The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

011 Aviation Base Test Flight Field.

Everyone gathered here, with anticipation in their eyes.

Because today is the first flight ceremony of the J-20 fighter jet.

For a fighter jet, the first flight is an extremely important time node.

To be honest, for any country, it is undoubtedly very risky to have only three days between a fighter jet rolling off the production line and its first flight.

Only Panshan Group can do such a thing.

What makes everyone look forward to it is naturally the unique status of the J-20 fighter. It is a groundbreaking stealth fighter and the world's second fourth-generation fighter. In this step, China is ahead of Russia, which can be said to be very remarkable.

This will also be a landmark event, marking the development of China's fighter jets from the third generation to the fourth generation, which is a generation gap. It also marks that China's aviation industry has surpassed Europe and Russia in all aspects.

The only country ahead of China is the United States!

The first batch of F-22 fighter jets will be put into service in the United States next year, and if all goes well for China, the first batch of J-20 fighter jets will also be put into service by the end of next year or the year after.

It can be expected that China's aviation industry will have no problem surpassing the United States in time.

On this day, the weather was clear and the sky was cloudless, which was very suitable for the first flight.

Early in the morning, the J-20 fighter prototype was dragged out of the hangar for comprehensive inspection and preparation.

Finally, it was 9 o'clock in the morning and all the people who were going to participate in the first flight ceremony of the J-20 fighter jet were present.

There is not only the J-20 fighter development team headed by Yang Wei, but also representatives from the Air Force, as well as an expert team and various leaders.

Liu Tao and several others were together. An old man among them said with a smile: "Comrade Liu Tao, you have cultivated a great talent for the motherland."

He was talking about Yang Wei, the chief designer of the J-20 fighter jet.

"This is because Yang Wei is talented and willing to work hard. As the old saying goes, the master leads you to the door, but the practice is up to you. I am just a guide." Liu Tao smiled. He did not compete with his students for credit. He no longer needed this.

The more progress Yang Wei makes and the more achievements he makes, the happier he will be.

With Yang Wei, a leader in the fighter jet field, Liu Tao no longer needs to participate in person and can just watch.

At most, we can help to overcome some key technologies, and that will be enough.

Moreover, more and more high-end talents are entering this field, continuously injecting fresh blood into China's aviation industry and making it more vital. This is destined to ensure that China's aviation industry will continue to maintain a huge driving force for forward development.

What he needs to do is to provide a platform and then formulate a system that allows talents to give full play to their talents, and ensure sufficient funding, so that these talents will continue to produce one result after another.

At this time, Yang Wei was introducing the development status of the J-20 fighter jet to everyone, and then introduced the main technical backbones.

The J-20 fighter jet is not only his credit, but also the credit of the entire development team. It is the crystallization of collective wisdom. He is just the leader of this development team. When the time is up, Yang Wei tightly holds Li Hua's hand and says in a deep voice: "Xiao Li, I have to ask you for help this time. Our J-20 fighter jet must make its maiden flight a success!"

"Don't worry, Mr. Yang! No matter there is a problem or not, I will definitely fly the plane back safely, unless I die! Please rest assured!" Li Hua said firmly.

His suicide note had already been written.

A few years ago, he wrote a suicide note when he decided to join the test pilot academy. It was addressed to his parents. Later, when he got married, he wrote another note for his wife. Last year, his wife gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, and he wrote yet another one for his children.

He didn't want to give them his suicide note because that would mean he had sacrificed himself and become a martyr.

But he knew that this was something that all test pilots would do, because test pilots were walking between life and death, and no test pilot would dare to guarantee that he would be able to succeed in every test flight and that nothing would go wrong!
Yang Wei said in a deep voice: "If it really doesn't work, you must come back alive. As long as people are alive, everything is possible!"

Li Hua smiled, saluted Yang Wei, and then saluted the others, who saluted him back.

Li Hua walked towards the J-20 fighter jet with firm steps, his eyes full of determination.

If you don’t succeed, you will succeed!
As a test pilot who participated in the entire process of the J-20 fighter jet, Li Hua is well aware of the time, energy and huge amount of money spent by the J-20 fighter jet development team on the J-20 fighter jet.

In order to build the first prototype of the J-20 fighter jet, the cost was as high as 8 million yuan, and many of them have not yet been mass-produced.

Now the country has entrusted him with the important task of the first flight of the J-20 fighter jet. If the first flight fails, how can he have the face to survive!
Li Hua, wearing the latest model of flight suit and the advanced helmet unique to the J-20 fighter, strode towards the apron.

The J-20 fighter jet is indeed very domineering. It is very large and ranks among the top heavy fighter jets. Even the size of the F22 fighter jet is smaller than that of the J-20 fighter jet.

The only ones that can compare with him are the two J-11 fighter jets.

The size of the J-20 fighter is similar to that of the J-11 fighter, and the two are actually of the same lineage.

These two J-11 fighter jets were accompanying the J-20 fighter jet's maiden flight today.

The two J-11 fighter pilots were already in the cockpit of the J-11 fighter. Today is the first flight of the J-20 fighter, and they cannot steal the limelight from test pilot Li Hua.

When Li Hua arrived in front of the J-20 fighter jet, the ground crew technicians immediately saluted him, and Li Hua did the same. They all had a good relationship.

The handover begins!
Li Hua walked around the J-20 fighter jet and re-inspected the aircraft. After confirming that there were no problems, Li Hua stepped onto the boarding ladder, entered the cockpit, and inserted his card into the card slot. This card slot is Li Hua's identity proof and will also record all flight data.

Open the cockpit system and check it.

Li Hua checked very carefully. He signed the aviation log handed to him by the ground staff only after all the inspection items were completed.

Li Hua pressed a button, and the canopy of the J-20 fighter jet slowly closed, and the ground crew began to evacuate.

Everyone knew that it was time to prepare for the flight and they couldn't help but get excited.

Liu Tao looked serious. Whether or not the plane could take off was an extremely important sign of the maiden flight. If it couldn't even take off, the maiden flight would naturally be a failure.

There are two signs of a successful first flight for an aircraft: a successful takeoff and a successful landing. Only when both of these are met can the first flight be considered a success. (End of this chapter)