Chapter 71: Coward or Hero (Part I)
On November 7, 1917, to the rumbling of the guns of the cruiser Aurora, another form of organization in the history of mankind was officially introduced.
After more than 30 years of bloody battles between iron and fire, the ideas of communism and socialism finally took root on this planet, and with the red flag planted all over the world, slogans such as the liberation of all mankind were widely spread on the planet, and red almost became the exclusive color of the Warsaw Pact camp.
In the 70s and 80s, when the Cold War was in full swing, in NATO, and in the free world represented by Europe and the United States, except for fire trucks and a very small number of supercars, even in the civilian sector, there were few other machines that chose the appearance of red as the main color painting.
When Ning Lei, the F14 fighter with a red color and a large area of gold, was displayed in front of the people at the scene as a whole, it caught everyone's attention almost immediately.
Facing the bright light of the noon sun, the Crimson painted F14 fighter seemed to be rolling with flowing flames, a golden phoenix with sharp claws started from the root of the radome and ran through the entire fuselage, and several curly and elegant phoenix tail feathers extended to the two huge vertical vertical tails of the F14 fighter.
Because the phoenix's head and open claws were concentrated near the fighter's radar fairing and cockpit canopy, the main body of the golden phoenix had a great visual sense of dive, at least, several tone auxiliaries such as "ao!" or "wow!" sounded on Liang Yuan's side.
Under the double cockpit canopy of the F14 fighter jet, dozens of orange aircraft top-down projections are neatly arranged in two rows, and for slightly more experienced military fans, it is easy to recognize that the two rows of top-down projections are very similar to the top view of the Su-22 and MiG-23 fighters.
Everyone knows that these two strings of projections silently tell the incomparably dazzling honor of the landline owner - the king in the sky, the super air combat ace, and the nuclear weapon with its own IQ in the sky.
Like kittens with unsatisfied appetites, the excited twins shook Liang Yuan's arms. Two pairs of eyes full of water vapor stared at Liang Yuan, and kept asking "Xiaoyuan, is it beautiful", "Pig head, do you like this style".
Funny looking at the two girls with scarlet cheeks and almost clearly written you hurry up and praise my intentions liang yuan stretched out his arm and hugged the elastic waist of the two girls hard. said seriously: "What a big surprise, I was almost so scared that I couldn't speak." ”
"From my previous life and from my previous life, this is the most beautiful and stunning airplane livery I've ever seen. "Someone's tongue is a lotus's big ass.
"I knew that Xiaoyuan would definitely like it. ”
"You know each other. ”
One pair of arms hugged Liang Yuan's waist, and the other pair wrapped around Liang Yuan's neck, with a warm and light touch on the left and right cheeks at the same time, Liang Yuan's sycophants finally had a super reward.
A huge roar of an aero engine came into Liang Yuan's ears, and Ning Lei's landline had already stopped at the end of the runway, making the final preparations before takeoff.
In a loudspeaker dozens of meters away from the beam. The on-site commentary vigorously boasted the high-tech aura of the F14 fighter, and incidentally introduced Ning Lei's air combat achievements in Nansha.
Glancing at the mechanical altimeter used as a backup, Ning Lei repeatedly stretched and contracted the fingers of his right hand holding the flight lever several times, and said to the microphone of the flight helmet: "Dong Liang, check the backup altimeter and check the logarithm." ”
The F14 fighter has two sets of altimetry systems, one is a traditional mechanical pressure altimeter, and the other is a radio/radar altimeter, and there are also independent electronic display and mechanical backup systems in the front and rear compartments of the aircraft.
Generally speaking, an aircraft's altimeter displays altitude most of the time. Otherwise, there is no benchmark to speak of.
However, because the working principle of the mechanical altimeter is related to atmospheric pressure, when the position of the aircraft changes. There is an error between the altitude displayed by the altimeter and the actual altitude, and sometimes the error is even very large, and even the aircraft is in danger of hitting a mountain or falling.
Therefore, after a long-distance flight, the mechanical altimeter is adjusted to restore the correct calibration function. For Ning Lei's aerobatics, this step is even more important, and the slightest negligence is a tragic accident in which the plane is destroyed and people are killed.
