Great Power Fighting Falcon

"Test Yaoliu! Be prepared to abandon the plane!"

The commander on duty once again issued such an order. He could not remember how many times this was the same order. When the J-10B that rushed to support reported that an open flame ignited at the joint between the belly and the engine compartment of J-16 No. 1616, the commander on duty was basically certain that the aircraft could not be saved.

The disaster caused by the ignition of the fuel tank is devastating, and there has never been a successful emergency landing - the aircraft usually explodes and disintegrates in the air, and the pilot's body is difficult to find.

If they must die, no one would choose this way of death.

What is even more chilling is that the process of causing an explosion after a fuel tank catches fire is usually very short, ranging from a few seconds to a few minutes, and there is no way to determine when it will explode!

The crew had only seconds to decide whether to abandon the plane and parachute or risk an alternate landing.

The pilot in the front cabin had the absolute right to make the decision. Just two seconds later, Li Zhan pressed down on the stick and quickly lowered the altitude. On the three-dimensional radar chart, the J-16 No. 1616 was diving toward the sea. He had no time to report the situation to the Southeast District Supervisor. At this time, he had to brace himself to deal with the matter.

"Is he going to make an emergency landing on the water? A fighter jet can't do that, right?" the controller in the Southeast District said in surprise.

The duty director quickly reported the situation to the Air Force command post, "He is going to make an emergency landing on the sea. We will immediately launch a maritime search and rescue plan, but your unit's action may be completed faster."

"We saw it here, thank you!"

The duty supervisor didn't know what to think. The military plane had encountered a serious problem, but in the hearts of those soldiers, they didn't want to cause trouble to the place even if the plane crashed. Soldiers regard themselves as the people's last resort and have never thought of relying on relevant local departments to complete their tasks.

Is ditching possible?

Chen Fei was also thinking about this problem. He had indeed received training in this area during training, but there was no big difference between a fighter jet landing on the water and falling into the water. The aerodynamic layout of fighter jets prevents them from using the water as a runway like ordinary transport aircraft and civil airliners.

Nowadays, many passenger aircraft, including some military transport aircraft, are designed with the emergency landing on water under abnormal conditions in mind, so there will be some targeted designs. For example, if conditions permit, the buoyancy of the aircraft can be increased by fine-tuning the shape, and so on.

Fighters do not have this consideration - the pilot has an ejection seat and can parachute out of the dangerous fighter plane.

The staff on duty at Fuzhi knew why Li Zhan wanted to make an emergency landing on the water. J-16 No. 1616 is a very precious prototype. It can be said that this aircraft is full of treasures and directly affects the standards of mass-produced models. Due to the influence of various factors, this night flight No. 1616 J-16 had a very rich experience, especially the two confrontations with the two main models of Japan were the most in-depth exchanges in so many years. This is so important for the troops' war preparation training.

Therefore, Li Zhan had to make an emergency landing on the water to save the fighter plane.

Another aspect is because of Gaoqi Airport. It is a very large aviation hub, ranking among the top fifteen in the country. Hundreds of flights take off and land every day. Any impact may cause tens of thousands of passengers to be stranded, which will seriously affect the normal situation of the place. Production and living.

Li Zhan could not land a plane that was very likely to explode at Gaoqi Airport.

When the commander on duty saw J-16 No. 1616 descending to a height of only 20 meters above the sea and accelerating towards the coastline, he thought he had completely guessed what Li Zhan was going to do - get as close to the coastline as possible. This facilitates both rescue and salvage of the fighter aircraft.

However, when he thought that Li Zhan should speed up and fly towards the coastline, he found that the speed of J-16 No. 1616 suddenly slowed down.

He quickly called Li Zhan, "Test Yaoliu, your speed is decreasing. What's going on?"

"I'm going to put out the fire, Fuzhi."

When Li Zhan finished saying this, he had steadily controlled the fighter plane and continued to slowly descend in altitude.

At this time, the current sea state in the sea area is level four, and the wave height is two to three meters.

He wanted to use the waves to extinguish the open flame at the connection between the belly of the plane and the engine room!

Who would have thought that his purpose was this?

"Old Li! The consequences of water entering the air inlet will be more serious!" Chen Fei reminded loudly.

The appearance of the J-16 and the J-11 are generally the same, with only some subtle differences. The two air inlets are placed under the belly of the fuselage, which is the lowest part except the landing gear. If water enters the air intake, the situation will be more serious.

