Match site. Photo courtesy of China Aviation Sports Association
Beijing, May 5 -- According to the China Aviation Sports Association, on May 16, with the end of the final round of precision landing, the second National Light Aircraft Championship ended in Xinchang Wanfeng Aviation Town. Pilot Huang Zhi and navigator Wang Hongxing from Shanghai Bridge Maple Team 5 were crowned the three champions of precision landing, pilot flight and overall results with their outstanding performance, becoming the biggest winners of this competition.
This year's National Light Aircraft Championship has two subjects, pilot flight and precision landing, and each subject will compete for three rounds, and the top eight in each subject will be determined and the top eight in the overall score.
Pilot flight mainly tests the pilot's basic piloting ability. That is, the pilot does not refer to electronic navigation equipment such as satellites and mobile phones, but only uses paper maps and compasses, and realizes the flight method of arriving on time by visually comparing landmarks on the ground. "We usually mainly teach more flying, this kind of flight training that only relies on paper maps and compasses is relatively small, through this competition we have a new understanding of pilot flight, and we will focus on strengthening this training in the future." Although crowned champion, Huang Zhi, the pilot of Shanghai Qiaofeng 1 team, still feels that there is still a lot of room for improvement.
Match site. Photo courtesy of China Aviation Sports Association
The pilot flight competition ended on the afternoon of the 14th, Shanghai Qiaofeng 1 team was crowned champion with 1146 points, Jiangsu Weixiang team won the runner-up with 1431 points, and Zhejiang Wanfeng General Aviation team was lucky to reach the podium with 135 points with a strong performance of 1436 points in the first round.
Precise landing is a fundamental skill for all pilots. Whether it is a large passenger aircraft or a small aircraft, pilots are required to land safely and accurately in the designated landing area on the runway. The precision landing competition of the National Light Aircraft Championship, each round includes a power landing and a non-power landing, which comprehensively tests the pilots' flying skills and landing skills.
"This thicker line in the middle of the runway is the zero zone, and it is the best performance to fall here, full score." According to Zhang Wei, the chief referee, there are many white lines on the runway, which are the landing areas of precise landing subjects, and the pilot is required to accurately land in the designated position when landing, and there can be no deviation, and the greater the deviation, the more points will be deducted.
Match site. Photo courtesy of China Aviation Sports Association
On the morning of May 5, the final round of the Precision Landing competition began, and it was a matter of championship ownership, and every team gave it their all. After nearly 15 hours of scramble, Jiangsu Yahua team pilot Sun Yifan and navigator Shen Gang scored 2 points in the game, ranking first in the game. Zhejiang Wanfeng Air Team pilot Jin Zhangjin and navigator Guo Jiafeng scored 53 points, ranking second in the game; Shanghai Bridge Maple Team 86 pilot Huang Zhi and navigator Wang Hongxing scored 1 points, ranking third. In the overall standings of the precision landing event, Shanghai Qiaofeng 90 team topped the list with 1 points, Zhejiang Wanfeng Air team ranked second with 174 points, and Wuhan Zall Aircraft team ranked third with 312 points.
In the overall standings of the two events of pilot flight and precision landing, Shanghai Qiaofeng 1 team was crowned champion with 1320 points, Zhejiang Wanfeng Aviation team was the runner-up with 1748 points, and Hunan Xianglong team was the third place with 2203 points.
"We are very happy and excited to win three titles. In addition to the usual hard training, there is also a lot of luck, after all, this is a national championship, everyone is a little nervous, and they may not play their full level on the field, so we can be lucky to win the championship. For the championship, Wang Hongxing, the navigator of Shanghai Qiaofeng 1 team, was full of desire, but after winning the championship, he even called lucky.
Match site. Photo courtesy of China Aviation Sports Association
Light aircraft sports have always been one of the high-end sports in the world of sports, with a very wide range of high-quality fans and broad development prospects. In 2018, the China Air Sports Association introduced the international ANR competition system to China. In 2019, the National Light Aircraft Championship was held for the first time in Datong, Shanxi, which received strong attention from the government, general aviation enterprises and flight professionals.
According to the organizers, the second National Light Aircraft Championship not only expanded the scale of the event, but also organized related activities such as aircraft promotion meetings and test drive experiences, which further expanded the influence of the event and attracted the attention and attention of more flight enthusiasts. (End)