Obviously, Li Zhan got an answer that he was unwilling to face. It can be seen from the fact that the J-15 being used in troop training does not even have a livery, and there are still some problems that have not been solved.

From this point of view, the first generation of Flying Shark pilots were extremely courageous, and they risked their lives to create the history of our army's fighter jets on ships.

Li Zhan didn't say anything too much, and plunged into the simulated cockpit for simulated take-off and landing training that night, Zhang Xueyang and Tang Leilei provided a lot of help, and the two took turns to act as his instructors. The phenomenon of being instructors to each other is relatively common in the air force, and some pilots are good at this subject, while others are good at other subjects, and it is also an old tradition to pull their sleeves and make progress together.

Which company does not have a support group, the first to take the backward, and to make progress together.

No matter how powerful Li Zhan is, he has never flown a carrier-based fighter or carried out short-distance glide jump take-off training, although Tang Leilei is his old subordinate, but in this regard, he is ahead of the curve.

There was no snowfall in the case of freezing in several ports in the Bohai Sea, which shows that the sky is beautiful, and Li Zhan was officially approved to enter the practical operation stage after completing a week of theoretical consolidation and simulation cabin training.

He had to fly the J-15 to practice a few sorties before he could use the No. 037 J-7EGG (H) light carrier-based fighter to open a small stove.

"When you're ready, you have to look at the gesture of the take-off assistant, who points with his right hand in the direction of the nose, and you release the brakes, and the wheel flap will be put away at the same time, and the engine will do the rest." Before boarding, Zhang Xueyang repeatedly emphasized this point.

Li Zhan still wears an old-fashioned black flight jacket and blue cotton pants, and I heard that the special training flight suit for the flying shark will be finalized soon, and it will be distributed soon, and at that time, everyone will not need to wear the original air force clothing.

It should be noted that more than half of the dozens of quasi-flying sharks are from the Air Force......

Some people say that without the unconditional support of the air force, the naval aviation units, especially the carrier-based aviation units of the naval aviation, would not have been able to produce them in such a short period of time. Chen Fei once told Li Zhan that except for the subject of low-altitude penetration and attack, Shanghai Airlines lagged behind the air force aviation units in other combat subjects.

The training standards and training methods of the air force aviation units are ahead of the HNA.

Li Zhan nodded slightly, looked over Zhang Xueyang, and saw the yellow-haired and blue-eyed foreign teacher not far away, several instructors were discussing something with him seriously, pointing here from time to time.

Li Zhan said, "I am sure of taking off, and I have flown a few times for short takeoff, but I am worried that it will be simulated to block the landing." ”

"There's no trick to this, it's easy to take off and hard to land. Let's fly a few take-offs and landings to see how well you can get your tail hook touching the ground. Believe in yourself, no problem. Zhang Xueyang said encouragingly.

Li Zhan smiled and nodded, saluted Zhang Xueyang, saluted the maintenance crew, and then boarded the plane.

The J-15 carrier-based fighter No. 95588 stopped at the take-off position, and the ground support take-off preparations have been completed, waiting for the pilot to board the plane. In fact, this has omitted a lot of the previous preparation process.

Before entering the cockpit, Li Zhan paused for a moment, raised his eyes and looked around, especially paying attention to the weather in the southeast, that is, the take-off direction, slightly felt the sea breeze with a strong fishy smell, and had some bottom in his heart, so he sat in the cockpit. The mechanic helped him connect the headset and oxygen mask, checked the various systems, and then left quickly, the green vest ground crew removed the boarding ladder, and Li Zhan closed the cockpit cover.

The actual operation is to fly alone, which shows that the navy people are not as "conservative" as people think. In fact, because of the perennial running around the world and more contact with the outside world, the navy is relatively more tolerant, can tolerate multiple points of view to collide together, and has a positive attitude towards some training methods that others think seem excessive.

In fact, this is also a measure to get closer to actual combat training.

The deflectors had already been erected, and the two red-painted wheel plates were already in place, and the two tires of the rear landing gear were jammed. The function of the deflector plate is to guide the powerful wake of the engine upwards to avoid the impact on the rear fighters and personnel, and the wheel plate plays the role of auxiliary braking, and there is no way to make the engine reach the specified speed when the fighter is stationary.

Li Zhan stepped on the brakes and confirmed that the flap positions were in the "take-off" state, and then he pushed the throttle stick to the end, and the engine suddenly let out an angry roar, and the nozzle quickly opened up, like a blooming chrysanthemum, and the blue tail flame sprayed on the deflector, and the scorching wake was directed into the air.

"Rotate in place!" After the two speeds reached the specified position, Li Zhan reported.

"Roger!" The air traffic controller did not give Li Zhan an order, but waited for the report of the take-off assistant.

The take-off assistant received all the confirmation information from each combat station and quickly reported to the air traffic controller: "You can take off!" ”

Explain that the deck work is confirmed to be complete.

