Chen Fei flew the J-15 over the base a few times to get a feel for it.
Looking at the aircraft carrier deck from a high altitude, it is really too small, just like a matchbox, and you can't even see it if you don't pay attention.
After flying for a few times, Chen Fei found the feeling. At this time, the voice from the tower just came over: "Yao Dong Yao, adjust your attitude and prepare to land!"
"Yao Dong Yao understands." Chen Fei agreed, pushed on the rudder, turned the plane around, and flew towards the aircraft carrier. He first glanced at the deck, and then at the tower.
From here, the aircraft carrier is only about the size of a matchbox, not to mention the tower. People with poorer eyesight may not even be able to see anything. Even Chen Fei, who has better eyesight, can only see a tiny thing.
No matter how small the silhouette is.
The tower, no, to be precise, it should be called the ship building. It was built entirely in a one-to-one ratio and was completely simulated.
This is the place with the best view on the entire aircraft carrier. It is the nerve center for fighter operation command. It is responsible for all functions such as ground transportation command, approach command, takeoff and landing command, etc. Basically, except for combat, all commands are responsible here.
, equivalent to the airport tower.
Of course, there is not only the tower on the ship. In addition to the tower, there is actually a more important and mysterious department on the ship. This place often appears in some film and television works. It is the command center of the fleet. To be precise,
It should be the intelligence and combat command center. The fleet chief and other important leaders generally only move here. His position is higher than the tower, almost under the cockpit, making it easier for the fleet chief to travel between the two.
At this time, all the staff on the ship were in place, each focusing on what they were doing to escort Chen Fei's landing.
Compared with taking off, how to land a carrier-based aircraft is more difficult. Even in the US military, many pilots have died due to failed landings. The F-35C that the US crashed in the South China Sea crashed accidentally during the landing process.
The plane hit the deck heavily, exploded into a fireball, and then fell into the seabed. Fortunately, after the accident of the fighter plane, the pilot ejected in time to escape. Although the plane crashed, the pilot was saved, and other planes on the aircraft carrier were not affected.
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In order to help the carrier-based aircraft land safely, the aircraft carrier needs to be equipped with arresting cables for emergency braking, and special optical signal auxiliary devices are also needed to help the carrier-based aircraft land. Moreover, pilots often need to maximize the speed when landing. Once an accident occurs
Only in this way can we have enough speed to go around. The carrier-based aircraft will produce a huge impact when it lands on the ship. An American pilot had his neck broken due to the excessive impact during landing, which shows how dangerous it is.
Of course, the most difficult stage for carrier-based aircraft to take off and land actually occurs at night. On a moving aircraft carrier, fighter aircraft have to land, take off and land in a limited landing area under complex environmental conditions, which is a high-risk task.
The mission is also a very difficult task. During night training, it is difficult to find the reference frame of the carrier-based aircraft. The pilot must rely on his own searchlight and the indicator light on the runway to land, which is equivalent to a blindfold operation.
Many pilots in the United States have their legs shaking due to nervousness when landing. In recent years, most landing accidents of carrier-based aircraft have occurred at night. Only with the ability to operate at night can all-weather operations by aircraft carriers become a reality. We
Continued efforts are also needed in this area.
But Chen Fei hasn't started such difficult training yet. The weather conditions for his landing at this time are very good, and all conditions are in the best condition, as if God has come to help him.
"Yao Dong Yao, prepare to land!"
"clear!"
Chen Fei slowly pressed the lever, causing the fighter's descent rate to drop at a uniform speed. His fighter flew strictly according to the prescribed route, not one centimeter higher, not one centimeter lower, neither to the left nor to the right. It was very standard.
Just like a textbook.
"Tsk tsk——"
Seeing the various data on the display screen, the personnel responsible for command and other work in the tower at this time, even the most picky ones, couldn't help but cheer for Chen Fei. It was really perfect.
Dai Ming is not a person in the tower - the people in the tower are professional staff. They don't do other things. They only direct takeoffs and landings. However, today is Chen Fei's first takeoff and landing. Dai Ming is quite nervous and came in specially.
Staring.
Under the attention of everyone, the J-15 fighter slowly descended and flew towards the ship area.
Instead of deploying arresting ropes in the simulated landing area, four fragile ropes were used instead.
The pilot uses the tail hook to hook up the rope when landing normally. Which rope is broken indicates which rope is hooked. Moreover, high-speed cameras are deployed on both sides to capture the details of this short process.
The reason for doing this is to facilitate the analysis of success and failure.
Everyone has very few training opportunities. It is impossible to be like other units of the Air Force. If they don’t have enough skills, they have to use aviation fuel. As long as they consume enough aviation fuel, the skills will naturally be developed. There is no way to train carrier-based aircraft.
This simple and crude method must be scientific, precise and efficient.
Therefore, every pilot's take-off and landing process is recorded in detail by high-speed cameras. After the training, what everyone has to do is to rigorously review what they did well, where they were not up to standard, where they were fast, and where they were slow. We will review it next time.
How to avoid, etc., etc., these must be discussed one by one, and finally the results are formed, and then based on these experiences and lessons, simulated flights will be carried out ten or eight times until the results of the previous training are fully understood.
This training is complete only if it is engraved into your bones.
From this aspect, it is really not easy to explain them.
With such training, even if there are any problems, they can be solved quickly.
At this time, in the landing area, four simulated blocking ropes were deployed in parallel at a distance of twelve meters apart. They were the first, second, third and fourth blocking ropes counting from the stern of the ship. The pilot had to hook the second blocking rope.
It is most ideal to hook the third rope and hook the second rope. Therefore, the training goal is to hook the second blocking rope.
To be honest, every pilot wants to hook the second arresting rope, but even Dai Ming cannot do it 100%. He is the pilot with the best flying skills in the entire base, but he can only achieve 70%.
Ten, it would be good if other people can have half the probability.
Hooking the first blocking rope means that the glide angle is too large, and there is a risk of hitting the stern of the ship. Hooking the fourth blocking rope means that your sliding distance is shortened to the shortest, and there is a risk of rushing off the deck and falling into the sea.
.Too far forward or too far back is not good.
Moreover, when landing on the ship, the pilot does not just think about hooking the second arresting cable. Every pilot must be prepared for a go-around at any time. If any problem occurs, he must be able to get the aircraft back in the shortest possible time.
Pull up and fly again, every pilot must make such preparations at all times.
Chen Fei took a look outside, then glanced at the dashboard, and then said: "Tower, Yaodongyao is ready to land, over!"
"The landing gear is down, the tail hook is down, confirm, you can land on the ship." The tower's voice sounded nervous.
Chen Fei controlled the speed and maintained the position for a go-around at any time. If the landing failed, he must adjust the flaps to the take-off position within two seconds and put the throttle lever at the maximum thrust position to perform an escape go-around.
If he successfully hooked the arresting cable, he would also have to withdraw all the throttle within two seconds and apply the brakes after the front and rear landing gear tires touched down. His landing taxi distance was only one hundred meters.