The warm sun shines on the earth, it has entered June, for Shenyang, the summer here is very livable, there is no heat like the capital, there is no rain like the south, there is no humidity like Chengdu, here is definitely the best place to escape the heat.

In particular, there is a little cool breeze blowing from the north, which makes people feel even more comfortable, and it will not be too hot in a green military uniform. And wearing half-sleeves, you won't feel too cold.

At two or three o'clock in the afternoon, it was also the warmest time of the day, on the runway of the 112 factory, crowded, test pilot Wang Li, dressed neatly, stepped on the fighter, ready to realize a major mission of the J-8ACT, the first flight.

On the runway, there were a lot of people seeing them off, and even the people who sent the flowers after getting off the plane were selected, as long as they came down, there would be a cameraman to record them, only at the back of the crowd, Qin Feng frowned a little there.

In the process of chatting with them, Qin Feng found that everyone's understanding of telex control is not particularly thorough, although Qin Feng added a lot of details, so that everyone benefited a lot from listening, but it still can't be regarded as 100% satisfied.

This can't be helped, after all, there is no qualified third-generation aircraft in China, there is no fly-by-wire control, and now it is very difficult to train test pilots who can fly fly-by-wire.

Everyone adapts in advance in order to better test flight, but now, it seems that there is no other choice, the J-8 project here is very nervous, and they are all holding back a lot of energy in their hearts.

Wang Li stepped onto the cockpit and waved to the crowd, and then, the cockpit canopy was slowly buckled, and the first flight of the J-8ACT kicked off.

Everyone dispersed, watched the engines on the tail of the plane start in turn, and then the fighter plane taxied forward, aimed at the runway, and after a pause, began to continue sliding on the runway.

Although two engines are used, the thrust-to-weight ratio has been improved, but the body of the J-8 is slender and delta wing, this design leads to its lift characteristics are not good, and there is no leading edge flap technology, so, its gliding run is very long, for the sake of insurance, the afterburner is not turned on, in the case of military thrust, almost to the end of the runway, it is pulled up from the runway.

However, with this pull, you can see that its movements are very agile, and compared to hydraulically operated aircraft, this fly-by-wire system improves its static instability, making it very flexible.

"Finally the first flight." Mr. Gu on the side looked at the plane and muttered, "Qin Feng, look at it, if you can stay here and fly this plane, how good it would be!" You don't know, in addition to fly-by-wire control, we are also making rapid progress in avionics. ”

Hearing Mr. Gu's words, Qin Feng immediately became interested, at this time, his eyes were still looking at the plane in the sky, since it was the first flight, just test the operational characteristics of the aircraft, so even the landing gear didn't need to be retracted, go around the airport, and fly over and land.

The whole thing is in sight.

"Our own radar has broken through?" Qin Feng asked Mr. Gu.

"Of course not, we develop our own, there is still a long way to go, we are cooperating with foreign companies, through the import of foreign avionics, to assemble on our fighters, this is the fastest, now, the superior has also approved, just waiting for us to start follow-up negotiations." Mr. Gu said.

"Is it America?" Qin Feng asked.

If you want to talk about avionics technology, the most advanced must be the United States, although the harvest of this trip to Israel is also very large, but, after all, a lot of Israel's technology is also from the United States.

Moreover, Qin Feng remembered that in the past, he had participated in a meeting, and the theme at that time was the 82 Project, according to the plan of this project, it was to introduce advanced avionics equipment from the United States to transform its own fighters.

At that time, Qin Feng was also very interested in those projects, but later, when he heard that he was going to send the plane over, Qin Feng absolutely could not agree with such a approach, but Qin Feng was not the one who went to make the decision, he just mentioned his own opinion.

"yes, it's American." When Mr. Gu said this, he was even more excited: "We have selected Grumman to cooperate with us. ”

Grumman again? Qin Feng suddenly had some surprises, and some feelings, in cooperation with his own side, different companies in the United States have different attitudes, similar to Boeing, Northrop, Lockheed, etc., they don't have contact with China at all, a picture of superiority, only Grumman is the most attentive, of course, sometimes there are some barbarism, but on the whole, they are still the most attentive one.

Now, our own J-8 transformation avionics has also been joined by Grumman?

"Previously we said that there were three alternative radars, and in the end, we chose the Westinghouse AN/APG-66 under the designation PRCF-82 AN/APG-66. This radar already has the over-the-horizon combat capability that we need the most, and it can launch Sparrow missiles. After improvement, it will also be able to launch the Pit Viper air-to-air missiles that we have introduced into Italy. ”

This is what is needed most of all.

F-16 is a lot of models, according to the general classification, that is, the original A/B and C/D type, of which the C model of the fighter, in 1982 began its first flight, in 1984 delivered to the United States Air Force, the biggest improvement of this aircraft, is to replace the radar with AN/APG-68 (V) radar, this radar increased the detection range, increased the working mode, stronger anti-jamming ability.

The most important thing is to add a high pulse frequency mode, although there is no separate continuous wave irradiator, it is enough to provide continuous irradiation for the AIM-7 Sparrow missile, and truly has the ability of over-the-horizon air combat.

Although it is still exported to China under the AN/APG-66 designation, in many places the latter model radar technology is used.

It can be said that it is a simplified version of the AN / APG-68 (V) radar, which removes various modes of ground attack and specifically retains the attributes of air combat, after all, the task of the J-8 is to counter the attack of the Soviets in the north.

Anyway, it can be regarded as having a real over-the-horizon radar, so that the Jian-8 is no longer without guns and bullets, and now, hearing this progress, Qin Feng is still very excited.

At the time of this, the J-8 ACT fighter had already flown around the airport and was aiming at the runway again, and it was about to land!

"Everyone prepare, as soon as we land, we will run over with loud cheers, flowers, who is offering flowers, you run in the front, yes, we must create this momentum, otherwise, we have to re-record it." A staff member said.

This is a historic moment that must be documented.

Qin Feng's gaze looked at it, motionless, he knew that landing was the most dangerous.