The strongest pilot ever

Chapter 46 Night Flying Solo
46 night flight solo
For the next period of time, Fade Chen lived a hard and fulfilling life, and he and his master He Xiaoyao became the busiest people in the First Flight Academy.

Because it was the first time in the academy to rely on the runway lights for night flight solo training, there was no experience to follow, no outline to refer to, so Chen Fei and He Xiaoyao had to explore and explore everything together.

During this process, they encountered many difficulties, some of which Fade Chen had never thought of before, such as "It is difficult to see the ground marker lights clearly when landing, and the judgment of the height and direction of the descent depends entirely on self-guidance!"

In Fade Chen's original estimate, it shouldn't be a big problem to turn off the searchlights. As long as he observes carefully, the marker lights should still be very clear, but the fact is unexpected, even if his eyes are rounded, it is difficult to see clearly.

Therefore, it is even more necessary to improve the control of the flight attitude, that is, to improve the flight technology.

This landing method has low visibility and a high risk factor, and pilots cannot accurately judge the height between the aircraft and the runway, which puts forward higher requirements for their flying skills and command of the tower

To be honest, the difficulty of this matter is far beyond everyone's imagination. Fade Chen originally thought that after he found out the way, even ordinary student pilots could start this training very quickly, but from now Look, even if their night flight solo flight is very successful, if ordinary students want to participate in this course, they must at least get it before graduation, otherwise, it's too dangerous!

After nearly a week of arduous exploration and preparation, Fade Chen and his master He Xiaoyao finally managed to find a suitable method with the help of the school leaders and relevant members of the research team.

At this time, Fade Chen had grown from a novice in night flight to an experienced pilot student.

April 4 at 19:[-] p.m.

Chen Fei's first solo night flight officially started.

In the tower.

Flight commanders, flight controllers, signalers, timekeepers, and weather forecasters each perform their duties.

Approaching the apron, various support vehicles shuttled among them, and the maintenance officers and soldiers carried out the support work nervously and orderly.

Fade Chen completed various tasks before take-off step by step, then boarded the boarding ladder and sat in the cockpit.

The mechanic looked at Fade Chen outside the cabin and found that there was nothing wrong with his operation, so he helped him close the canopy and got off the plane from behind the wing.

Everything is ready.

Chen Fei sent a request to the control tower: "The two holes are ready, please slide out."

"You can slide out of the two holes." The control tower issued an order of agreement.

"I understand the two holes!" After Fade Chen answered, he increased the accelerator, and the plane slowly slid out of the seat, turned the corner, and drove slowly towards the taxiway.

At this time, in the control tower, He Xiaoyao pressed his hands on the table, looking ahead through the glass window of the tower.

"Old He, don't be nervous, Fade Chen will definitely succeed!"

He Xiaoyao didn't speak, just stared at the front.

"Pilot students are under a lot of psychological pressure in the dark at night, and their movements and reactions will be slower than during the day, and their sense of direction, speed and altitude will be lost to varying degrees. In the early night flight training, I was always leading the flight. Sitting in the back cabin, I can keep abreast of his flight situation. Today is his first night flight alone, to some extent, I am still a little worried about him..." He Xiaoyao said while staring.

After a while, he turned his eyes back from the front of the glass window and began to look at the flight parameters on the screen. To be honest, he was still sweating about whether the student he had been with day and night could land safely.

At this moment, Fade Chen's voice sounded.

"Control tower, two holes request to enter the runway."

"Okay, you can enter the runway."

"I understand the two holes." According to the tower's instructions, the plane passed the taxiway and turned right onto the runway. After the plane was aligned with the take-off direction, Fade Chen lowered the throttle and braked the car so that the nose of the plane headed south and landed steadily. Stopped on the takeoff line at the top of the runway.

Fade Chen observed that there were no obstacles on the runway, selected the reference target for takeoff and roll, increased the throttle and burned the electric nozzle for a while, and then closed the throttle to the specified speed.

The purpose of burning the electric nozzle is to burn off small particles such as grass seeds that may be sucked in by the engine and adhere to the electric nozzle, as well as carbon deposits on the electric nozzle, so that the engine can output the maximum power when the aircraft takes off.

After everything is ready, it is about to take off.

"The inspection of the two holes is completed, everything is normal, please take off!"

"Two holes, you can take off."

"Two holes understand."

Fade Chen quickly pushed the accelerator and the variable pitch to the end. Amidst the roar of the engine, the plane was like a galloping horse that suddenly let go of the rein, bumping and jumping on the rough grass runway. Run forward quickly.

After taxiing for nearly 200 meters, the turbulence of the plane was obviously weakened, and the fuselage seemed to be much lighter. The nose of the plane was slowly lifted up, showing a posture of eagerness to try, impatient, and wanting to reach the sky in one step , and taxied for nearly five to 60 meters. When the taxiing speed exceeded 120 km/h, the plane "jumped" and suddenly became stable. Without the previous bumps and jumps, the whole plane was under the effect of lift. Down, gently off the ground.

With its head held high, the plane flew forward steadily, and continued to climb upwards.

Retract the landing gear.

Fade Chen observed the landing gear indicator lights inside the cabin as required, and the lights had gone out, and the three indicator rods outside the cabin had also retracted.

The landing gear was retracted successfully.

As the JJ[-] plane took off, the cabin gradually became dark, leaving only the faint cold light from the instrument panel.

80 meters, 90 meters, 100 meters...

On the instrument panel, the flight altitude number is constantly changing. Looking down through the porthole of the aircraft, it is as black as ink.

Fade Chen has completely overcome the visual illusion caused by the lack of light in the previous night flight training. Currently, he can judge the flight attitude and position of the aircraft through vision and instrumentation equipment, accurately grasp the speed and route, and make timely corrections. Aircraft attitude, ushered in the first night flight solo training in his flying career.

Seeing that he was successfully lifted into the air, someone in the control tower took the lead, and the applause quickly rang out.

Fade Chen completed the training of practical subjects such as circling on a steep slope, low-speed flight, minimum speed flight, and regional orientation, all of which passed the test, and then began to return to the voyage.

Landing is the most dangerous, so Fade Chen is very careful.

Independently judge the sliding curve.

Open the aircraft landing gear.

Lower the flight altitude, 5 meters, 4 meters, 3 meters...

Landing!

Finally, relying on his excellent flying skills, Fade Chen landed the plane steadily on the nearly dark airport runway.

His first solo night flight ended successfully!
(End of this chapter)