Text|Interpretation of modern history
Editor|Interpretation of Modern History
In 1985, China's first self-developed large passenger aircraft, the Y-10, was forced to stop production due to financial problems, which could have changed the fate of China's civil aviation industry, but it fell short in a misjudgment of resource allocation.
This not only frustrated aviation expert Ma Fengshan, but also forced China to import a large number of passenger aircraft from abroad at high prices in the following decades, paying an incalculable huge economic price. Ma Fengshan put his heart and soul into the Y-10, but he was unable to return to the sky, but fortunately, China's own passenger plane did not let him wait too long...
The Chinese H-6 bomber was successfully developed
In the 50s of the 20th century, China urgently needed to independently develop strategic bombers to ensure national security. With his talent in aeronautical engineering, Ma Fengshan was appointed chief designer of the H-6 bomber development project.
Ma Fengshan was born in 1919 in a poor family in Jiangsu Province and loved mathematics and physics from an early age. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he entered Shanghai Jiao Tong University to study aeronautical engineering. Two years later, Ma Fengshan was sent to Harbin Aircraft Plant as an intern. There, he quickly mastered aeronautical engineering expertise, laying the foundation for the development of the H-6.
In the 60s of the last century, due to the bad relations between China and the Soviet Union, the Soviet Union canceled aid to China. Ma Fengshan went to study in the Soviet Union, where he secretly taught himself Russian and transcribed lecture notes from Soviet experts. This provides valuable information for China's independent development of the H-6. After hard work, Ma Fengshan led the team to finally develop China's first self-designed H-6 bomber in 1964.
Subsequently, Ma Fengshan took on a more difficult task - to develop a H-6 bomber capable of carrying nuclear bombs. After continuous struggle, Ma Fengshan's team overcame many difficulties to make the H-6 China's first strategic bomber capable of nuclear strike missions.
Ma Fengshan made outstanding contributions to the development of the H-6 bomber. His hard work and wisdom have achieved a milestone in the development of China's aviation industry. With his perseverance and patriotic enthusiasm, Ma Fengshan wrote a magnificent chapter in the construction of China's national defense forces.
Although Ma Fengshan played a key role in the development of the H-6 bomber, he was not alone. As the chief designer of the project, Ma Fengshan gathered a group of top talents in the field of aeronautical engineering and formed an efficient R&D team. Every team member contributed their own hard work and sweat to the success of the H-6 project.
For example, the chief designer of airborne equipment for the H-6. Like Ma Fengshan, he was also a high-achieving student returning from studying in the Soviet Union. He has long been engaged in avionics technology research and knows airborne radar and navigation systems well. In the H-6 project, he was responsible for the development of the core radar system. After repeated demonstration and testing, the team finally overcame the bottleneck technology, so that the airborne system of the H-6 reached the world's advanced level at that time.
In addition, there are many designers and technicians in the project team who have made great contributions. They are all kinds of talents. Under the leadership of Ma Fengshan, the whole team worked together to overcome many difficulties and finally achieved the breakthrough progress of the H-6.
This marks a historic leap in China's aviation industry from following to running. Ma Fengshan has devoted a lot of effort to every team member. Because of this, the H-6 can be successfully developed in a short period of time, providing a reliable guarantee for the construction of national defense forces.
Subsequently, Ma Fengshan took over the task again to develop China's first passenger aircraft!
China's Flying Dream: The Y-10's Setbacks and Revival
In the 70s of the 20th century, China was in the enlightenment period of reform and opening up. For China to achieve the four modernizations, the aviation industry, as an important part of national defense science and technology, urgently needs to make breakthroughs. At that time, China's aviation research and development was heavily dependent on the Soviet Union, and the development of domestic large passenger aircraft was seen as a key part of realizing the dream of aviation power. "It is difficult for an eagle without wings to soar", and every time he borrows a foreign plane to visit, he will lose face internationally. This has become a piece of trouble in the hearts of mainland leaders.
In 1972, after listening to experts, we decided to use our experience in bomber design to trial produce a domestic large passenger aircraft. This difficult task fell on the shoulders of Ma Fengshan, then vice minister of aviation industry. Ma Fengshan is an aviation expert trained in New China, who participated in the design of the H-6 bomber, which is known as "the living map of China's aviation design community". He had high hopes for his country and resolutely accepted the challenge, vowing to build China's own passenger plane and end the international humiliation.
Ma Fengshan adopts the strategy of "occupying the mountain as king" and has established a strong R&D team across regions and systems. He mobilized excellent aviation enterprises and scientific research units across the country to participate in the research of Y-10, which can be described as gathering the strongest aviation design strength in China at that time. The morale of the team members is high and they have deep expectations for their homeland.
Starting from scratch, Ma Fengshan and the team have put in great effort with the hard work of not bowing to difficulties. They must not only learn from mature foreign technologies, but also break through many technical barriers. After growing through hard work, he finally completed the design and trial production of the Y-10 in 10 years.
