He was currently sitting in the cockpit of an airplane. If he could put on a leather hat, he would look a lot like a German pilot during World War I.

Why do I say that? Because this aircraft is so unique to World War I. It is actually a single-engine biplane. There is also a Chinese cabbage painted on the white fuselage, which looks so simple.

I have to ask, is there still a biplane in the 21st century? Hong Tao had just thought about this question for a long time when he saw this aircraft in the hangar of Pinggu Airport. He couldn't figure it out and could only treat it as an old antique. He couldn't tell who it was.

Maybe the collection of collectibles.

But after trying all the planes on the tarmac, none of the planes in the hangar were suitable... To be honest, there really weren't many decent planes in this small airport. The maintenance was relatively poor, and all the planes that could fly were...

If it's too small, it won't fly if it's the right size, and it can't even be repaired.

When there was really nothing he could do, he tried to start the plane. He checked it a little, added lubricating oil and hydraulic oil, and successfully started the plane in one go.

Then he tried to slide onto the runway with great anxiety, and asked Schultz to use binoculars to see if any parts were missing. It turned out that nothing happened. There was nothing wrong with this antique biplane.

It only ran a few hundred meters before it took off. It was extremely smooth and the control felt better than that of a small falcon.

At this point, Hong Tao didn't dare to rest assured. He walked around the airport seven or eight times trying to find a fault, but unfortunately he couldn't find any shortcomings. All he felt were advantages.

Its take-off and landing distance is very short. If it is empty, if the wind direction is right, it can take off and land within 200 meters. But its belly is quite big, and it can carry about 20 people or more than one ton of cargo. According to the test flight data of more than two hours

It is estimated that a tank full of fuel can stay in the air for 5 or 6 hours without any problem.

Of course, its flying speed is a bit slow. It can only fly at a speed of more than 200 kilometers per hour at an altitude of 3,500 meters. If you are not in a hurry, you can fly slowly at a low altitude and it will not be much faster than a car, only 170 kilometers.

But speed depends on time. Slowness is really not a disadvantage at this moment. Hong Tao needs to fly slowly. It is best to remove 1 and leave 70.

Unfortunately, after searching every room in the airport, I couldn't find any information about this aircraft. I only knew from the nameplate that it was called Yun-5B and that it was produced by Shijiazhuang Aircraft Manufacturing Company in 1999.

Since seeing this nameplate, Hong Tao's uneasy mood has finally calmed down completely. He Shen is just that he looks old and is not very old. This is not in line with his temperament. It is a perfect match!

As for the shortcomings, there is one. It cannot be equipped with a thermal imaging system removed from an armed helicopter. Scanning the ground at a speed of 170 kilometers per hour is still a bit fast. If you want to see clearly, it can only be operated by hand.

Fortunately, one or two more passengers is not a big problem for this aircraft. You can weld a shelf to the side door and install the thermal imager on it. When I drove my car to hunt rabbits in the valley, I just installed a searchlight.

Regarding the car door, there is nothing inconvenient except that the window cannot be closed and it is a bit cold.

What really made Hong Tao determined to fly this classic airplane into the sky was, apart from its many advantages, the most important thing was an incident. While inspecting the equipment in the cockpit of the airplane, Schultz discovered a very special part.

There is a curved handle fixed on the wall on the right side behind the cockpit, which looks like the crank handle of a walk-behind tractor. But the aircraft has an electric ignition device, does it need to be started by hand?

The two of them thought about it for a long time, and finally found a small hole under the crank handle. They inserted it and tried it, and it fit perfectly! So what are you waiting for? Fill up the oil and shake it hard. After shaking it several times in turn, the engine made a sputtering sound.

The black smoke was actually being shaken!

What does this mean? It means that as long as the aircraft's body is intact, the fuel is sufficient, and the pilot does not fall asleep, even if there is an electrical failure, there will be no air crash.

When other aircraft encounter a mid-air stop, even if only one of the twin engines has stopped, it is very troublesome to start it again, and there is a high probability of a narrow escape.

