Chapter 588: It's Really Hard to Land at Night!
When they arrived at the army, everyone knew how strict the management and discipline were, and they thought they would be able to see Li Zhan immediately, but Lao Chen Tou apologized and told Li Zhan that he was preparing for the training of the day and night flight, and it was three or four o'clock in the morning when the training was over, so everyone could only continue to wait patiently.
Lao Chentou personally organized and arranged the arriving family members, arranged accommodation to prepare dinner or something, and then held a meeting with the parents of the bride and groom, all of whom did it himself, so that the parents felt more valued.
Li Zhan won't be able to attend the dinner party in the evening, but the evening of July 31 is the official welcome dinner, so he won't miss every process of the wedding.
At 17:30, Li Zhan got up after resting for more than an hour, took a shower, and went directly to the flight briefing room for dinner. In July, the days are long and the nights are short, and the sky is still bright at 6 p.m., and it usually starts to get dark at 7 p.m. So he asked Zhang Xueyang and Tang Leilei to accompany their families to dinner before coming over, and he and Cao Fufei were dining in the flight briefing room.
"Why don't you do it day and night, I'm in charge of night flights, you hurry up and fly a flight and go back, it is estimated that the bride is in a hurry." Cao Fufei said with a smile.
Li Zhan swallowed the rice in his mouth and shook his head with a smile, "The old husband and wife are not so lingering." Lao Cao, it's not that I can't believe you, tonight's first simulated night landing must be for me to fly. ”
"I know, but you don't have to participate in the whole day and night, do you?" Cao Fufei said.
Li Zhan said, "Anyway, I've been in the outfield for a day, and I don't care about soaking in the middle of the night." I'll go back to the infield when it's over tomorrow. ”
Night sailing is night landing training, and the first actual aircraft simulated landing training at night obviously had to be the first to be Li Zhan. Today's day and night is divided into two phases: the first stage is ordinary tactical training, in which fighter planes take off in a glide jump, followed by an hour or two of tactical training, and a landing in a conventional taxiing and landing method. This phase lasted until the second half of the night, with more than a dozen sorties. The second stage was that the fighters took off by sliding and jumping at 3 o'clock or 4 o'clock in the morning to continue their tactical training, and when they returned home, the sky was already bright, and at this time they had to take the approach of blocking the landing of the ship.
How hard is it to land a ship at night?
The US Navy has made a big compromise in order to avoid landing ships at night as much as possible -- they usually dispatch fighter planes to carry out missions at three or four o'clock in the morning, and when the fighters return home, it will be dawn. Therefore, it is often seen that when the US Navy aircraft carrier battle group is carrying out strike missions, the start time is usually between 3 and 6 o'clock in the morning.
Regardless of the US Navy's decades of experience in the use of aircraft carriers, their carrier-based air wing is far from being able to achieve the ability of all personnel to land ships at night, and it is excellent to have half of them, and as for night landing under complex meteorological conditions, it is the signature ability of a very small number of pilots at the top of the pyramid.
If you have the ability to land ships at night under complex meteorological conditions, you don't need to test your other qualities, and you are a super ace among naval pilots.
Therefore, it is definitely a super bold attempt for the Flying Shark Force to launch a night landing training exploration at this stage.
At 18 o'clock, Zhang Xueyang and Tang Leilei hurriedly arrived.
Li Zhan and Cao Fufei were studying the charts after eating, and when they looked up, Li Zhan said, "Hurry up and dress, come over and listen to the briefing immediately." ”
"Yes!" Zhang Xueyang and Tang Leilei immediately took action.
Li Zhan continued to talk to Cao Fufei, his fingers slid on the route, and said, "This adjustment point should be paid special attention to, the connection between the front and rear of the aircraft is relatively tight, and each aircraft must determine the adjustment point to ensure that the entire training process is not messy." ”
"Understood, made a note of it." Cao Fufei circled it on his chart.
At this time, there was no flight kneeboard, and the flight plans and navigation charts that pilots needed for each flight were all paper. A few decades ago, it was a drawing board, snapped into a preset card slot under the instrument panel and the pilot could see it when he looked down. The advent of autopilot technology has freed up pilots to do other things, so paper carriers that can hold more information and fold into a small brochure style are more popular.
