Great Power Fighting Falcon

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 must conduct the clearance under the command of 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."

"Got it, keep your altitude. I can see Landmark One."

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 West County Station. As long as you confirm the location of landmark No. 1, you can find the location of the runway.

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 should be directed not upward as much as possible 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 gave the order, he decisively resumed level flight. He judged by referring to the lights on the ground 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 down a little higher. It doesn't make much sense to clear the field at 500 meters."

Hearing this sentence, 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 the -037 fighter jet was exactly five hundred meters. Their first reaction was to suspect that Li Zhan was lying and that the cockpit was not powered off at all. However, they quickly dispelled this suspicion, because no one would joke about such a thing, let alone their own lives and fighter planes.

The terrain in the Xixian area is flat, with an altitude of about fifty meters, and the highest peak is only more than two hundred meters. Therefore, the flight height of five hundred meters is almost the height relative to the ground.

Qi Hong asked, "Okay, you can go down a little higher."

In the past hour, Li Zhan's feelings have been quite accurate. For example, when he descended 500 meters just now, he was in one step and did not need to correct. 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 to fly through the field as slowly as possible without stalling.

"This guy is really brave and talented!"

Qi Hong said, picking up the telescope and following the slowly approaching No. 037 fighter jet. The high-power searchlight on the ground was turned on and followed closely, so that he could see more clearly. The navigation lights at the nose landing gear were also on, but the traffic lights on the left and right were 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 out. 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.

There is not so much emphasis on making an emergency landing. 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 towards the county seat. He kept his eyes on the obvious marks on the ground. It was not yet late at night and the village lights were bright. What he has to overcome is the eye's judgment of the position of the light when there is no light for a long time. In this case, people's eyes are very easily fatigued and can easily produce hallucinations. Li Zhan didn't dare to be too bold. When he turned around, he climbed slightly higher. Otherwise, if he had the slightest hallucination, he would plunge to the ground.

"The third turn of the hole, do you see the runway? Can you aim it?" Qi Hong asked.

Li Zhan turned around and flew back again, pressed the nose of the plane slightly, determined the runway position, and reported, "I see it, it can be aligned."

"Keep your posture, keep your speed good, and slowly lower your height." Qi Hong ordered.

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. It is not easy to overcome habitual dependence on 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."

"Good landing gear."

"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. It was stuck halfway, and the front wheel could still play a role in 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 operation of the cockpit cannot change the state of the nose landing gear to half position. This can provide strong support, although the landing posture will 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 twenty meters above the ground, he released the parachute.

The fighter plane suddenly slowed down as if being pulled by a big hand. Without any hesitation, Li Zhan 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 adjust 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 at the No. 037 fighter jet landing. In their eyes, this was not a landing. The fighter plane simply hit the runway. The decelerating effect of the parachute is very obvious, and Qi Hong noticed very keenly that Li Zhan chose the timing of releasing the parachute very carefully.

If it's earlier, the fighter will stall and fall over. If it's later, it won't have the ideal deceleration effect. In the current situation of the fighter aircraft, it goes without saying that the slower the landing speed, the smaller the impact force the nose landing gear will bear.

Li Zhan was very calm and calm, and his operation was 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 within a second or two It can touch the ground within a short time, and 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!