The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 872 Training Airport
'Ray Sculpture' helicopter!

This is a helicopter with excellent performance that China can produce independently.

The laser-engraving helicopter has a vast market. In the mainland alone, the military will need about 4000 laser-engraving helicopters of various types in the future; in the civilian field, the helicopter market potential is 2000 to 3000 helicopters.

For the military, the Army Aviation naturally needs the "Ray Sculptor" helicopter to enhance its air strike capability, real-time battlefield reconnaissance capability, troop deployment capability, and air strike capability against tanks.

During the Gulf War, after losing air superiority, the US military's huge lethality against Iraqi tanks and armored forces came in part from air strikes by armed helicopters.

Although many US helicopters were shot down by Iraqi anti-aircraft missiles, the role of helicopters was still demonstrated.

The Navy also needs a batch of helicopters for maritime reconnaissance, air strikes, and personnel transportation.

The Air Force also needs a batch of helicopters to make up for some of the shortage.

Even in the case of the coast guard, there may be a batch of helicopters used for maritime search, rescue, strike and deterrence.

As for the civilian field, there are fire brigades used to extinguish fires, and medical systems used to transport patients.

The fighter with the lowest production volume is the "Sea Hawk", with an annual output of only 10 aircraft.

Because the 'Sea Hawk' fighter is a carrier-based aircraft of a light aircraft carrier, it has a limited range, limited combat capability, and limited future market space. Naturally, it is impossible to have too much production capacity. Too much production capacity would be a huge waste.

Even if Liu Tao agreed to build a Type 001 light aircraft carrier for the Navy, the current production of "Sea Eagle" fighter jets is sufficient.

A Type 001 light aircraft carrier, capable of carrying up to 24 aircraft, including 15 Sea Hawk fighters and 9 Ray Sculpture helicopters.

Therefore, the production capacity of the Seahawk fighter will be maintained at 10 in the future. And this is full production, otherwise, one or two aircraft a year can be produced to maintain the production line.

At this time, on the runway, fighter jets, helicopters and trainer aircraft that were about to be delivered to the Air Force were parked in the parking area.

These fighter jets and helicopters are not handed over to the Air Force as soon as they are produced. Instead, test pilots fly them for a period of time first, and then air force pilots fly them for a period of time. This process takes about a month. After there are no problems, both parties sign the handover. The pilots who have received good training here leave Guizhou Aircraft Group directly driving fighter jets, trainer aircraft and helicopters.

Fighter planes and trainer planes took off one after another, with the trainer planes taking off first, followed by the fighter planes. After taking off, they soared straight into the sky and quickly disappeared from sight.

The delivery of this batch of fighter jets, trainer aircraft and helicopters will not be uniform. Some will go to the south, some to the north, some to the east, and some to the west.

All of these were arranged in advance.

Each pilot belongs to a different unit and drives a fighter jet, trainer plane or helicopter directly back to his own unit.

Liu Tao, along with his secretary and Gao Zhiwei, director of the Flight Test Institute, took off in his private helicopter. Their destination this time was the Baise Air Force Training Ground.

Baise Air Force Training Airport was originally an airport used for air force training, but now it belongs to Guizhou Aircraft Group and is affiliated to the Flight Test Institute.

This airport is not used for test flights, but is specifically used to train pilots for overseas customers.

Pilots are different from other branches of the military. Just because you can fly one type of aircraft doesn’t mean you can fly another.

Even an ace pilot needs training before he can fly another type of aircraft.

There are huge differences between different aircraft.

Panshan Group has a good reputation and always does things for money.

Every agreement contract, as long as it involves training services, will be executed according to the agreement, and there has been no breach of contract so far.

Baise Air Force Training Airport is home to pilots from various countries. These pilots are of varying quality and fly different aircraft.

After all, different countries buy different aircraft.

The pilots of the Flight Academy are needed to train these pilots.

Some fly the J-5, some fly the J-6, some fly the J-7, some fly the J-8, some fly the JH-7, and some fly the J-10 fighter jets.

This led to the fact that the Baise Air Force Training Airport had all kinds of aircraft, including various training aircraft. Liu Tao came here to inspect the work.

Not long after Liu Tao arrived, the emergency assembly whistle sounded.

Immediately, the pilots began to gather urgently.

Liu Tao nodded slightly. These pilots looked competent and it seemed that they had learned something from the training here.

This is not only a training airport but also a flight academy, which not only teaches pilots how to fly planes but also teaches them knowledge.

Panshan Group has made great progress in external training business. For example, part of it is arranged in Shijiazhuang.

This is also a reflection of strength, and may play an unexpected role in the future.

"1~2~1~~"

"Standing!"

"Take a break!"

"stand at attention!"

There are hundreds of pilots, some from the Middle East, some from Southeast Asia, some from Africa, and some from Latin America.

There are yellow people, black people, and white people.

Liu Tao communicated with these pilots very kindly. When the pilots asked which country they were from, Liu Tao would talk about his old friends in the Air Force.

In the evening, a party was held in the cafeteria in the form of a buffet.

The meals for these pilots are all very good. After all, the service fee they pay is not low. Panshan Group is also generous in this regard and will not be stingy.

To be honest, after the conversation, Liu Tao was speechless. The biggest complaint of these pilots was that the airport was in the wilderness and there was no red-light district nearby.

There was nothing he could do about it, after all, it was illegal.

Liu Tao also didn't want his compatriots to be ravaged.

Even if this was a deal, Liu Tao was unwilling to do it.

However, Liu Tao also thought of a solution, which is that they can contact their people and let their families come to live nearby temporarily. For those who are not married or do not have girlfriends, their country will solve the problem.

Liu Tao did not use his own military standards to demand others. Chinese soldiers have iron discipline and may not go home once a year.

If you look at the US military, their military bases in various places are often the most developed red-light districts in a place.

For example, red-light districts in South Korea and Japan developed in this way.

That night, Liu Tao and his team left.

Gao Zhiwei and his team flew back by plane, while Liu Tao and his secretary flew to Yangcheng by helicopter. The straight-line distance between the two places is about 700 kilometers.

It will be there in two hours.

The "Ray Eagle" helicopters kept in constant contact along the route to ensure that they would not be misjudged and thus be attacked by anti-aircraft weapons.

The helicopter landed steadily on the open space of Yangcheng Shipyard.

As the largest shipyard in China, it builds a large number of warships at the same time. There are two air defense battalions around the Yangcheng Shipyard.

Once a special situation occurs, the surrounding garrisons will rush to provide assistance as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)