Chapter 872 Training Airport

'Ray Sculpture' helicopter!

This is a helicopter with excellent performance that China can independently produce.

The 'Ray Sculpture' helicopter has a broad market. In the mainland alone, the military will need about 4,000 'Ray Sculpture' helicopters of various types in the future; in the civilian field, the helicopter market potential is 2,000 to 3,000.

For the military, the Army Aviation naturally needs 'Ray Sculpture' helicopters to improve air strike capabilities, real-time battlefield reconnaissance capabilities, troop delivery capabilities, and air strike tank capabilities.

In the Gulf War, after losing air superiority, the huge lethality of the US military against the Iraqi tank and armored forces came in part from the air strikes of armed helicopters.

Although many of the US military's helicopters were shot down by Iraqi air defense missiles, the role of helicopters was still demonstrated.

The Navy also needs a batch of helicopters for maritime reconnaissance, air strikes, and transportation of personnel.

The Air Force also needs a batch of helicopters to make up for some of the Air Force's deficiencies.

Even in the maritime police, perhaps a batch of helicopters for maritime search, rescue, strikes, and deterrence.

As for the civilian field, there are fire brigades for firefighting, medical systems for transporting patients, etc.

The lowest production is the "Sea Eagle" fighter, with an annual production of only 10.

Because the "Sea Eagle" fighter is a carrier-based aircraft for light aircraft carriers, it has limited range, limited combat power, and limited future market space. Naturally, it is impossible to have too much production capacity. Too much production capacity is a huge waste.

Even if Liu Tao promised the Navy to build a Type 001 light aircraft carrier for the Navy, the current production of "Sea Eagle" fighters is enough.

A Type 001 light aircraft carrier can carry a maximum of 24 aircraft, including 15 "Sea Eagle" fighters and 9 "Ray Eagle" helicopters.

Therefore, the production capacity of "Sea Eagle" fighters in the future will be maintained at 10. And this is full production, otherwise, one or two aircraft a year can be produced to maintain the production line.

At this time, on the runway, fighters, helicopters, and trainer aircraft that are about to be delivered to the Air Force are parked in the parking area.

These fighters and helicopters are not delivered to the Air Force as soon as they are produced. Instead, the test pilots have to fly them for a while, and then the pilots of the Air Force will fly them for a while. This process takes about a month. After there are no problems, the two sides sign the handover, and the pilots who have received good training here directly drive the fighters, trainers, and helicopters to leave Guizhou Aircraft Group.

Fighters and trainers take off one after another. The trainers take off first, followed by the fighters. After taking off, they soar into the sky and soon leave the sight.

The delivery of this batch of fighters, trainers, and helicopters is not consistent. Some will go to the south, some will go to the north, some will go to the east, and some will go to the west.

And all of this is arranged in advance.

Each pilot belongs to a different unit, and he directly drives the fighter, trainer, and helicopter back to his unit.

Liu Tao took his secretary and Gao Zhiwei, the director of the Flight Test Institute, and took off in his exclusive helicopter. Their destination for this trip was the Baise Air Force Training Ground.

Baise Air Force Training Airport was originally an airport used by the Air Force for training, but now it belongs to Guizhou Aircraft Group and is affiliated with the Flight Test Institute.

This airport is not used for test flights, but is specially used to train pilots for overseas customers.

Pilots are different from other arms. It does not mean that if you can fly one type of aircraft, you can fly another type of aircraft.

Even if you are an ace pilot, you have to undergo training to fly another type of aircraft.

Different aircraft are very different.

Panshan Group has a good reputation and has always been paid for services.

Every agreement contract, as long as there is training service, will be executed according to the agreement, and there has been no breach of contract so far.

Baise Air Force Training Airport, there are pilots from various countries, these pilots are of varying quality, and the aircraft they fly are also different.

After all, different countries buy different aircraft.

The pilots of the Flight Academy need to train these pilots.

Some fly J-5, some fly J-6, some fly J-7, some fly J-8, some fly J-H-7, and some fly J-10 fighters.

This has led to the fact that Baise Air Force Training Airport has all kinds of aircraft, including various training aircraft.

Liu Tao came here to inspect the work.

Not long after Liu Tao arrived, the whistle for the emergency assembly sounded.

All of a sudden, the pilots began to gather urgently.

Liu Tao nodded slightly. These pilots looked well-trained. It seemed that they had learned something from the training here.

This is not only a training airport, but also a flight academy. It not only teaches pilots to fly airplanes, but also teaches them knowledge.

Panshan Group has done a lot in external training business. For example, part of it is arranged in Shijiazhuang.

This is also a manifestation of strength, which may play an unexpected role in the future.

"1~2~1~~"

"Stand still!"

"At ease!"

"Stand at attention!"

Hundreds of pilots, some from the Middle East, some from Southeast Asia, some from Africa, and some from Latin America.

There are yellow people, black people, and white people.

Liu Tao communicated with these pilots very kindly. When the pilots said which country they were from, Liu Tao would talk about their old friends in the Air Force.

In the evening, the cafeteria held a party in the form of a buffet.

The food for these pilots is very good. After all, the service fee they pay is not low. Panshan Group is also generous in this regard and will not be stingy.

To be honest, after a conversation, Liu Tao was speechless. The biggest complaint of these pilots was that the airport was in the wilderness and there was no red-light district around.

He had no way to deal with this, after all, it was illegal.

Liu Tao did not want his compatriots to be ravaged.

Even if this was a transaction, Liu Tao was unwilling.

However, Liu Tao also thought of a solution, that is, they could contact their people and let their families come to live nearby temporarily. If they were not married or had no girlfriend, their country would solve it.

Liu Tao did not use his own military standards to demand others. Chinese soldiers have iron discipline and may not go home once a year.

And look at the US military. Military bases in various places are often the most developed red-light districts in a place.

For example, in South Korea and Japan, red-light districts are developed in this way.

That night, Liu Tao and his team left.

Gao Zhiwei and his team flew back, while Liu Tao and his secretary flew to Yangcheng by helicopter. The straight-line distance between the two places was about 700 kilometers.

It would take two hours to get there.

The 'Ray Sculpture' helicopter kept in touch along the route to ensure that it would not be misjudged and thus attract attacks from anti-aircraft weapons.

The helicopter landed steadily in the open space of the Yangcheng Shipyard.

As the largest shipyard in China, it also builds a large number of warships. There are two anti-aircraft battalions around the Yangcheng Shipyard.

Once a special situation occurs, the surrounding garrisons will rush to help as soon as possible.