Chapter 908 My legend is everywhere in the world (New January, please vote~)
After circling for about twenty minutes, the Airbus A320 finally received the landing order.
For the Chinese delegation, participating in the Paris Air Show is actually something they are familiar with.
More than ten years ago, China Aviation Industry came here for the first time when it went abroad.
In fact, if you look at the delegation level alone, this year is not even the largest one.
However, the equipment brought is 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, and the other three The exhibition will be held in the form of ground exhibition + air show.
They are a J-10E, a J-9E and an FBC1A, which is the J-H-7A.
Because the J-7F has participated in too many air shows, and the appearance characteristics of the second-generation aircraft are still relatively obvious, it ultimately failed to get a valuable spot.
The delegation even considered whether to fly 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 still have to consider that after all, the C808 has just been put into commercial operation and is still at a high position on the bathtub curve of failure rate. Even if it flies domestic routes, sometimes the Shanghai Aircraft Group has to send engineers to participate in the guarantee. , rashly flying long-distance international routes, with three stops in between, the risk is relatively high.
So I chose a safer plan.
Anyway, C808 has obtained airworthiness certificates from four European, American, Chinese and CIS companies, and there will be many opportunities to debut in the future.
When the members of the Chinese delegation descended to the apron through the ramp, the three exhibiting aircraft that had landed early had already been towed to their respective booths.
The JJ-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 other arrangements...
I was chatting with the representatives of the agencies stationed in France and the representatives of the air show organizer who came to greet me. After talking for a while, Guo Ruiqing also arranged the task of decorating the exhibition area in an orderly manner.
As for himself, he took several others, including Yang Quanzhi, to wander around the air show area that had been divided into zones.
This isn't exactly just hanging out.
In fact, the reason why the superiors asked him, the head of the Science and Technology Development Department, to lead a team to participate in the exhibition this time, instead of asking someone from the foreign trade or publicity department to take the lead, has another meaning in itself——
< br>Take this opportunity to track and judge the aviation industry level of each participating country and find the future development direction.
So, in addition to the normal air show-related tasks, Guo Ruiqing also needs to submit an industry development report for the new century after the air show.
However, as the leader of the team, he would be extremely busy after the air show opened, and it would be impossible for him to have a large amount of time to see the conditions in 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 feature of this air show, it would be that the number of Asian countries participating in the show has increased significantly.
In addition to China itself, which is already an old face, David, Japan, South Korea, and India also sent their own delegations.
The scale of the exhibition area is not small.
However, as a new face, most products still appear in the form of models or display boards.
Japan, in particular, was restricted by the Three Principles on Arms Exports, so it still attended in the name of "guests" instead of exhibitors.
However, they still brought a C1 transport plane and a US1 seaplane for real aircraft display -
Both models are unarmed, which is a sense of security. "edge ball".
However, in addition to these two conspicuous big guys, Yang Quanzhi keenly noticed that there were two seemingly inconspicuous models placed in the corner of the Japanese exhibition area.
One of them is highly similar to an F16, but there are some slight differences in the shape of the wings.
As a manager of the Rongfei Group, he could naturally recognize that this was an F2 fighter jet that the Self-Defense Force had just put into service a few years ago.
Although it is based on the F16, its size, especially its wingspan, is much larger than that of the F16, but its power has not changed.
Compared to a fighter, it is closer to an attack aircraft, or a fighter-bomber.
In fact, this is indeed the case in the establishment sequence of the Air Self-Defense Force.
As for the other one next to it...
Even as a model, it's a bit too rough, and it's obviously just a design concept.
If I have to say it, it’s a bit like a combination of F18 and F22.
Even Yang Quanzhi couldn't recognize it for a while, so he had to get closer and take a look.
"Advanced Technology Demonstration Machine Project
He turned around and discovered that the team leader Guo Ruiqing was standing behind him, holding a camera in his hand.
"I said Lao Guo, this little... this Japanese is not very honest..."
It was not until he entered the next Indian exhibition area that Yang Quanzhi spoke to Guo Ruiqing in Chinese said.
Two real transport models were sent to attract attention at the door, but there were many combat models inside to test the reaction of various parties.
It is very consistent with the Japanese character who likes to be sneaky and make small moves.
"It can be seen."
Guo Ruiqing nodded:
"In recent years, as our development speed has accelerated, the United States has gradually relaxed its attitude toward Japan and South Korea, especially Japanese control. "If nothing else, Japan does not have wind tunnels or high-altitude test rigs. It would be impossible to establish a project like the ATD-X just now without the help of the Americans."
While talking, the two came to an airplane model in India.
Single engine, light weight, air intakes on both sides, tailless delta wing...
There is no doubt about it.
LCA "Brilliance".
Of course, it is 2001 now, only 17 years have passed since the LCA project was officially established.
For a third-generation fighter jet, this span is not very exaggerated.
In addition, the prototype has never made its first flight, so no one knows the details of this model.
So, adhering to the principle of showing leniency to the enemy, Guo Ruiqing still took photos and records of this model seriously.
Compared to their Japanese colleagues who were quite cold and even a bit hostile just now, the two Indian guys standing here are very enthusiastic.
When they finally saw someone stopping in front of their booth, no matter what, they came up with a lot of witty remarks.
The only problem is that since Chinglish and Hinglish are not in the same language system at all, and the two of them speak very fast, Guo Ruiqing and Yang Quanzhi look at each other. , no one understood what the other person was saying.
In the end, I could only briefly express my friendship and blessings, and then run away at the speed of light.
After that, Korea and the Kingdom of David had even less bright spots.
Therefore, after briefly visiting the situation of his Asian counterparts, Guo Ruiqing decided to focus on the European exhibition area.
It is said to be 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 gimmicky models were parked together before the opening.
Just a few steps after walking in, everyone saw many classic scenes such as F15E and Su-27SM sitting side by side, as well as Rafale and Typhoon going head-to-head.
I am really not afraid of big things.
The J-10E brought by China, together with Saab's JAS39, was parked not far from the European Shuangfeng.
"Good guy..."
Guo Ruiqing raised the camera and took a group photo of the four planes.
Four models that all use canard + delta wing designs appear in one photo at the same time.
I'm afraid there won't be many opportunities like this in the future...
Immediately afterwards, he walked close to several planes.
And Yang Quanzhi followed closely behind.
For gusts and typhoons, the aviation industry, especially the aviation industry Rongfei, is still more concerned.
After all, it is considered the same level product of the J-10E.
Although it cannot compete in actual operation...
In addition to aircraft, the UK actually also brought its power, the EJ200 engine.
Place it next to EF2000 and display it as a separate exhibit.
As an old enemy that has been tit-for-tat with the British for hundreds of years, the French were naturally not to be outdone, and also put out the M88 engine alone.
In this case, when they came, Guo Ruiqing read 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 square words on it.
To be precise, it is a LOGO with several square words printed on it——
An abstract shape that looks like an aircraft engine fan spinning.
The following reads...
China Airlines.
Further down is the English abbreviation.
AECC.
That's right, the LOGO of China Aerospace Power Group.
It is printed side by side with the Snecma Group's LOGO in the corner of the M88-2 engine display board.
“Huh?”
Looking at this familiar yet unfamiliar name, Guo Ruiqing felt numb all over:
“The most basic trust between people What?”
"Isn't it better not to bring physical objects to the exhibition..."
(End of this chapter)