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New training aircraft expected to help PLA Navy pilots polish carrier skills
China’s latest trainer aircraft, delivered recently to the People’s Liberation Army Navy, is expected to help improve the training of pilots based on aircraft carriers.
The PLA Navy said in a statement last week that its Naval Aviation University in Shandong province had held a commissioning ceremony for a new type of trainer jet at an unidentified naval airport along the Bohai Sea.
The statement said the aircraft is a third-generation trainer jet developed by the Aviation Industry Corp of China’s Hongdu Aviation Industry Group in Nanchang, Jiangxi province.
Rear Admiral Wang Jundong, political commissar of the university, was quoted in the statement as saying at the ceremony that the service of the new trainer jet will
Beijing South Railway Station cleared crowds of passengers on Monday by opening 28 windows to refund tickets that couldn’t be used because of a suspension of services, the station authority said.
Twenty-three high-speed trains departing from Beijing South were halted — most of them bound for Shanghai — including the earliest (which was scheduled to leave at 7:35 am) and the latest (scheduled for 5:45 pm), the station said.
Some colored steel plates, which had blown down in a strong wind, cut power lines near the railway and severed part of the Langfang-Beijing section on the direct BeijingShanghai route, the Beijing Railway Bureau said.
A high-speed G40 train traveling from Hangzhou to Beijing was halted near Langfang, Hebei province, at 11:04 pm on Sunday, when the mishap occurred, the bureau said.
Several subsequent trains complement the university’s trainer fleet and enable pilots to get more realistic experience for air combat.
Though the statement did not identify the new aircraft, pictures published by the university showed that it is a Hongdu Aviation Industry L-15 advanced trainer jet. At least 12 L-15s were delivered at the ceremony.
According to AVIC, a leading aircraft maker in the country, the domestically developed L-15 has two engines, a streamlined aerodynamic design and integrated avionics.
The L-15 has two types — one for advanced jet training and the other for lead-in fighter training, the Stateowned defense giant said.
Trainer jets for advanced application teach student pilots how to operate supersonic aircraft and how to carry out sophisticated aerial maneuvers, while those for were then delayed until the wee hours — about 4 am — when the problem was corrected.
That morning around 7, a second breakdown occurred on the same line. Railway departments launched an emergency response as services were again suspended.
As of 10 am on Monday, the trains were gradually returning to normal. But thousands of passengers were held at the station.
Zhang Bo, 42, an engineer traveling from Beijing to Wuxi, planned to leave Beijing South at 2:45 pm but had to wait nearly two hours.
“I didn’t know what happened before I arrived at the station,” he said. “An hour has passed and I am still waiting for the station’s broadcast announcement.”
Glenn Richards, a technical manager from Australia, who was traveling in China, said his tour group encountered the delayed train service after a short stay in Beijing and was heading to South China.
The 42-year-old said he had only been waiting about 30 lead-in fighter training are enhanced versions of advanced jet models and focus on familiarizing trainees with combat maneuvers and skills.
AVIC also noted that the L-15 has a maximum speed of 1,200 kilometers per hour and a maximum flight range of 2,600 km.
Before the L-15, the PLA Navy lacked a third-generation trainer aircraft, so it had to rely on its second-generation JJ-7 trainer jet and that aircraft’s upgraded version, the JL-9, to conduct Passengers are stranded Zhang Bo, minutes and thought it was just a normal technical problem. “We’re just waiting for the tour guide to tell us what’s going on,” he said.
During the summer travel rush, Beijing South handles an average of about 154,000 advanced training pilots.
Currently, a Navy flight student will fly the CJ-6 pistonengine basic trainer, followed by the JL-8 intermediate trainer jet. When pilots begin the advanced training stage, both the JJ-7 and JL-9 will be used to simulate real fighter aircraft.
Wang Ya’nan, editor-inchief of Aerospace Knowledge magazine, said the use of the L-15 will help shorten the time required for Navy aviators’ training before they become qualified to operate modern fighter jets. The trainer jet will be especially useful for carrier-based pilots, Wang said.
“The L-15 has advanced design and equipment, and its capabilities are very close to those of a genuine fighter jet. Compared with its predecessors, it is more suitable for carrier-based pilots’ flight training,” Wang said. for student
Maximum speed of the L-15 trainer jet, China’s latest, which has a range of 2,600 km
at Beijing South Railway Station on Monday when 23 high-speed trains departing from the station were halted because of damage caused by the wind.
passengers a day. From July 1 to Aug 31, the station is expected to see 9.53 million travelers.
The station increased the number of refund ticket windows from the usual two to 28 to help the stranded tourists, who were given full refunds.
Shang Zihan, who was supposed to leave Beijing in the morning but decided to refund his tickets in the afternoon, said it’s understandable that a device can malfunction. He changed his original plan and got a refund for his ticket.
“It’s good that I can get my full ticket price back,” he said.
Within 30 days, passengers who were stranded can take their paper tickets to a ticket office for a refund. No additional fees will be charged, the station said.
An hour has passed and I am still waiting for the station’s broadcast announcement.” engineer traveling from Beijing to Wuxi