The fighter jet roared and rolled. Li Zhan released the landing gear at the maximum overload, then turned off the afterburner and retracted the throttle to reduce the speed.
What comes next is a little more difficult.
Li Zhan had to clear the field under command from the ground and observe the condition of the landing gear from the ground. He could neither see the status of the landing gear nor use the instruments to judge whether the landing gear was fully extended.
At this time, Li Zhan was very eager to have a second or third perspective so that he could carefully observe the appearance of the fighter plane.
"The hole has three turns, the height is OK, keep it."
"Understood, keep the altitude. I can see Landmark No. 1."
Landmark No. 1 is the Royal Hotel in the county seat. A high-power cloud detector that rotates regularly and points to the sky is installed on the roof of the building. It is the most obvious nighttime landmark of the West County Station. As long as you confirm the location of Landmark No. 1, you can find the runway.
s position.
When descending again, Li Zhan pushed the left rudder, and the fighter plane tilted left and descended. At this time, he saw the position of the main runway below the left front. The width lights on both sides of the runway were very eye-catching in the darkness. The lights in the flight area
Try not to go upward in the direction to avoid interfering with the pilot's judgment.
"Tower, I see the runway." Li Zhan reported.
"Continue to lower the altitude and follow my instructions to fly level." Qi Hong ordered.
"clear."
Li Zhan changed his previous violent flying style and slowly descended in altitude at a constant speed. After Qi Hong's instructions, he decisively resumed level flight. He judged by referring to the ground lights and could roughly judge that the fighter plane should be about 500 meters away from the ground.
Obviously, Qi Hong was worried about problems if the height was too low.
Li Zhan asked for instructions, "Tower, I can go a little higher. Clearing the field at 500 meters doesn't mean much."
Hearing these words, Yu Chenglin, Zhang Wei and Zhang Yuan all looked at each other in surprise, and subconsciously looked at the radar data - the flying altitude of fighter jet 037 was exactly 500 meters. Their first reaction was to suspect that Li Zhan was lying.
The cockpit did not lose power at all. However, they quickly gave up this suspicion, because no one would joke about such a thing, let alone their own lives and the fighter plane.
The terrain in the Xixian area is flat, with an altitude of about 50 meters. The highest peak is only over 200 meters. Therefore, the flight height of 500 meters is almost the height relative to the ground.
Qi Hong asked, "Okay, you can lower it a little higher."
In the past hour, Li Zhan's feelings were quite accurate. For example, when he descended 500 meters just now, he did it in one step and did not need to make corrections. Qi Hong became more confident because of this.
After descending to an altitude of 100 meters, Li Zhan resumed level flight and placed the throttle at the minimum position, allowing the fighter plane to fly through the field as slowly as possible without stalling.
"This guy is really brave and talented!"
Qi Hong said, picking up the binoculars and following the slowly approaching No. 037 fighter jet. The high-power searchlights on the ground were turned on to follow closely, so that he could see more clearly. The navigation lights at the front landing gear also did not light up, and the left and right lights were also turned on.
The traffic lights are still on.
Putting down the telescope in disappointment, Qi Hong picked up the microphone and said, "Three turns into the hole, but the landing gear is still only halfway down."
Li Zhan suddenly thought of something and said quickly, "I will retract the landing gear now to see if the main and auxiliary landing gear can be retracted normally."
"Good idea!" Yu Chenglin said subconsciously.
Qi Hong quickly raised his telescope and saw that Fighter No. 037 was flying directly opposite at this time. He could see that the main landing gear was retracted normally, but the auxiliary landing gear in front did not move at all.
"The nose landing gear didn't move, it must have been stuck." Qi Hong felt excited and informed Li Zhan.
Li Zhan made a decisive decision, "Tower, request an emergency landing."
There is no better choice than this, and Li Zhan's fuel is running low. You must know that turning on afterburner consumes a lot of fuel.
Qi Hong was equally decisive and gave the order, "Dong Sanguai, I order you to make an emergency landing."
