The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Li Hua made an OK gesture to the pilots of the two J-11 fighter jets on his left and right.

Afterwards, the two J-11 fighter jets started first, drove to the runway, and took off soon.

As for Li Hua, all the cameras were aimed at him and the J-20 fighter jet.

Li Hua started the two turbofan engines of the J-20 fighter. These two engines are Panshan Engine 20, which are turbofan engines specially developed for the J-20 fighter. They can be said to be the most advanced fighter engines in the world.

Equipped with a vector nozzle, the maximum thrust reaches 12 tons and the maximum afterburner thrust reaches 19 tons.

How powerful!

The roar it made was extremely powerful, like the roar of a dragon, making everyone feel their blood boiling in their chest.

Under everyone's attention, the J-20 fighter jet slowly slid out of the apron and taxied towards the runway.

The J-20 fighter jet's gliding posture is so beautiful that everyone can't help but stare at it.

You know, this is China's first stealth heavy fighter and China's fourth-generation fighter!

It shoulders the heavy responsibility of protecting China's sky sovereignty as the fighter jets of the Chinese Air Force.

After arriving at a position on the runway, Li Hua stopped the J-20 fighter and did a final inspection. Various moving surfaces, including the engine's vector sprinkler, had to be operated to ensure that these components could operate normally.

If you find a problem on the ground, everything can be solved later; but if you find a problem in the air, it can sometimes be fatal.

After a series of inspections, the J-20 fighter is ready to take off!

Only then did Li Hua request takeoff to the tower.

"Take off!" the tower replied.

A look of determination flashed in Li Hua's eyes, and then he saw the J-20 fighter jet begin to accelerate and glide.

With such a powerful thrust, its acceleration is very fast. Although according to theory, the J-20 fighter only needs more than 300 meters to take off, Li Hua, for the sake of conservatism, glided to meters before taking off.

After all, this is the first flight, so everything has to be done carefully.

When they saw the J-20 fighter's landing gear fly off the ground and quickly rise into the air, everyone on the ground began to cheer and applaud.

If it takes off successfully, then today's maiden flight is halfway completed, which is worth celebrating.

Liu Tao couldn't help but applaud.

When Liu Tao and his team arrived at the command hall, they could see on the big screen that the J-20 fighter jet had reached an altitude of 11 meters. The two J-20 fighter jets that had taken off earlier were accompanying the J- fighter jet, constantly taking various precious pictures and transmitting them to the command hall.

First at an altitude of 11000 meters, then at 12000 meters, 13000 meters, 14000 meters, 15000 meters, and meters, completing some predetermined test flight subjects at different altitudes.

After completing these scheduled test flight subjects, Li Hua requested to return.

"Agree to return!" the tower replied.

Then Li Hua drove the J-20 fighter jet back home. Liu Tao and others left the command room and went to welcome the hero back.

Of course, many people were worried because the first flight landing was very dangerous.

One mistake could result in the plane crashing and people dying!

On the ground, fire trucks and ambulances are ready to provide rescue services immediately if anything goes wrong.

Many people prayed silently in their hearts.

Not long after, everyone saw the J-20 fighter jet appear in sight again.

I saw the J-20 fighter jet aiming at the runway and preparing to land.

Everyone's heart couldn't help but rise.

Whether the J-20 fighter jet can successfully complete its maiden flight depends on this last hurdle. As long as it lands successfully, the J-20 fighter jet's maiden flight today will be a complete success. The J-20 fighter jet landed steadily on the runway and then continued to slow down.

Eventually, the J-20 fighter became very slow, and Li Hua drove the J-20 fighter towards the apron.

The J-20 fighter jet's maiden flight was successful, and there was warm applause and cheers at the scene.

The ground staff immediately brought the boarding ladder over.

Li Hua turned off the engine, turned off the power, pulled out his card and put it away.

At this time, the canopy was already open.

Li Hua stood up and saluted everyone, his face involuntarily revealing the joy of the successful first flight.

When Li Hua's feet touched the ground, the ground staff couldn't help but hug him and congratulate him on completing this historic moment.

The test pilots from other test flight academies couldn't help but show envy.

It is a great honor for a test pilot to be able to test-fly a new type of aircraft.

Test pilots are also soldiers, and soldiers desire honor.

Li Hua completed the first flight of the J-20 fighter jet and was awarded first-class merit. He will also be awarded the title of "Heroic Test Pilot".

There is even a high possibility that he will be awarded the highest honor in the military - the 'August 1st Medal'!
However, they were all very impressed with Li Hua becoming the first test pilot.

Because the J-20 test pilots were selected through layers of selection, Li Hua was finally successfully selected as one of the 12 J-20 test pilots. Then in professional training and professional knowledge learning, Li Hua's grades were always first, first in each subject and first in the overall score, thus becoming the J-20 first flight test pilot.

They will be envious, but not jealous!

Liu Tao and others shook hands with Li Hua.

Reporters are also experiencing their busiest time, interviewing test pilots, chief designers and engineers. These will be very valuable information in the future.

At noon, a grand celebration banquet was held at Guizhou Aircraft Industry Group to celebrate the successful maiden flight of the J-20 fighter jet.

Everyone raised their glasses to celebrate.

On this day, even those who don't normally drink will drink a little.

Even Liu Tao drank two glasses of wine.

In the afternoon, after lunch break, Liu Tao met with Yang Wei.

"The first test flight is not the end, it's just the beginning. You still have a lot of things to do!" Liu Tao encouraged.

After the first test flight, a series of tests will be carried out. Next, two J-20 fighter prototypes will be manufactured to complete the testing phase together.

Even if the first batch of J-20 fighter jets are delivered at the end of next year or the year after, they will only be the first batch of experimental aircraft for trial use.

In the next 10 years, even after the J-20 fighter jet is finalized, the research and development team will have to continue to make improvements.

This is how fighter jets work. Once a fighter jet is finalized, it will continue to be improved to form a series of fighter jets.

Just like the J-11 fighter, it has already developed into the J-11K fighter. Even so, the J-11 fighter improvement team is still making continuous improvements.

Similarly, the J-10 fighter jet is constantly being improved, and the improvement work has never stopped.

Even after another ten years, the improvement work on the J-10 and J-11 fighter jets will continue.

Yang Wei nodded solemnly. This was the Guifei Group, which could bear the costs itself. After the test flight stage performed well, small-scale production could be carried out.

If it were Chengdu Aircraft Corporation or Shenyang Aircraft Corporation, it would take at least three or four years for an aircraft to complete its first flight and then complete the flight test. After completing the flight test, they would build a few more aircraft and add them to the flight test project after receiving funding from the Air Force. After another three or four years, when the Air Force is satisfied with the aircraft, they would place an order and then build and deliver in small batches.

It is different for Guifei to bear the expenses himself, which can speed up the process. (End of this chapter)