Chapter 301 Come on, Um, Air Refueling
After a low-altitude pass, Li Zhan asked Cheng Da, "Lao Cheng, how about I do some stunts?"
"Good luck, don't rush for success." The tower commander's voice cut directly in and rejected Li Zhan's request.
Li Zhan said helplessly, "I understand, it's over."
Cheng Da said, "Don't worry. Today we mainly focus on getting familiar with the control of the fighter plane. Let's make a few more laps."
"Then let me go supersonic?" Li Zhan asked again.
Chengda thought for a while and agreed, "Okay, let's go up to eight thousand heights."
He is the captain of the training instructor team. What he organized today is all about the training work for the pilots of the Falcon Group. When he is flying in the sky, he can in turn command the tower, and the tower must organize training according to his instructions.
In addition to Li Zhan, the Falcon Group also has three fast-progressing pilots who have also undergone real-life flight training. There are also three J-10S flying in this airspace. Of course, they all flew according to the instructions of the instructor with utmost caution, but Li Zhan was the only one who flew completely away from the instruction of the instructor.
Cheng Dazhen found that there was nothing more to give to Li Zhan. If you have SU-27SK flying experience and then modify the J-10, it will not be as difficult as leaping from a second-generation aircraft to a third-generation aircraft. Secondly, Li Zhan's flying talent is amazing. No matter what fighter plane you fly, the training content is the same and everyone flies the same movements. If the window paper is pierced, there will be no so-called difficulties.
This is a place of kindness and other people's territory. Li Zhan wanted to keep a low profile, but he finally got together with the girl of his dreams. He really couldn't control his desire to perform an arrogant and crazy dance in the air. That feeling is difficult for others to understand - it has always been the J-10 that has supported him in his combat flying career, and all his yearnings stem from her.
Finally one day he got it and got what he wanted. Isn't it human nature that his emotions should be exposed?
Turn the throttle lever to the bottom and turn the afterburner to zero and fly straight south. The rest is left to you (AL-31FN) and time.
At an altitude of eight thousand meters, for this area with an average altitude of only a few hundred meters, the height of the sea is almost the same as the height of the ground. Although the lengthening of the J-10S and the insertion of a rear cabin seat had a slight impact on the overall aerodynamic layout, the performance was not greatly affected. Soon the pitot tube pierced the air. Starting from the tip of the pitot tube, the airspeed of the fighter plane began to exceed the speed of sound. The entire fighter plane broke the sound barrier from beginning to end, and huge sonic booms were generated and thrown to the ground. , people only heard the dull noise like rolling thunder covering the sky continuously, but could not see the fighter planes above the clouds.
Li Zhan was full of enthusiasm. He was pleasantly surprised by the J-10A's excellent acceleration performance and maneuverability at supersonic speeds. He couldn't help but slowly pull the stick to climb vertically, and then continued to roll the barrel vertically upwards. Until the fighter plane's surface speed dropped below the speed of sound, he suddenly pressed the stick and dived downwards to quickly descend, and resumed level flight at the allowable altitude.
Cheng Da was startled by Li Zhan's sudden move. When he was about to intervene, he found that the fighter plane was in very good condition, so he gave up the idea and let Li Zhan complete the above maneuvers.
"Can I do a Cobra maneuver?" Li Zhan asked.
"No." Cheng Da decisively refused, "It's just your first day flying, and you are absolutely not allowed to do high-risk stunts."
Li Zhan said, "I did Super Cobra with a speed of more than 600 in Kaisu Erqi."
"Su Liangqi is Su Liangqi and J-10 is J-10. The flight characteristics of the two models are different... Wait, what did you just say? Entering at a speed of more than 600?" Cheng Da suddenly stopped talking. I suspect I heard it wrong.
Li Zhan said, "Yes, the speed is over 600. It is a very successful Super Cobra."
"Impossible!" Cheng Da said, "Su Liangqi can carry an overload of nine G at most. Your speed is more than 600 and the G number has reached ten. How is it possible!"
The people on duty at the tower were also dumbfounded. You looked at me and I looked at you. The Cobra's maneuverable overload is between six and seven. Generally, pilots who can carry seven G overload are considered powerful. The J-10 can only carry ten G overload, and the SU-27SK has one G less.
That is impossible.
Li Zhan said, "Really, there should be reports on war cases in a while."
"Impossible! It would be strange if the plane disintegrated in the air after entering the aircraft at a speed of more than 600 meters." Cheng Da flatly did not believe it and said, "Don't think about the Cobra maneuver for now. Let's wait until you fly solo. After you return to Beiku matter."
No one believed what Li Zhan said, even if he was famous.
Li Zhan couldn't hold on anymore. After all, although SU-27SK No. 01 did not disintegrate in the air, it fell apart after landing. It just didn't fall apart in the air. He had to thank SU-27SK No. 01 for his life-saving grace.
Although it was not perfect, flying for nearly two hours was already a preferential treatment for Li Zhan from the 931 team. Cheng Da asked Li Zhan, "Be careful when landing and grasp the timing of bringing the pole. I will intervene at any time."
