Chapter 908 My legend is everywhere in the world (New January

After circling for about twenty minutes, the Airbus A320 finally received the order to land.

For the Chinese delegation, participating in the Paris Air Show is actually a piece of cake.

More than ten years ago, China Aviation Industry went abroad for the first time and it was here.

In fact, if we look at the delegation level alone, this year's is not even the largest one.

However, the equipment they brought was definitely heavyweight——

The entire Chinese delegation has a total of 5 aircraft. Excluding an A320 responsible for transporting personnel and an Il-76MF responsible for support tasks, the other three will participate in the exhibition in the form of ground display + aviation performance.

They are a J-10E, a J-9E and a FBC1A, also known as the JH-7A.

The J-7F had participated in too many air shows and its appearance features as a second-generation aircraft were quite obvious, so it ultimately failed to secure a precious spot.

The delegation even considered flying to Paris on a C808 passenger plane.

In this way, there will be one more model that can be exhibited.

But in the end, we had to take into account that the C808 had just been put into commercial operation and was still at a relatively high position on the failure rate bathtub curve. Even when flying domestic routes, sometimes engineers had to be sent by the Shanghai Aircraft Corporation to participate in the maintenance. Rashly flying long-distance international routes, which would require three stopovers in between, would involve relatively high risks.

So I chose a safer option.

Anyway, C808 has already obtained airworthiness certificates from Europe, the United States, China and the CIS, and will have many opportunities to debut in the future.

When the members of the Chinese delegation went down to the tarmac via the gangway, the three exhibition aircraft that had landed ahead of time had already been towed to their respective booths.

The J-9E and FBC1A are parked normally on both sides of the entrance to the Huaxia exhibition area.

But the J-10E was not with the other two, but had another arrangement...

After exchanging pleasantries with the representatives of the French institutions and the representatives of the air show organizers who came to greet him, Guo Ruiqing also arranged the task of setting up the exhibition area in an orderly manner.

He, along with several other people including Yang Quanzhi, wandered around the air show area which had already been divided into sections.

This isn’t exactly hanging out.

In fact, the reason why his superiors asked him, the head of the Science and Technology Development Department, to lead the team to the exhibition this time, instead of asking someone from the foreign trade department or the publicity department to take the lead, itself has another meaning -

We will take this opportunity to track and evaluate the aviation industry level of each participating country and find future development directions.

Therefore, in addition to the normal air show-related tasks, Guo Ruiqing also needs to submit a report on industrial development for the new century after the air show.

However, as the team leader, he would probably be very busy after the air show opens, and would not have much time to visit other countries' exhibition areas.

So we can only take advantage of the period before the official opening of the air show to get as much useful information as possible.

……

If we must find one special thing about this air show, it would probably be the significant increase in the number of Asian countries participating in the exhibition.

In addition to China itself, which is already a familiar face, the Kingdom of David, Japan, South Korea, and India also sent their own delegations.

The exhibition area is not small.

However, as new faces, most products still appear in the form of models or display boards.

Japan, in particular, was restricted by the three principles on arms exports and attended the event in a secretive manner as a "guest" rather than an exhibitor.

However, they still brought a C1 transport plane and a US1 seaplane for real machine demonstrations.

Neither of these two models has any weapons, which can be considered a "borderline" in a sense.

However, in addition to these two conspicuous big guys, Yang Quanzhi keenly noticed that in the corner of the Japanese exhibition area, there were two seemingly inconspicuous models.

One of them is very similar to the F16, but with slight differences in the shape of its wings.

As a manager of Rongfei Group, he could naturally recognize that this was the F2 fighter jet that the Self-Defense Forces had just put into service a few years ago.

Although it is designed based on the F16, its size, especially its wingspan, is much larger than the F16, but its power has not changed.

Compared to a fighter jet, it is closer to an attack aircraft or a fighter-bomber.

In fact, this is also true in the organizational sequence of the Air Self-Defense Force.

As for the other one next to it...

Even as a model, it is a bit too rough and is obviously just a design concept.

If I have to say, it's a bit like a combination of F18 and F22.