Li Zhan said, "I know, but I have to give it a try. Have you ever played the ultra-low-altitude Cobra maneuver? I play it often. The first time was in Beiku. I flew the old J-7 aircraft No. 037 and was forced to fly at a distance." We performed a highly suspected Cobra maneuver at a height of more than ten meters above the ground. The second time was the No. 01 Su Liangqi, which entered at a surface speed of more than 600 kilometers per hour. Later, the aircraft fell apart after a successful emergency landing on the road. I My experience tells me that Su Liangqi's standard Cobra maneuver has a lot of redundancy. As long as you master the entry speed, you can completely perform this maneuver at a lower altitude."

Doing a Cobra maneuver at a height of more than ten meters above the sea? Go crazy!

However, Chen Fei's eyes quickly lit up and he had to admit that this was a very creative approach, but it required taking huge risks!

Li Zhan said, "Old Chen, put your hands on the ejection lever. When you hear me say jump, you must pull the lever to jump immediately. I don't have any extra hands!"

"Understood!" Chen Fei touched the ejection lever and became highly nervous.

I don’t know when the moonlight started to come out. The sky was washed clean without a single cloud. The moonlight and starlight came down unimpeded and sprinkled on the sea. They flickered with the waves, as if they were sprinkled on the sea. Pile of glow powder. The outline of the coastline can be vaguely seen not far away. In other circumstances, this would be a good ultra-low-altitude flight.

Dai Mengmin descended and flew on Li Zhan's left wing. He had just seen with his own eyes that the No. 1616 J-16 had neatly dropped to a position more than ten meters above the sea. But when he reached his side, he found that it would take more time to do it. to this point. While he was shocked by Li Zhan's flying skills, he was worried about Li Zhan.

No. 1616 J-16 dragged a tongue of flame flying against the sea. The picture looked very beautiful!

Can it succeed?

Li Zhan quickly eliminated other interference, regardless of any calls from Fu Zhi and the Civil Aviation Southeast Area Controller on the radio. He adjusted his breathing slightly like a sniper before shooting.

The speed on the gauge was two hundred and eighty kilometers per hour, which was a little too low. He slowly pushed the throttle lever up. The altimeter showed a sea height of thirty meters, but he knew that except for the three-meter wave height on the sea surface, this height was just right. The flaps are all in the correct position. Fortunately, the tail rudder returned to normal, otherwise he would have been helpless.

The speedometer showed 350 kilometers per hour, and Li Zhan shouted, "Here we come!"

Disconnect the elevation limiter and suddenly pull the lever back to the bottom. The butt of the fighter plane suddenly sank, the nose of the fighter plane suddenly tilted up, the posture of the fighter plane "turned into a fist", the airspeed suddenly dropped, and the speedometer number dropped rapidly. , when Li Zhan saw that the number was about to drop to "0", he quickly pushed the stick, and at the same time pushed the throttle lever to the bottom, the nose of the aircraft suddenly leaned down as if being slapped, and quickly connected the elevation limiter, firing two rounds With a loud roar, the fighter jet continued to fly forward at an elevation angle of 70 degrees for hundreds of meters before slowly returning to Li Zhan's control.

Dai Mengmin, who was in charge of observation on the left wing, was dumbfounded - just as he saw, J-16 No. 1616 performed a Cobra maneuver thirty meters above the sea!

The burning area at the rear of the aircraft's belly hit the surging waves, and the open flames were extinguished without any suspense. The butt of J-16 No. 1616 slid over the waves. The tail of the aircraft was raised subconsciously due to resistance, and the nose of the aircraft was pressed down uncontrollably. Li Zhan followed this force and resumed level flight.

What a genius!

However, Dai Mengmin was surprised that the ignition point did not catch fire again. The previous report made it clear that the fuel leaking from the fuel tank was ignited by the nozzle tail flame and caused an open flame. The problem is that seawater doesn't seem to have much of an effect on burning jet kerosene.

But the fact before us is that the open flame has indeed not rekindled.

When Dai Mengming was surprised, Li Zhan asked him urgently: "Raptor One! Is the fire out?"

"It's out! It's out! I can't see any open flames!" Dai Mengming replied quickly.

Li Zhan finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Understood, Southeast District Manager, this is Military Aviation Yaoliu, the fire is under control, I want to land immediately, please tell me the specific location of the airport! Over!"

"Military Airlines No. 16! The airport is right in front of you. Please contact the control tower directly. Over!" The southeast district management did not know how Military Airlines No. 16 aircraft solved the fire problem. They were very professional and immediately took the best measures. Simple and direct method.

Skipping the approach station and contacting the tower directly simplifies the process.

Li Zhan quickly called Gaoqi Airport, "Gaoqi Tower, this is Military Aviation Yaoliu, please tell me the runway number, thank you!"

