On November 12, 2016, the Air Force Bayi Air Show Team had a flight accident while performing its mission. In this accident, Yu Xu, the first female pilot of the J-10 fighter of the Chinese Air Force's Bayi Air Show Team, died bravely.
She made her debut at the parade, and yet she left us in this way. Let us always remember this brave female pilot.
At the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, six J-10 fighters of the Chinese Air Force's August 1 Air Show Team performed a shocking flight show over Tiananmen Square.
These fighters flew in formation in the air, spraying colorful smoke that symbolized the prosperity and splendor of our country. The audience in front of the TV was proud of the strength of the motherland, and their hearts were full of a sense of national honor.
In the end, the J-10 fighter formation successfully completed the performance mission, when the plane landed, the pilot who came out of the cabin slowly took off his helmet, and the audience was surprised to find that they were a group of young people.
Yu Xu was China's first female pilot to appear in public, when she had just graduated from school and joined the army as a J-10 fighter pilot. Because of women's natural physical fitness, Yu Xu needs to put in more effort than male pilots.
Compared with ordinary fighters, the J-10 fighter is more maneuverable and more difficult to pilot.
In the training process, Yu Xu, regardless of men and women, all training is treated equally, strict and professional. In order to show the demeanor of the August 1 air show team at the military parade ceremony of the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, they need to complete 24 difficult actions in just 28 minutes, including thrilling performances such as "double planes rolling around the axis" and "six planes blooming in groups".
These actions are not only spectacular, but also extremely risky. In the 28 minutes of the performance, the pilot pilots of the fighter jets need to move nearly 800 kilograms per minute like moving an 11-ton object.
In the face of arduous training, Yu Xu and his comrades were often dizzy due to high tension, but they never gave up. Even during their menstrual period, they choose to take painkillers to continue training.
After four months of hard work, Yu Xu and his comrades-in-arms finally flew over Tiananmen Square on October 1, 2009, with the expectations of the people of the whole country, skillfully completed one difficult performance action after another, successfully passed the test of the motherland, and showed the demeanor of a female fighter pilot.
Yu Xu was known as the "Golden Peacock" for his excellent performance of "Peacock Dance" in a performance at the school. Her slender arms, soft waist and swirling skirt seem to really take us into a world where peacocks dance.
Yu Xu also won this special title among his classmates.
Yu Xu's original ambition was not to become a pilot, but to be a dancer. She was born in Chongzhou, Sichuan Province in 1986, and has shown a lively and laughing personality since she was a child, a typical Sichuan girl style, although she has a big grin, but she is very sensible, her parents return late because of busy work, she does not cry, she is always alone at home after school, and waits for her parents to come home while doing homework.
When she is usually at home, she imitates a dancer on TV in front of a reflective window and dances the peacock dance. In the imitation day after day, she developed a desire to become a dancer when she grows up.
When registering for the college entrance examination, Yu Xu, who originally planned to choose a dance academy, suddenly saw the recruitment announcement for female pilots issued by the state. This glance made Yu Xu decide to give it a try after careful consideration.
In the end, she stood out from 200,000 applicants and successfully entered the Air Force Aviation University of the People's Liberation Army of China to receive education, cutting off her long waterfall hair and keeping it short.
Like Yu Xu, another 34 students passed the selection process, and 35 female pilots were selected from 200,000 people.
Yu Xu will always remember the first physical training after entering the school, she had to run 3,000 meters, which was a challenge for her, especially when training in winter, she didn't dare to breathe heavily, as if the breath exhaled a second ago would freeze instantly.
As a southern girl, Yu Xu had difficulty adapting to the harsh winter weather when she first came to the Northeast, especially in the early morning in the Northeast, where the wind could blow the cold into her bones. Soon after Yu Xu and her students entered the school, the Chinese Air Force began to reform, and several elites in their group of pilots were selected to train China's first batch of female fighter pilots.
Yu Xu worked harder in daily training for his dream, and continued to teach himself aviation professional knowledge, and finally became the first batch of female fighter pilots in 2009 with excellent results, and formed the "Thunder Rose" team with 15 comrades, but unfortunately the "Golden Peacock" fell.
At the opening of the Zhuhai Air Show, Yu Xu, the first batch of female fighter pilots, and her comrades-in-arms soared in the sky, facing the cheers of the audience on the ground, they overcame the difficulties with six or seven times their own severity.
