A big country of aerospace with black technology

The test flight site in the early morning was still shrouded in a thin mist.

Although it is not yet time to go to work, a group of people started working on the airport runway early.

"Squad leader, why did we start driving away birds so early today?"

A young soldier, holding a fowling gun in one hand, asked his squad leader with some doubts.

"It should be a mission."

The squad leader briefly talked about his speculation, and then said seriously:

"You shouldn't know, don't ask around!"

When the little soldier heard the stern voice of his squad leader, he no longer wondered what mission he would perform today.

Then he began to seriously carry out the task of driving away birds.

As modern aircraft fly faster and faster, bird strike incidents cause more and more damage to pilots and aircraft.

This is why modern airports attach great importance to bird repellent work.

The test ground often requires aircraft test flights.

Compared with ordinary military airports, the requirements for bird repellent work are actually higher.

Many of the test flights are fighter jets, and because it is necessary to test the performance limits of the aircraft, both the take-off speed and the take-off distance will be compressed to the limit.

This means that if a bird strike occurs, the accident will be more tragic than ordinary accidents.

The soldiers who keep birds away from the airport are doing their job conscientiously.

Use various means to drive away the birds around the airport.

"Squad leader, the fog has cleared!"

The little warrior, who was sweating profusely just now, looked at the sun and said with a smile.

"yes."

"It's another great day to fly!"

The squad leader also wiped the sweat on his forehead and said.

In the hangar of the airport, a fighter jet with a very sci-fi appearance was quietly waiting for its first flight into the sky.

It has an angular fuselage, canards that can maneuver at multiple angles, dual vertical tails at the tail, and an engine that can perform binary vector maneuvers.

Although it is painted in the yellow paint of the experimental model, it still has an innate majestic and domineering look.

The long pitot tube ahead was about to pierce the sky.

"How are you preparing?"

Zhang Xingyang asked Lei Gang during the preparation stage before the test flight.

"Don't feel any psychological pressure. If the plane crashes, we can still rebuild it. Talent is the most important thing."

As a test pilot who flew the J-10 a few years ago, Lei Gang has been able to fly more than 1,200 hours every year in the past few years.

Excellent pilots in this country only fly 200 hours a year.

Lei Gang's flying time alone is equivalent to that of ten excellent pilots.

The reasons for this are very complicated, although at this time there were already long-life aero engines in China.

It is no longer like the previous life where engine overhaul was necessary after flying a few times.

But each flight still costs a lot of money.

Just the supporting fuel, wearing parts, etc., make the flight cost of a fighter jet approximately tens of thousands of yuan per hour.

This is also an important reason why no one in the Air Force and Navy can achieve the same training time.

In the past few years, Leigang has had seven or eight turbofans scrapped by flying.

This kind of flight training is at a shocking level even in the world.

These days, NATO pilots only fly about 250 hours a year.

"Mr. Zhang, I have experience, it's okay!"

Lei Gang was not as worried as Zhang Xingyang, he patted his chest and vowed.

"No, no, no, you should have felt this fighter jet during ground training before."

Zhang Xingyang gave Lei Gang a serious ideological correction.

"His thrust and weight determine that his speed in the sky will be very fast, and he may even reach a cruising speed above Mach 2.2!"

"With afterburner turned on, it's even possible to reach Mach 3.2."

The thrust of the new fourth-generation aircraft is very sufficient, and a single binary vector version of the turbofan can reach 178KN.

Therefore, the thrust of the entire fighter jet is around 36 tons.

Nowadays, many advanced electronic equipment in fighter jets have not been replaced, leaving a lot of free quality.

Today, the take-off weight of this fighter jet is 26 tons.

"This is indeed much faster than our previous J-10."

This was not the first time that Lei Gang knew about the performance of the fighter jet he was going to fly today, but when he heard Zhang Xingyang talk about it, he still took it a lot more seriously.

"Commander Zhang, I will do my best to bring the plane back safely!"

