Chapter 273: Wait until my legs don't tremble
Every time you land, you have to go all out, because it is likely that this is the last few seconds of life, not only himself, but also the radar officer in the back seat, so Nathan must be steady.
As before, his landing was a perfect score.
Slid to the parking area, the deck crew secured the plane, and Nathan had already jumped out of the plane and ran towards the port side of the carrier.
The aircraft carrier is huge, among them, the elevators are distributed on the starboard side, the vicinity of the ship island is the parking area, the bow is the take-off runway, and the remaining left side is the beveled deck.
The landing of carrier-based aircraft can only be used on the beveled deck, so the landing assistance system is distributed on the port side, and at the same time, in front of the Fresnel lens, is the position of the landing commander.
The Aircraft Carrier Landing Commander, or LSO, is an officer who gives command to the pilots of carrier-based aircraft to guide the aircraft on the glide path to land safely.
Since landing is the most difficult maneuver of carrier-based aircraft and the most dangerous part of the aircraft carrier, carrier-based aircraft pilots must unconditionally trust and obey the command of the LSO.
At the same time, the person in command must also have a few brushes, and the general LSO landing commander must be produced from mature carrier-based fighter pilots, who have undergone strict training and assessment, have excellent technical literacy, calm judgment, sharp vision, the ability to deal with emergencies randomly, and are familiar with the recovery operation methods of various types of carrier-based aircraft of the aircraft carrier aircraft wing.
LSO not only requires that the flight technology be admired and convinced by other carrier-based aircraft pilots, but also must have excellent command and organization skills, and at the same time must have a good understanding of the status and performance of the aircraft, the technical characteristics and personality of the pilots, so that they can command the carrier-based aircraft to land safely at the first time.
Of course, he is not the only one on the aircraft carrier, next to him is a team, and the landing assistance team composed of 6 personnel with their own responsibilities undertakes specific tasks of safe landing guidance on the landing signal platform.
The division of labor and staffing of the 6 people are: responsible for supervising the work of the entire team; Control the landing signal officer, who is responsible for guiding the specific work of the aircraft to land; Assistant Landing Signal Officer, responsible for guiding aircraft to center the runway centerline with the ship's photographic recording system; Trainee Landing Signal Officer, serving as a hook recorder, responsible for recording the pilot's landing results; Hitch observers, who are sergeants and are responsible for observing the operation of the aircraft's hits, landing gear and flaps; Telephone herald, served by a sergeant, is responsible for liaising with the telephone operator on board.
Now, when Nathan came running, he couldn't disturb the work of their entire team, but Nathan was in this position, looking at the plane in the distance, it was clear.
On the aircraft carrier, the carrier-based aircraft pilots are majestic, and they can operate the fighters at any time to take off and land in a dashing manner, it seems that they are the most dangerous, but in fact, on the aircraft carrier, the deck crew is even more dangerous.
The deck is a noisy place, long hours of work will damage their hearing, the deck is constantly shaking, they may accidentally fall into the sea, and the most terrible thing is the accident.
For example, once the plane fails to land on the ship and rushes to other positions on the deck, it will definitely be a disaster everywhere it goes, and what is even more terrible than this is that the blocking cable is broken, and the blocking cable is like a whip, waving on the deck, and everywhere it goes, people are directly beaten into two parts.
So, no matter what position they were on deck, Nathan had a lot of respect for them, and now, when Nathan came running, he watched quietly from the position behind them.
The second, the vice-captain's Tomcat, swayed and made contact with the deck, and after hooking the barrage, the plane stopped and headed for the parking area.
And then the third, the third.
Not all carrier-based aircraft pilots have the ability to land at night, but the Tomcat fighter squadron is fully possessed, the reason is very simple, only the best pilots can drive the Tomcat, since they are the elite pilots of the entire aircraft carrier, this challenge is difficult for them.
The fifth, Lieutenant Kosichsky, was constantly adjusting, but, in his field of vision, there was either yellow or green light, in short, it could not be aligned.
He felt a dense bead of sweat oozing from his forehead, falling drop by drop, falling in front of his eyes, and his vision began to blur.
"Go-around." The Commander shouted loudly, and at the same time, he pressed a button in front of him.
On Fresnel's landing device, a red light began to flash, which was also a sign that he wanted to return to flight.
Lieutenant Kosichsky saw the flickering red light and had no choice but to pull it up.
His landing failed.
"Kosichsky, don't be in a hurry, hold steady." Later, his radar officer comforted him.
Kosiczyski was more unlucky, because of the inexplicable failure of the engine, which caused one of his Tomcats to crash into the sea, and later, after assigning a new Tomcat, it was given to Nathan, so the Tomcat fighter piloted by Kosiczyski was Nathan's previous landline.
This landline is in Nathan's hands, it is a big shine, and in the hands of Kosiczysky, it is not an inch of work, today I went out to find the Soviets' reconnaissance plane, obviously in front of me, flew back and forth several times, but I couldn't find it, it was simply doomed, and now, I can't even do the basic action of landing, which is simply too disappointing.
Kosiczysky's hand reached in front of his head, reached in from the small space, rubbed his eyes vigorously, and muttered in his heart, what is going on today?
At the same time as he returned to flying, another tomcat, which had entered the descent course, had already landed.
The fifth, the sixth, when he flew over, was already the seventh.
This time, be sure to hold on!
In the air, the aircraft carrier looked incomparably cramped like a leaf floating on the sea, and at this time, a voice suddenly came from his headphones: "Kosichsky, believe in yourself, you will definitely be able to do a good job, nothing can hinder our 111 squadron." ”
It's the squadron leader's voice! Hearing this voice, Kosichsky immediately felt full of strength, yes, nothing can hinder us, we are the best Tomcat squadron!
Nathan returned the microphone to the Ship Commander, "Thank you. ”
Then, Nathan stood behind them, looking at the Tomcat fighter, and it was strange to say, this time, it didn't need any adjustments, it was just perfect!
Kosiczyski operated the plane steadily until the wheels made contact with the deck until he hooked the blocking cable, which was the most standard 5 points!
The fighters slid towards the parking area, where the tomcats were already quietly lined up.
"Hey, Kosichsky, aren't you going down?" The radar officer in the rear cabin had already climbed the ladder, and seeing that Kosichsky had not moved, he couldn't help but ask.
"Wait until my legs stop shaking." Now, Kosiczyski said, his legs were shaking terribly.