Li Zhan and the four of them used the flight kneeboard of the Rafale fighter when they were communicating in France, and it was very comfortable to use. So when they came back, they made a recommendation in the report that they should be equipped with flight kneeboards as soon as possible to replace the traditional paper navigation charts. This kind of gadget does not require any high technology, and it is believed that it will be developed soon.
Zhang Xueyang and Tang Leilei came over neatly dressed and carrying helmets.
Li Zhan glanced at them and said with a smile, "The two of you have swollen eyes and frivolous steps, Xiao Bie is newlywed, do you still have the energy to cross day and night?" ”
"Look at what you said, how can you have time to do that, and we'll come over after a quick meal with you." Zhang Xueyang said with a smile.
"Don't shout that your legs are weak." Li Zhancai won't believe it.
It took them ten minutes to assign the task, and then the large group arrived, and there were more than a dozen pilots participating in tonight's day and night, which was an out-and-out large-scale training operation, under the personal command of Mo Ren'an. Except for Tang Leilei who followed Li Zhan to open the No. 501 J-15S to land at night, the others were led by Zhang Xueyang and Cao Fufei to carry out day and night.
At 18:30, all personnel were in place, the ground commander issued an order, and the group began to line up and take off. A burst of roaring sound reached the guest house in the infield of the base, Li Jianguo and the others stood on the balcony and looked over here, and saw one fighter plane after another taking off at dusk.
"Alas, it's not easy to do anything." Li Jianguo sighed slightly.
Ye Huihua couldn't express her feelings about being a mother, what if the plane flew so fast and so high, what if it fell, she could only pray over and over again that the child could return safely every flight.
On the other side, Ying Wanjun also accompanied her parents on the balcony to watch the fighter take off. In the eyes of the people in the village, Ying Wanjun is married into a wealthy family, and the couple has jumped from the most bitter family in the village to the most envied family, and the couple has a straight waist and a good spirit, although today's scene still makes them feel restrained, but when they think that their son-in-law is a regiment commander-level cadre here, the waist board can always be straight.
Ying Wanjun's two younger brothers were even more excited, they originally thought that their brother-in-law was a small cadre in the army, a small cadre who drove a fighter plane, but after arriving here, they found out that the young cadres trained by the army were still at the regimental level, and then they realized that the height of their brother-in-law was something they could only look up to and could not reach. Where do they clearly distinguish the difference between the level of entitlement and the level of administration?
The changes in the family are earth-shaking, since Ying Wanjun went to a famous university and registered her marriage with Li Zhan, her status in her mother's family has risen, and what she said is the highest instruction. Ying Wanjun is very strict with her two younger brothers, so there is no sequelae after her sister is expensive. This makes the husband's family feel very satisfied, the so-called family and everything is prosperous, sometimes the key to the contradiction is not at the economic level, but the economic side of the matter is the most likely to cause contradictions, and it is difficult to handle the family affairs properly without a certain skill.
Ying Wanjun did it, and her status as the eldest daughter-in-law was unshakable.
Li Zhan knew this very well in his heart, so Ying Wanjun was the best choice. The two families were in harmony, and he was able to devote his whole body and mind to the cause of combat aviation, make meritorious contributions in defending his family and country, and realize the value of his life in maintaining world peace.
Before dark, Li Zhan and Tang Leilei followed the day and night formation together for an hour of tactical training. According to the way of combat attack aircraft, Li Zhan front cabin Tang Lei Lei rear cabin. The J-15S is designed according to the combat trainer aircraft, the rear cabin is the instructor cabin, and there is another set of control systems, which is different from professional fighter-bombers and fighter-attack aircraft.
Li Zhan and Tang Leilei took turns, and after they both went through a tactical training process, the sky darkened, Mo Ren'an gave the order to return, and the night simulated landing debut of the 501 J-15S kicked off.
This J-15S is the first prototype, after completing 80 percent of the test flight, it was delivered to the Flying Shark unit that urgently needs a two-seater for training, and after more than half a year of use by the Flying Shark unit, the remaining 20 percent of the test flight tasks have also been completed in use.
It should be pointed out that since it is a prototype, there are areas that need to be improved, but there is no problem with using it for normal flight training.
When I returned to the southeast side of the base from the sea and air more than 200 kilometers away, it was completely dark, and when I looked down at the air from 1,200 meters, the lights in the distance were towns, the brightest place was the city center, and the sparse lights below were civilian ships sailing day and night.
