The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 667 Test Flight Team
The rain in April is falling heavily.

On the runway, three J-11 fighter jets are preparing to take off.

The J-11 fighter is positioned as an all-weather multi-purpose heavy fighter. The "all-weather" means that the fighter can perform combat missions during the day, at night and in complex weather conditions.

Rainy weather is naturally included in all-weather conditions.

This is not the first time that the J-11 fighter jet has taken off on a rainy day, but it is the first time that it has taken off in moderate rain conditions.

The previous rainy weather was all light rain.

And now, it is moderate rain conditions!
The first batch of 12 J-11 fighter test pilots have taken turns flying the J-11 fighter to carry out various test flight missions in the past few months, with a very high intensity.

The J-11 fighter jet demonstrates very powerful performance.

Liu Tao held a telescope and looked at the three J-11 fighter jets in the rain.

Before that, he had checked the three J-11 fighter jets and found that there were no problems with them.

During the test flight period, not only the test pilots conduct various tests on the fighter jets, but also the ground crew are trained.

And the Air Force will also build temperature-controlled hangars.

The first J-11 fighter jet glided for a distance in the moderate rain, then took off directly from the runway and soared into the sky. Then the second and third fighter jets took off at intervals of five minutes.

The posture is very graceful and very domineering.

The plane quickly accelerated to supersonic speed and disappeared from sight.

This time, not only will the aircraft take off and land in moderate rain conditions, but it will also conduct a test, which is to fly to an airport in Tibet Province at an altitude of 4500 meters to conduct plateau tests.

By then, we will also fly over Mount Everest!
During the flight test phase of a fighter jet, there are many flight test projects to complete.

The design indicators provided by Liu Tao will only speed up the test flight progress and cannot avoid the test flight stage.

"How is the selection of the second batch of test pilots going?" Liu Tao asked.

The second batch of prototypes, three J-11 fighter jets, have been manufactured and are being tested by the first batch of test pilots.

The third batch of prototypes is now in production. The third batch of prototypes will also produce three J-11 fighter jets.

This requires that the number of test pilots must increase.

"They have already been selected. There are 12 test pilots in total. By then, there will be 11 J-24 fighter test pilots!" The person in charge of the test flight work is Gao Zhiwei, an ace pilot with more than ten years of test flight experience. Now that he is old, he has retired from the front-line test flight and is responsible for the construction of Guifei's test flight team.

Liu Tao nodded and said, "Let's go and see the second batch of test pilots!"

Gao Zhiwei took Liu Tao to a room where 12 test pilots were enthusiastically discussing the three J-11 fighter jets that had just taken off in the rain.

Each of these test pilots looks very young.

"Hello, President!" The 12 test pilots saw Gao Zhiwei come in, immediately stopped their discussion, stood up straight and saluted.

Gao Zhiwei returned the salute and introduced: "This is Comrade Liu Tao, General Manager and Party Secretary of Panshan Group and Chief Designer of the J-11 fighter."

"Hello, Chief!" The 12 test pilots saluted Liu Tao in unison, with curiosity and admiration in their eyes. They had heard of Liu Tao and admired him deeply.

After all, he is the chief designer of an advanced fighter jet.

"Hello, comrades!" Liu Tao said with a smile, "President Gao, it seems that our second batch of test pilots are all quite young. Being young is good. Young people are energetic, have ideas, and learn quickly!"

Gao Zhiwei introduced: "This is Li Zhonghua, graduated from Jinling Aerospace University, the Sixth Air Force Aviation School, and an outstanding student of the Huaxia Test Pilot School. Since entering the Huaxia Test Pilot School, he has ranked first in every exam. He participated in the selection and ranked first with a perfect score. He is 29 years old this year!"

Liu Tao took the initiative to shake hands with him. The fact that Li Zhonghua was ranked first with excellent grades shows how outstanding he is.

Moreover, he is a person with high education and can learn knowledge better.

"This is Xu Yongling, a graduate of Beijing Aviation College. He entered the Sixth Aviation School of the Air Force in 1984. During his flight training in the J-1989 and J-28 trainers, he was the first student to fly solo in all subjects in the same period. In , he was assigned by the Air Force and the Ministry of Aviation Industry to become a test pilot in the Air Force Test Flight Regiment. He was selected in this selection with the second best score. He is years old this year!" Gao Zhiwei introduced the second person.

Xu Yongling saluted Liu Tao.

Liu Tao also returned the military salute solemnly and encouraged: "It is not terrible to make mistakes. What is terrible is not daring to face the mistakes and not having the courage to correct them. A new life, a new starting point, I look forward to your continued hard work!"

On February 1987, 2, during a high-altitude formation flight of the J-19, a pilot misheard the command and mistakenly turned on the afterburner because he was very tired from playing basketball the day before, causing a collision with the lead plane and both planes crashed. Both pilots successfully parachuted out and continued flying.

"Yes, Chief!" Xu Yongling said loudly.

Gao Zhiwei introduced the 12 test pilots one by one. The oldest was 35 years old and the youngest was only 25 years old. It can be said that the second batch of test pilots as a whole were much younger than the first batch.

The screen on the wall shows the latest assessment results and rankings of these 12 test pilots.

To be selected as a J-11 fighter test pilot, one has to learn a lot of knowledge, as well as undergo physical training, regular physical examinations, and various assessments.

In order for test pilots to be able to devote themselves wholeheartedly to their test flight work, their families are well arranged so that they have no worries.

"Comrades, as test pilots, you are fighting between life and death, you are worthy warriors! Now we have 6 J-11 fighters, 6 'J-7A' and 6 'Eagle' advanced trainer aircraft. As long as you work hard, you will have the opportunity to fly the plane!" said Liu Tao.

The test flight team will not only have the first and second batches of test pilots, there will also be the third and fourth batches of test pilots!
After all, in the future, all kinds of aircraft will be developed and improved, which will require test pilots.

Similarly, the test pilots for the Y-10 also need to be trained from this time on.

Working with these test pilots and answering some of their questions, before we knew it, the three J-11 fighter jets had returned.

In the rain, the first J-11 fighter jet began to land, taxied on the runway, and its speed continued to decrease before it finally stopped. Then the second and third J-11 fighter jets successfully completed their landings one after another.

Inside the room, everyone couldn't help but applaud and cheer.

Taking off and landing in rainy weather is different from usual times, because in this kind of moderate rainy weather, visibility is reduced and the risk is much greater than usual.

But all three test pilots successfully completed the mission.

After refueling and completing inspection, the three J-11 fighter jets took off again. This time they will make a long-distance flight of nearly 1500 kilometers and land at the airport at an altitude of 4500 meters.

The altitude here in Guifei is about 1400 meters, and the altitude there is 4500 meters, a difference of 3100 meters. This is a big gap, and the environment will also be different.

(End of this chapter)