After speaking, Lei Gang gave Zhang Xingyang a military salute and expressed his determination.

"I hope to see you return safely!"

Zhang Xingyang said after returning the gift.

"I try my best."

Lei Gang said this with a playful smile, seemingly not paying attention to the test flight he was about to perform.

In fact, test flight work is extremely dangerous.

Because of the test flight, any situation may occur that you have never even heard of.

At this time, the test pilot in the sky can only rely on the knowledge he has learned and his own judgment.

Determine whether the plane can still fly back and whether to skydive?

Since the first independent test flight in China, dozens of test pilots have sacrificed their lives for the aviation industry of the motherland.

Of course, many aviation experts and technicians who were on the plane at the time sacrificed their lives.

Many of these people can escape by parachuting themselves.

However, in order to prevent the crashed plane from falling into a residential area and causing a large number of casualties, he chose to control the plane at the last moment of his life and crash into no man's land.

This is also an important reason why Zhang Xingyang gave special instructions before Lei Gang carried out the test flight.

Although he has full confidence in the new fighter jet, any unexpected situation is possible during the experiment.

If something happens that they didn't expect during the experiment, Zhang Xingyang still hopes that Lei Gang can give up the fighter jet and save his life.

If Zhang Xingyang didn't give special instructions, something unexpected would happen.

According to the current thinking of Lei Gang and other test pilots, the most important thing must be the test fighter jets.

They can sacrifice their lives to save their fighter jets.

Not far away, doctors at the airport were about to conduct a final physical examination on Lei Gang to ensure that his physical condition was suitable for today's test flight.

"The doctor is waiting for you, go ahead."

Zhang Xingyang didn't know how to persuade Lei Gang to ensure his own life safety first.

This matter feels many times more difficult than conducting the most difficult scientific research task.

In the end, Zhang Xingyang had no choice but to give up and continue to persuade.

After glancing at Lei Gang who was preparing for the physical examination, Zhang Xingyang turned and walked towards the engineers who were still conducting final inspections on the fighter jet.

"General Master Zhang!"

The person responsible for the maintenance of the fighter jets is a young man who is not too old.

"How is the inspection of Unit 02?"

Zhang Xingyang looked around at the people who were still busy and said.

Unit 01 is a ground static verification aircraft and is still lying in the hangar of Chengdu Aircraft Corporation of China.

"The inspection is almost complete."

The young engineer wiped the sweat from his head and said.

"No problems have been found so far."

"There shouldn't be any problems. We checked the plane several times before transporting it."

"During the transportation process, we also tried our best to protect it."

Although Zhang Xingyang also knew that the probability of problems with this fighter jet was very small, Zhang Xingyang still said:

"I still can't relax."

The success or failure of the first flight is not only related to the finalization of the subsequent fourth-generation aircraft, but also the corresponding air force strategic issues.

Neither Zhang Xingyang's fighter design team nor the manufacturing team had mentioned these issues.

But he does bear a lot of pressure in this regard.

Because even the Yingjiang F-22 has not yet entered service at this time, everyone still has certain doubts about the development of such an expensive fighter jet.

Although the research and development cost of domestic fourth-generation aircraft is not as high as tens of billions of dollars like the F-22, it still costs tens of billions of dollars.

After all, many domestic technologies at this time are lagging behind when later generations developed the J-20, which has caused a rapid increase in research and development costs.

After the inspection work before the first flight is completed, the first flight of the fourth-generation aircraft is about to officially begin.

"Report, Test Pilot Brigade Lei Gang, applied for the first test flight of Veyron!"

Lei Gang applied to Zhang Xingyang in a loud voice to start the first flight.

"Approved for the first flight!"

Zhang Xingyang responded to Lei Gang with the same serious face.

After receiving approval, Lei Gang turned around and entered the fighter through the telescopic ladder on the side of the fighter.

This is not the first time that Leigang has tested a domestically produced advanced fighter jet.