On September 26, 1980, China's first self-made large passenger aircraft, the Y-10, made its first flight in Shanghai, and the people of the whole country rejoiced. This marks that China's aviation industry has entered the world's advanced ranks and has been widely recognized by the international community. Foreign experts also expressed surprise and admiration for China's ability to achieve such achievements in a relatively closed environment. The birth of the Y-10 realized Chinese dream of independently developing large aircraft.
But the good times did not last long, and the Y-10 soon ran into difficulties. Just before it was ready to go into production, the Y-10 was abruptly ordered to stop production for various complex reasons. Ma Fengshan was deeply distressed by the turn of fortune of the Y-10, and he felt that a dream was suddenly shattered. The Y-10 was thus discontinued and rusted and scrapped in the warehouse. The team's life's work came to naught, and Ma Fengshan fell into deep distress.
One mistake, heavy losses!
Ma Fengshan led the team to conduct a demonstration and finally determined the design plan of the Y-10. The Y-10 adopts a low-rider drag layout, installed with a domestic turbofan engine, which can carry 160 passengers and has a maximum range of more than 5,000 kilometers. The whole country has high hopes for this, believing that the Y-10 will break the monopoly of foreign airlines on the Chinese market.
However, the good times did not last long, and for various reasons, the Y-10 project was forced to stop production and did not go into mass production. The equipment was disassembled, the drawings were sealed, and the efforts of Ma Fengshan and the team were in vain. China chose to cooperate with McDonnell Douglas of the United States to introduce its passenger aircraft in large quantities. But then McDonnell Douglas was acquired by rival Boeing, and China not only lost staggering amounts of money, but also lost its voice in the passenger aircraft market.
The setback has hit the confidence of China's civil aviation. Many experts advocate abandoning independent research and development and continuing to rely on imports. But Ma Fengshan did not give up his dream. In 1989, at his insistence, the state decided to restart the development project of large passenger aircraft, and Ma Fengshan became the chief designer again. Although Ma Fengshan is already in the age of flower armor, he is still fighting on the front line of research.
For this cause, Ma Fengshan devoted almost all his energy to it. He hopes to develop a large passenger aircraft with independent intellectual property rights as soon as possible to realize the take-off of China's aviation industry. However, overwork eventually damaged Ma Fengshan's health. In 1990, Ma Fengshan died of illness and failed to witness his dream come true.
It was not until the successful maiden flight of China's first self-developed large passenger aircraft C919 that Ma Fengshan did not wait too long. Three years later, the Y-10 was inscribed on the National Industrial Heritage Protection List. Although Ma Fengshan has passed away for many years, his passion and dedication to aviation have inspired a new generation of Chinese to continue to pursue their dreams and usher in a new era in the civil aviation industry.
China Airlines' indomitable struggle
In the middle of the last century, the development of China's aviation industry was in its infancy. Under the leadership of Mr. Ma Fengshan, a group of enthusiastic engineers and technicians have made great efforts for China's independent development of large passenger aircraft. They participated in the design and calculation of many aircraft experimental protocols, which laid a solid foundation for the take-off of China's aviation industry.
Ma Lao led the team to carry out a large number of aerodynamic experimental research, fully demonstrated the self-designed Y-10 passenger aircraft, and put forward many innovative points. They work around the clock to perform design calculations and continuously optimize and improve the design. It can be said that without Ma Lao's leadership and contributions, China's aviation industry would not be where it is today.
However, due to the strategic decision at that time, the development of the Y-10 large passenger aircraft was unfortunately interrupted. Mr. Ma Fengshan transferred the relevant production line to a foreign company, and the prototype and design data were destroyed. This has undoubtedly caused incalculable losses to China's aviation industry. The Y-10 production line, which had begun to take shape, died, and many technicians had no choice but to disperse.
Despite this, Mr. Ma Fengshan was not discouraged. He continues to devote himself to the development of China's aviation industry and has made important contributions to the cultivation of future talents. He has cultivated a large number of outstanding young students so that they can fully display their talents in the field of aeronautical design. Ma often said that China will definitely be able to have its own big plane, which will take generations to work hard. Ma Lao died of illness in 1990, but his passion for China's aviation industry infected and inspired countless followers.
In 2017, the C919, a large passenger aircraft independently developed by China, successfully made its first flight. This marks that China's aviation industry has stepped to a new level after a long struggle. Although it cost a lot of money, we did not give up on our dreams in the end, but took one step at a time to get to where we are today. In 2020, the Y-10 was listed as a national industrial heritage site to commemorate the achievements of its ancestors. The ancestors planted trees with painstaking efforts, and the joy of future generations will surely remember their achievements.
The dedication of Mr. Ma Fengshan and his team will inspire every Chinese to continue to strive for the prosperity of the country. We must be vigilant and make prudent decisions on the road of development. We must strengthen talent training and enhance our ability to innovate in science and technology. We must inherit the spirit of the older generation of scientists and strengthen our confidence, and the dream of aviation power will surely be realized. The development of China's aviation industry still has a long way to go, and it will take several generations to relay the struggle. We firmly believe that by creating with both hands, China will have its own blue sky!