Today in history: Taiwanese pilot Lin Xianshun piloted the uprising At 10:00 a.m. on February 11, 1989, Taiwan Air Force pilot Lin Xianshun flew an F-5E fighter jet to Guangzhou

Today in history: Taiwanese pilot Lin Xianshun piloted an uprising

At 10:00 a.m. on February 11, 1989, Taiwan Air Force pilot Lin Xianshun flew an F-5E fighter jet into Fengshun County, Guangdong Province, and was rescued by parachuting himself due to the exhaustion of fuel.

Lin Xianshun, male, from Meixian County, Guangdong Province. Born in 1953 in Miaoli County, Taiwan Province, he lived in Taitung City after marriage. After graduating from junior high school in 1969, he was admitted to the 18th class of the Taiwan Air Force Kindergarten School, and after graduation, he entered the 57th class of the Air Force Officer School to learn to fly, successively serving as a pilot, detachment leader, assessment officer, flight security officer and other positions, and flew back to the mainland before flying back to the mainland before being the lieutenant colonel counselor of the 44th Squadron of the 7th Brigade of the 7th Wing of the Taiwan Air Force.

After Lin Xianshun parachuted, he was taken to Guangzhou. At a press conference on February 15, he explained the reasons for flying his plane back to the mainland. He said that when he was in elementary school and middle school, he was very interested in the geography and history of the motherland. In recent years, he has visited the mainland for sightseeing and visiting relatives. Knowing the prosperity and progress of the mainland, he was even more envious and yearning for the mainland, so he made up his mind to fly back to the mainland of the motherland.

After Lin Xiangu arrived on the mainland, he was warmly received, and the relevant leaders and others received him and welcomed him back to the mainland to participate in the motherland's chemical construction. He has successively visited various places and gone to his native Meixian To find his roots. He felt that the mainland was much better than he had imagined, and he was glad that flying back to the mainland was "the most correct and sensible choice."

In April 1989, his request to add people to Chinese the people's liberation army air force was satisfied, and he was appointed deputy chief of staff of a flight academy of the air force, and awarded to lieutenant colonels in the air force. Later, he was promoted to colonel and colonel of the Air Force, and served as the assistant chief of staff of the Air Force of the Beijing Military Region, and trained many pilots who were familiar with the characteristics of the Taiwan Air Force and the tactical and technical performance of the F-5E for the mainland of the motherland.