Chapter 607 Project No. 10

Test pilots are the elite among pilots.

It costs hundreds of thousands or even millions of RMB to train an ordinary fighter pilot.

Let alone test pilots, who cost millions or even tens of millions of RMB to train.

Even airplanes cannot be compared with test pilots.

Because airplanes can be rebuilt after a crash, test pilots are not so easy to train.

Test pilots are generally elites with more than a thousand flight hours, which requires a very long period, and the threshold for test pilots is very high.

So it takes several years or even more than ten years to grow from a pilot to a test pilot, even if they are very good.

Like Huang Bingxin, testing new aircraft is a hero among heroes, and that is truly fearless.

Moreover, pilots often know a lot about aircraft and will participate in the development and improvement of aircraft, and often play a big role in the development and improvement work.

Like this test flight, it was very smooth.

For other aircraft, whether it is the test flight of the J-7 series aircraft or the test flight of the J-8 series aircraft, it is full of dangers.

Liu Tao held a celebration banquet for the successful maiden flight today. All the people involved in the test flight attended the celebration banquet.

"Chief Engineer Song!" Liu Tao walked towards Song Wencong with a smile. At this time, Song Wencong was followed by a young man, Yang Wei in his youth.

Song Wencong was well-known in the domestic aviation industry. He was assigned to Shenyang 601 Institute as a designer and professional group leader after graduating from Harbin Military Engineering College in 1960. In 1961, the newly established First Institute of the Sixth Academy of the Ministry of National Defense (Shenyang Aircraft Research Institute) was born in Shenyang, and Song Wencong served as the leader of the aerodynamic layout group. From 1962 to 1964, he led the tactics and layout professional group to conduct more than 20 new aircraft design studies with different plane shapes and parameter combinations, and finally focused on two normal layout schemes-single engine and twin engine. The twin engine scheme advocated by Song Wencong was approved and became the key to the successful development of China's first self-designed supersonic fighter-J-8 aircraft.

In 1970, Song Wencong left Shenyang and went to Chengdu to set up a new fighter aircraft research institute - the Chengdu Branch of Shenyang Aircraft Design Institute (Chengdu 611 Institute), and was subsequently appointed as the director of the General Office and the Aerodynamics Office of the 611 Institute in 1974. In 1980, he served as the deputy director and chief designer of the Chengdu Aircraft Design Institute.

The reason why Liu Tao called him Chief Designer Song was naturally because he served as the chief designer of the J-7C aircraft, the first key project of China's "Sixth Five-Year Plan".

Another point is that in 1982, Song Wencong participated in the review and demonstration meeting of the new aircraft development plan held in Beijing, at which he mentioned new concepts such as the current status of world fighters, aircraft air combat capabilities, and canard aerodynamic layout. Then he introduced the aircraft model of the new layout, that is, the J-10, at the new J-10 plan demonstration meeting. Subsequently, the new plan was determined as the overall plan of China's new generation fighter J-10, and the J-10 aircraft project was listed as a major national special project. Song Wencong was appointed as the chief designer of the J-10 aircraft.

"Chief Engineer Liu!" Song Wencong showed respect. He did not call Liu Tao by any other leadership title, but called him Chief Engineer to express his respect for Liu Tao's superb technical skills.

Laymen watch the excitement, experts see the doorway.

Song Wencong naturally saw the technical content of the 'Eagle' advanced trainer.

"Chief Engineer Song, how is Project No. 10?" Liu Tao asked, "Has the prototype come out?"

The code name of the J-10 aircraft project is 'Project No. 10'!

"Not yet, I'm afraid it will take a few years!" Song Wencong shook his head.

A new type of advanced fighter, how easy is it to develop.

The research and development standard of the J-10 fighter is to reach the level of the third-generation aircraft, which is very difficult for China with a weak aviation industry, lack of technology in the R\u0026D team, and insufficient R\u0026D funds.

After all, he is not like Liu Tao, who has a golden finger.

Liu Tao frowned slightly, because of his little butterfly, the development of China's military industry is much better than the original time and space, not to mention the processing level, which has been greatly improved.

He did not expect that the progress of Project No. 10 would be so slow.

Liu Tao thought thoughtfully, it seems that he needs to push it forward, China really needs an advanced third-generation fighter.

Hundreds of third-generation fighters imported from the United States are now ridiculously expensive, and China is almost impossible to import them again. China also wants to improve the combat effectiveness of the Air Force and replace fighters with more powerful combat effectiveness. In addition to the improved versions of the J-6, J-7, and J-8, the most suitable thing is to develop a third-generation fighter belonging to China.

Then, Liu Tao encouraged Yang Wei, who was born in 1963 and is only 25 years old this year. In 1978, Yang Wei was only 1 point away from the full score in the high school entrance examination, and was approved to take the college entrance examination as an exception. In September, he was admitted to the undergraduate program of aerodynamics at Northwestern Polytechnical University. In November 1985, Yang Wei graduated from graduate school and entered the Chengdu Institute of Aviation Industry.

When Yang Wei was still a student, Liu Tao was already successful.

Although the two are only 8 years apart in age, their current status is very different.

Others may not know, but Liu Tao knows that this young man will become the deputy chief designer of the J-10 fighter jet at the age of less than 30, make great contributions to the successful development of the J-10 fighter jet, and become Song Wencong's successor.

Yang Wei's greatest strength was the design of avionics and flight control systems. Later, China's J-20 fighter jet was the pinnacle of global fighter flight control system design. Not only was the canard layout added, but also the winglets and lifting body design were added. In the B state, a vector engine was added. Without a superb flight control design level, it would be impossible to make it.

Of course, in terms of avionics systems, the J-20 fighter jet is also a pinnacle, using the most advanced avionics system architecture, and its battlefield situation awareness capability is unparalleled.

At that time, the most famous chief designer in China was Yang Wei!

Liu Tao's encouragement made Yang Wei very excited at this time, and he felt that his blood was boiling and his little universe was about to explode.

Liu Tao is a famous scientist in the country. In just one year, he improved the 'J-7' and made it an advanced advanced trainer. Now he has independently developed a new 'Eagle' advanced trainer.

It can be said that Liu Tao has a very strong ability in aircraft design and a very high technical level.

This kind of encouragement from a senior master made Yang Wei so excited that he couldn't sleep for three days and three nights.

Then, Liu Tao walked towards Gu Songfen, who was also a famous aircraft design expert in China. He was the main technical person in charge of the high-altitude and high-speed fighter designed and manufactured by China. He will be called the "Father of the J-8" in the future!

As long as people like Song Wencong and Gu Songfen live long enough, they will be eligible to receive the National Highest Science and Technology Award.

Of course, in addition to contributions, whether the National Highest Science and Technology Award can be ranked is also very important, because since the founding of the Republic, it has been nearly 40 years, and there have been many people who have made outstanding contributions. Many people are eligible for this award, and whether they can get it depends on when it is their turn.

Like the first National Highest Science Award issued last year, the winner was Qian Xuesen. He won this award alone last year, which represented the country's affirmation of his contributions after returning to China, and also gave him enough honor to enjoy this award alone.