gari; kuma ko da yake yana tuka ta ne da kusan kilomita 100 a cikin sa’a, amma sai ga su sun yi saurin tafiya, tunda sun yi nisa da titin siminti. Ya dubi Anne, ya damu cewa irin wannan gudun zai iya tayar da ita; amma sai taji kamar taji dadin tafiyar. Yarinyar fada, da kuma mai hankali!
Daga k'arshe direban ya tsayar da motarsa suka isa wurin. Ƙofofin lantarki ta atomatik suna maraba da su cikin ginin Sergei. Duk tafiyar ba ta wuce awa bakwai ba.
source: www.habr.com