"The backup altimeter has been adjusted to the local height, and currently shows a height of 2.32 meters. ”
I glanced at the altitude displayed by the projection system on the flight windshield in front of me, which was the same as that of the rear cabin. Ning Lei stretched out his left hand, raised his thumb above his left shoulder, shook it, and said, "The number is in line, one qiē is normal, and I'm ready to take off." ”
"Call the tower, the Chinese Air Force 1007 is ready, stand 03, request to take off. Although Ning Lei's English has a strange taste of Chinese recitation, the pronunciation of the words is unusually clear and accurate, and it will not be misunderstood.
Thanks to the pronunciation of one, two, three, and four in English, Ning Lei's original call sign full of the characteristics of the Republic was also temporarily abandoned.
"Chinese Air Force 1007, the tower is allowed to take off. ”
"Chinese Air Force 1007, nose to east, wind direction 11 degrees 3 knots, repair pressure 996.5, temperature 26 degrees"
"Received, the Chinese Air Force 1007 began to taxi. ”
After confirming that the weather conditions on the scene were suitable for the flight show for the last time, Ning Lei twisted the throttle valve and pushed the lever at a constant speed, accompanied by a huge engine roar, the F14 fighter with the engine afterburner system turned on was like a wild horse, and only taxied for less than 100 meters before stabbing into the sky with its bow high.
The golden-red fighter plane roared past less than 20 meters in front of him, and the two girls who were excited hugged Liang Yuan's arm and half-hung themselves on Liang Yuan's body.
Listening to the shouting and whispering soft words around him, and feeling the tight elastic touch on his arm, the F14 fighter plane that stabbed the sky obliquely in his sight didn't seem to be able to grasp all of Liang Yuan's attention.
TF30 is really enough, if it is replaced with an F110A+ equipped with an F110-GE-400 engine, the fighter in a light-load state after the fighter jumps into a vertical climb is effortless, which is like Uncle Ning now has to draw a large curve to reach the predetermined height.
Liang Yuan secretly complained about the two sets of power systems that the F14A was equipped with at this time.
Although there is no ribbon to pull smoke that is customary in aerobatics, and there is no echo to cooperate with teammates, but the visual impact brought by heavy fighters is not comparable to that of paper-based light aircraft, climbing, rolling, diving, somersaulting, and at the end of each set of actions, the crowd below will make a low noise.
Smacking his lips, Liang Yuan sighed helplessly, to be fair, Ning Lei has almost perfectly played the performance of the F14A fighter, but compared to the blue angel who has just finished performing like a miracle, the F14 in the sky at this time is much worse.
The two girls were simple-minded and focused on it, just like ordinary air show audiences, screaming at the end of Ning Lei's every action, but from time to time they listened to Liang Yuan, who kept wandering around them.
In the blink of an eye, most of the 30-minute customary time for the aerobatic show had passed, and the performance entered the final time, after performing an Inmaiman maneuver and rolling dive, Ning Lei adjusted the course of the plane to the same level as the airport runway, and Liang Yuan guessed that it should be the last full flight of the performance.
As the golden-red F-14 fighters continued to descend to the crowd of spectators, and the noise in the crowd grew louder, some people realized that the climax of the air show might be approaching.
The U.S. Navy staff in charge of narration at the scene also keenly noticed this.
After a series of high notes "Oh, Oh......", the baritone said in a sensational tone: "Is the best moment coming? Is it an ultra-low-altitude pass? or is it rolling and flying upside down? Let's wait and see, waiting for the surprise and miracle brought to us by the king of the sky!!"
"This bastard!"
"This bastard!"
The two girls scolded Liang Yuan at the same time, although the words of the two girls sounded much more elegant than Liang Yuan.
For the whole action, it seems that the relatively high technical content is nothing more than ultra-low altitude and rolling upside down, which are now exposed in advance by the broadcast speaker, which is similar to the effect of spoilers for the audience, which really affects Ning Lei's performance effect. (To be continued......)