Several ground staff and soldiers opened the hangar in the middle, and the Martin 139WC heavy bomber appeared in front of everyone.
This is a dark green giant raptor with retractable landing gear, an open three-seat cockpit, a cantilevered all-metal fuselage, and a length of 13.75 meters.
The three blades are widened, thickened, and the tension is increased, allowing the aircraft to fly at an altitude of 6,000 meters. It has a pilot oxygen bag, which is a high-altitude flight equipment that most fighter jets at this time do not have.
Double shot.
Each engine produces 775 horsepower.
Single wing.
The wingspan reaches an astonishing 21.49 meters, and the wings are painted with eye-catching blue sky and white sun logos, shining brightly in the sun.
There are two 77mm machine guns hidden under the wings.
The nose extends forward, the nose is oval and transparent, and the enclosed cockpit is equipped with a machine gunner. The rotating turret has a 6×0.50-inch Browning water-cooled cannon with enough ammunition for replacement.
The mid-section wing and fuselage structure are integrated into one, mainly made of metal structure, with a fully enclosed cockpit.
In order to increase the field of vision, the pilot's cockpit is slightly protruding and has a full glass cover. Behind the flight seat is the navigator and part-time transmitter, and behind him is the bomber's shooter.
The cockpit at the front of the tail is swept back and arched to reduce wind resistance. It has a rear machine gunner and a 6×0.50-inch Browning water-cooled cannon with 500 rounds and enough ammunition for replacement.
With a maximum speed of 353 kilometers per hour, the aircraft's speed was comparable to that of the main fighter jets of various countries at the time. It was the leader among the first-generation bombers of its kind in the world.
It has a take-off weight of 7,630 kilograms, a maximum flight altitude of 7,600 meters, a refueling range of 1,160 kilometers, and can carry 1,300 kilograms of bombs and ammunition. The bomb load capacity is excellent among similar bombers.
Just because this Martin 139WC heavy bomber has a single wing and twin engines and can fly at an altitude of 6,000 meters, Chinese pilots dare not fly.
All the pilots of the Chinese Air Force used to fly double-winged, single-engine aircraft. Everyone was a little frightened by this huge Raptor, with single-winged and double-engined aircraft.
This is like a car driver who has never driven a trailer. When he sees a long, wide and tall trailer, he will feel unsure whether he gets in the car and starts driving or just stands by the car and looks at it.
Customers bully the store!
The bigger the plane is, the more it will make the pilots feel nervous.
An airplane in the sky is not as simple as a car on the ground that cannot be stopped by braking.
Several ground staff brought escalators and opened the three cabins. Two machine gunners specially brought from Jianqiao Aviation School sat in the front and rear cabins. In the middle cabin sat Zhou Zhihan, Gao Zhihang and Zhang Mufei.
Several ground staff closed the cabin and removed the escalator.
Zhou Zhihan turned on the power switch with familiarity, checked various instruments, and everything was ready.
"boom!"
The twin engines started spinning at the same time, and the sound of the engines was deep and deep, giving a very powerful and shocking effect.
Along the airport runway, Zhou Zhihan slowly pushed the throttle forward while explaining to Gao Zhihang and Zhang Mufei what they need to pay attention to when flying a single-wing heavy bomber, especially the use of the throttle before takeoff. , the fighter's fuselage will sway unstablely, and the throttle will be too small, and the fuselage will feel stagnant.
How to set the throttle just right requires the pilot to be able to judge the working status of the engine from the sound of the engine and then determine the forward speed of the throttle valve.
Only rookie pilots need to look at the mileage meter to add fuel and pull the lever. An experienced pilot can judge how to add fuel and when to pull the lever back to raise the nose of the aircraft is the best time just by the sound.
Just by driving forward and before taking off, Gao Zhihang and Zhang Mufei, who were sitting behind Zhou Zhihan, felt the gap between themselves and this top student.
The two looked at each other.
From the moment the plane taxied forward, the stability it showed was a few steps ahead of itself. Sitting on the plane, I couldn't feel even a trace of sluggishness caused by the unstable fuel supply of the plane.
Can't fault anything!