If we talk about the last test flight, his heartbeat would also accelerate.

During this test flight, Lei Gang felt that his body was very relaxed and the flight seat fit him very well.

Of course, this is not Le Gang's illusion. Compared with the previous generation fighter, the seats of the Veyron fighter have been adjusted to a large extent.

It is more ergonomic and provides insulation and ventilation functions.

In fact, when flying the J-10, many pilots pointed out that during high-intensity confrontations, they would sweat a lot due to the intense physical and mental exertion.

In the process of high-intensity confrontation, the pilot's discomfort will be enhanced.

Therefore, when designing and manufacturing this fourth-generation aircraft, the professional design team of each project made key improvements in this aspect.

But after Lei Gang entered the cabin, what shocked him the most was actually the helmet he had just put on.

Although I have worn a flight helmet before.

But that thing can only be said to have a certain protective effect on the head, prevent damage to the eyes due to direct sunlight at high altitudes, or facilitate oxygen supply.

But as the fourth-generation machine with the highest level of technology in the country, the helmet is even better.

It not only has excellent protective performance, but more importantly, it integrates a lot of information into the flexible display mask on the helmet.

It allows pilots to understand numerous aircraft data through the helmet, as well as helmet sights that are currently relatively rare.

It allows the fighter plane to follow the helmet for target aiming.

Lei Gang took a few deep breaths to calm down.

According to the operating rules of the fourth-generation aircraft that I learned before, a series of self-inspections were completed on the aircraft.

"Unit No. 02, complete preparations and apply for takeoff."

After gesturing to the people on the side of the airport runway, Lei Gang said calmly through the communication system.

"You can take off!"

Clear orders came from the tower.

Zhang Xingyang stood on the airport runway, looking at the fighter jet only ten meters away from him.

In a very short period of time, the flames on the tail of the fighter jet turned from orange to blue.

The surrounding air seemed to be distorted by the high temperature.

Even though he was ten meters away, Zhang Xingyang only felt a little bit hot.

It just means that this fighter jet is extremely well insulated.

Otherwise, the heat wave must be felt at such a small distance.

The fighter jet began to taxi on the airport runway.

Compared with the J-10's take-off distance of less than 300 meters, the Veyron, as a heavy twin-engine fighter, has a longer take-off distance.

But it's only grown a little.

After gliding for 310 meters, the fighter gained enough lift to lift off the ground.

Different from the lightness and dexterity of the J-10 when it takes off, the Veyron can make people feel the industrial violence aesthetic of powerful flying bricks when it takes off!

The yellow-painted fighter jet is like a yellow dragon, cruising in the sky.

Lei Gang drove the fighter very steadily.

It was not as flamboyant as when he talked to Zhang Xingyang before.

It started by flying three times around the test field at low altitude and speed.

Although it is not difficult to fly like this, it can be seen that there is no big problem with Veyron.

At least there is no problem with the structural design.

There was no situation where it fell apart as soon as it hit the sky.

"Tower, tower."

"I want to try the stealth performance."

Just when everyone thought the first test flight was about to end, Lei Gang started contacting the ground command center in the sky.

At this time, everyone looked at Zhang Xingyang, who was the person in charge of the first flight.

"Agree to conduct stealth performance test!"

Zhang Xingyang did not end this successful first flight as others expected.

Instead, he agreed with Lei Gang's bold idea.

"Radar link is about to be broken."

After receiving the reply from the ground, Lei Gang immediately raised his altitude and made the fighter jet disappear from everyone's eyes.

And at a later time, contact with the ground was also severed.

"Ground radar, no target found."

As a test flight ground, there is a large radar here, which can even play a role in detecting enemies in the air during wartime and serve as the eyes of other fighter jets.

But now, this eye is blind!

Zhang Xingyang squinted his eyes and looked at the endless, blue sky.

There, there is now hidden a god of death who can give the enemy a fatal blow! (End of chapter)