Within sight, the fighter jet began to glide toward the takeoff runway, flames billowing, its vector nozzles adjusting the optimal spray angle as it prepared for takeoff! As everyone counted down in their minds, a tremendous roar echoed. After a short taxi, the Weilong 01 took off, its roar like a dragon's roar, soaring into the sky.
The dark grey body, against the backdrop of the sun, resembled the golden scales of a divine dragon facing the sun, gleaming with a bright and dazzling light. So powerful, so elegant, so calm!
After reaching sufficient altitude, the fighter plane dived down, then quickly recovered, climbed higher, and then dived again to level off and accelerate. The swift movements, the dazzling speed under the blue sky, the sonic booms incessantly heard. Superior performance and superb technology were fully demonstrated in this soaring flight.
"Dragon 01, conduct an envelope flight!"
"Got it, Dragon 01 has started flying around the envelope!" The first envelope was the limit envelope of the previous fighter, the level flight speed envelope, and Dragon 01 easily achieved it, causing the ground control room personnel who were paying attention to the data to clench their fists excitedly and express their joy in words.
"Vylon 01, conduct speed overload envelope testing, and begin hypersonic penetration testing!"
"Received, Weilong 01 hypersonic penetration test, current speed 3.2 Mach!"
"Mach 3.22, ground record data! Our plane is incredibly fast!" Excitement once again filled the faces of the ground crew. They had expected the J-20's data to be impressive, but they hadn't imagined it would be this impressive! On its first supercruise, it broke the speed limit of Mach 3.22. What a concept! That's about 66 kilometers per minute, nearly 4,000 kilometers per hour, a super-fast speed. It's the concept of breaking a world record.
This is twice the speed of previous fighters. It's not because of previous poor performance, but because the J-20 Weilong is too strong! It is the Weilong's near-perfect aerodynamic layout that provides it with the smoothest air-penetration, and it is the Weilong's heart that provides it with powerful and surging power.
This is not unprecedented in the history of world aviation. For example, the United States' SR-71 "Blackbird" holds a speed record of Mach 3.35, and the former Soviet Union's MiG-25 also once achieved a speed of Mach 3.2.
However, that is a light reconnaissance aircraft, while the Mighty Dragon is a multi-purpose heavy fighter. Such a fighter can fly at a speed of 3.22 Mach. Once this data is released, it will definitely shine among the crowd and strike at a dimensionality reduction level.
"Weilong 01, report the current situation!"
"It's about to reach top speed, the engine is running normally, there's no vibration, no malfunction, everything is fine!" Xiang Leiming's reporting voice was as calm as ever, but his heart was filled with infinite suppressed excitement.
Their new fighter jet took off, and it flew so well! Mach 3.22. If he hadn't personally flown the data, he wouldn't have believed it. Could it be real?
From the moment the J-20 project was launched, they began selecting the best from the best, picking the most outstanding pilots, and then training and eliminating them, leaving only the most elite personnel to prepare for the new fighter jets.
Two months ago, he and his comrades suddenly received a top-secret mission to conduct intensive training for the new fighter jets. He memorized several hours of flight training every day, repeated high-intensity physical training on the ground, hundreds of thousands of operations and instructions, and hundreds of thousands of words of flight manuals.
When he actually carried out the mission, he was ready to sacrifice his life for the country and wrote a suicide note. However, he did not expect that he could fly out such record-breaking data. The fighter pilot who flew him knew best how the fighter performed. He felt that the Wyvern under his command had not reached the real limit.
He was dazzled by the data just now. It was just a little short of loading to the limit. It was his flying error. After getting off the plane, he must make a self-reflection.
"Weilong 01, maintain supersonic cruise!"
"Very Dragon 01, high angle of attack, encircling flight!"
"Dragon 01, prepare to pull up and conduct super maneuverability test!"
Following the commands, the Weilong 01 entered a rolling action in a thrilling spiral posture while maintaining a large-angle climb. After such an intense action was completed smoothly, it was successfully recovered.
"Luo Yesheng! Weilong 01, report on the flight control status!"
"The engine is normal, the flight control works well! There is no shaking during high angle of attack super maneuvers!"
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Based on the speed of the Weilong 01 and its current fuel consumption, the ground crew quickly deduced that the Weilong's maximum cruising range could reach 20,000 kilometers and its maximum combat radius could exceed 6,000 kilometers. These data, which were previously unimaginable, have now become a reality, soaring in the blue sky, and truly turning the words "beyond visual range" into the most tangible data.
Chinese fighter jets, leapfrogging their way to the top of the world, made the Raptor they once feared a thing they couldn't catch up to. Tears streamed from the eyes of countless engineers; their Dragon was truly a mighty dragon that shook the world!
Yang Wei looked up at the blue sky. Even though he could no longer see Weilong, tears still welled up in his eyes. He had done it. He had provided Weilong with a top-notch heart, allowing it to soar into the sky and be invincible.
Thank you, Wu Tong! Caught off guard, Yang Wei raised his hand to salute and bowed deeply to Wu Tong.
"Boss Yang, you can't do that!" Wu Tong took a step forward and lifted up Yang Wei. It would really shorten her life to let such a senior bow to him!
"Wu Tong, and me too, thank you!" Lu Xiao put down the paging receiver, stood at attention, and gave Wu Tong a standard military salute. They were all soldiers, and they thanked Wu Tong with the highest respect they could offer.
"Wu Tong, I should too..." Lin Zheming was about to follow Lu Xiao's lead. As the head of the aviation group, his emotions were as turbulent as those of the two chief engineers. When he approved the funding under pressure, he wasn't without his concerns. If it weren't for Mr. Cheng's backing and the hard data, he really wouldn't have approved it.
However, it now seems that he was very wise to approve the funding at that time, and choosing to trust Wu Tong was one of the best choices he made in his life.
"Boss Lu, Boss Lin, please stop causing trouble. Weilong's success today is the result of everyone's hard work. I'm just a tiny part of it, standing on your shoulders and achieving some small results. Please don't get on my nerves!"
When one problem is solved, another one arises. Wu Tong finally supported Chief Engineer Yang. He couldn't avoid Lu Xiao's action over there. Seeing that Lin Zheming was about to make another move, he suddenly became flustered.
"Okay, okay, just go back and get some practical things for Wu Tong. Let's not bother with these things. We are all contributing to the country, regardless of priority!" Old Cheng advised with a smile. As a teacher who was reluctantly honored to be a teacher, he was proud of his young apprentice's achievement, and his face was almost overflowing with pride.