"clear."
Qi Hong ordered Yu Chenglin, "Let all the buildings in the living area turn on the lights."
Yu Chenglin immediately conveyed the order, and after a while, all the lights in the family buildings in the living area were turned on.
The emergency landing was not so particular. Li Zhan kept his altitude and made a direct U-turn. He was very conscious and turned left instead of right, because the right turn was in the county town. His eyes were always fixed on the obvious marks on the ground.
, it is not yet late at night, and the lights in the village are also very bright. What he has to overcome is the judgment of the eyes on the position of the light in a long-term dark state. In this case, human eyes are very easy to fatigue and can easily produce hallucinations. Li Zhan does not
Damn it, he gained a little height when turning around, otherwise he would plunge to the ground if he had even the slightest hallucination.
"Third turn of the hole, have you seen the runway? Can you aim it?" Qi Hong asked.
Li Zhan turned around again and flew back, pressed the nose of the plane slightly, determined the runway position, and reported, "I saw it, I can align it."
"Keep your posture, keep your speed good, and slowly lower your altitude." Qi Hong instructed.
Li Zhan slowly descended. He didn't look at the instrument panel at all. He couldn't see anything anyway. Instead, he turned his head to the right to look at the lights from the living area, using the height of the building to judge his relative height. He must overcome his habit.
It is not easy to rely on sexual movements, and the key issue in blind exercise is to overcome psychological barriers and fear of the dark.
Li Zhan did all of these perfectly.
"Lower the landing gear."
"The landing gear is good."
"Height one hundred."
After discovering that although the nose landing gear could not be completely thrown out, it was completely stuck, many people thought this was a turning point. Although it was not completely lowered, at least half of it came out, and it was stuck halfway.
The front wheel can still play the role of supporting the nose.
There is no doubt that this situation is much better than what could have been recovered before.
At least until the cause of the failure is figured out, it can be determined that the cockpit operation cannot change the state of the nose landing gear halfway. This can provide strong support, although the landing posture will definitely be very awkward.
"Fifty meters away!"
Li Zhan gritted his teeth and stopped talking. He focused on the feeling of control and the attitude of the fighter plane. His eyes were fixed on the brightly lit building in the living area. His mind was constantly updating the determined data, and then reporting it to the ground.
Quickly compare the data to form the most accurate control feeling.
Such a process is very complicated to describe, but in Li Zhan's practice it was just a matter of seconds.
At this point, the slower the landing speed, the better.
Li Zhan did something that no one expected.
When he was still more than 20 meters above the ground, he released the parachute.
The fighter plane suddenly slowed down as if being pulled by a big hand. Li Zhan didn't hesitate at all. He kept his posture lowered and slightly raised the nose of the plane. At this time, he was still staring at the people over the living area.
He continued to use the lights until he felt that the lights on the first floor he had chosen as a reference were parallel to his gaze, and he immediately changed the aircraft's attitude and trim.
On the grass on one side of the main runway, Qi Hong and others looked up and watched the No. 037 fighter jet land. In their eyes, this was not a landing. The fighter plane simply hit the runway. The deceleration effect of the parachute was very obvious, and
Qi Hong noticed very keenly that Li Zhan had chosen a very tricky time to release his parachute.
If it is earlier, the fighter will stall and fall over. If it is later, it will not achieve the ideal deceleration effect. In the current situation of the fighter, the slower the landing speed, the smaller the impact force the nose landing gear will bear. This is not necessary.
words.
Li Zhan is very calm and calm, and his operation is perfect.
When he releases the drag chute, even if the fighter plane stalls due to the loss of a large amount of airspeed, the fighter plane will not be in great danger because at this time the main wheels of the fighter plane are only a few meters away from the runway, and it will be within a second or two.
Once it touches the ground, the fighter plane has no chance of stalling.
It wasn't until the fighter plane stopped in the middle of the runway with its head lowered and looking a little embarrassed that everyone reacted.
Li Zhan successfully made another dangerous landing!