Li Zhan found the base, and then he needed to apply the knowledge he had learned about the light landing system - the use of the Finier optical landing system. The U.S. Navy uses this system, the French Navy, the British Navy, and countries with aircraft carriers use this system, as if the Russian depot ships use something different.
To put it simply, the function of the Finier optical landing system is to draw a landing route for the pilot with light, and guide the pilot to accurately land in the landing area of the mothership at night. The system is divided into five light groups, like a cross with a long horizontal bar, flanked by green reference lights, and five square Frenier lens lights arranged vertically from top to bottom in the middle, in yellow, yellow, orange, red, and red order.
When Li Zhan saw the green reference light, it meant that he had entered the range of the glide path, and at this time, the approach commander would give the command to the ship commander, and the landing commander would have the highest authority, and any orders he gave would take precedence over other commands.
"Five holes into the glide path." Li Zhan reported.
The landing commander had four assistants, each performing their duties, and quickly reported to him, "The flaps are good, the landing gear is good!" ”
Another assistant reported: "Three degrees to the left!" Slide down two degrees! ”
"Five holes, good flaps, good landing gear! Three degrees to the left! Slide down two degrees! The commander of the landing ship immediately informed Li Zhan of the situation and issued the order.
Li Zhan steadily adjusted the left and right positions of the fighter, and if he could still see the green reference light, it meant that his left and right positions were incorrect, left or right. The landing commander asked him to reduce the glide angle by two degrees, indicating that he was flying higher and that the plane was at risk of going out into the sea, and at this time he saw a yellow light.
Therefore, when adjusting the left and right positions, he needs to adjust the upper and lower positions at the same time, and at the same time complete the adjustment of the relative position between the fighter and the mothership, and the standard for judging is that he can only see orange lights. At this point, you can maintain a steady downward stance, and the tail hook will accurately hook the second blocking line to complete a perfect night landing.
No. 501 J-15 was dragged to a halt alive, Li Zhan and Tang Leilei instantly endured several G's gravity, and by this time they knew that the first actual aircraft night simulation landing training was successful.
Li Zhan hooked the second blocking rope perfectly.
"See orange, then land." Tang Leilei said, "It doesn't seem to be difficult. ”
Li Zhan entered the take-off position again according to the guidance of the dispatcher, and said, "Because you haven't learned it yet, you don't think it's difficult." This time you open it. ”
"Understood!" Tang Leilei was excited.
No. 501 J-15S took off again under the control of Tang Leilei, consuming two tons of fuel fighter a lot faster, Tang Leilei climbed up at a faster speed, flew around the base and flew from east to west, and then entered the landing route from the north. This is an action to confirm the position and course of the mothership, which is essential and a common action for lining up to land on the ship.
"Don't be affected by other lights." Li Zhan reminded.
There are other lights in the base, but there are conspicuous yellow light lines on both sides of the runway that simulates the ship area, and there are sparse lights that frame the training area of the flight simulator deck, so that the pilots can easily identify the ship area. But it is also precisely the case that if the pilot missees the lights, the results can be catastrophic.
Tang Leilei slowly adjusted the attitude of the fighter, and the commander of the landing ship kept sending correction instructions, and he found out where his gap was. When Li Zhan landed just now, the landing commander only issued one correction order, and when he arrived here, the correction instructions given by the landing commander did not stop.
"Steady, don't be nervous, don't hit the focus too much, that will make you misjudge the distance!" Li Zhan loudly pointed out Tang Leilei's problem.
"Understood!" Tang Leilei is about to come out, night and day are really different!
No. 501 J-15S staggered down, and the movements became more and more clumsy and indecisive. Li Zhan knew that Tang Leilei would not be able to let the fighter block the ship smoothly this time, but he didn't plan to take over immediately, he had to let Tang Leilei do it completely, otherwise it would be a big blow to his psychology and confidence.
"Adjust the state, fall according to the adjustment instructions, and prepare for the go-around." Li Zhan said.
Tang Leilei secretly cheered himself up, "Understood! No problem! ”
When the fighter plane entered a distance of 100 meters, the commander of the landing shouted loudly: "Go-around!" Go-around! Go-around! ”
Sighing in his heart, Tang Leilei had no choice but to return to full throttle, the fighter plane roared past, and the tires of the rear landing gear were only more than one meter away from the runway surface.
"I'll take over." Li Zhan said, "You adjust and adjust first, and then watch me fly again." ”
"Yes!"
PS:37000/53000。 The next chapter, if you don't have one during the day, will be at night.