After discussions with Zhang Yuan, the date for the solo flight was set for September 3rd, which was the day after Lin Haodong told Li Zhan that all pilots in the Destruction King Brigade had met the standards for solo flight.
In addition to pilots and aircraft maintenance, Zhang Yuan's approval is required to allow solo flights. All aircraft taking off and landing at Beiku Station must obtain his approval. There is no doubt that solo flights are a big deal.
You have to pick the best weather.
Only after Zhang Yuan signed the contract and started his solo career could he enter the execution stage.
At dawn in the early morning, Xue Xiangdong, Lin Haodong, Liu Xiao, Nie Jianfeng, Tang Leilei and others all arrived at the tower. Whoever led the trainees took command. Two command groups were divided into two groups and took turns to take charge. Xue Xiangdong took charge of the situation.
The twenty-four pilots of the Destruction King Brigade have already assembled in the flight briefing room to familiarize themselves with the weather, takeoff and landing procedures, flight routes, emergency response plans, etc. Some of them closed their eyes and kept reviewing the past month in their heads.
Some people stared at the key operating specifications on the blackboard and continued to familiarize themselves with the theoretical knowledge and operating actions they had mastered. Some people whispered in low voices and talked about some not-so-familiar points.
They have all completed blind exercises in the simulated cockpit and are already familiar with all the control panels of the Su-27 cockpit. The next step is to move towards mastery, which cannot be taught by instructors.
Flying is not an easy thing, but it is definitely not a difficult thing. It can be summed up in eight words: control of two bars and two rudders. But some people can be good at it, and some people can only play by the rules throughout their lives.
Di Fei, the factors that form this different imagination are so complex and diverse that it would take millions of words of paper analysis to explain them.
This is not the first time for the 18 old crazy pilots and the six new pilots to fly solo. Some even have multiple modification experiences, such as Yang Jinshan, Ma Feng and Nan Lianghong.
Coming from the J-6 era, Ma Feng has even flown the J-8, so he can be said to be a veteran.
So the overall atmosphere is relatively relaxed, which is a good sign.
Li Zhan stood next to the command podium in front of the blackboard. His white flight helmet was placed on the table. He held white labor protection gloves in his hands and walked slowly with his hands behind his back, glancing at the pilots who were making final preparations from time to time.
At 8:30 a.m., the warning light flashed yellow.
Li Zhan immediately walked to the middle and said, "Okay."
Everyone immediately sat upright and stopped talking.
"Let's talk about the procedure again. Take off and climb to 3,000, maintain a speed of 600 and turn left for a circle. Drop to an altitude of 2,000 and fly four turns to simulate landing. After entering the fourth turn, pass through the field once, simulate takeoff, repeat the above procedure again, and then
Flying four turns to land, completed within twenty minutes. It is a very simple route, I wish everyone good luck. The first group is ready." Li Zhan said.
Each group of four fighters took off continuously and conducted the first solo flight training at the same time. Li Zhan originally hoped that all eight fighters would take off, eight sorties at a time, which could double the time utilization. However, Xue Xiangdong was
He and Lin Haodong decisively rejected it. Flying solo is a matter of caution and caution. Everything is based on safety. Eight novices are flying around in eight fighter planes. If something happens, the ground cannot control it at all. We discussed it repeatedly.
After that, each one gave way, and the four fighters moved at the same time.
The first group is Yang Jinshan, Ma Feng, Nan Lianghong and Lin Fei. They are also the best group. They are all experienced veterans. Lin Fei has been a teacher of the third brigade (teaching team) before.
However, I flew the J-6 and J-6. Later, I was selected by Li Zhan to join the Kuangmo Brigade and drove the J-7. I performed very well. With my rich flying experience, I became an advanced player in the modification of the Su-27. Since then,
was assigned to the first group.
Li Zhan hoped that the veterans in the first group would give today’s solo day a good start and inspire other young comrades.
The warning light turns from yellow to red, but there is no buzzer.
Li Zhan immediately ordered, "The first group sets off!"
He rushed out with the first group, jumped into a commuter car, and rushed to the tarmac. Eight Su-27sk heavy fighter jets were ready for departure. The maintenance team had already completed all preparations and lined up neatly on the right side of the nose of the aircraft, waiting.
The four people quickly went to their respective planes and immediately handed over the fighter planes with the maintenance team.
It is now 8:45 in the morning.
Li Zhan came to the small slope platform behind the apron, with a telescope hanging around his neck, a flight helmet in one hand and a handheld radio in the other. His white labor protection gloves were put into his pocket. Unless he was ready to hold the pole, he would not
Will wear the white labor protection gloves that I need to survive.
He would not return to the flight briefing room, and he could not go to the tower. He could only observe the flight conditions of his subordinates here.
The four fighter planes lined up and taxied to the take-off position. The fighter planes that had not received take-off permission were all waiting on the taxiway, just like organizing take-off and landing at a civil aviation airport.
At nine o'clock in the morning, Yang Jinshan received the takeoff order. He increased the engine speed to 60%, then released the brakes. The huge body of the Su-27 began to slide. After the speed reached 260, he decisively slowed down.
Pull the lever, raise the nose of the aircraft, lift the front and rear landing gear off the ground one after another, take off steadily, and the attitude is very standard.
Li Zhan followed the fighter plane to the sky. The sky was clear and cloudless, and the temperature, humidity, air pressure, and wind speed were very suitable for flying.
It was not until the fighter plane piloted by Yang Jinshan became a dot that the second fighter plane piloted by Ma Feng received the order to take off. Four fighters took off in succession at a large time interval.
