2012年11月23日，遼寧艦成功完成艦載機(jī)殲-15起降訓(xùn)練，為了這一天，中華民族等了近百年。然而，就在舉國(guó)上下歡慶勝利之時(shí)，沈陽(yáng)飛機(jī)工業(yè)有限公司董事長(zhǎng)、殲-15艦載機(jī)研制現(xiàn)場(chǎng)總指揮羅陽(yáng)卻突發(fā)心肌梗死，因公殉職，英年五十一歲。

《國(guó)家的兒子（英文版）》一書(shū)的作者歷時(shí)四個(gè)月，深入羅陽(yáng)學(xué)習(xí)和工作過(guò)的每個(gè)地方，訪問(wèn)了七十多個(gè)與羅陽(yáng)有關(guān)的人物，以報(bào)告文學(xué)的方式，用真實(shí)感人的細(xì)節(jié)，藝術(shù)地再現(xiàn)了羅陽(yáng)奉獻(xiàn)給中國(guó)航空事業(yè)的悲壯人生。

This was no ordinary flight when the J-15 fighter jet took off and landed on the Liaoning aircraft carriers flight deck, carrying with it the dream of a powerful national military by the Chinese people for nearly a century. Luo Yang, designer of Chinas new J-15 fighter, 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 Yangs studies and work, and masterfully evokes Luo Yangs magnificent life, offered up to the development of Chinas aviation industry.