"Understood." Li Zhan directly entered the landing route and turned off the auxiliary landing function of the autopilot.
Chengda didn't say anything.
The captain of the Falcon Brigade is very targeted in his work and knows which aspects need to be studied more. The J-10 series fighters have advanced avionics systems, which include a blind landing assistance system similar to that of modern airliners, which is actually included in the autopilot system. With the assistance of this system, the pilot only needs to monitor changes in flight data and complete simple operations on the stick to successfully land.
Like a car with automatic parking function.
Cheng Da was highly focused and was always ready to quickly step in and take over the control of the fighter plane if Li Zhan failed to make the right move. New pilots must be proficient in manual landing techniques. This is the redundancy required by combat. Otherwise, if the autopilot fails or the aircraft malfunctions, will the aircraft be unnecessary?
Having driven the J-7 for so long, Li Zhan has much more experience in this area than Chengda. After all, it didn’t take long for Chengda’s troops to modify the early batch of J-11A, and then modified the J-10A, a second-generation aircraft. The use experience is limited to the period of aviation school study. Now more and more new pilots are directly modifying third-generation aircraft during their studies at training bases. Firstly, this is the future training trend. Secondly, the number of third-generation aircraft equipped by the army is constantly increasing. In addition to those used by combat troops, there are also more and more There are so many aircraft allocated to training bases.
The elimination speed of second-generation aircraft is inversely proportional to the output of third-generation aircraft. How long it will take to eliminate the J-7 and J-8 series fighters currently in service mainly depends on the performance of the J-10 and J-11 series fighters. Yield. The latest modifications of the J-7 and J-8 in the past few years are still in production. The fundamental reason is that the production capacity of the third-generation aircraft cannot keep up.
The production of the J-10 series is steadily increasing, but there are still big problems with the production capacity of the J-11B. On the other hand, Shen Hoy has to go all out to develop the J-15 and the J-16... It can be said that one is the first and the other is the J-16. Big.
It is believed that in the future, the Chinese Air Force will rely on a large number of J-10 series fighters to enrich the entire organization and undertake more and heavier combat and training tasks.
The landing was as smooth as a mountain. The nose landing gear released the parachute after touching the ground. The fighter plane slid forward smoothly. Cheng Da even felt like he was flying on a commercial airliner. He had to give Li Zhan a high score for this landing maneuver in his heart. It was really unparalleled. Can be picky.
After getting off the plane, Cheng Da said to Li Zhan seriously, "Xiao Li, I'm basically sure that I have nothing more to teach you. If you fly side by side, you may be more proficient than many experienced pilots."
Li Zhan smiled and said, "Brother Chengda, look at what you said, you can teach me a lot, such as aerial refueling."
"Aerial refueling?" Cheng Da was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly, "Do you know how many pilots in our regiment are qualified for aerial refueling?"
Li Zhan was puzzled.
Chengda named a quantity.
Li Zhan was shocked.
Cheng Da said, "Besides, our stations do not have the ability to train for aerial refueling. There should be only a few places in the army. Yes, the Second Division of your old army has this qualification. Their aerial refueling capabilities are the strongest in the army." , stronger than the Three Hundred Division."
"Is that so? The J-10 has the ability to receive fuel in the air. I thought you could train it yourself." Li Zhan said.
Cheng Da took off his flight helmet and held it in his hand, signed for the handover of the plane and boarded the commuter bus. He said, "But we don't have tankers. There are only a few tankers in the entire army. How many troops are lined up, except for the 300 tanks of the Second Division?" For such a big name as the division, pilots from other units must go to designated training bases to receive aerial refueling training.”
"It's so troublesome." Li Zhan had no idea that the process was so complicated. He thought it was just like pretending to train, and an instructor would take it a few times and he would be able to do it.
Chengda secretly said to himself, I'm afraid you have some misunderstanding about a world-class difficult subject like aerial refueling. It turns out that you also have subjects that really need others to teach you. Yes, the Falcon Brigade definitely doesn't understand aerial refueling. , their fighters do not have the ability to receive refueling in the air.
Thinking of this, Chengda felt much more balanced.
He joked, "I'm going to Shonan to serve as an aerial refueling instructor in a week. If you can pass our division's assessment and your division helps contact you, you can go there with me to receive aerial refueling training."
Li Zhan suddenly became interested and asked, "What's the test for your teacher?"
"After a comprehensive assessment, only pilots who pass are eligible to receive aerial refueling training." Cheng Da said.
In the final analysis, it is still caused by the shortage of resources, and the number of trained pilots has to be limited by selecting the best. If there are hundreds of tanker fleets and at least one fleet is flying in the sky every day, is this still necessary?
On the other hand, the subject of aerial refueling is recognized as the most difficult subject in the world. The air forces of various countries around the world have sacrificed how many pilots and crashed aircraft in order to establish the combat capabilities of their troops. Statistics are a troublesome matter.
On the contrary, the J-7E cockpit power outage that Li Zhan encountered before was a rare aerial danger in a century. The probability of accidents or dangers during aerial refueling is simply rising vertically.
Li Zhan said, "Then let me try."
"Well, come on."
"Yeah, air refueling."