But this Y-5B can't do that. Its aerodynamic shape is very good, and it can glide if it temporarily loses power. At this time, just shake it from behind. As long as the engine is not faulty, it will restart after a few shakes. Don't you think it's annoying!

"Report to the captain, the lubricating oil pressure and temperature are normal, the hydraulic pressure is normal, the wind direction is southeast, the wind strength... there is no wind anyway, please give instructions!"

As soon as they put down the airborne radio, a crisp shout came from behind. Zhang Ke and Gou Chenzhi were each wearing small brown flight suits, with goggles on their heads. They looked more like pilots than Hong Tao.

"Get on your seats, get ready to taxi!" Hong Tao waved his hand casually to the side and slowly pushed the throttle. Driven by a nine-cylinder radial engine, the four metal blades rotated faster and faster, constantly cutting.

The air made a crackling sound.

In fact, flying this kind of aircraft is extremely simple. You don’t need to look at any instruments. Just listen to the noise from the engine and propeller, and you can roughly know how fast the engine is rotating, how much lift it provides, and what kind of maneuvers it can do.

, are there any hidden troubles?

As the crackling sound turned into a dense chug, the fuselage began to move slightly forward. Release the brakes and aim at the runway... No, aim at the road, uniformly within a few hundred meters.

Push the throttle from 10% to 40%, then gently pull the joystick, and it will fly.

It’s no more difficult than driving an old Jiefang car. There are no bicycles on the roadside trying to compete with you, and there’s no need to step on and off the clutch to shift into gear. There’s no need to look at the reflector and at the same time look at the car next to you.

To block...

The taxiing distance is 200 meters. Starting from the entrance of Zhongshan Park, the wheels lift off the ground just after passing the flagpole of the square. By the time we reach Wangfujing intersection, the aircraft has already pulled up 200 meters at a speed of 3 meters per second, and its attitude is very stable. It has to be

It is said that it has more wings than others, and its low-altitude and low-speed performance is great!

Taking off in a big city with many high-rise buildings feels different from an airport. The buildings look so close, much like models in a sandbox, and it feels a bit like playing a simulation video game.

"Look, look, Grandpa Sun has set the building on fire!" The kid is full of energy. Standing between the driver and co-pilot, Zhang Ke is not worried at all because of the impending war and the uncertainty of life and death. He is still in the mood to watch the night scene outside.

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However, the scene outside is indeed quite interesting. In a large area of ​​the city from Chang'an Street to the south, all buildings over 30 stories high have become torches, and a bonfire is lit on each one.

This is the aviation obstruction light in Sun Jianshe Lane. In order to facilitate the take-off and landing of aircraft, the telephone poles near Chang'an Street were pulled down, causing confusion in many lines in Nancheng. The Ministry of Energy was unable to restore it in a short time.

The amount of work required to install temporary electric wires was too great, so Sun Jianshe came up with this earth-shattering method.

The effect... is good, as long as you can see the light at night and know the relative altitude. It's just that the smoke is a bit big, which affects the landing a little bit.

But Sun Jianshe said again that when he joined the army, he had practiced how to build a field airport. If there were no navigation lights, he would not be afraid. He would get more vehicles and park them on both sides of Chang'an Street, one a few tens of meters away. After filling the fuel tank and starting the car, he would turn on the lights.

It's two rows of navigation lights.

Is Hong Tao going to take off at night? Yes, in the evening, Schultz drove the C130 for a spin again and brought back two pieces of news, one good and one bad.

The good news is that the zombie army split up. The two groups on the east side entered Tianjin city and slowed down their advance. The two groups on the west side still headed northward, creating a distance between them. In this way, the Renaissance Alliance needs to

The zombie army to deal with was directly reduced by half from the million level.

The bad news is that based on the speed in the afternoon, the zombie army from the west will probably arrive in the city at night. Night is no different for zombies, but it is a bit troublesome for humans. The shooting distance becomes shorter, which is not conducive to observing the battlefield situation.

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In order to minimize the threat of the zombie army, Hong Tao decided to attack in advance to see if he could find traces of living zombies and kill them during their march. Muller and Andre had already taken off from Nanyuan Airport in a newly modified helicopter.
Chapter completed!