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Chapter 47 WS-10's first flight!

Shengjing in October has already turned cold.

Most of the pedestrians on the street put on thick winter clothes.

At this time, all kinds of down jackets have not yet become popular, and of course most people do not have so much money to buy down jackets.

Most of them still wore thick and warm military overcoats, while the few who got rich first wore fur coats.

At the military airport amidst the cold wind, a Su-27 painted in sky blue was quietly waiting on the tarmac.

The hearts of the people surrounding it didn't cool down because of the cold weather, and it could even be said that everyone's hearts were like a raging fire.

Except for Zhang Xingyang, who was specially invited to watch the first trial flight of WS-10, most of the people present were old people who had worked hard for many years for the WS-10 project.

Everyone saw that the results of their hard work for many years were finally facing the actual test, as if their children were about to take the exam.

While I was happy, I was also very nervous.

The pilot of the Su-27, which was replaced with a domestic WS-10 engine, was Lei Yong, a special pilot from the Air Force Test Flight Team.

Lei Yong had been training for the test flight of the domestically produced third-generation J-10 before, so he was asked to carry out the first flight of the WS-10, and there was also consideration for preparing for the test flight of the J-10.

"Major Lei, are you sure about this flight test?"

Before officially starting the flight test, Zhang Zhengjiang asked him nervously.

It is no wonder that Zhang Zhengjiang is nervous. This test flight is related to the future direction of the WS-10 project.

If the WS-10 engine really performed poorly in the test flight, then the upper management will definitely make up their minds to import the AL-31F engine from the Da Mao family in the north.

At that time, even if the WS-10 project team is not withdrawn, the degree of attention will definitely be greatly reduced.

"Comrade Chief, promise to complete the task at any cost!"

Lei Yong did not directly answer Zhang Zhengjiang's question, but gave his own answer from his own perspective.

Everyone present also knew what this answer meant.

If any accident occurs during the flight, the other party will make every effort to complete the flight test as the goal.

Even at the cost of your own life!

Seeing the determination of the test pilot, Zhang Zhengjiang didn't say anything, but gave a military salute:

"Thanks a lot!"

The aircraft tractor slowly dragged the Su-27 loaded with the hopes of everyone present out of the apron.

After all the preparations were completed, Lei Yong, who was already sitting in the cockpit, raised his thumb to the outside.

Accompanied by the command to take off from the tower.

The WS-10 engine at the tail of the Su-27 ejected orange flames, and as the plane taxied slowly, the tail flames began to gradually turn blue again.

This means that the temperature of the engine is constantly rising and is about to reach its operating temperature.

Generally speaking, without afterburner, the Su-27 fighter jet using the AL-31F engine has a take-off run distance of about 500 meters.

The current WS-10 engine has a thrust of 130KN, while Maozi's AL-31F has a thrust of 135KN.

Therefore, after the WS-10 engine was replaced, the thrust of the Su-27 engine decreased.

The corresponding land glide distance is also slightly longer.

After gliding for a distance of 600 meters, Lei Yong drove the Su-27 up from the airport.

Like a war eagle about to attack the sky, it went straight into the sky.

The first test flight did not do any kind of showy operations. Lei Yong just flew the Su-27 fighter jet twice in the sky. If there were no problems, it meant that the flight test was essentially successful.

However, it seemed that it only flew two laps, Lei Yong was not very satisfied, and proposed to the command center that he wanted to fly two more laps.

"Command center, request to fly two more laps."

During the previous flight, WS-10 did not show any problems, so Zhang Zhengjiang, who was the on-site commander, agreed to the test pilot's request without hesitation.

The Su-27, after flying two laps in the sky like a war eagle, completed the entire test flight process.

As the driver, Lei Yong also wanted to give everyone a trick to perform the Cobra maneuver that made the Su-27 famous in World War I.

Everyone present also wanted to see how well the domestically produced engine could do, so they all looked at Zhang Zhengjiang in the command center.

And Zhang Zhengjiang, who was the top person in charge during the entire test flight, naturally wanted to see how far WS-10 could go.

So he agreed to Lei Yong's request.

After the Su-27 fighter jet hovered in the air for a while, Lei Yong kept the speed of the fighter jet at about 420km/h, and then pulled the lever backward to tilt the nose of the fighter jet back 120 degrees.

So the sky-blue fighter, with the tail in front and the nose behind, the whole fighter seemed to be leaning backwards.

At this time, Lei Yong continued to increase the thrust to press the nose of the Su-27 fighter jet, so that the fighter jet returned to its original level flight state.

I saw Lei Yong complete this climactic and difficult work that shocked the world at the air show a few years ago.

The people in the command center couldn't help applauding.

Zhang Zhengjiang, who is the general manager, is no exception. He said to the people around him while going through the fault:

"We made it!"

"We finally have a high-thrust military engine belonging to the people of Longguo!"

"From now on, we don't have to look at the faces of those foreigners!"

As an old man over half a century old, Zhang Zhengjiang has been experiencing the era when domestic engines were inferior to others.

That's why he was so thrilled after seeing the Su-27 do the cobra maneuver.

He had waited too long for this day.

As for Zhang Xingyang standing behind him, he was also a little emotional.

Only when we truly come into contact with this era can we feel the pressure that everyone faces at this time when they are facing foreign military blackmail.

Looking at the Su-27 slowly landing over the airport, Zhang Xingyang thought. In the future, the scene where Maozi used the AL-31F engine to blackmail us is probably not going to happen again.

The Su-27 fighter jet stopped slowly at the end of the airport runway, before Lei Yong opened the flight hatch.

Enthusiastic crowds have flocked around the plane.

After carefully climbing off the plane, Lei Yong came to Zhang Zhengjiang and saluted excitedly:

"Reporting to the chief, test pilot Lei Yong has successfully completed the flight test mission! Please give instructions!"

Zhang Zhengjiang was also very excited, he held Lei Yong's hands and said:

"Thank you for your hard work, you are a hero of our Air Force!"

At this time, the other people present were also very enthusiastic, stepping forward to hug Lei Yong one after another.

Even Zhang Xingyang was no exception, he was infected by the warm atmosphere present, and hugged the test pilot hero.

In this way, in a happy atmosphere, the WS-10 engine successfully completed its first air operation.

Although the ultimate performance of the engine has not been tested yet, the complete success of this test flight has given everyone a lot of confidence.

At least this represents the phased progress of the WS-10 project, and the first batch of engines that can be actually used has been produced.