Tiêu đề Tailhook 1-5 ✅

Tailhook When a frivolous man 1 meets a righteous one 2 ; ; when one who has nothing meets another who lacks nothing Written by larivegauche Tags: Original Novel, BL, Long Novel, Completed, Plot, Modern, HE (Happy Ending), Power Couple, Switch Couple Other Tags: (Continuing with the) Love in the Air, Career-focused Novel, Atypical FWBs-to-Lovers A story where they: went on three dates before having sex, had sex for three times before breaking up, were together for three years before getting married Also: a slow-burn romance between two siscon Airbus pilots Pilot x Pilot. Ex-carrier-based aircraft pilot, current civil aviation model worker piloting A320 planes x The youngest captain in KLM who is piloting A330 planes. Contestant who faces life with a smile x Contestant who is rational and direct Zhou Qichen (周其琛) x Lang Feng (郎峰) —The tailhook, also known as the arresting hook, is one of the most important components on a carrier-based aircraft. When landing, the tailhook increases resistance through snagging onto the arresting wire suspended across the deck of the carrier. This is so that the carrier will be able to land on the runway within a short period of time. Globally, organizations whose members are naval carrier-based aircraft pilots are also called Tailhook Associations. This novel will mainly tell a story from Zhou Qichen’s POV. Derived from the side relationship in another novel The Approach (从万米高空降临). T/N: This is a fan translation done with permission by the author. It is strictly not for profit. Any copy of this translation outside of this Google doc is not the original. Thank you. 2 君子:a gentleman; a man with virtue and noble character 1 浪子:a man who flits from one partner to another, never able to settle
Table of Contents Glossary Chapters 1-5 Chapters 6-10 Chapters 11-15 Chapters 16-20 Chapters 21-25 Chapters 26-30 Chapters 31-35 Chapters 36-40 Chapters 41-47 + Postscript + Extras
1 - Past The real reason behind his nervousness was that this was his 5861st time, and also his last time, landing a J-15 aircraft. One day in 2015, in the area of the East Sea outside of the Zhoushan Naval Base, about 288 nautical miles out, an ordinary afternoon. The wind and waves were stormy, and the sky was downcast. On the deck stood about a dozen naval aviation soldiers. Everyone was looking up at a small gray dot that was fast approaching from the east—a third-generation J-15 fighter aircraft was searching for the carrier, its height steadily decreasing bit by bit. Zhou Qichen sat in the fighter aircraft, controlling the descent of the lever with bated breath. When he was only 300 meters away from the deck, he could hear the thumping of his heart, crashing into his eardrums through the booming sounds of the wind and the loud noises. Carrier-based aircrafts descended at 300 kilometers per hour, and yet the runway was only 300 meters long, not even one-tenth of the length of a land-based runway. Not to mention how the area for landing was only several dozen meters long, which translated into less than a second. Within this second, the pilot would have to complete several actions: landing the plane, hooking it to the arresting gear, and decelerating. Landing a carrier-based aircraft was different from landing a passenger plane in that pilots were all required to land at full throttle. If they failed to hook the plane onto the arresting wires, they would have to take off again with full force. This was why the deceleration of the plane could only be done by snagging the tailhook of the aircraft on the steel arresting wires on the deck. And so the landing of a carrier-based aircraft was also called “a dance on the tip of a knife”. This dance was one that Zhou Qichen had performed several thousand times. More accurately, 5860 times. Pinpoint the carrier, fly around it. Make a turn once, twice. Under the guidance of landing assistance equipment, he controlled the J-15 aircraft to line up with the landing signal lights, bit by bit. The wind was strong, the waves were billowing, and air flow was turbulent at the end of the carrier. The carrier itself was also rocking and swaying without pause—the weather was indeed bad. Zhou Qichen had landed before during such bad weather, though; this was not the reason he was nervous. The real reason behind it was that this was his 5681st time, and also his last time, landing a J-15 aircraft. From the mic came the voice that he was very familiar with: “Align vertically. Crosswind, wind direction 280. If it’s difficult for you to see the lights, resume flying.” Landing safety officers assisted pilots with lining up with the runway and completing landing. They would talk a lot more if the pilots were new, but to pilots who’d flown for seven to eight
years, such as Zhou Qichen, they could just say one sentence—this one before landing. The sea was roiling today, and the wind was strong, so there was an additional reminder about the wind direction. Zhou Qichen replied with only two words, “It’s fine.” His aircraft was already very near to the deck of the Zhiyuan 3 , so near that he could see the three people in white vests on the LSO platform located on the port of the carrier. The one in front was wearing a cap, a headset, and a pair of shades. He thought, It’s my last time performing every action. My last time calling for signal, my last time touching the joystick... He stepped on the brake pedal, pushing to full throttle. The wing of the J-15 aircraft had almost grazed past the man’s shoulder. Look at the signal lights, line up with the runway, come in at a precise angle. Lower the landing gear, lower the tailhook. 100 meters, 50, 30, 10... The sounds were deafening. The deck shook violently once, then the tailhook of the J-15 aircraft snagged securely onto the second arresting wire on deck. Steel collided against steel, abruptly creating a litany of sparks. Later, within the short time of a few seconds, the J-15 aircraft swiftly decelerated and landed on the far end of the deck. The people watching on deck, including two out of the three officers who were inside the platform, clapped shortly. The young pilots who hadn’t touched a plane much naturally had effusive praise for his skill in landing. One of them even came over to Zhou Qichen as soon as he lifted his leg and exited the aircraft. “The turbulence is insane today. Chen-ge, you’re awesome.” As the young pilot spoke, he also lit a cigarette for Zhou Qichen under the strong wind. As they talked, Zhou Qichen looked up. Even the person on the platform had come down to meet him. “You’re the first one to land today. Before you, four aircrafts had to take off a second time,” Bai Ziyu said to him with a smile from afar. He was a landing safety officer, LSO for short, who worked as the carrier-based aircraft pilot’s second pair of eyes. 3 致远舰:Name of the aircraft carrier.