Chapter 458 ? Flying

Chapter 458 Flying

No. 007 J-10S roared and took off close to the runway. When it flew over the valley, its altitude almost did not change. It was about three meters higher than the runway. This is a height that is difficult to control at take-off speed, especially for the J-10S. 10 such fighters.

Li Zhan carefully held the control stick to keep the fighter plane flying level, and carefully controlled the speed, neither too fast nor too slow. If it was too fast, it would miss the turning point, and if it was too slow, there would be a risk of stalling. At the current airspeed, the fighter plane sways slightly from side to side, like a child who has just learned to walk but wants to run. This is because the airspeed infinitely approaches the minimum speed at low altitude.

This is certainly challenging.

"The turning point is 1,500 meters away." Zhang Wei reminded.

Li Zhan replied, "Understood, 1,500 meters."

Obviously, if the airspeed is not controlled, the fighter plane will miss the turning point if not careful during takeoff. It has no choice but to fly southward, and it must fly above 1,500 meters to cross the mountain in front, and it happens to invade the tourist airport. The air route on one side - the air route on one side of the tourist airport is 1,500 meters above sea level. Three hundred meters is an airspace layer, and there are civil aviation routes in several airspace layers above.

"Turn to 270, repeat, turn to 270, tower, I'm going into the mountain." Li Zhan made a beautiful 90-degree turn to the right, changing the heading from 180 degrees to 270 degrees, and reported to the tower at the same time.

The ground radar will soon lose the signal of the No. 007 J-10B combat trainer. Tang Guozheng reminded, "Received, don't be reckless, if it doesn't work, just raise the altitude. The tourist airport has already coordinated. This airspace is ours before 1030." ,complete."

"clear!"

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On the other side, Zhao Long controlled the drone to take off and said to Wang Hu, "Have you seen a sliver of sky? The visibility is not very good. If you use a telephoto lens to shoot here, you will definitely not be able to get a good picture. With a drone, it will not be possible. Now that this problem exists, I can fly in front of me and take my time, slowly find the angle and shoot slowly."

"Let me play for a while." Wang Hu watched eagerly as the drone took off steadily and buzzed towards the valley.

Zhao Long said, "Why are you so anxious? You can't learn this in a short while. After I finish taking the photos, I will find an open place for you to practice first."

"It's not like I've never played with remote control airplanes. What's so difficult about this?" Wang Hu refused.

The two of them talked back to each other, and under the control of Zhao Long, the drone flew slowly in the oval valley toward the sky more than a thousand meters away.

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"Tower, I want to try crossing through the sky. It's over." Li Zhan reported.

Tang Guozheng replied without too much hesitation, "It's up to you to control the twists and turns. Safety comes first. It's over."

"Understood." Li Zhan breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Tang Guozheng would change his mind temporarily.

Crossing the sky is an established plan, but the timing must be decided after discussing with the tower commander. It can be pulled up before crossing the sky, but it requires a climbing action with a large elevation angle. This is not very difficult for an unladen fighter, but it will be very difficult if it is heavily loaded. The space in the sky is completely enough for fighter planes to pass through. The only thing that needs to be paid attention to is the possible crosswind.

At least there is more height than going through Tianmen Cave.

Zhang Wei said, "There is less than fifty meters left and right, so you have to be careful."

"The fifty-meter dash takes five or six seconds. This distance will not have a big impact at all, so don't worry." Li Zhan said confidently.

When flying in dense formation, the distance between fighters is generally within ten meters, and a distance of fifty meters from the mountains on both sides is obviously very tolerant. Every fighter pilot has received training in all formation flying, and dense formation is one of the subjects of regular training. Some brave pilots with advanced skills will even control the distance to about five meters to catch up with the August 1st flight show. Team.

"Tower, how is the weather?" Li Zhan asked.

Tang Guozheng quickly checked the latest weather and replied, "The weather is very good, the low air flow in this field is stable, it's over."

"Received, the airflow is stable. It is two kilometers away from the first line of sky, and you can see the last turn. It's over." Li Zhan reported.

