The French also had times when they were efficient, such as now, especially when Monet reported that one of his Chinese friends had a pilot who was quite familiar with the Rafale fighters, and the base commanders came over and approved Li Zhan to fly the Rafale fighters alone for thirty minutes.

Several countries have intentions to purchase Rafale fighters, but only Egypt, Qatar, and India have signed their intentions and even paid deposits. It's not because the Rafale fighter is not as good as other fighters, the comprehensive performance of the Rafale fighter can rank in the top ten or even more positions in the world, and the biggest obstacle to external sales is the selling price.

The Rafale is like flying a Leclerc tank, the performance is advanced, but it is also very expensive!

Qatar plans to spend about $10 billion to purchase 36 Rafale fighters, of course, the contract includes technology, service support, pilot training, and supporting weapons and ammunition, with an average price of nearly $300 million!

Even if the unit price of the fighter accounts for half of the average price, the price of each Rafale fighter is 150 million US dollars, which is far more than the F-35A. The F-22 is just over $200 million.

Such high prices have turned the vast majority of countries away.

Just look at the countries that have decided to purchase Rafale fighters, Qatar is a small but rich major oil exporter, and it is not inferior to the big dogs. Egypt has always been a traditional user of French fighters, and has been very deeply influenced by France in history, coupled with the influence of France's policy towards North Africa, Egypt was the first to decide to purchase Rafale fighters when it was willing to provide financial services, and for this reason it also interrupted the plan to introduce "Thunder" fighters.

As for India, let's not talk about it.

Could China be a potential user to purchase Rafale fighters? If the obstacles to arms sales can be dealt with. The French believe that such a possibility exists, and they think that it will be very likely. This is one of the reasons why they are so active in arranging for Chinese naval pilots to go to the Rafale M fighter unit for study and exchange.

Even if the whole aircraft will not be purchased, it is definitely a matter of great interest to the Chinese Navy to obtain relevant technology at a suitable price. The French believe that the Rafale fighter is absolutely valuable, and they are even mentally prepared to equip the Rafale fighter sold to China with Rolls-Royce EJ200 aero engines.

Because they think that the Rafale is stronger than the Su-35!

Out of consideration for this aspect, the base commander approved Li Zhan's plan to fly the Rafale fighter alone, of course, before that, he had to fly a two-seater, and Li Zhan could only fly the plane alone after passing Monet's assessment. The French are very face-saving, which is not easy.

On the contrary, Mo Ren'an became worried, and quietly pulled Li Zhan aside in the flight briefing room and whispered, "Li Zhan, I know you, to be honest, I don't doubt that you can fly Rafale alone, but I'm afraid there are some problems with your luck." Danger has been with you for the past four years, what if you fall in a foreign country? ”

Li Zhan couldn't cry or laugh, but he found that Mo Ren'an didn't mean to joke at all, so he hurriedly became serious and said in a deep voice, "Commander, please believe me, first of all, I won't be so unlucky, and secondly, I have the confidence to land safely." ”

"When you're out and about, you really have to take it easy. I'm afraid that your kid will get carried away when he goes to the sky, so he uses too much force to toss other people's planes and break them. Mo Ren'an frowned, he was really worried.

At the beginning, Russia sent Su-35 and Su-27** to Beiku for exchanges, Li Zhan broke someone's Su-27**, and the plane was still on the take-off line with one foot on the accelerator, and the two shots were blown up directly, fortunately it was Su-27**, if it was Su-35, I don't know how much money I had to lose.

There is no such thing as a bad plane in the world, only a pilot who is not fierce enough.

Li Zhan assured, "Commander, I promise that I will not exceed the flight envelope, originally my purpose was to test the actual envelope of the Rafale, and it will definitely not be overly manipulative!" ”

As soon as these words came out, Mo Ren'an's blood pressure soared, isn't it too much to test the actual envelope of the Rafale fighter!

What else to say, Monet, who was preparing over there, greeted loudly, Li Zhan gave Mo Ren'an a calm look and walked over quickly, and changed into the flight suit of a French naval pilot under Monet's guidance. I have to say that their flight suits and equipment feel very good to wear, and there are many functions, especially the electronic knee plate on the left thigh, the mission, flight plan, aeronautical charts, the latest weather data and other information can all be stored in it, and the pilot only needs to bow his head and then call up the required information through touch control.

There are two touch-controlled displays in the cockpit, and the wrinkle-free flight gloves fit snugly enough to allow the pilot to reach the target area with precision. The touch-button display is also a highlight of the Rafale cockpit, albeit with mixed reviews.

"I'll take you on a flight, during which you'll have the opportunity to maneuver the fighter and do what I said, and in the end, I'll decide whether you can fly the Rafale alone for half an hour." Monet said to Li Zhan.

Li Zhan said decisively, "No problem, please ask Colonel Monet to bother more." ”

Monet lifted his flying helmet and motioned for Li Zhan to walk out, and said, "Of course, I think you are fully capable of flying the Rafale fighter alone, I can't be mistaken, you must have received flight training for the Rafale fighter." ”

Li Zhan said helplessly, "There really hasn't been." ”

Smiling, Monet stopped mentioning it and said, "Can you talk to me in detail about your experience after the flight?" ”

"No problem." Li Zhan readily agreed.