When Zhou Zhihan pushed the throttle forward and cooperated with the pull rod, the bomber's nose was raised steadily, like a dark green raptor flying into the air.
Gao Zhihang and Zhang Mufei couldn't help but marvel at each other. As far as the few seconds it took for the top student to push the throttle forward and pull the lever to take off, they couldn't achieve this smoothness even if they flew for another 400 hours.
How did Gao and Zhang know that during the year and a half that Zhou Zhihan was at Randolph Air Force School, he spent almost two to four hours every day entering the [Air Overlord] secret book to practice the driving skills of various aircraft? It took him fifty hours to arrive. Over the past year and a half, his flying time in [Air Dominator] was equivalent to 8,000 hours for others. In addition, Principal Pat Plouffe gave him three or four hours of flying time every day. He has flown more than 10,000 hours.
These 10,000 hours, even if flying non-stop 24 hours a day, would still require flying for more than 400 days. For any pilot, this is an unreachable barrier.
Zhou Zhihan's take-off skills, not to mention Gao Zhihang and Zhang Mufei, who were sitting in the cabin and felt the same way, even the soldiers or ground crew on the ground who didn't know how to fly, could feel that this top student took off when flying a plane, which was better than an eagle taking off from the ground. And be relaxed.
This kind of ease and ease amazed all the onlookers. Everyone thought that this top student was not flying a plane, but he was a bird of prey.
Biplanes have high flight resistance and are designed to increase lift when the engine power is small. As the engine horsepower continues to increase, there is no need to use double wings to increase lift. Instead, the double wings are replaced by single wings, so the single wing The plane flies faster and has better performance.
Zhou Zhihan pushed the throttle forward, gently pulled the lever with his right hand, and in cooperation, the bomber climbed upward at an angle of 25 degrees.
This saves fuel.
When Zhou Zhihan used to fly the plane in the "Air Overlord" cheats, he would climb unscrupulously at high angles of attack, and perform various fuel-consuming maneuvers in the air. Every time he flew, he would consume air combat coins. Only when he climbed into the air at high angles of attack could he do this Only when you are cool enough and energetic enough can you learn more skills.
Just like driving a high-powered car, step on the accelerator and enjoy the instant push-back feeling.
At this time, all aviation fuel in China had to be imported from foreign countries. The country was so poor that even the purchase of airplanes had to rely on private donations. After buying a horse, one had to buy feed for the horse. They were usually very careful about their budget and wished they could let the horse run and let the horse run. Horses don't eat grass.
Therefore, when aviation fuel is in short supply, it is difficult to guarantee pilots’ flying time.
Good pilots are made with money. Without enough flying time and theoretical knowledge learned on the ground, you cannot become an excellent pilot.
At this time, China was poor and backward. Fighters were bought from abroad and treated as treasures. It was difficult for rookie pilots to fly on the planes.
Of course, the main factors that restrict the emergence of excellent pilots are aviation oil and engines.
The life of the engine is limited. In order to reduce the wear and tear of the engine, veteran aircraft are usually flown into the air for inspection only in preparation for war.
Newbie?
For a rookie pilot, flying a trainer aircraft for four or five hours a month at this time is already quite good.
Before I traveled back in time, I had read a lot of information about the air battles of World War II, and most of them exaggerated the flying capabilities of the Chinese Air Force pilots at that time.
After traveling through time and seeing everything in front of him, Zhou Zhihan could tell that the capabilities of the current Chinese Air Force pilots were actually very average without having to test them in actual combat with the Japanese Air Force.
In an era when we are unable to build airplanes due to lack of materials, and most of the aviation fuel must be imported, except for dozens of experienced veterans with acceptable flying skills, most rookie pilots cannot guarantee their flight time, so it is difficult to Create a large number of outstanding pilots.
The Martin 139WC heavy bomber climbed steadily into the air, which made all the soldiers present unable to conceal their excitement.
The heavy bomber finally took off.
This is an important weapon for the country today.
There were still several pilots on the ground, looking up at the heavy bomber flying into the sky like a bird of prey. Some of them had tears in their eyes.
It’s not easy!
Great China is in turmoil!
