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，就在舉國上下歡慶勝利之時，沈陽飛機(jī)工業(yè)有限公司董事長、殲-15艦載機(jī)研制現(xiàn)場總指揮羅陽卻突發(fā)心肌梗死，因公殉職，英年五十一歲。

《國家的兒子（英文版）》一書的作者歷時四個月，深入羅陽學(xué)習(xí)和工作過的每個地方，訪問了七十多個與羅陽有關(guān)的人物，以報告文學(xué)的方式，用真實感人的細(xì)節(jié)，藝術(shù)地再現(xiàn)了羅陽奉獻(xiàn)給中國航空事業(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.