Original Title: China Air Show: Red Eagle Flight Demonstration Team Special Arrangements to Pay Tribute to the Martyrs
This year is the second time that the Red Eagle Flying Demonstration Team has participated in the China Air Show. Since the opening of the 13th China Air Show on the 28th, the Red Eagle Flying Demonstration Team will bring a wonderful aerial show to the audience every day.
In view of the weather and regional characteristics of Zhuhai, the “Red Eagle” aerobatic team developed 3 sets of performance plans, respectively targeting the clouds at 1,800 meters, 500 meters and 300 meters, and for the first time increased the original 17 actions to 21.
Cheng Yijun, a pilot of the Red Eagle Flight Demonstration Team of Air Force Aviation University: The actions we brought to this air show were improved and improved on the basis of 2018. It is based on the performance characteristics of the Teach-8 aircraft and the technical characteristics of each Red Eagle team member, compressed from space and time, and presents a visual feast to the audience.
The signature action of our Red Eagle Performance Team is an eight-plane diamond somersault, with eight planes making a gorgeous turn in the air in the form of diamonds. I feel that the most difficult action we bring is the coordination between the single machine, the dual machine and the machine group. Coordination is the most difficult.
During the performance, the stand-alone aircraft should enter in real time according to the characteristics of our fleet activities, and perform stringing to connect the entire flight performance action. The movements of two machines, four machines and six machines are mainly based on rolling. It is based on the characteristics of the -8 aircraft we teach, plus color smoke, which is also one of the difficulties.
According to the pilots, because the flight show will be affected by visibility, cloud height and cloud cover, they will adjust the flight show actions according to the weather conditions of the day. Today coincides with the Memorial Day of the Martyrs, and the Red Eagle Aerobatic Team also made special arrangements for this.
Cheng Yijun, a pilot of the Red Eagle Flight Demonstration Team of the Air Force Aviation University: On September 30th, on the Martyrs’ Memorial Day, we changed the color of the smoke from color to white to pay tribute to the heroes in a special form.
(CCTV reporter Yu Liqun, Wang Zijiao, Jiang Jun, Jiang Zhang)
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