The two engines in the tail were successfully started, and the Tomcat fighter was already in a state of preparation, and Nathan looked at the various dashboards in front of him, and recalled in his mind all kinds of data that he had known.

Generally speaking, for the uninitiated, afterburner seems to be an action, but in fact, afterburner is also divided into grades, and the Tomcat fighter uses the TF30 engine, which has a total of five levels of afterburner.

If you switch to afterburner 5, you can burst out with a maximum thrust of 9490 kg, which is the most powerful at this time, and at the same time, it also means that the fuel will be consumed with a whoosh.

How fast exactly? Even if it is full of fuel, if you keep driving afterburner 5, the fuel will not be enough for ten minutes.

(Open 5-stage afterburner, fuel flow is 907 kg/min.) The F-14 had a fuel volume of 7,257 kg without the auxiliary tank. ）

The only weakness for the Tomcat fighter is probably these two engines, and Nathan is well aware of its flaws.

Now, having successfully started the engine, accompanied by a roar from the tail, Major Lehmann, the instructor in the rear cabin, said: "Afterburner 5, take off at full speed!" ”

For the pilots of the Navy's carrier-based aircraft, afterburner take-off is the most common, you know, catapult and take-off on an aircraft carrier, the thrust to bear is many times more than this afterburner take-off.

"Understood." Nathan reached out and turned on the afterburner switch, and the roar of the tail suddenly became more intense, and two orange and red air currents were sprayed.

Then, Nathan released the brakes.

Propelled by two surging engines, the giant Tomcat spreads its 19.54-meter wings and begins to glide with minimal sweep angle.

The fighter planes are like a group of roaring horses, galloping towards the runway!

Compared with the fighters of later generations, the engine power of this Tomcat fighter is not sufficient, but it is much better than the F-4, the turbofan engine pushes the fighter, accelerates, accelerates!

Every time you see the F-14 fighter take off, it makes people's hearts surge, this is a terrifying fighter with great combat capabilities, which is the cornerstone of the navy!

The old general on the ground, stood up and watched the fighter spread its wings and fly, Tomcat, his own pride!

"This Nathan's take-off is so beautiful that it's hard to believe that he was the pilot of the Tomcat fighter for the first time." said Lieutenant Colonel Mark, squadron leader of the gunners' squad.

As the squadron leader of the training squadron, Lieutenant Colonel Mark has witnessed the release of every pilot, although they are all old birds, and their first take-off, there will be various situations, but Nathan's take-off is simply directly up to the standard of a Tomcat veteran.

No wonder he could fly airliners to dodge missiles and intercept Soviet bombers, Nathan was definitely a rare pilot!

"Look at his landing again." The veteran general said that landing can show the quality of the pilot better than taking off.

At this time, the fighter plane had already begun to climb and turn sideways, and when it turned, it was clearly displayed in everyone's eyes, this huge figure was really beautiful!

The base was originally on the seashore, and Nathan's take-off, in the climb, had already flown over the Pacific Ocean.

The old general used the eyes of his former pilot to catch the huge fighter plane, watching it circle the airfield ninety degrees, and as long as it turned back, it could land, and at that moment, suddenly, everyone stood up!

This Nathan, what does he want to do?

Even Steve's eyes widened.

In the refitting of the crew, the pilot and the radar operator are trained separately, the pilot first learns to fly the fighter, and the radar operator first familiarizes himself with the operation process of the radar on the ground, after all, the powerful AWG-9 radar, there are more than 20 modes, which is much stronger than the radar of the previous F-4 fighter, and it is impossible to master it without systematic learning.

So, Nathan piloted the fighter into the air, and Steve stayed below to watch, and now, he saw that Nathan actually dared to maneuver when he flew a new fighter for the first time!

"Nathan, what are you going to do?" Lyman, the instructor in the rear cabin, was also surprised, he originally just wanted to take Nathan up and fly around the airport route, who would have known that in the climb, Nathan actually wanted to have a good time!

At this time, the engine was still in the state of afterburner 5, relying on the speed that had just been accumulated, Nathan suddenly pulled the operating lever back, and this huge Tomcat suddenly raised its nose and was in a state of large angle of attack.

In the past, in the process of flying the F-4, it was also possible to do this, but it was risky for the Tomcat fighter to do this, especially for novices, it was easy to get into danger!

At this time, Lehmann had already regretted it, who said that he wanted to see if the new pilot really had the ability to take a test directly on the spot? Now it's time to play big!

In the absence of any theory, being able to take off and land on a plane is already quite a good pilot, and now, Nathan still has to do maneuvers! He was not yet familiar with the aircraft and did not know that this fighter had a big flaw.

Once the three conditions of side slip, engine afterburner and large angle of attack are met at the same time, the two Pratt & Whitney engines behind will start coughing!

Just when he was already regretting it, he felt the fuselage slowly sliding to the side, and sure enough, Nathan was sliding sideways with a rod!

It's over, wait for the parachute, for the novice, once the engine is turned off, it will definitely be unfavorable, but it's a pity that this expensive fighter is about to crash because of this reckless behavior of his side.

Lyman's hand rested on the ejection tab in the middle of the seat, and he was about to ask Nathan in front of him to prepare for the ejection, when he felt a little surprised.

Wait, it seems that there is no sound of a compressor stall behind it?

Lyman felt his back soaking wet, and he watched the plane slowly level out and begin to return in the direction of the airport, and couldn't help but ask, "Nathan, when did you turn off the afterburner?" ”

Just when climbing at the high angle of attack, the afterburner was still on, but when it was sliding sideways, Nathan actually turned off the afterburner, as if he knew it in advance!

Nathan's lazy voice came from the front: "Because I suddenly remembered that this is our Navy plane, I have to save some fuel." ”

As soon as the plane takes off and lands, tens of thousands of dollars are gone, and at this time, it was Nathan who actually thought of fuel saving?

Nathan in the front cabin, with a secret smile in his heart, how is it, is it cool? Don't you want to test yourself on day one? Comfortable now, right?

Lyman let out a deep breath: "Nathan, return to the airport and land, the general is still waiting for lunch." ”