The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. All walks of life are celebrating the National Day and making tributes to it.

Guizhou Province, Anshun, 011 Aviation Base, Guifei Final Assembly Plant.

At this time, the C929 domestic large passenger aircraft's roll-out ceremony is being held.

Compared with the C919 domestic large passenger aircraft, the C929 is undoubtedly much larger, which can be seen with the naked eye.

With the production of the first prototype of C929, it also means that C929 has officially become the largest domestically produced passenger aircraft.

The C929 roll-off ceremony and maiden flight are this year's National Day gift from Guizhou Aviation Industry Corporation.

It is obvious that the C929 domestically-produced large passenger aircraft is of great importance and many leaders came.

Although Yang Wei is only 46 years old and is in his prime, he is still the general manager of Guizhou Aviation Industry Group, the head of the 011 Aviation Base, the deputy general manager of China Southwest Aerospace Group Corporation, and a member of the Party Leadership Group. He can be said to be in an important position.

Moreover, as a true industry insider, Yang Wei made the development of Guizhou Aviation Group and 011 Aviation Base more scientific, placed more emphasis on technology, and tried his best to prevent outsiders from leading insiders.

At the beginning, Yang Wei was required to improve in terms of technology.

Now, there are higher requirements for Yang Wei. In addition to being technically strong, he also needs to have management requirements.

Management skills don’t need to be outstanding, but they must be there!
This time, Yang Wei, accompanied by the leaders, attended the roll-out ceremony of the C929 domestically-produced large aircraft.

Since becoming the general manager of Guifei Group, Yang Wei has been different from his predecessors in that he has reduced his exposure.

Because up to now, the J-20 fighter has not been made public. As the chief designer of the J-20 fighter, Yang Wei's identity is relatively sensitive.

This is also a kind of protection for Yang Wei.

In China, there is a strict protection system for scientists. The more top-notch the scientists are, the greater the protection they receive.

Even some top scientists keep their identities secret, do not contact friends and relatives for years, and never report.

Yang Wei used to be in this situation.

The media reporters who come here are all from official authoritative media. They are tried and tested, reliable comrades.

Although the rollout of the C929 domestically-made large passenger aircraft was publicly reported, reporters and others were able to enter the Guizhou Aircraft Group. Even if they saw or photographed it, it might be confidential, so it is naturally not something that ordinary reporters can enter.

Liu Tao also attended the roll-out ceremony of the C929 domestically-produced large passenger aircraft. The huge C929 domestically-produced large passenger aircraft is obviously much larger than the C919 domestically-produced large passenger aircraft.

But there are also similar aspects, that is the beauty of smooth lines and the same aesthetic of the overall design!
After all, the C929 is of the same generation as the C919, which means that many of its features are consistent with each other.

The C929 domestically-produced large aircraft's roll-off ceremony was very grand!
The aviation industry has several basic characteristics: it is extremely knowledge and technology intensive; its products and industries are highly sophisticated and comprehensive; and its military and civilian uses are closely integrated!

The strength of the aviation industry is an important indicator to measure a country's comprehensive national strength.

At present, the world's aviation industry is mainly divided into American, European, Russian (Soviet) and Chinese!
The military aviation industry has its own characteristics and strengths.

In the civil aviation industry, there is a three-party competition system among the United States, Europe and China, and each maintains a considerable market share in the commercial and civil aviation fields.

Although Russia completed the integration of major domestic aviation companies in 2006, it will also enter the global aviation competition in the future. One manifestation of this is in the field of business jets and passenger aircraft.

What Russia lacks is the huge deficiencies in the field of business jets and passenger aircraft.

The roll-off ceremony of the C929 domestically-produced large passenger aircraft is a milestone event, marking that China's civil aviation industry has reached a new level.

Just three days after the C929 domestic large passenger aircraft had its roll-off ceremony, its maiden flight ceremony was held.

The fact that the first flight ceremony was held so shortly before the roll-off ceremony shows Guizhou Fei Group’s confidence in itself.

But it is true that the C929 domestically-made large passenger aircraft has been blown in wind tunnels countless times, and has been simulated countless times using supercomputers.

The crew that participated in the maiden flight took part in the development of C929 throughout the entire process. They are very familiar with the C929 and have rich experience in flying Y-10, Y-13 and C919.

These people are talents cultivated by Guifei Group at huge cost, real talents!
Many people always complain that they are talented but not appreciated, but in fact most people have no talents to be appreciated.

Real talents are rarely buried!

After all, valuing talents is a long-standing fine tradition of the Chinese nation.

Those who have entered the system have always been the elites of society since ancient times. These elites are all very smart, and none of them is truly mediocre.

If there is real talent, it will be identified and promoted, because this kind of promotion has been an investment with an amazing return rate since ancient times.

In ancient times, those who passed the imperial examination would be chosen as sons-in-law from the bottom of the list, let alone now.

只见，机组5人正在进行宣誓着。试飞机组由5人组成，包括1名机长、1名副驾驶、1名观察员与2名工程师。

The first flight crew was deployed like astronauts. In order to ensure that the first flight was foolproof and to maintain the test pilot's condition in all aspects on the day, in addition to the 'starting' team of five, a strong 'substitute team' was also prepared.

After so many years of hard work, the Flight Test Academy of the 011 Aviation Base has already formed a very complete talent training mechanism and has trained a large number of talents.

The pilots trained by the Flight Test Academy are generally divided into two parts: one is test pilots for military aircraft, and the other is test pilots for commercial aircraft. Although they are both test pilots, there are still big differences between the two because the aircraft they fly are very different.

Some of these test pilots get tired of their test pilot careers and will transform themselves into aircraft scientific researchers or air force pilots/captains.

Of course, some people choose to retire and return to an ordinary life, enjoying a peaceful and ordinary life, being an ordinary person and spending more time with their families.

Cai Jun is a commercial aircraft pilot with a total flight time of 16800 hours and rich flying experience.

Qian Jin, who served as the first flight observer, also has 30 years of flying experience and is a meritorious pilot. He is currently the chief pilot of Guizhou Aircraft Group and director of the Civil Aircraft Flight Test Center.

Everyone's face was determined, and after taking the oath, they set out for the battle.

As they entered the cockpit, the door closed and the first test flight began.

In theory, the first test flight should be carried out after two first flight drills, two taxiing pre-tests, low-speed taxiing and medium-speed taxiing tests. After these are completed, the first test flight can be carried out. It usually takes six or seven years from the first prototype rolling off the production line to the completion of the test flight.

But the C929 will not take that long. Five prototypes will be built and multiple test flights will be conducted to shorten the process. (End of this chapter)