Chapter 1781 Transition flight
Some parts will be shot a lot, it depends on the shooting angle of both sides. Among them, the wings and other places are the easiest to be shot.
Although it has been shot many times, it has come back after all. What does this mean? These places are already beaten! However, those parts with fewer shots are fatal. For example, the engine at the tail may cause the engine to malfunction as long as one bullet is shot.
The axial flow engine inside has a speed of tens of thousands of times. Even if a light aluminum alloy wreckage is sucked in, it is easy to cause major accidents.
Ted's proposal made Novotney's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but ask: "What did you do before joining the army?"
"I'm still in college," Ted said. "I'm studying statistics."
Last year, Ted was still in college. As a junior, he had a restless heart. After many applications, he finally left university temporarily, entered the aviation school, and started to learn flying. Even if he had experience in flying a glider, it took him a year to officially graduate from the aviation school.
He is actually not a bad guy. Germany has a very advanced aviation school. Many front-line pilots will come down from the front line and go to the rear to teach after accumulating enough military achievements. They teach by example and pass on their own experience to the students, and must go through sufficient confrontational training to graduate.
This is definitely different from the kind of pilot who just learned to fly a plane into the sky and then was driven onto the shelves and walked into the battlefield.
They already have the ability to fight. If they lack it, it means that confrontation training will never replace actual combat. From this perspective, it is absolutely right to say that they are rookies, but as long as they are baptized by one or two battles, they will immediately mature.
With a pilot in place, Novotney also entered the fighter plane, skillfully started the engine, slid on the runway, took off, and flew westward.
Behind him, fighter planes took off from the runway smoothly, and the Novotney Flight Brigade's transition flight began again.
For fighter troops, transition is very common. After all, front-line fighters have small ranges. Even if they have long ranges, the closer they get to the front line, the faster their support will be.
So, they are all used to it, often.
The flight from Iceland to Greenland is not far. After climbing to the cruising altitude, it is time to descent after a few minutes of flight.
Novotney adjusted the radio navigator in front of him, and heard the unique sound of radio navigation in his headset. He slightly adjusted the nose to make the sound louder, and then continued to fly.
Navigation is a big deal for any pilot.
And in this era, it is much more convenient.
In the past, it was almost impossible to rely on pilot experience, navigation diagrams, compass, and manual calculations.
When the radar is available, it is a blessing for the defensive fighter troops. They can directly hit the target under the guidance of ground radar, and give data such as flight orientation from the ground. After completing the interception, they can also return under the guidance of ground. Everything is very simple. After having GPS with later generations, fools can go to strange cities without getting lost.
(It's not that it's a swear word, the hero of East China is such a fool. His destination was right in front, but he followed the navigation and went around a big circle.)
In addition to radar, the application of radio navigation is also quite convenient. At the air force base, a navigation antenna is set up to transmit electromagnetic signals. Then, as long as the fighter flies towards the signal, the signal strength is the greatest, and he can fly over and find the target.
This is the simplest principle of radio navigation.
The target airport is said to be very secretive and cannot be seen from the sky. Moreover, it is their first time flying. In addition to using navigation maps, the most important thing is navigation.
After continuing to fly for a while, Novotney was able to receive signals from the base radar station and conduct voice guidance stage.
According to the instructions of the radar station, lower the altitude until it was almost flying close to the ground and had already entered the final landing route. Novotney finally saw the air force base of the same color as the nearby ground. It was really hard to detect!
If American bombers come to bomb, they will definitely not be able to find it.
Novotney's fighter plane landed on the runway in a standard posture and slid to the apron. Behind him, planes all landed skillfully, especially those rookies who had just entered the army. They flew extremely smoothly and their landing postures were very graceful.
"Jets are definitely jet units." On the mountain in the distance, two men in white snow suits were observing the place with high-powered military telescopes. One person whispered excitedly: "Hurry, send a telegram immediately."
"No, we cannot send telegrams. If they send telegrams, they will be discovered by the Germans. We must use the safest way." Another person said: "I will row out to sea tonight and return to Baffin Island."
Germany's electronic technology is quite powerful. If an inexplicable radio signal appears, it will soon attract the Germans to arrest them. At that time, their capture is secondary. The most terrifying thing is to reveal their own operation.
No omissions can occur!
The white runway is connected with the surrounding white frozen soil, which is the best protection color. Nothing can be seen from the air. The nearby hangars and towers are all white. This color is all over the year.
When the hatch opened, a cold wind poured in, causing Novotney to fight a cold war. From the latitude, it was similar to Iceland, but the temperature was really low!
At such low temperatures, it is difficult to start an ordinary propeller fighter, especially air-cooled engines. The ground power trucks are often exhausted from being able to start.
For liquid-cooled, you can use hot water to heat up in advance, while for air-cooled, it is not enough. The common baking method of Russians is the most dangerous.
The jet has no such concerns. No matter what temperature it is, the jet can be started smoothly.
Wrapped in the flight suit, Novotney got off the plane: "Everyone, go to the conference room, we need to immediately allocate the combat readiness duty."
This place is at the forefront and Americans will make trouble at any time. It can be said that as long as you come here, you will be in battle at any time. They must prepare from now on.
Nowotney is very skilled in familiarizing himself with the nearby airspace, carrying out combat readiness duty, dispatching flight teams, and ready to deal with large-scale conflicts at any time.
Chapter completed!