Chapter 650: J-11 fighter jet's first flight

New Year's Day!

In the morning!

The weather was clear and the sky was cloudless. It seemed that God had specially given a good weather for the first flight of the J-11 fighter.

Yesterday, a group of leaders and guests had already arrived at Guifei.

They were all so excited that they couldn't sleep.

When did China's aviation industry have the strength it has today?

At the same time, so many advanced models were developed with such high efficiency. One after another advanced military aircraft flew into the blue sky and joined the troops, becoming the backbone of defending the motherland's airspace and territorial waters.

The J-10 fighters are all undergoing test flights and have not yet been officially put into service.

Now, the J-11 fighter, a twin-engine heavy fighter, is about to make its first flight.

New Year's Day is the first day of 1990.

But this day is an extremely important day for the entire China Aviation Industry, the China Air Force and the Naval Aviation Force. The first flight of the J-11 fighter is undoubtedly a major node.

Everyone was wearing down jackets, looking forward to it and talking to each other.

Finally, at nine o'clock in the morning.

Three J-11 fighter prototypes were dragged out of the hangar by three tractors.

Suddenly, both the leaders and guests who attended the first flight ceremony and the workers of Guifei were excited.

The streamlined fuselage of the J-11 fighter is full of beauty, and the cockpit cover and radar cover are all eye-catching!

Not every leader and guest who came to attend the first flight ceremony participated in the J-11 fighter's offline ceremony.

The J-11 fighter gives people a feeling of great beauty, full of majesty and domineering!

This made everyone applaud and gave the applause to the J-11 fighter.

The people who performed the first flight mission of the J-11 this time were Ge Shun, Wang Guomin, and Wei Bingyan!

The three saluted Liu Tao and others, then swore an oath, and then turned and strode towards the J-11 fighter. They boarded the 01 prototype, 02 prototype, and 03 prototype respectively!

Under the gaze of the crowd, they checked around the plane, then handed over to the ground crew, and then the three test pilots gave everyone a thumbs up, then resolutely stepped onto the plane's gangway and entered the cockpit.

They conducted an in-cabin inspection, and after finding no problems, they started the power supply. The powerful roar of the engine made people feel excited.

Ge Shun requested to take off, and after receiving the approval notice, he started the engine on the 01 prototype.

In this test flight, the 01 prototype will be tested first, and after the 01 prototype returns safely, the 02 prototype and the 03 prototype will be tested one after another.

At this time, all the equipment showed normal, Ge Shun reported, and after obtaining approval, Ge Shun began to drive the 01 prototype away from the apron and headed towards the runway. After entering the runway, as the brakes were released, the 01 prototype seemed to be full of energy, and it flew directly out at a terrifying speed.

It taxied quickly, and everyone couldn't help but feel nervous.

During the maiden flight, the take-off phase is the most dangerous and the most accident-prone phase.

Once the take-off is successful, the entire maiden flight phase is half successful.

When it was ready to take off, Ge Shun pulled the joystick, and the J-11 fighter took off directly. The take-off was very stable and smooth. Then the J-11 fighter began to climb rapidly and soon disappeared from everyone's sight.

At this time, everyone finally couldn't help but cheered and applauded, and warm applause rang out at the scene.

After flying for 30 minutes, the J-11 fighter flew back under Ge Shun's control and appeared in everyone's sight.

Under the guidance of the command center, the 01 prototype slowly aimed at the runway and began to slide down. This was also the most critical part of the maiden flight.

Because take-off and landing are the most risky for the maiden flight!

As long as the landing is successful, the J-11 fighter will successfully complete the maiden flight mission today!

When the J-11 fighter jet landed smoothly with an extremely elegant posture, decelerated rapidly on the runway, and finally slid smoothly to the parking area, the applause and cheers of the audience reached the highest point.

Ge Shun turned off the engine, turned off the power, and got out of the cockpit of the aircraft, and the people who swarmed around him enthusiastically threw him up as a hero.

After waiting, two elementary school students held flowers and presented flowers to Ge Shun.

The first flight ceremony has ended, but the first flight ceremony has not ended.

Because the 02 prototype and the 03 prototype also started to move, the two prototypes were 5 minutes apart.

They rushed into the blue sky one after another!

After another half an hour, the 02 prototype and the 03 prototype flew back one after another and landed smoothly.

At this time, Liu Tao officially announced that the first flight of the J-11 fighter jet was a complete success.

Liu Tao and others walked towards the three test pilots and shook hands with them!

Everyone knows that test pilots are the people closest to death in peacetime.

Flight testing is a systematic project that integrates science, engineering and risk. Before the test flight of a new aircraft, there is no flight test data, almost a blank sheet of paper. To find out the limits of the new aircraft and fill in various performance parameters for the new aircraft, not only does it require test pilots to be able to "survive in desperate situations" when encountering sudden dangers, and calmly deal with them to successfully escape danger, but it also requires them to take the initiative to break through the safety boundaries, take risks to challenge the limits, and "live towards death" again and again.

The design performance of an aircraft is often different from its actual performance.

And it is possible that there are problems when the aircraft is designed, or there are no problems with the aircraft design, but there are problems in the aircraft manufacturing process. These need to be discovered during the test flight, and sometimes these existing problems will lead to huge dangers.

In the past few decades, Chinese test pilots have experienced at least thousands of dangers during the test flight stage. Some dangers have been overcome, some dangers have not been directly hit by customers when they are about to land, and explosions have occurred. There are also aircraft that fail to take off and crash, and there are birds flying into the engine causing engine accidents.

The number of test pilots who have died has already exceeded 20!

The test pilots who sacrificed their lives are the Chinese pilots who sacrificed the most since the end of the Korean War!

And now, completing the first flight of a new type of aircraft is the most glorious moment for every test pilot.

The first flight of the J-11 fighter jet was a complete success. Guizhou Aircraft prepared delicacies, wine and food for a grand celebration, and everyone ate and drank freely.

The next day, a celebration meeting was held. Ge Shun was awarded the first-class merit in three days, and was awarded the first-class military merit medal and the "first-class meritorious service" plaque. At the same time, he was awarded the title of "Heroic Test Pilot" of Southwest Aviation Industry.

In addition to spiritual awards, there are naturally tangible material rewards.

Although test pilots do not care about material rewards, the group must award them so that the lives of test pilots are improved and the family lives of test pilots are improved.

Test pilots are fighting with their lives, so naturally they cannot be disproportionate to their efforts and gains, and their family lives are difficult.