Even Yang Quanzhi was unable to recognize it at first, so he had to move closer to take a look.

"Advanced Technology Demonstrator Project X (ATD-X)..."

Yang Quanzhi pushed his glasses up, and at this moment he heard a shutter sound coming from behind him.

He turned around and found that his team leader Guo Ruiqing was standing behind him with a camera in his hand.

"I say, Lao Guo, this kid... this Japanese guy, his mind is not very honest..."

It was not until they entered the next Indian exhibition area that Yang Quanzhi spoke to Guo Ruiqing in Chinese.

Two real transport models were stationed at the door to attract attention, but many combat models were displayed inside to test the reactions of all parties.

This is very consistent with the Japanese character of liking to do sneaky things.

"I can tell."

Guo Ruiqing nodded:

"In recent years, as our development speed has accelerated, the United States has gradually relaxed its control over Japan and South Korea, especially Japan."

"Not to mention anything else, Japan doesn't have wind tunnels and high-altitude test benches. For example, the ATD-X project just mentioned would not have been possible without the help of the Americans."

As they were talking, the two came to a model of an airplane on the Indian side.

Single engine, light, air intakes on both sides, tailless large delta wing...

no doubt.

LCA "Glorious".

Of course, it is now 2001, and only 17 years have passed since the LCA project was officially launched.

For a third-generation fighter, this span is not too exaggerated.

In addition, the prototype has not yet made its first flight, resulting in no one knowing the details of this model.

Therefore, adhering to the principle of being lenient towards the enemy, Guo Ruiqing still carefully took some photos of the model.

Compared to their Japanese counterparts who had just behaved quite coldly and even somewhat hostilely, the two Indian guys standing here were quite enthusiastic.

Seeing that there were finally people stopping in front of their booth, he didn't care about anything and started talking with a stream of witty remarks.

The only problem was that, since Chinglish and Hindi English were completely not in the same language system, and the two of them were speaking very quickly, Guo Ruiqing and Yang Quanzhi looked at each other in confusion, and no one understood what the other was saying.

In the end, he could only express his friendship and blessings briefly, and then ran away at the speed of light.

There is even less excitement about South Korea and the Kingdom of David.

Therefore, after taking a brief look at the situation of his Asian counterparts, Guo Ruiqing decided to focus his main attention on the European exhibition area.

It is called the "European Exhibition Area", but it is actually the main exhibition area of this air show.

In order to facilitate the media to take unified photos, the more eye-catching models were parked together before the opening.

Just after walking a few steps inside, everyone saw many classic scenes such as F15E and Su-27SM sitting in a row, and Rafale and Typhoon facing off head-on.

He is really not afraid of big trouble.

The J-10E brought by China was parked not far from the European Twin Winds together with Saab's JAS39.

"Good guy..."

Guo Ruiqing raised his camera and took a group photo of the four planes.

Four models that all adopted the canard + large delta wing design appeared in the same photo.

I'm afraid there won't be many such opportunities in the future...

Then he walked closer to several planes.

And Yang Quanzhi followed closely behind.

The aviation industry, especially Aviation Industry Rongfei, is still paying close attention to Rafale and Typhoon.

After all, it is a product of the same level as the J-10E.

Although in actual operation, it is not possible to compete...

In addition to the aircraft, the UK actually also brought its power, the EJ200 engine.

It is placed next to EF2000 and exhibited as a separate exhibit.

As an old enemy that has been confronting Britain for hundreds of years, the French naturally did not want to be outdone and also displayed the M88 engine separately.

Since that was the case, since he was already there, Guo Ruiqing just looked at them one by one in order.

until……

"hiss……"

When he walked to the display board of the M88-2 engine, he suddenly saw a few Chinese characters on it.

To be precise, it is a logo with a few Chinese characters printed on it——

An abstract shape that looks like a spinning aircraft engine fan.

It says below...

China Aerospace Development.

Further down is the English abbreviation.

AECC.

That’s right, the LOGO of China Aviation Power Group.

The logo is printed side by side with the Snecma Group's logo in the corner of the M88-2 engine display board.