"Military Aviation Yaoliu, Runway 27, you can enter Runway 27 directly! All other runways are open to you, over!" Gaoqi Airport Tower responded quickly.

Runway 27 is the most suitable runway. No. 1616 J-16 does not need to turn and maneuver. It can align itself with the runway as long as it flies directly over the nose.

Li Zhan replied, "Military Aviation Yaoliu understands, runway 27!"

At this moment, Chen Fei noticed that Li Zhan had turned off the left engine. At this time, the fighter plane was ascending with only the right engine. The reason why the open flame in the oil tank leakage did not re-ignite was found, and Li Zhan cut off the oil supply to the left engine. It must be said that they were very lucky. The oil leakage was in the fuel supply pipe between the fuel tank and the left engine. Turning off the left engine and cutting off the oil supply solved the problem of fuel leakage. If there was a leak in the main oil supply line, Li Zhan's operations would be meaningless, so luck was on their side.

Chen Fei didn't notice at all when Li Zhan turned off the left engine and cut off the fuel supply to the left engine. It can be seen that Li Zhan had considered everything before taking such a risk, and every step and every control action was extremely precise. When the sea water extinguishes the external open fire, and at the same time, the fighter's elevation angle must return to the envelope. Only when these conditions are met can the left engine be shut down and the fuel supply cut off. Otherwise, the fighter will stall and crash into the sea.

Seizing the timing is very, very important, and Li Zhan did it very, very accurately, just like threading the needle.

There is no sloppiness when a certain control action is required, and the buffer pauses that need to be reserved between the control actions are also very neat. The whole process is like presetting all parameters in advance, and then the intelligent robot completes it. all of these. The most frightening thing is that it seems that the waves are listening to Li Zhan's command and have no bad effect at all.

This time on the night flight, Chen Fei felt that his ideas had been refreshed. He deeply understood the profound meaning of the aphorisms such as "There are people outside the world" and "Genius pilot".

At the same time, he inevitably had the thought that he was redundant in this actual test flight. What else can you do besides preparing to pull the ejection lever? He couldn't keep up with Li Zhan's pace, and even the feeling of thankfulness for the rest of his life couldn't outweigh the feeling of loss.

Li Zhan didn't know what Chen Fei was thinking at this time. Unless the fighter plane stopped steadily on the runway, his string would always be tight.

Gaoqi Airport is a large airport, covering several square kilometers. Li Zhan easily saw the runway lights that were very conspicuous in the darkness. J-16 No. 1616, with only the right engine still working, maintained its approach at a speed of 240 kilometers per hour. After aligning with the runway, Li Zhan lowered the landing gear.

The front and rear landing gear were lowered smoothly. Chen Fei did not forget his responsibilities and confirmed with Li Zhan, "The landing gear is lowered."

"Confirmed." Li Zhan replied.

Chen Fei reported the height he saw, "One hundred and fifty meters."

"confirm."

The data displayed on the instrument panels of the front and rear cabins were exactly the same. Chen Fei was ready to take over the control of the aircraft at any time. If the pilot in the front cabin suddenly became disabled, the pilot in the rear cabin could immediately take over the control of the aircraft.

In the control tower of Gaoqi Airport, the Acting Director of the Military Department, accompanied by the person in charge of the airport, left quickly and took a commuter vehicle to rush to Runway 27. The tower commander stared nervously at the navigation lights of Military Aircraft No. 16. She was surprised to find that there was only a tail flame. She quickly looked at the situation reported by the troops. The backup aircraft was a twin-engine fighter jet, but now there was only a tail flame.

"Attention all units! Military Aviation Yaoliu has only one engine working. He is landing with a single engine. Please be prepared!" The tower commander quickly informed all units of the situation, especially the emergency rescue team.

Military Aircraft No. 16 slowly landed with an orange tail flame, its nose slightly raised. After entering the light range, everyone saw that it was a very domineering fighter jet with a nose like an eagle's beak. It was completely different from the The powerful roar of civil aviation engines makes people feel inexplicably excited.

As one of the few large airports with a front-line support office, Gaoqi Airport has finally made a modest contribution to the People's Air Force.

With the front and rear landing gear tires rolling steadily on the 3,200-meter-long first runway, Military Aircraft No. 16 successfully landed at Gaoqi Airport. The prepared ground support team, emergency rescue team, and teams from the Military Representative Office swarmed forward...

PS: There is a front-line support office in the Fujian local government agency, and there should still be one now. It is a front-line support office. It sounds like a little-known unit that sounds very warlike. It has provided us with boxed lunches before, and they taste pretty good hahaha! Yes, Gaoqi is Gaoqi, an airport I imagined.