Mourning For The Dead Compatriots!

"Comrades in the Chengdu military region's land and air regiment are anxious to meet the needs of the disaster stricken people. They have no fear of hardships, no fear of sacrifice and tenacious struggle. They have made outstanding contributions to the earthquake relief work.

We must learn from their heroic deeds and noble spirit, and strive for the full victory of earthquake relief. "

- Hu Jintao, this is helicopter captain Qiu Guanghua.

Qiu Guanghua was born in April 1957 in Maoxian, Sichuan, Qiang nationality, and the first generation of ethnic minority pilots in China.

The captain of the helicopter, four kinds of meteorological flight commanders, special pilot.

Successively won two equal work 2 times, three equal work 4 times.

Captain Qiu Guanghua retired in 11 months. During the 17 day disaster relief flight, he flew over his hometown more than 50 times.

Nan Xing Town, Maoxian, a small town where Qiang people live, is the place where they were born and raised. The two houses in their home have collapsed, and nearly 80 of their parents are living in tents.

Every time he passes by, Qiu Guanghua, who is 51 years old, will be in a state of ups and downs.

Qiu Guanghua, who has been flying for 33 years, is a calm person in the memory of his comrades.

He participated in military exercises many times, flying safely for more than 5800 hours, 2 times in two grades, and 4 times in three grades.

Although he can retire in 11 months, he will actively fight after the earthquake and fly more than 7 hours a day at most.

Since taking part in the earthquake relief work, he flew 63 sorties, pporting 90 tons of relief supplies to the disaster areas and pporting more than 200 wounded.

This is the helicopter crew Li Yue.

Li Yue, born in 1980, is the leader of Lu Hang's young pilots.

Li's assistant driver Li Yue has a wish to travel and get married. Among the 92734 crew members who lost contact, there was a three pilot pilot of a certain aviation unit and Li Yue, a 28 year old assistant driver.

On the evening of May 30th, Li Yue was very excited to learn that he was going to carry out his mission.

As a young pilot trained by the brigade, he cherished every opportunity to fly, especially in the earthquake relief mission.

He took out a map, scrutinized the route to fly, understood every landing point data, and specifically called Wang Yu, his wife in Chengdu, and asked her to help him pay attention to the weather conditions in the disaster areas such as Wenchuan and Li county.

Li Li received his marriage certificate in January this year, and the army continued to receive anti ice snow, military drills and other tasks.

The young couple have a wish: when the troops are not nervous, go out for a meaningful wedding tour.

This is the helicopter crew Wang Huaiyuan.

Wang Huaiyuan was born in 1961 and has a 3010 hour flight experience. He is a senior air force mechanic of Lu Hang group.

He successively won three equal work 1 times and two equal work 1 times.

Wang Huaiyuan, a mechanic, is willing to work with him as an air mechanic. He flew in the sky of the motherland for 3010 hours, and many pilots were willing to fly with him.

His name is Wang Huaiyuan, a senior air mechanic in a Chengdu Air Force Corps.

47 years old, Colonel, life is in its prime.

In the 30 years of Wang Huaiyuan's career, such urgent and dangerous tasks have been numerous.

Wang Huaiyuan flew to Tibet for the 8 time, and flew to the moat island of snow island for the 7 time. He successfully completed more than 10 satellite recovery, dozens of actual military exercises, aerial surveys, border patrol and other tasks, and 4 times stood for two or three equal grades, and was rated as "AI Jun Jing Wu pacesetter" by his superiors.

That night, many comrades who lived with him all had a similar dream. Everyone asked him in his dream: why don't you come back?

This is the helicopter crew Chen Lin.

Chen Lin, born in 1980, is 28 years old. He is the Deputy squadron leader of the three squadron of the aviation brigade and assistant air force mechanic.

Chen Lin, a mechanic, agreed to accompany his daughter to Chen Lin, an air mechanic 29 years old, who was a member of the wreck crew.

In the fight against earthquake, he flew 44 sorties, each time filled with danger and challenge. Flying time was 40 hours and 22 minutes, pporting 11.9 tons of material, rescuing 75 people and pporting 35 relief workers.

The well-being of the people in the disaster area is higher than anything else in his mind.

Zhu Ming, a fighter mechanic, said that the plane flew to Maoxian, and Chen Lin and the soldiers took the materials off the plane together.

When he saw a big old woman with a foot injury being brought back by his relatives, he rushed up, carried the old man back into the cabin and settled it properly. He also brought his only little water and food to the old man. The old woman was moved to tears.

On the 31 day before the flight, the wife who had not seen him for more than 10 days came to see Chen Lin with his dissatisfied two-year-old daughter.

The family will take off soon, and the family can only have time to have a few reunion dinner.

Before leaving, the wife said, "pay attention to safety."

The daughter said, "Dad, come back soon, and accompany me for children's day tomorrow!"

Chen Lin, the young soldier of Hunan, imitated the dialect of Sichuan, the second hometown, and laughed, "get it!"

Relatives, comrades, are looking forward to his promise.

This is the helicopter crew Zhang Peng.

Zhang Peng, born in 1984, is a post-80s soldier, grade two sergeant.

During the earthquake relief work, he volunteered to help the units load and unload materials, and worked continuously at the airport for more than 12 hours a day, and took part in 170 sorties of loading and unloading relief materials, totaling more than 60 tons.

Zhang Peng, a security officer, hopes to adopt an orphan crew member in the disaster area. Another soldier, named Zhang Peng, is performing the task as a security officer in a random group.

On the 21 day, the disaster area troops held a special party pay ceremony.

Long teams are party members, the only ordinary soldier, he is Zhang Peng.

Because of the urgency of his departure, he did not bring much money. He handed out the only 80 yuan in his pocket as a non Party member as a "special party membership fee".

Zhang Peng went to the disaster area and borrowed a mobile phone from a cadre to make a phone call to his family. He told his father and mother everything was safe, saying that the task was heavy and there was no time to contact again.

He said his biggest wish was to adopt an orphan in the disaster area.

The wreckage of the MI 171 pport helicopter wrecked by the Chengdu military region's earthquake relief unit was searched by force at 10:55 on June 10th.

The -171 -171 helicopter is a new helicopter produced by the Russian Mi Li Design Bureau and the Russian Ulam aviation production joint company. It is a modernized improvement of MI -8T and MI -17, and its performance and reliability are significantly improved compared to m -8T and MI -17.

The machine began to develop in 1988 and began production in 1991.

-171 can be used in areas with extremely inconvenient pportation and highlands. It is mainly used for freight, passenger and rescue tasks.

The normal take-off weight is 11100 kg, the empty weight is 7055 kg, the maximum load is 4000 kg, the maximum flat speed is 250 km / h, the cruising speed is 230 km / h, the main fuel tank carries 2027 kg, and the range is 570 km.