Chapter 147: The Peregrine Falcon Makes Its First Flight

The news of the successful first flight of the Giant Bird No. 2 transport aircraft has caused a huge sensation at home and abroad, after all, this is a huge progress in the history of human aviation, and it can be said that this aircraft can be used both for military and civilian use.

When the future is peaceful, then this transport aircraft can be transformed into a civilian cargo aircraft, such a carrying capacity, coupled with its very fuel-efficient, that can indeed bring huge profits to airlines, but also make a lot of air transportation convenient.

Just after September, the Eighth Route Army aircraft factory came out with good news, this time the world's most advanced supersonic fighter, the Peregrine Fighter, is about to prepare for its first test flight.

You must know that the Peregrine Fighter is an air-superior supersonic fighter, which adopts a single-seat, single-engine conventional layout design, similar to the later FC1 Thunder Dragon fighter, so in this era, it is definitely ahead of its time.

Today is the time for the first flight, Duan Peng got up early in the morning, and in order to complete this first flight, he also made a lot of preparations, after all, the Peregrine Falcon is the world's first supersonic fighter, so in order to show it, this first flight will break through the sound barrier and achieve supersonic flight, and this risk is also relatively large.

Therefore, this first flight was completed by Li Yunlong himself, after all, they are not at ease with others.

The peregrine fighter is also equipped with an ejection seat, so even if there is any problem, it can also be ejected to save lives, Li Yunlong is not afraid of death, which is even more nothing.

What Li Yunlong thought was that when the time came, he would become the first person in the world to break through the speed of sound, which would go down in the history of aviation.

Today is destined to be an extraordinary day, the first flight of the Peregrine Falcon fighter attracted a lot of journalists, and dozens of representatives of the Allied forces came, many of whom were pilots.

So they are very interested in the first flight of the first supersonic fighter in human history.

The Allies have ordered a large number of peregrine fighters, and they also hope that this fighter can be mass-produced and put into the battlefield as soon as possible, after all, with it, it is indeed a fighter that can sweep away all enemy fighters, even if it is a German jet fighter, in front of the peregrine fighter, it can only be prey.

At nine o'clock in the morning, the preparations for the test flight were ready, and Li Yunlong also put on a special flight suit, this supersonic fighter is not quite the same as the subsonic one, so the anti-load flight suit must be specially designed, and the flight helmet is not the same, and it looks particularly handsome after wearing it.

Everyone is cheering Li Yunlong on, after all, this test flight is definitely risking his life, it is different from before, who can guarantee that the plane will not disintegrate after exceeding the speed of sound.

The leaders of the Eighth Route Army and the representatives of the allied forces all came, and when they saw Li Yunlong's current appearance, they were all very curious, and they came to shake hands with Li Yunlong, chatted a few words, and wished him a successful first flight.

Li Yunlong is naturally full of confidence, he believes that his technology will not fail, and he believes that the peregrine falcon fighter designed by Duan Peng will definitely work.

Now that the leaders of the Eighth Route Army have begun to speak, everyone has quieted down and listened to the leader's speech.

The leader said happily: "Guests, friends, comrades, today is the day of the first flight of the peregrine falcon fighter developed by our Eighth Route Army Aircraft Factory, we all know that the peregrine fighter is the first supersonic aircraft in our world, so this is a day that is about to go down in history, I hope that our first flight today will be a success, and just now our director Duan has said that today's test flight will complete the feat of breaking through the sound barrier, which is the first time in the history of human aviation, so it is of great significance, It is also full of risks and challenges, but we all believe that this supersonic test flight will be a complete success! ”

The applause was very warm, because everyone was looking forward to the success of this test flight, and everyone wanted to see what it was like to fly a fighter with more than the speed of sound.

The peregrine falcon fighter is very beautiful, its nose and tail are pasted with a falcon pattern, which looks very powerful.

Li Yunlong and Duan Peng shook hands and said goodbye, Duan Peng said calmly: "Comrade Li Yunlong, fly boldly, I believe you will succeed!" ”

Li Yunlong smiled: "Okay, I just believe in one thing, there must be no problem with the aircraft you designed, and I will complete this supersonic flight no matter what1"

After speaking, Li Yunlong turned around and strode towards the tarmac, the peregrine falcon fighter was already waiting for him.

The peregrine fighter is indeed very beautiful, its appearance is very in line with supersonic flight, and the aerodynamic design is naturally done by Duan Peng, just like the J-7 MF of the trumpet, which is also a bit like a Thunder Dragon.

Everyone was attracted to this fighter, and now Li Yunlong has begun to inspect the body of this fighter.

After turning around, Li Yunlong entered the cockpit and began to power on the inspection.

The entire cockpit system is also very advanced, unlike ordinary fighter jets.

After the inspection, Li Yunlong asked the ground crew to close the cockpit cover for him, and then the ground crew also evacuated.

Li Yunlong started the engine, and this afterburner turbofan engine, even if it was put to another plane, was very advanced in the sixties.

A large amount of air, which is sucked in from the air intake under the belly, reacts with aviation kerosene in the combustion chamber to produce high-temperature and high-pressure gas, which is ejected from the tail nozzle.

The fighter began to move, slowly sliding out of the tarmac, and at this time everyone was excited, and now that the Peregrine fighter had slid onto the runway, the exciting moment was coming.

I saw that the fighter on the runway stayed for a while, and then spewed out an orange tail flame from the tail nozzle, and the fighter accelerated very quickly, and after more than 400 meters, it rose from the ground, which was afterburner takeoff, so it seemed that the climb was also very fast, and in a few seconds, the fighter plane reached an altitude of several hundred meters, and then continued to climb.

Li Yunlong piloted the Peregrine Falcon fighter, only feeling as if he had turned into a falcon, and the fighter was also very well maneuverable, and it was very easy to drive.

This climb speed is incomparable to all previous fighters, even if it is a jet boar attack aircraft, it is much worse than the peregrine falcon.

After all, it is now taking off with afterburner, so the climb speed is more than 200 meters per second.

Soon the fighter plane reached an altitude of more than 7,000 meters, and Li Yunlong turned off the afterburner, because it is very fuel-consuming, and now it is the first flight and there is no auxiliary fuel tank, if the afterburner is turned on all the time, it will not take long to have three tons of fuel in the plane.

In addition, the engine can't withstand it, and the afterburner can only be driven continuously for five minutes at most.

It is mainly used in air combat, so now after turning off the afterburner, start the test flight, and wait for the test flight to be no problem before you can perform a supersonic test flight.