Gesang Baizhen (center) and her parents
In the middle of the photo, the little girl's name is Gesang Baizhen, and it is hard to imagine that this well-behaved girl is the same person as the female pilot who flew the fighter plane in the sky
Born and raised on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, Gesang Baizhen is as sunny, confident and beautiful as the Gesang flowers on the snowfield, and she also has a chic and handsome identity - the 12th batch of female pilots of the Chinese Air Force, and the first Tibetan female pilot recruited by the Air Force in Tibet
In 2017, Gesang Baizhen learned that a senior was admitted to the Air Force pilot, and the seeds of a "blue sky dream" were quietly planted in her heart, but at that time she was still a little hesitant, always feeling that flying was too far away for a girl, until one day Gesang Baizhen saw them on TV
The deeds of female astronauts Liu Yang and Wang Yaping inspired her to sweep away the haze of self-doubt in her heart, and in 2019, when she learned that the Air Force Aviation University was recruiting female flight cadets, Gesang Baizhen, who was in her third year of high school, was excited, and her parents also encouraged her to try bravely
After successfully passing the preliminary examination, she felt one step closer to the "blue sky dream", the number of female flight students recruited in 2019 was 40, and nearly 200 people passed the preliminary examination and participated in the re-examination, and the competition was fierce, so it is needless to say that on June 29, 2019, this day impressed Gesang Baizhen deeply, she participated in the re-examination that day, with her tenacious character and careful preparation, she passed five levels all the way, and became a pilot as she wished
Gesang Baizhen's acceptance letter
Since the age of 18, it has been more difficult to learn to fly
From the knowledge of aeronautics, mechanical principles, to the transfer of beginner and higher education aircraft, and then to the solo flight assessment of fighter aircraft, with the improvement of her own level, completely different aircraft structure, piloting skills and increasing flight loads are challenges for her to start from scratch, but for her "blue sky dream", she has overcome one difficulty after another
As the only Tibetan student among the female flight students, the psychological pressure is self-evident, and in the ground training, she sweats the most and suffers the most
"Three swelling and three elimination, before going to the clouds" Gesang Baizhen kept in mind this sentence and slipped away for her dream, she wanted to train herself to be "steel and iron"
The sweat of the lamp training ground that is not extinguished in the middle of the night witnesses Gesang Baizhen's continuous breakthrough and dedication to the flying career
She strives for perfection in every mission coordination, and she carefully reviews every flight at the end of each flight
It is precisely with this strength of not admitting defeat that Gesang Baizhen was able to moult and fly high, successfully completed the solo flight assessment of a certain type of fighter plane, handed over excellent results in modification training, and successfully transformed from a Tibetan girl who longed to fly into a heroic blue sky female flyer
Riding the wind is good, looking down at the mountains and rivers in the sky, she used a number of "firsts" to draw a magnificent track in the sky, and she used her hard work to make this Gobi bloom gorgeous flowers
Gesang Baizhen said
"Please rest assured to the motherland and the people
I will practice hard to fly finely, soar against the wind, and fly hard in the airspace of the motherland
Protect this happiness and auspicious future (future, come on!)
2024
China Women's Daily, China Women's Movement
Source/Editor-in-charge of the Comprehensive Tibet Daily for Chinese Veterans/Tian Yuan Huang Die, Chen Xiaobing Review/Yifan Producer/Zhifei