Son of the Nation

This was no ordinary flight when the J-15 fighter jet took off and landed on the Liaoning aircraft carrier’s flight deck, carrying with it the dream of a powerful national military by the Chinese people for nearly a century. Luo Yang, designer of China's new J-15 fi ghter, died at the age of 51 by cardiac arrest that took place immediately after the successful flight landing mission aboard the carrier Liaoning. Huang Chuanhui, spending four months delving deep into every aspect of Luo Yang’s studies and work, and masterfully evokes Luo Yang’s magnificent life, offered up to the development of China’s aviation industry.