Joining Sichuan Airlines starts with rescuing the captain of a powerful country

Chapter 302: One month later, the test flight mission of the domestically produced large aircraft-C919 will be launched

A month later.

Pudong International Airport.

A 'mysterious' plane covered tightly with canvas was being slowly towed out of the hangar by a tractor.

Not a moment later.

This "mysterious" passenger plane, which was covered tightly with canvas, had already arrived at the runway farthest from the terminal.

Airport staff immediately stepped forward.

Lift the canvas on the plane.

The plane slowly lost its veil of mystery.

Viewed from a distance.

The appearance of this passenger plane is very similar to Airbus' 320 series and Boeing's 737 series.

And the volume and size are similar.

It is clear.

This is also a medium-sized mainline passenger aircraft.

Apart from its size, this "mysterious" aircraft is similar to the Airbus 320 and Boeing 737 in other aspects.

It also has a long cylindrical aerodynamic layout.

Also painted white.

The wing is also located in the lower middle of the fuselage and is slightly tilted upwards.

this is normal.

After all, medium-sized trunk passenger aircraft all over the world look similar.

This is because the research and development and design of mainline passenger aircraft are already very mature.

There aren't many things that need to be changed.

It is also based on passenger comfort and aerodynamic considerations.

Unless there is a revolutionary breakthrough in technology, there can be no subversive changes in appearance.

But zoom in and look.

You can see that this "mysterious" big plane is very different from the Boeing 737 and Airbus 320.

First up is the cockpit windshield.

Currently, the world's mainstream medium-sized trunk passenger aircraft, such as the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320, all have six windshields.

But this big plane has only four windshields.

Just like any other heavy passenger aircraft.

For example, the Boeing 787 also has four windshields.

However, this large aircraft is clearly a medium-sized mainline passenger aircraft, no matter its fuselage size, volume or number of engines.

The volume is much smaller than that of a heavy passenger aircraft.

Compared with a heavy passenger plane, the difference is as obvious as that between an ordinary person and a professional basketball player.

Except for the windshield.

The winglets of this "mysterious" aircraft are also completely different from those of other medium-sized trunk aircraft.

The winglet is a small vertical wing at the end of the wing that can improve the function of the wing. Its main function is to save fuel.

Compared with other medium-sized mainline passenger aircraft, the winglets of this "mysterious" large aircraft are sleeker and smaller.

So you can tell just from the appearance.

This "mysterious" medium-sized trunk aircraft is a new type of passenger aircraft that has just been developed and designed and has not yet been released.

Yes.

This large aircraft is none other than Xia’s domestically produced large aircraft - C919.

C919 is China's first medium-range jet airliner independently developed in accordance with international airworthiness standards and with independent intellectual property rights.

The design targets the 150-seat single-aisle narrow-body aircraft market.

As early as last year.

That is, on May 2017, 5, the C5 had completed its test flight and successfully completed its maiden flight.

而在2017年11月10日，c919飞机101架机成功从魔都转场长安，首次完成了长途转场飞行。

The subsequent flight test and certification work has also been officially launched.

And today.

2018 7 Month 5 Day.

The domestically-produced large aircraft, C919, will complete its first cross-border test flight.

So when the C919 large aircraft numbered B-919A slowly stopped on the runway, several commuter buses immediately drove over.

When these shuttle buses came to the front of the plane, dozens of engineers wearing COMAC uniforms got off the buses. These engineers were like diligent worker ants.

After getting off the car.

They went about their respective work in an orderly manner.

Or check the aircraft's systems, check whether the aircraft's appearance is abnormal, or check the aircraft's hardware equipment
July is the hottest season in Shanghai.

Especially at noon.

Although there will be occasional sea breeze blowing in from the sea to lower the temperature.

But these engineers still need to work under the scorching sun.

Fortunately.

They didn't work long.

Just over an hour later.

The engineers have completed their final inspection.

At this moment.

Another commuter bus drove towards the C919 aircraft.

When the commuter bus stopped in front of the plane, four people got off the bus immediately.

However, these four people were not wearing COMAC uniforms.

Instead, he wore a white shirt on the upper body and dark suit pants on the lower body.

He also wore epaulettes and a tie.

It looks like a civil aviation pilot's uniform.

What is even more surprising is.

Three of these four people had four stripes on their epaulettes, but only one young man, about 27 or 28 years old, had only three stripes on his epaulettes.

You can tell from the epaulettes.

Among these four people, three were pilots and only one was the co-pilot.

Gee!

The C919 is just a medium-range trunk passenger plane, but it actually has three captains?

This is the treatment that a heavy intercontinental passenger aircraft deserves!

However, considering that the C919 is still in the test flight and verification stage, it is reasonable to dispatch three pilots and one captain at a time.

Be well prepared to be prepared.

"Wow, this C919 has been painted with our Sichuan Airlines' 'Haiyan' logo. They're pretty quick." Several people had just got off the commuter bus, and the only co-pilot among the four people pointed at the 'tail' of the plane and said in surprise.

This little co-pilot.

It was Xu Yichen.

And who else could the other three captains be if not Lu Qingzhou, Liang Dong and Liu Changjian?

Lu Qingzhou and his companions have been "borrowed" by COMAC for a full month.

During this month.

They started with the simulator and familiarized themselves with the operating mode of the C919 through the C919 simulator.

Because several of them are veteran pilots.

Moreover, the driving mode of C919 is simpler to understand and easier to use than the Airbus A320 series.

So in just 10 days, they had completed the simulator stage and successfully carried out the test flight of C919.

Within 20 days.

Lu Qingzhou and others completed four or five test flights of the C919 aircraft.

Not only did he accumulate rich driving experience for himself, but he also recorded a large amount of reliable data for the R&D team.

The weather conditions are good today.

So after receiving the assignment from the dispatch center, several people hurried to Pudong International Airport to prepare for today's test flight mission.

"I heard that Sichuan Airlines has already ordered 10 C919s. Although this aircraft is a test model, its hardware and software are very mature. So as long as the C919 successfully obtains its airworthiness certificate and can engage in commercial passenger/cargo flights, it can be smoothly handed over to Sichuan Airlines." The person who answered the phone was a middle-aged man in his forties with dark skin, but he spoke in a sonorous and powerful voice and was very contagious.

This middle-aged man was Captain Liu Changjian.

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ps: I have been very upset these past two days and have no idea what to do because my mother has been hospitalized for several diseases including gallstones and pancreatitis. Although there is no danger for the time being, a critical illness notice has been issued. My hands were shaking when I signed the consent form in the hospital last night, and the situation has not improved at all today. We can only know whether to have surgery as soon as possible after completing various examinations.

In addition, the last climax of the story ended, and the reading rate dropped sharply. So I spent almost two or three hours in front of the computer this afternoon, but I didn't type a single word.

Ugh!
Life is unsatisfactory, nine out of ten.

It's hard to pass through.

This life is too tiring. Even if there is a chance to be reborn, I won’t come back in the next life.

(End of this chapter)