Walking out of the flight briefing room, an open-top commuter car took them to the parking stand, and the rest of the group moved to the control tower to watch. Under the afternoon sun in Europe, Monet put on flying sunglasses and looked cool, but when Li Zhan saw him wearing flying sunglasses to inspect the plane with the ground crew, he couldn't help but mention in his heart - can he see the contents of the checklist clearly?

Li Zhan looked at the ground staff again, except for the uniform shirt, they were wearing everything, and there was even a female sergeant who was wearing makeup and nail polish. Li Zhan had to worry about whether the plane was really ready to fly. Looking at Monet's commonplace appearance, it is obvious that this is already their norm.

Since the abolition of the compulsory military system in 2001 and the change to the volunteer military system, the French army has encountered considerable difficulties in recruiting soldiers, and most people are reluctant to serve in the army if it is not for the fact that life is too much to live. As a result, there has been a large increase in the number of colored people in the French army, but high-end troops such as pilots are still not a big problem, but it is difficult to recruit high-quality soldiers for ground support positions.

Li Zhan didn't care, and quietly followed Monet to accept the plane, and his life mattered. He even suspected that the French enterprises were desperately developing their weapons and equipment in a perfect direction, including the consideration that the quality of the French soldiers was declining, and it was unreliable to look at. In the first two years, there were frequent failures in the ship, and in addition to quality problems, there were also reasons why the daily maintenance standards could not keep up.

When boarding the plane, the ground staff didn't even look at Li Zhan much, as if everything was commonplace, which had to make Li Zhan feel strange. Maybe Singapore also has the intention of buying Rafale fighters, so it has even come over for test flights many times?

Li Zhan sat in the rear cabin, and the Rafale B two-seater fighter, which is mainly used for training and teaching, has control systems in the front and rear cabins, but the priority is in the front cabin, which means that the front cabin pilot can directly take over the control of the rear cabin pilot without the consent of the rear cabin pilot.

After the tower gave the order, an AS532 "Puma" search and rescue helicopter took off and quickly moved to the low air space on the side of the runway to hover on standby, and the standard aircraft carrier released carrier-based fighter jets.

Monet taxied to the take-off line, then handed over the control to Li Zhan, and said, "Major Li, I will hand it over to you next, and I will take over your control at any time, if I think it is necessary." ”

"Understood." Sitting in the fighter plane, Li Zhan seemed to be a different person, his words were concise and clear, his movements were crisp and neat, and he was full of confidence.

In this world, he hasn't built a plane that he can't fly.

"Zizi, shepherd, can take off." Accompanied by the sound of electromagnetic interference, the command tower gave orders, and in order to take care of Li Zhan, they changed to English to command, which is quite rare.

The French are more fond of dogs, with shepherds coming first, and their radio codes usually prefer to use a variety of dog names.

"Shepherd received."

Li Zhan braked the brake and pushed the throttle lever forward with his left hand to the end, and the two M88 aero engines suddenly let out a violent roar, but Li Zhan noticed that the tremor of the fuselage was not obvious, which showed that the design of the engine compartment was very good. The two shots reached the maximum thrust within three seconds, and the landing gear tire brakes could no longer control the fighter, Li Zhan released the brakes, and then a violent push back feeling hit, which was the strongest push back feeling Li Zhan had ever felt since pulling the lever, and the fighter rushed forward suddenly.

When he looked back, Li Zhan saw that the full-motion canard began to automatically deflect upwards by 20 degrees, so that he could get more lift per unit time and shorten the take-off distance.

Monet was afraid that Li Zhan would fly according to the actions of the simulated cockpit, so he hurriedly reminded: "The actual flight is different from the simulated cockpit flight. ”

"Don't worry."

After reaching the take-off speed, Li Zhan steadily lifted the wheels, and the fighter took off easily, and then climbed steadily and turned steadily. Monet breathed a sigh of relief and felt very satisfied, flying so steadily like a veteran Rafale pilot.

Li Zhan smiled lightly and didn't know what to think, he flew around the airport according to the plan, and in the process did a few ordinary maneuvers according to Monet's instructions, rolling, small radius, variable speed flying, etc., the movements were very standard, which made Monet even more sure that he had flown a Rafale fighter.

During the more than ten minutes of flight, Monet basically asked Li Zhan to do the flight maneuver in accordance with the basic requirements of their new pilot's solo flight assessment, Li Zhan completed it very well, and the most important thing about the whole process was that it was very stable, and there was no hint of jerkyness.

Even the base commander nodded frequently and said to Mo Ren'an, "Your pilot is really good, and your level is very high."

However, Mo Ren'an looked a little forced and smiling, because Li Zhan at this moment was not like Li Zhan at all, he flew too steadily! Moreover, before taking off, Li Zhan personally told him that he wanted to test the actual flight envelope of the Rafale fighter, so he flew and tested the flight envelope of the woolen wire in such a step-by-step manner!

That's not right, that's not his style!

Maybe he changed his mind considering that it was someone else's plane flying outside after all, right?

As of this time, the monthly pass is 2200, and the addition has accumulated 1 chapter, which is an addition on the basis of 10,000 words per day! The monthly pass is coming soon, and the half-year summary in June will be better!