From east to west towards the sky, you need to make a turn of about 120 degrees to the south, which is also a moderate difficulty. Flying in the canyon itself involves many risks, and it is obviously more difficult to encounter sharp turns. However, in Li Zhan's eyes, this turn was nothing at all. Li Zhan has long been accustomed to the sharp turns in the canyons of the Beiku Mountains with more sharp turns and smaller angles. But at this time, flying the J-10S combat training aircraft with better performance, Li Zhan faced the turns that were much easier than those in the canyons of the Beiku Mountains. Like a leisurely stroll.

Li Zhan smiled and said, "Old Zhang, watch out. It looks scary when you cross the sky, but you can sit back and relax. Everything is under my control."

"Be careful, the J-10 is very expensive." Zhang Wei said, feeling a little nervous.

Li Zhan smiled and stopped answering. He pushed the accelerator lever slightly and turned sharply south. The airspeed of a fighter plane will decrease when turning, because the windward area increases and the speed will decrease immediately. To maintain the airspeed, the thrust must be increased accordingly. This requires the pilot to grasp the relationship between the throttle and the flight attitude. A little more throttle cannot be a little less. That's not right either.

Zhang Wei clearly saw that the speed displayed on the airspeed indicator did not change much. The displayed number only fluctuated about two knots, which convinced Zhang Wei. You must know that Li Zhan didn't have much time to fly the J-10. He was fully prepared, that is, he had flown more than 100 hours in the modification and training of the Dahongying Division, and more than half of them were taken flying.

"There is a sliver of sky ahead, so be prepared." Li Zhan said.

At this time, the ground radar at the Zhongnanchang station tower could not see J-10S No. 007, but there was no communication problem, so the conversation between Li Zhan and Zhang Wei could be heard.

Zhang Wei said, "I'm ready. It's all up to you."

"Walk."

Li Zhan suddenly increased the airspeed, and the fighter jet reached a speed of 666 kilometers per hour in a very short period of time, rushing towards the thin line of sky that was like a human eye. Zhang Wei watched the mountain change rapidly in front of his eyes, and the nose of the plane seemed to hit the mountain. His heart was in his throat, he had never seen such a formation before. You must know that he hasn't been on a plane for many years. He just flew with him for a few hours some time ago, but it was all like an old man walking around, and there was no such violent movement.

It's much more exciting than riding a big pendulum roller coaster or something.

No. 007 J-10S plunged into the sky. Zhang Wei seemed to hear the whistling sound of the wind beside his ears, and the cliffs on both sides almost flew past his left and right cheeks. The length of a line of sky is only a few hundred meters, which is a blink of an eye for a fighter plane traveling at more than 600 kilometers per hour.

However, something suddenly happened in the blink of an eye.

When Li Zhan saw the UFO at one o'clock, his hands and feet began to quickly control the steering wheel. The UFO seemed to be hovering in the air, and the glass on the top of the cockpit of No. 007 J-10S was almost grazed. That UFO. Zhang Wei also had good eyesight. He saw the UFO shooting towards the top of his head. When he subconsciously shrank his neck, it had actually hit it - if it had hit it.

In that moment, Zhang Wei's most obvious feeling was that the attitude of the fighter jet was suddenly changed, the engine made a shrill roar, the elevation angle of the fighter jet increased instantly, and then the fighter jet decelerated significantly, making him want to perform a Cobra maneuver. Seeing that the fighter plane was about to hit the cliff, the nose of the plane quickly descended very obediently and resumed its previous flying attitude. At this time, the fighter plane rushed out of the sky in one breath.

The whole process happened in just two seconds. It took more than ten seconds for Zhang Wei to break out in cold sweat, and his voice was trembling a little, "What was that just now? A bird? A bat? Or something?"

"Your bird-bat is so big. It's obviously a micro-drone. Let's talk about it when we get back. The camera on the helmet must have captured it." Li Zhan was not frightened because of the almost mid-air collision, but because the bird was When a micro-drone appeared in the remote mountains, his first thought was that there were criminals spying on the military.

Security and confidentiality are a big deal.

"Tower tower, report from the cave, a micro-drone was found in a line of sky. The drone is tens of centimeters long and wide. It should be a camera type. There is a mountain road on the north side of the canyon. There may be criminals. Over ." Li Zhan quickly reported and gave his own judgment.

Tang Guozheng was shocked, and immediately thought that criminals might be spying on military intelligence. Even though the Zhongnan Station has been a spare tire for more than ten years, it is still a genuine military base. It is a restricted area where local personnel must not cross the border, and filming and other information-obtaining activities are absolutely not allowed.