The handheld radio intercom in Li Zhan's hand was connected to the communication channel between the tower and the fighter plane, and he could hear the conversation. If necessary, he could use the emergency call function to intervene in the conversation. However, under normal circumstances, before the ground commander became disabled, he
You cannot intervene in the conversation at will.
The command of fighter aircraft is the absolute power of the ground commander. Even if the commander is a major, the senior officers standing next to him cannot interfere with the command at will.
Watching the fighter planes take off one after another, Li Zhan was in a nervous mood. This was his first time, the first time leading troops, the first time leading troops for modification. Let's see what kind of answer sheet he can come up with in the end.
It's today.
The second group of pilots came over, and they lined up on the tarmac waiting for Li Zhan to give him a lecture. Li Zhan waved his hand from a distance to let each of them prepare. Then they all went to their respective War Eagles to conduct pre-flight handover inspections with the maintenance staff.
"Two hooks, steady your attitude, don't be anxious when turning, it's okay if the radius is larger." Lin Haodong reminded Han Hongjun that the dialogue between land and air was very clear. The flight attitude of the first group can obviously be seen from the tower, otherwise Lin Haodong
No such prompt will be given.
"Two hooks received." Han Hongjun's voice was steady and not anxious at all.
The su-27 is much more sensitive than the J-7, and it will react if you move the joystick slightly. Secondly, the su-27 not only has dual engines, but also has extremely large thrust. If you move the throttle lever slightly, the changes in thrust and engine will be directly reflected.
Above the speed.
For Li Zhan and others who are used to flying classic aircraft like the J-7, the first thing they need to pay attention to is that the control movements can no longer be as rough as before. The style of wide opening and closing is not suitable for use on third-generation aircraft. This is very important to everyone.
Li Zhan, who used afterburner to climb and descend on steep slopes and perform various large overload maneuvers, needed special attention.
The first group successfully completed their solo landing. They could celebrate, but Li Zhan still had to worry about it.
Li Zhan stood there and watched until the last group successfully completed their solo flight, then he breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.
He is the only one left.
Handing the intercom to Miao Yu, Li Zhan climbed into his No. 01 fighter plane.
It was Xue Xiangdong's idea to let Li Zhan fly alone. He was always the factor that worried Xue Xiangdong the most, even though he was the captain. Everyone had experienced Li Zhan's flying style, including the flight instructors of the Second Division, especially the former captain.
Nie Jianfeng.
Taking over the command from Lin Haodong, Nie Jianfeng picked up the transmitter and said, "Dong Yao, you follow my command, be ready to take off, pay attention to control the speed, over."
"Received Dongyao, pre-flight inspection is in progress." Li Zhan checked each system in an orderly manner, muttering in a low voice, "Flight control system, atmospheric system, flap position, engine..."
"Dongyao requested to slide out." Li Zhan confirmed that all systems were normal and asked the tower for instructions.
Nie Jianfeng replied, "You can slide out of the cave and report to the runway."
"Dongyao understands."
The ground controller raised the red flag and pointed the green flag outside the apron. Li Zhan taxied out of the apron and followed the taxiway to the south end of the runway. The wind was blowing from the northeast today, so he had to take off and land from south to north. He didn't
It feels like flying alone too much. He flies like this when there is an instructor behind him, and he flies like this when he is flying his own plane alone. He flies how he wants to fly.
The first time I flew solo was in JJJV. That old-fashioned propeller plane was just a treasure in the eyes of recruits like Li Zhan at that time. Every day I thought about being able to fly it and fly in the blue sky. Later I flew in JJJVI, and then
It was JJ No. 7, so everyone decisively abandoned the feelings of JJ No. 5.
Now it's the same thing. With the su-27sk, the J-7e is just an eyesore to people like Li Zhan. They wish they could all be retired as soon as possible.
Aiming at the runway, Li Zhan couldn't help but smile from the bottom of his heart, and the sun became even brighter. The so-called exchange of shots for cannons was probably the same.
"Dongyao, get ready to take off, pay attention to controlling the speed." Nie Jianfeng gave the order.
He took the trouble to remind Li Zhan that there was a reason for controlling the speed. Li Zhan's flying style was inherently fierce, and he often used afterburners to climb and so on. In the past, it was older aircraft like the J-7, so it was understandable that the movements would be larger. For example, when flying
It's a purely mechanical car. The clutch pedal is heavy and the accelerator and brake are heavy. If your arm strength is small, you may not even be able to shift the gear lever. It is now a third-generation aircraft, and it is a world-famous aircraft. The flight control system has fast feedback and is sensitive.
If the control is not good, it will be a huge overload.
Li Zhan is a man who flew a J-7e and performed a suspected Cobra maneuver at a height of only ten meters above the ground. He is absolutely fine.
"Dongyao received it, I'm going to fly."
He stepped on the brakes and pushed the accelerator lever to the bottom. The two engines roared wildly, and the speed soared to 90%. The fuselage was shaking and began to slide slowly. The brakes were about to stop. Li Zhan released the brakes, No. 01 su-
27sk started running wildly, and the speed reached 280 meters after sliding for more than 300 meters. Li Zhan lifted the wheel, and the fighter plane soared into the sky.
The most beautiful melody in the world is the roar of the aircraft engine running at full power, the best day is the flying day, and the most exciting scene is the full ammunition load.
As Li Zhan took off, the final ups and downs of the King of Destruction's solo flight day began.