This is the second time Yu Xu has participated in the Zhuhai Air Show stunt show. Previously, Yu Xu had just finished it"9ยท3"The parade mission, with short time intervals, the pilots were almost buffered and threw themselves into the show.
Yu Xu made a promise in front of the camera: "I will drive a two-seater J-10 and show everyone the best condition." In the J-10 fighter formation performance, Yu Xu sat in the cockpit and skillfully operated the fighter to dive, hover and roll, each movement was smooth and free, attracting cheers from the audience.
However, no one thought that this was the last time Yu Xu appeared in everyone's field of vision.
On the morning of November 12, 2016, Yu Xu collided with another plane and crashed in Dayangpu Village, Yutian County, while training for the "two-plane rolling" action.
The male pilot in the front cabin successfully opened the parachute and landed on the ground, but when Yu Xu, who was sitting in the back cabin, was about to parachute, the plane had already smashed heavily on the ground, forming a large crater.
When rescuers arrived at the scene, they found Yu Xu, lying on the ground on the other side, with no signs of life.
When Yu Xu's parents learned the news of their daughter's sacrifice, their eyes turned black and they almost fainted. Although they were well aware of the dangers of their daughter's work, they did not expect this day to come so quickly.
Yu Xu died at the age of 30. On November 14, 2016, Yu Xu was awarded the National Revolutionary Martyr. After her body was cremated in Tianjin, her parents were escorted by two comrades-in-arms to her hometown of Chongzhou City, where she was buried in the martyrs' cemetery.
People from all over the country have come to her grave to mourn this heroine who dedicated her country in their own way. This is the story of a female pilot chasing her dreams.
Although Yu Xu passed away, her firm and brave spirit will forever be engraved in the history of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Among the first batch of female pilots independently trained by the Chinese Army, the first to complete the solo flight mission was Xu Fengcan, a little girl born in 1999, who was known as the most beautiful female pilot with both appearance and strength.
Xu Fengcan was born in a family of teachers in Jinhua, Zhejiang, and she is smart and sensible. Whenever her elders wanted her to grow up to be a teacher, she was always firmly against it.
Xu Fengcan has dreamed of being a pilot since she was a child, and her toy box is not filled with pink Barbie dolls, but with all kinds of model airplanes. She excelled in high school, but on the eve of the college entrance examination, she announced to her parents her decision to participate in the pilot audition.
It turned out that her parents had always mistakenly thought it was her joke, but it was actually her real dream. Her parents gave her full support for her decision.
Xu Fengcan, who has a quiet appearance, has unexpected physical fitness, and successfully stood out from many people and became a member of the Army Aviation Academy. She understands that this is just the first step in her dream, and that there are many challenges ahead.
Sure enough, as soon as she entered the school, she began to train intensively, including a 3,000-meter run, a serpentine run, and countless spin training. Whenever she was exhausted, she always encouraged herself.
Grit your teeth and persevere, and then get through, those moments that seem miserable now will pave a smooth road for your future. With her tenacity, Xu Fengcan became the first batch of female pilots independently trained by my country's army.
Despite being the youngest in the team, she did not flinch and dared to take responsibility"Fly solo"Task. "News Network" made an in-depth report on this, and Xu Fengcan was respected by everyone as "the most beautiful pilot".
In 2021, Xu Fengcan graduated from the Army Aviation Academy, and then she became the material for Chinese composition in the 2022 college entrance examination in Zhejiang Province. However, this is not the end of the road, this year, she has added a new identity, that is, a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress.
At only 24 years old, she has had the "rank of second lieutenant" for 6 years.
Xu Fengcan used his personal experience to inspire many young people who have the same ambition to pursue their dreams. She is convinced that beauty is not her only merit, and she is willing to dedicate all her youth and blood to the great military cause, and dedicate all her sincerity and love to the blue sky of the motherland.
So, she ends it this way.
Yu Xu, who once left, and Xu Fengcan, who was young and high-spirited, as women, but they paid for the motherland with firm determination, which was not inferior to men. Their experiences teach us this"Women don't let the eyebrows go"From them, we can clearly foresee that the prospects of women in our country in the field of flight will be more brilliant.
Yu Xu and Xu Fengcan are both brave dreamers, and their stories inspire every young person with a dream. Everyone is expected to achieve their dreams through hard work.