Not long after the Zhongnan Station was re-opened, criminals came smelling the smell. This means that the security situation of the station is very serious, and as the main person in charge, Tang Guo has the absolute leadership responsibility - you The security and confidentiality work was not done well!

"Dongdongguai, are you going to return directly? It's over." Tang Guozheng asked.

Li Zhan said, "Tower, I'm going back the way I came. If I move fast enough, I should be able to find some clues, but I have to fly close to the north side of the canyon and need your approval. Over."

Tang Guozheng thought about it for more than ten seconds and replied decisively, "Dongdongguai, I approve your action. You must pay attention to safety. You can use any airspace at any time, over."

"Dongdongguai understands!"

Li Zhan quickly pulled up and then turned around in a sharp small radius turn, changing the course from due south back to due north, and flew towards the sky along the route he came from.

Li Zhan and Zhang Wei were shocked, while Zhao Long and Wang Hu almost wet their pants. They only saw a shadow flash across the screen, and then the drone swayed violently downwards. Zhao Long spent a lot of time getting the drone to resume its flight posture before crashing.

"What the hell is that?" Zhao Long's lips were trembling, "What a big bird!"

There are tens of thousands of drones. No matter how rich you are, you can't just throw them around and play with them. Besides, this is the first time to fly. Of course, he was so frightened that his heart almost jumped out.

Wang Hu was calmer, frowning and said, "It seems to be a plane?"

"Are you okay? How could it be a plane? The plane is not a drone. How could it fly to the sky? Can it fly there? It looks like a very big bird." Zhao Long refuted.

Wang Hu was unsure and said, "It looks like an airplane or a fighter jet. Yes, wasn't there a rumbling sound on the other side of the mountain just now? It might be the sound of a fighter jet engine."

"Can't you?"

Zhao Long started to get scared. If it was really a fighter jet and fell because of his drone...

He didn't dare to think about it anymore, and said calmly, "We will know when we fly back and take a look. I must have captured it. I happened to activate the continuous shooting mode at that time, so I will definitely be able to see clearly."

Zhao Long nervously controlled the drone to return, feeling very confused. Wang Hu was also worried, fearing that he would actually run into a fighter jet and cause the latter to crash. This would be a serious crime and he might have to be punished by law.

They are not uneducated people, on the contrary, they have all received formal higher education, and some basic common sense is very clear. For example, hitting a bird can cause a huge plane to crash. For example, flying a kite near the airport will cause you to be caught by the police station, and so on.

Although the drone was controlled by Zhao Long, he was the one who brought Zhao Long here, so he was considered an accessory.

When he thought of the prison bars and the dark life inside in the film and television works, Wang Hu got chills all over, and finally got scared and said, "How about we run away? No one knows how to run away anyway. Even if we find out later, we can just say no." You know, there is no law that prohibits flying drones in the mountains."

Instead, Zhao Long calmed down first and said, "Why are you running? We still don't know what the situation is. Don't worry. We'll wait until the drone comes back to look at the photos. Maybe you saw it wrong. It must be a big one." bird."

"It can't be a big bird." Wang Hu recalled it and became more and more certain that it was a plane. He said in a deep voice, "It was the sound of the plane engine just now. Passenger planes cannot fly so low or fly into the mountains. But there is a fighting chance. Have you forgotten that there is an air force airport not far to the northeast. When we were children, we rode bicycles up the mountain to see airplanes. Have you forgotten that we were chased by soldiers with guns? "

Zhao Long was unsure again, "Can't it? There have been no airplanes at that airport for many years, so it can't be an airplane. There is a tourist airport to the south, and the sounds you hear are probably coming from there."

"More than twenty kilometers, how can the sound travel so far!" Wang Hu said with eyes wide open.

He was talking about the distance. In fact, the straight-line distance from the tourist airport is about twelve kilometers. The sound produced by an aircraft flying at supersonic speed at high altitude can completely spread to this distance, but that is not the sound of the engine, but the sound of a breakthrough. The sound caused by the friction between the aircraft and the air behind the sound barrier.

"Don't make any noise, don't make any noise! ​​The plane will be back soon. Everything will be clear after looking at the photos." Zhao Long said.

Of course, planes would be coming soon, and not just his drones.