In the propeller era, fighter jets took off and landed on aircraft carriers, no different from taking off and landing on land, relying entirely on the pilot's own superb flight skills.

When taking off, the throttle is fully open, just rush forward, and the aircraft carrier will also turn to the headwind and move forward at full speed, so that the take-off of the carrier-based aircraft will be smoother, and some aircraft with good performance can be pulled up without even reaching the end of the deck.

And landing is the same, relying on the pilot's own technology, accurately gliding to the aircraft carrier to land, so the average naval pilot looks down on the pilots of the army or the air force, they think that their technology is more superb.

When entering the jet age, it is completely impossible to rely on one's own technology, because the take-off and landing speed of jets is faster, and the narrow deck of the aircraft carrier can no longer meet the requirements.

At this time, innovation is needed.

For example, when landing, the tail light box is used to determine whether the glide line is correct, which has been installed on previous aircraft carriers, which greatly improves the pilot's landing safety, especially at night.

In the past, it was almost impossible to land at night, but with this equipment, it was easy to land at night.

As for take-off, it's up to the catapult.

Catapults, in this era, have always existed, in addition to aircraft carriers, other warships, also need to carry seaplanes, these planes take off, there is no space to use, completely rely on catapults to eject the plane.

However, because it is a seaplane, it requires a very low take-off speed, as long as it relies on a low-performance hydraulic catapult, and the catapult jet must be an advanced and powerful steam catapult.

Historically, in order to get jets on board, a lot of hard work has been carried out, and even the British Navy has tried to use belly landing to make the deck as flexible as rubber, but unfortunately it has been lost and has no practical value.

With Ciric's guidance, German jets on board ships do not need to take these detours, as long as they follow the technical route determined by Ciric and advance steadily.

The wind and waves in the North Sea are not very strong, the wave height is only half a meter, and on the sea, an aircraft carrier is emitting black smoke and moving forward at full speed against the wind.

Whether it is taking off or recovering fighters, the aircraft carrier needs to be at full speed against the wind, taking off can increase the speed, and landing can reduce the relative speed to facilitate take-off and landing.

Although they are all called the Count Zeppelin class, when the previous one was developed, in order to effectively operate the jet, the designers enlarged the aircraft carrier.

The standard displacement is enlarged to 40,000 tons, and the full load displacement is about 55,000 tons, so that the first advantage is that the area of the flight deck is greatly increased, which is convenient for dispatching and taking off and landing.

In the past, when the aircraft carrier was designed, it fully took into account the operation of jet aircraft, and at the same time, there was not much experience in the past, but after several years of continuous operation, rich experience has been accumulated, and only then can we continue to build this kind of large aircraft carrier.

The total length of the deck is nearly 300 meters, and the width is more than 50 meters, which is one-third larger than the previous deck area, so that the take-off and landing of carrier-based aircraft is safer, and the deck transfer operation is also convenient and effective.

At the same time, the increase in displacement also greatly increases the fuel carried by the aircraft carrier, and the fuel consumption of jet aircraft is higher than that of propeller aircraft.

Therefore, although for the sake of confusion in the intelligence system, this aircraft carrier is still called the Count Zeppelin class, in fact, it can already be counted as a new level, so it is often called the warships after its first class internally, collectively referred to as the Moskva class, which is a great irony.

At present, the aircraft carrier is in a state of sea trials, and the operators of the aircraft carrier, in addition to a part of the naval officers, are more employees of the shipyard, as well as a large number of technicians and engineers.

And this test flight was also carried out by Wolfgang Speighter, a test pilot of the Messerschmitt Aircraft Company.

As an excellent test pilot, Wolfgang has been flying jets since the ME262, and has been flying for several years, and when the Storm Bird was built, Wolfgang was completely obsessed with this kind of aircraft.

Flying like a swallow, this plane did it, and compared to the previous propeller planes, the jet made him feel what it was to be exhilarating!

He has flown many subjects, including a rather dangerous stall tailspin, and now, he is also flying to conduct take-off and landing test flights of carrier-based aircraft.

Jets on board, how dangerous is it? It can be illustrated from a set of data that in 1949, the U.S. Navy began to try jet aircraft carriers, but because the jets had poor low-altitude and low-speed maneuverability, it was difficult to control, and accidents were frequent, and nearly 1,000 pilots died in two years - in 1953, the U.S. Navy lost more than 700 planes and 423 pilots died; In 1954, the U.S. military lost another 776 aircraft and 535 carrier-based pilots.

It was not until 1988 that the accident rate of the U.S. Navy was reduced to the same as that of the Air Force.

The greater the speed of the landing, means that the pilot has less time to adjust to the operation, and every misguided operation can have a catastrophic effect.

"Moscow, Moscow, Asuka requests a simulated landing." In the cockpit of the fighter, Wolfgang shouted over the radio.

The first landing must be steady, and before actually landing, it is necessary to perform several simulated landings to see whether the glide line of the aircraft is suitable and whether there is a possibility of successful landing.

"Roger, you can simulate landing, please be careful."

"Understood."

Wolfgang turned his head and glanced at the wings on either side.

In order to improve the low-speed performance of the aircraft, this latest aircraft, an automatic slat is installed on the leading edge of the wing. The slats are fully automatic and open or close according to the pneumatic force to which they are subjected. When the slat slides forward and opens, it accelerates the velocity of the air flowing through the upper surface of the wing, increasing lift and reducing stall speed, and at high speeds, it can be closed to reduce drag.

Now, the automatic slats on both sides are open, everything is normal, and Wolfgang's heart is even more confident, he pilots this nimble fighter and flies towards the aircraft carrier in the distance, at this time, the aircraft carrier is on the sea, like a leaf.

As he slowly approached, the aircraft carrier became larger and larger, and whether it could successfully land on the ship began to be determined from the glide line in the distance.

And if you want to enter the glide line correctly, just look at the light box at the tail, this idea is really amazing!

Wolfgang's plane, landing along the right glide line, landed.