Chapter 135: A gorgeous appearance (additional update for flankerr’s reward)

When Chang Haonan returned his attention to Yao Mengna sitting opposite, he found that the latter's mood seemed much lower than before.

After thinking about it, he felt that it was probably because the senior sister also heard the conversation between the two reporters just now.

For people who have never experienced the Internet era and have not seen the lower limits of these media, the words of the old reporter are indeed very uncomfortable.

Therefore, Chang Haonan feels that as a man, he should take the initiative to find some topics that can make the other party happy:

"Senior sister, how do you think everyone will react during the flight show tomorrow afternoon?"

Yao Mengna used chopsticks to turn over the food on the plate in front of her, and she couldn't help but think silently: "I chose it, I chose it..."

Only then did he finally maintain his dignity.

But in fact, she didn't hear the second half of the conversation between the two people next to her.

"Since there have been newspaper reports, the audience should be looking forward to the appearance of the new aircraft itself."

Now that the topic has been discussed, Yao Mengna thought seriously for a while before answering:

"However, even if they can guess the aircraft model, they can never guess its performance. Besides, there are other things in our exhibition area."

Although there are also wall-climbing parties in this era, due to the speed of information transmission, the test flight status of the J-8C will not be known to too many people.

"Indeed, these two people are quite right..." Chang Haonan shook his head helplessly.

No matter what the starting point of the reporter surnamed Liu was, he really got into trouble.

……

On the opening day of the air show, Chang Haonan got up early and arrived at the main venue at the International Air Show Center at dawn.

As the host, the preparation time left for China Aviation Industry is longer after all. Unlike many exhibitors who arrived yesterday afternoon or even evening and need to set up their booths overnight, so he simply took advantage of the fact that there were not many people. Walked around the venue.

Since the main body of China's export of air force weapons and equipment is China Aviation Technology Import and Export Co., Ltd., the aviation industry group personnel who came to the exhibition this time, no matter which research institute or manufacturing plant they belong to, all claim to the outside world that they are personnel of the aviation technology company. , including indoor exhibition halls and outdoor exhibition areas, are also arranged together.

The Xiangzhou Air Show is not the first air show in China, but it is the first air show in China that arranges actual displays and flight performances. It is completely different from the Beijing Air Show, which only has an indoor part and is nicknamed the "model show". Not on the same level.

Therefore, various factories in the aviation industry have basically come up with their own products.

除了601的歼8IIM之外，洪都650所带来了强5M攻击机和K8教练机、冰城602所带来了直9直升机，蓉城611所带来了歼7MG……

Chang Haonan even saw something in the outdoor exhibition area that was definitely not exhibited in the original timeline——

The No. 60 prototype of the MA-02.

In fact, let alone participating in the exhibition, there was no such aircraft in the previous life.

What's even more exaggerated is that the display panel in front of the aircraft even has the logos of China Aviation Industry and Italy's AgustaWestland...

Obviously, after replacing the new wing design with the core competitiveness of focusing on fuel economy, this regional passenger aircraft project is progressing quite smoothly.

In the aviation industry exhibition area, which is the most conspicuous and closest to the runway of Xiangzhou Airport, there is still an empty space.

Next to the empty seat was a slender cylindrical object covered by a rainproof cloth, and the display board in front was also covered with thick white paper.

This is of course prepared for the J-8C that has not yet appeared.

In the section of foreign exhibitors, Chang Haonan also found some differences.

AgustaWestland has brought two general-purpose helicopters, the A109 and A119. The latter even just completed its first flight last year, which is considered its first public appearance.

It's enough to see that they attach great importance to it.

You must know that the current Xiangzhou Air Show is not as good as it will be in the future. Although it has received a lot of attention, foreign countries, especially Western countries, mainly just watch the show, and the exhibits they bring are mainly models.

Some Western media even stated very bluntly in their reports that the historical value of the Xiangzhou Air Show is higher than its commercial and technical value——

The meaning is very clear. It is the air show held by China, but you can only show the aircraft equivalent to our level twenty or thirty years ago. It naturally looks like a cultural relics exhibition.

Similar taunts in previous lives continued even into the first decade of the new century.

After going around in circles, when Chang Haonan returned to the exhibition area belonging to the aviation industry, the sky was already bright, and staff from other research institutes had also arrived one after another.

There are even many acquaintances of Chang Haonan among them.

For example, Lu Yuying from the 611 Institute and Yi Yuanhe from the 606 Institute.

But now is not a good time for small talk.

Because there have been more reporters and exhibitors coming from Haojiang, as well as tourists coming from Xiangzhou City and even surrounding cities.

Even though Chang Haonan knew the appeal of the Xiangzhou Air Show, the scene in front of him far exceeded his imagination.

In fact, it far exceeded the imagination of the air show organizers.

In order to cope with this air show, Xiangzhou specially built a new two-way six-lane highway. It is said that the locals scolded it for a long time and thought it was impossible to use it.

However, the road was now almost impassable with vehicles coming and going. Until almost noon, many people were still stuck on the road and could not enter the venue.

Not only that, there are no fences around most of the aircraft on display, because the original plan was to rely on staff to maintain order. There was no official food and water for sale on site, and there was not even a rest area with seats in the huge venue... …

In short, despite several years of preparation, the first Xiangzhou Air Show still opened in such a chaotic scene.

Unsurprisingly, even though Chang Haonan was in the background of the staff, he could hear the complaints from the tourists around him.

Also because of the "warm-up" by media people including but not limited to Lao Liu, most people's expectations for this air show are already full, even though the two Flankers are parked in a very conspicuous position near the airport runway. , but most visitors who come to visit will still rush to the Chinese exhibition area first after entering.

As a result, as you can see at a glance, there seems to be nothing that can be called a "surprise" in the venue.

The only relatively new one is the J-8IIM, but anyone who often pays attention to air force equipment has already known about it, and has even seen this aircraft in magazines and reports.

"what the hell……"

In the crowd, a young man with a camera hanging around his neck curled his lips in dissatisfaction.

He took a leave of absence from school after seeing the article in the newspaper.

They even spent a lot of money to stay in the hotel closest to the air show center.

As a result, after arriving at the scene, my enthusiasm was completely dampened as if a bucket of ice water had been poured down my head.

"There are no new planes..."

However, even though he was here, he still took a few photos without interest, and then prepared to go to the Russian exhibitor's exhibition area next door.

"I only brought two rolls of film in total, so we can't waste it on these things."

The young man said to himself and shook his head.

However, the moment he turned around, a sharp roar that became louder and louder suddenly came from the air behind him.

He turned around and saw a slender fighter jet slowly growing in size in his field of vision.

When passing over the venue, the plane made a special move of shaking left and right, as if to say hello to the crowd on the ground.

It was also through this action that some sharp-eyed people saw the eye-catching red fonts printed on the side of the cabin.

J-8C.