The air traffic controller gave the take-off assistant an order to take off, and after the two take-off assistants confirmed each other, they immediately made the gesture of allowing take-off, which became popular all over the country: facing the cockpit of the fighter, the left leg was bent and stretched out, the right leg was lunging outward, the index finger and middle finger of the right hand were together to point to the direction of the plane's take-off, and the remaining three fingers were fist-clenched and facing the take-off direction at the same time.

Li Zhan released the brakes, and at the same time, the wheel shield was quickly retracted downward, and the huge J-15 carrier-based fighter began to slide.

At first, the speed was very slow, and the swan, which looked like an elegant earthy yellow feather, began to flap its wings and take off, and under the effect of acceleration, the fighter plane taxied faster and faster, and the runway was only 107 meters. When the fighter plane taxied for 80 meters, the speed still did not meet the normal take-off requirements.

That's where the jump deck comes into play.

The 15-degree skid deck helped the fighter lift its nose in the last twenty or thirty meters of the run, and the fighter was able to gain enough lift in advance, and the fighter slid over the rocker and took off with three legs, staggering and slowly climbing. Li Zhan, who was pressed on the back of the seat by the acceleration, clearly felt his heart suddenly empty when the fighter left the ground, as if his feet were empty, and he felt very excited.

He didn't do anything, kept the fighter posture and continued to leave the rest of the work to the engine.

The flight tower control center took over the command and told Li Zhandao: "Five-three-three, keep it, the speed is reported." ”

"Five-three-three understand, keep the posture." Li Zhan replied.

In order to concise the land-air dialogue, the last three digits of the fighter production number are used as the radio call sign, and the J-15 radio call sign No. 95533 is 533.

After the fighter leaves land, the flight speed still does not reach the normal take-off speed, so there is still a danger of stalling at this time, but the process will not be very slow, about two to three seconds. The J-15 lift body is more powerful, and it gets more lift than the J-11 at the same speed, and the fighter can fly extremely slowly at a speed of more than 100 kilometers per hour in the air, which is because of the altitude and inertial lift, but if such a speed is completely insufficient to support the normal flight of the fighter during the take-off stage.

Li Zhan waited until his speed exceeded 300 kilometers per hour before he began to make a steering maneuver. It can be seen that his actions are very, very conservative and cautious.

If the J-15 carrier-based fighter uses a land-based runway, it can basically lift the aircraft and throw its head at a speed of more than 240 kilometers per hour, that is to say, even if it takes off from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier with the help of the wheel plate and the upturned deck, the fighter actually barely reaches 240 kilometers per hour when leaving the ship.

Another thing to note is that the land-based flight simulator deck is not moving, while the aircraft carrier itself has speed, and usually the aircraft carrier will sail at full speed against the wind when the fighter is released, and by doing so, it will help the fighter take off smoothly. According to the maximum speed of 27 knots, the speed of the aircraft carrier itself is about 50 kilometers per hour, that is, even if the J-15 does not move, it itself has a speed of 50 kilometers per hour. The speed at which the plane takes off is the speed at which the fighter jet moves relative to the air, so these 50 kilometers per hour is the speed of the fighter.

That is to say, the take-off speed of the J-15 carrier-based fighter taking off from the aircraft carrier should be the aircraft carrier sailing speed plus the fighter speed, which is calculated from 50 kilometers per hour.

In other words, as long as the fighter plane gains a speed of 200 kilometers per hour at the moment of taxiing away from the ship, it can take off smoothly, and besides, the headwind is conducive to takeoff.

But!

The two flight simulator decks of the Fertile Ground Flight Training Base do not take into account the speed of the aircraft carrier itself, the take-off runway on the aircraft carrier is 107 meters, and the heavy-duty take-off runway is 197 meters, which is also 197 meters here. This is definitely not something that the designers ignored, but rather deliberately.

If you can take off smoothly on the land-based flight simulator deck, it means that you have no problem taking off on the ship, because you have the ability to "50 kilometers per hour redundancy".

Strict training is the core guiding ideology of the Flying Shark training, and this is also the main reason why most pilots shout "This question is too difficult" -- the ship's 100 percent standard should be 12 percent or even more than 100 percent simulated training on land.

Li Zhan flew around the field, savoring the take-off just now, he was keenly aware that it was not difficult to take off, what was really difficult should be how to deal with sudden danger during the take-off stage, and even he thought that Lao Chentou and the most important thing they valued was the pilot's ability in this regard.

The fighter takes off on an aircraft carrier, there is no speed redundancy and no altitude, and if there is a sudden strong crosswind, wind shear or something, that is the time to test the pilot's maneuvering skills.

Maybe it's because there is no crosswind, God is very face-saving, and Li Zhan's first short jump take-off was smooth and easy. As Zhang Xueyang said - push the throttle stick to the end, and leave the rest to the engine.

Is it really not that hard?

I'm afraid it's not that simple.