Flowers, applause, cheers and tears accompanied by the smooth landing of the C919 large passenger plane, the cabin door opened in an orderly manner, and they appeared in front of the world in a heroic bearing manner.
The pictures in this article are all from the WeChat public account of “big plane”
During the 79-minute flight, C919 took off, climbed, lowered and landed in an almost perfect posture. Captain Cai Jun could hardly hide his inner excitement and joy, when the reporter asked him “how many points to give the first flight”, Cai Jun said: “be modest, 99 points”.
“Very successful, very complete, the plane is in very good condition!”
On May 5th, China’s first large passenger plane with independent intellectual property rights developed in full accordance with the world’s advanced standards flew into China’s blue sky for the first time. Captain Cai Jun, co-pilot Wu Xin, Observer Qian Jin, flight test engineer Ma Fei, Zhang Dawei. History will firmly remember the names of these five heroes and the first flight crew of C919 large passenger plane, which painted a lot of color for the development of Chinese civil aircraft.
From today on, “big plane” will bring exclusive! Authority reveals the story behind the first flight unit
Role determination
Is there any danger in the first flight of a new model? I think this is a question that will come out of everyone’s mind. In Qian Jin’s words, there are dangerous factors in the test pilot’s work itself, and we watched her grow up on this plane, every step she has taken has the painstaking efforts and sweat of all Chinese civil aircrafts, so this is not a problem.
However, the C919, a big plane that can drive the Chinese themselves, flew into the blue sky for the first time, but it was unprecedented. With such a historical opportunity, who is not eager to grasp it firmly? Qian Jin is like this, Cai Jun is like this, so is Wu Xin, Ma Fei and Zhang Wei.
Of course, as a new model, the selection of the first flight unit is extremely cautious. It is not the test pilot who has the final say, nor is it a unit who has the final say.
According to Qian Jin, there are two teams actually participating in the selection of the first flight unit, one is the civil aircraft test center of China Commercial Aircraft, the other is the flight test Institute of China Aviation Industry, and the two groups of test pilots participate in the selection together, careful preparations were made before the selection. For example, to a special institution for psychological testing, to a special flight test agency for the first flight special training. At the same time, three international experts and two domestic experts were hired to jointly set up an expert review team to assess the two groups of personnel. The contents and methods of the two groups of personnel selection are exactly the same, including interviews, questions and answers on theoretical knowledge, and practical examination on practice test.
After many tests, it was finally determined that the first flight unit was composed of captain Cai Jun, deputy captain Wu Xin, Observer Qian Jin, flight test engineer Ma Fei and Zhang Dawei.
Faced with such a result, Cai Jun said, I tried hard and I played my best level. The “post-70s” captain, who has 20 years of flight experience and a total flight time of 10300 hours, maintains his consistent calm and confidence. Of course, in the face of strong competitors, full preparation is essential, “In fact, I did a lot of preparatory work before selection, training of C919 system, programming, testing of engineering simulator. These tests and trainings are not necessarily coherent. The interval between them is several months or more than half a year. I will always turn over the manual to understand the whole aircraft system. At that time, I thought, even if I can’t choose, I am still doing the work behind these manuals, which still serve the first flight and the crew of the first flight.”
For Qian Jin, The Observer gave him another important identity. Because outside the first flight crew, he was the leader of the civil aircraft test flight center, but in the crew, all orders had to be listened to the captain. Some people may say that compared with Cai Jun, Qian Jin has 40 years of flight experience. Why not strive to be a captain? Qian Jin has his own explanation for this: “I have been doing management for many years, and the time for real flying is still a little less. Although I also participated in the corresponding training, I am relatively degraded in terms of reaction and technical manipulation ability, but our young captain is different. They have been training continuously and flying continuously. They are better than me, so I should be a supporting role at this time and cooperate with this team, cooperate with young people to complete this task.”
Of course, the establishment of observers is equally important. Qian Jin compared himself to the pilot’s third eye and another firewall to ensure safe flight, the role of safety director under normal and abnormal circumstances must be played. Under normal circumstances, the observer needs to monitor every normal inspection, normal action and normal password of the flight crew. Is this action wrong? Under special circumstances, it depends on their judgment on special circumstances. Is the disposal accurate? The reminder must be reminded. At the same time, observers should spend more energy to observe the instrument, find some problems in advance, and give feedback to the captain in time.
“Our C919 first flight specially set up an observer seat, basically the same as the captain, with a seat belt and a seat, just sitting in the middle, making it easier to observe.” Qian Jin introduced to the reporter.
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flowers, applause, cheers and tears accompanied by the smooth landing of the C919 large passenger plane, the cabin door opened in an orderly manner, and they appeared in front of the world in a heroic bearing heroic manner. The pictures in this article are all from “big plane” WeChat