When returning from a night flight, you first need to find the airport and see the runway.
With the development of science and technology to this day, despite the blessing of more and more advanced technologies, pilots of even the most advanced aircraft have to visually find the airport runway when landing.
The most reliable thing is the human eyes.
Blind landing does not exist for the J-7.
Why does the J-7 need to go through several turns when landing? The visual runway position is an important purpose. The pilot has almost no downward vision in the direction of the nose and can only observe from both wings. The second turn to the fourth turn allows the pilot to make multiple turns
Confirm the runway location. The same is true for civil aviation aircraft.
For advanced third-generation aircraft, it is not so complicated, and it can be done directly.
After descending in altitude, when Li Zhan turned and aimed in the direction of the station, he overlooked Nangang at night, which was full of light. Even in Xi County, an underdeveloped coastal area with no industry, there was almost no darkness.
Feeling the comfort of cruising in the dark, Li Zhan couldn't help but say, "I have read an analysis and the easiest way to look at the economic status of a country or region is to fly a plane at night and get the answer through the brightness of the lights on the ground.
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"No, I have seen a satellite picture before. It was taken at night. North Korea is dark and sloppy, while South Korea is brightly lit. The contrast is very strong." Nie Jianfeng said.
Li Zhan said with emotion, "With the economy improving, the local government should support the troops by giving more military spending and building more fighter planes, so as to save the brothers from the hard life. I have visited the cockpit of the J-10, and compared with ours,
Ours is just a walking tractor, and theirs is a serious limousine cockpit."
"Don't forget it, our division will not be equipped with rogues. The logistics support is already messy. From now on, it will definitely be a single model of aircraft." Nie Jianfeng said.
Li Zhan curled his lips, "Maybe they are all equipped. The flying force needs to be changed, and the logistics support also needs to be changed. Comprehensive support is better. When fighting a war, the enemy doesn't care what type of aircraft you can support."
"That's just wishful thinking on your part. You are possessed by villains." Nie Jianfeng said with a smile.
Li Zhan was speechless because even he did not believe that the Second Division would be equipped with the J-10.
The top brass has proposed a military reform draft, which is being extensively investigated and studied throughout the military. It will be implemented in the next few years. As the first military service to adjust its strategic direction among the four major services, the Air Force has the sharpest sense of smell.
Rumors have spread, and the first thing to be affected is the reform of the command structure. The reform of the military establishment will definitely be accompanied by the installation of new equipment.
But for front-line pilots, everything is still far away psychologically.
At least Li Zhan is basically certain that he will be with the J-7e for a long time in the future.
"Stop talking about it, turn around and get ready to land." came the command from the tower Yu Chenglin.
Nie Jianfeng quickly replied, "Understood, eight kilometers is good, I'm entering the landing route."
One turn, two turns, deploy the landing gear, another turn, confirm the relative position of the attitude again, turn again, aim at the runway, the navigation lights slowly lowered towards the runway, the fighter jet landed safely without deploying the parachute.
Take the taxiway directly from the end of the runway back to the hangar.
When it came to Li Zhan, he kept a good distance from Nie Jianfeng, neither procrastinating nor getting close to each other, like a good child.
"Down the landing gear." Li Zhan reported, and then he made the last turn and aimed at the runway. The width lights on both sides of the runway were very eye-catching. In the night flight training, there was a subject that simulated landing without light markings at the station.
It would be exciting to see an airport attacked and powered off during wartime.
No. 037 aircraft slowly descended in altitude. Li Zhan had slightly raised the nose of the aircraft. The fighter plane descended steadily, and the main wheels were preparing to rub towards the runway.
Li Zhan slowly closed the accelerator and put the engine in idle mode. He glanced at the altimeter and the reference object outside, and accurately judged that the main wheel was within two meters of the runway. When he was about to land, there was a loud shout on the radio:
"Pull up with three turns! Pull up quickly! Your front wheel hasn't been lowered yet!"
"Yeah?"
Li Zhan didn't panic, even though Yu Chenglin's voice sounded like a ghost's scream. He didn't know that Yu Chenglin and Zhang Wei had just discussed his bad luck, and it really came true. It would be strange if it wasn't a ghost's scream.
An inexperienced pilot would most likely hurriedly pull the stick and push the throttle. Doing so would risk stalling. The current attitude of the aircraft is already at the edge of the flight envelope. If there is a sudden change, such as the angle of attack being too large or the power not keeping up,
The change speed of the angle of attack and the stall are almost predictable. The result is that the fighter plane will sit on the ground, maybe it will do a ballet circle and then the aircraft will be destroyed.
The whole army loves the army, is a model of military excellence, and is a double-class hero. His reputation is not in vain.
Li Zhan still followed the attitude of the fighter plane to land the main wheels, but did not make further operations. At this time, he changed the flap angle, slowly pushed the throttle, and waited for the engine speed to increase and the speed to increase. In other words, he followed the fighter plane's attitude and landed on the ground.
Attitude, more than twenty operations were completed in a very short period of time, allowing the fighter aircraft to naturally transition from a decelerating landing attitude to a take-off state.
The runway is long enough, so he doesn't worry about insufficient distance.
The fighter plane just raised its nose half-way, its main wheels touched the ground, and kept its attitude and rolled forward along the runway, getting faster and faster.
"Tower, I'll pull up for a go-around, clear the field again, and look at the landing gear."
Li Zhan reported, confirming that the attitude of the fighter plane was stable, and then decisively turned on the afterburner. The fighter plane roared, as if someone had kicked him, and Li Zhan was suddenly pressed on the seat. He pulled the lever and the fighter plane became violent.
The ground left the ground.
He is not trying to be cool this time, but if he doesn't do this, the fighter planes will plunge into the buildings in the county. In this dark sky, no one can guarantee that it will be a clear environment, and the runway distance does not allow it.
He took off normally.
Turning on afterburner for takeoff is generally used for emergency takeoff, which is no problem.
When the landing gear was retracted, the searchlight beam from the ground also hurriedly followed. Yu Chenglin's telescope was already ready. He quickly looked over and saw that the rear landing gear was retracted normally, but he couldn't see clearly.
Be clear about the condition of the nose landing gear.
"Three turns into the cave, let's go through. Let me take a look at the landing gear." Yu Chenglin said.
"clear."
On the other side, the senior soldier responsible for observing the landing gear was frightened to death. If he had reported a few seconds later that the front landing gear was not in place, Li Zhan would have been doomed. He was also aggrieved. The light was not good at night, and the front landing gear was not in place.
The navigation lights at the landing gear position are not very bright, and it is not as easy as during the day to confirm whether the landing gear is down normally in the dark.
The personnel on duty at the tower were very alert, the emergency plan was activated, and all ambulances, fire trucks, decontamination trucks, and tractors were on standby.
Landing gear failure is not a serious danger for Li Zhan, who has gone through many difficulties. After all, he has crashed a plane and destroyed an engine, so this is really childish.
But he definitely took it seriously, because the aerodynamic layout of the J-7 was really not helpful for the main wheel to make an emergency landing, even with double delta wings.
"Get ready to clear the place." Li Zhan reported.
"Height 100, control the speed." Yu Chenglin ordered. In order to see more clearly, he deliberately let the low altitude pass.
"I understand... Hey, why is it all dark?"
After Li Zhan's voice came out from the loudspeaker, most of the people in the tower were confused. What does it mean to be completely dark?