Do you remember the Golden Peacock? She is China's first female J-10 fighter pilot

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In 2005, 200,000 female high school students participated in the Chinese Air Force recruitment exam. She stood out from the crowd. She loves to dance. Her peacock dance dances all over the three provinces of the East. It is called "the golden peacock on the black land."

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图金Peacock Yu Xu

Recently, according to CCTV reports, the eleventh batch of female flight cadets of the Air Force ushered in their first solo flight. Solo flight means driving a fighter plane alone to complete the designated flight training. This is a hurdle that must be passed to become a pilot. . Seeing these heroic female pilots reminded me of Yu Xu, the Golden Peacock, who was the first female J-10 fighter pilot in my country.

On July 29, 2012, Yu Xu, a female pilot of the Chinese Air Force, stepped into the cockpit of the third-generation J-10 independently developed by my country and flew directly to the sky. This is the first group of female pilots to fly the J-10 independently developed by China. Completed the first solo flight, and Golden Peacock Yu Xu was the first female pilot to complete the solo flight in this flight.

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Picture of Yu Xu in the cockpit of a fighter jet

On November 12, 2016, Yu Xu’s Bayi Aerobatic Team had a major accident during flight training in Tangshan, Hebei. Yu Xu failed to parachute and died heroically. Golden Peacock Yu Xu's great years have also been fixed at the age of 30.

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Figure Chinese Air Force female pilot

Golden Peacock Yu Xu

Due to the different physiological structures of men and women, the proportion of female pilots in the pilot team is particularly low, and the proportion of female pilots to become fighters is even lower. At that time, Yu Xu was 20. Ten thousand female high school students are among the 35 who stand out, and my country currently recruits no more than 50 female pilots nationwide each year. After becoming a pilot of the Air Force, Yu Xu’s first mission was to participate in my country’s 60th Anniversary Military Parade. At this time, Yu Xu was just a recruit. After four months of flight training, Yu Xu became my country’s 60 A female pilot in the anniversary National Day military parade. After the military parade, Yu Xu received the order to fly the J-10 fighter jets for solo missions. At that time, the J-10 fighter jets were the most advanced fighter jets in our country. There were only 4 female pilots who could become the J-10 fighter jets. Yu Xu became She became the first female pilot to fly a J-10 fighter jet in my country. In the failure of Yu Xu's accident, she did the operation in the face of danger, but there was no way to change the flight path of the aircraft. Because the parachute system also failed, Yu Xu died together with the fighter. After Yu Xu's death, the troops held a very solemn funeral for Yu Xu. At the funeral, nearly 360,000 people spontaneously came to see Yu Xu off.

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The crowd spontaneously sent Yu Xu off

. Until today, Golden Peacock Yu Xu has been away from us for four years. Four years have passed, but the Golden Peacock Yu Xu will always exist in our memory. She will live her youth and life. Staying in the blue sky of the motherland forever, the golden peacock will always soar in the blue sky. (Sea sea)

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