The annual aviation exhibition opens grandly under the eyes of many countries!
Airlines from various countries gathered together, and even some countries’ homegrown fighter jets participated in the exhibition.
Several J-7 fighter jets, puffing out colorful smoke, rolled in formation in the blue sky.
Make a variety of beautiful flying movements.
"Mr. Song, when will our fighter jets appear?" Zhang Xingyang put down the telescope in his hand and asked Song Tianxing next to him.
Just past was the Air Force's aerobatic display team. Although their aerobatic performances were very enjoyable to watch, basically only the public liked to watch them.
As for people in the industry and some military fans, they are more concerned about the domestic third-generation aircraft that have been circulating in the gossip.
"We are the last ones."
Song Tianxing looked at the Air Force flight demonstration team flying farther and farther in the distance, turned his head and smiled and said:
"After all, the best thing is to appear in the finale!"
What was on display at the air show this time was the latest improved version of the J-10.
A modified version of the J-10 capable of supersonic cruise, stealth combat, and carrying the Pili 9D over-the-horizon air-to-air missile.
This air show is not only attended by domestic fighter jets. Damao, which has a good relationship with us, also sent their latest model of Su-27 and improved Su-30MKK fighter jets this time.
The sky blue-painted fighter jets roared into the sky, leaving their own white marks in the sky that was originally like a blue gem.
As the commercial representative of DaMao at this air show, Ivanov frowned and watched the flight performance of the Su-30MKK fighter jet, and said to Antonov who was on a business trip with him:
"Do you think they have really developed a third-generation aircraft, little Anton?"
Although Antonov is much younger than Ivanov, his sense of business is much better than that of Ivanov.
He nodded and said: "Since they dare to release the news that the third-generation aircraft will be displayed at this air show, then the development must be completed."
But his next sentence changed the topic: "But I don't think their third-generation aircraft can match our Su-30MKK fighter jets."
"They will definitely order fighter jets from us eventually!"
"Uncle Ivan, don't worry!"
It's not that Antonov is just being confident. The Su-30MKK at this time is actually a very excellent third-and-a-half-generation fighter.
As a fighter-bomber improved on the basis of the Su-27, it can not only complete air-to-ground combat, but also has ultra-low-altitude continuous flight capabilities, good maneuverability, and even certain stealth performance.
Putting it among all the third-generation fighter jets in the world, it can have a place.
After being comforted by Antonov in this way, Ivanov no longer had the original worries, but laughed heartily:
"In this world, there is no better fighter than the Su-30!"
Just when the people of Da Mao's Rulica Saturn Production and Research Complex were bragging about the superiority of their own fighter jets.
Guests from Gaul gathered to discuss their own fighter jets.
At this time, although Gaul's military industry had declined to a certain extent, it still maintained its fighter production industry.
At this time, Dassault was still one of the top companies in the world capable of producing third-generation fighter jets.
"What kind of fourth-generation machine do you think the people of Longguo will come up with this time?"
Coren looked at Maozi who was laughing in the distance from a distance, and asked Francis behind him without looking back.
The Gauls adopt the same standard for classifying fighter aircraft generations as Eagle Sauce. In their eyes, the Su-27 and the new generation fighter jets that Dragon Kingdom is about to display are all fourth-generation aircraft.
"I'm not sure, but I think it will definitely exceed those idiots' expectations."
Francis also looked at Mao Zi who was as happy as two Siberian hamsters in the distance, and said calmly.
"What's the reason?"
"Why do you think so?"
As the actual person in charge of Dassault's aviation exhibition, Colen actually didn't have much favorable impressions of Longguo.
He is the kind of person who is despised by Francis and who still clings to the Cold War mentality in this era.
There is still camp-like hatred for this country that has begun to rise and embrace the world.
"At least from a material level, their progress in the past two years has been rapid!"
Francis spent most of the past two years in the Dragon Kingdom.
He has a deeper and clearer understanding of the situation in the Dragon Kingdom.
"When we first started working together, their annual output was no more than 1,600 tons."
"In less than two years, their output has tripled to more than 4,500 tons."
Having said this, Francis stared at Column closely and said:
"How long has it been since our domestically produced products have seen an increase in production!"
"And their material performance has improved by nearly 15% in such a short period of time!"
When saying this, Francis almost pointed at Colum's nose and cursed:
"Those old men in China are still holding on to their past glory and don't want to see more of the world!"
"Let them see it!"
"If we fail to keep up with others, we will face failure in the next era!!"
Facing the abuse that his subordinate almost pointed at his nose, Coren's face darkened.
But he also knew that what Francis said was true, but he did not have the ability to solve it.
All he could do was scold: "I asked you to tell me what's possible with their fourth-generation machine!"
"I'm not asking you to express your personal thoughts about the company!"
Francis didn't care very much, spread his hands, and then closed his mouth.
"No matter what, their fighter jets are definitely not as good as Dassault's latest Rafale fighter jets!"
Colen said angrily to Francis.
Although the Rafale fighter jets have not officially entered service at this time, it will only be a short period of time before they actually enter service.
In the opinion of most people at Dassault, the performance of its own Rafale fighter jets is not inferior to that of many fourth-generation aircraft at this time, including the F-16 and Su-27!
Just when Colen finished scolding Francis, the penultimate fighter formation also completed its performance.
The J-10, as the most anticipated fighter jet at this air show, is finally about to make its debut.
The first to appear was the J-10's two-plane formation, one behind the other!
The two-plane formation slowly drove out of the runway. After a brief taxiing, it took off like a green onion on dry land!
"Their engine performance appears to be better than we previously suspected!"
Antonov frowned and said to Ivanov beside him.
The two of them knew more. They had known long ago that Longguo had completed the production of its own engines.
However, the specific performance is not so clear. Seeing such a short take-off distance this time, I know that the engine performance of the fighter jet is much better than that of the AL-31F.
After taking off, during the ascending process, the two J-10s completed the ascending roll with almost identical movements.
During the entire rolling process, it was like looking in a mirror, with no slight difference in the movements of the two aircraft.
"The cooperation between them is very tacit!" Zhang Xingyang was also a little surprised when he saw this scene.
Although I have seen many scenes of the J-10 performing various difficult actions during testing before, this is the first time I have seen this scene of almost the same action.
"The flight team put in a lot of effort for this performance."
Song Tianxing was not stingy in praising the pilots and said with a smile:
"This is not the most exciting thing, there will be even more awesome things to come!"
After the tumbling J-10 fighter plane leveled off, it turned on the aircraft's afterburner.
The sound barrier was broken almost instantly, and two beautiful sound barrier clouds appeared in the sky.
Then it climbed rapidly from the sky above the viewing platform at a high speed of Mach 2.85.
When the fuselage almost showed an angle of 45 degrees, it began to continue rolling and released the jamming bombs under the belly of the fuselage!
"The acceleration performance of their fighter jets is so strong?"
Coren was also frowning at this time, looking at the J-10 fighter jet that could no longer be seen in the sky.
Although there is no professional speed measuring device at hand, based on many years of experience in the industry, the acceleration performance of the J-10 is already superior to their Rafale fighter jets that have not yet officially entered service!
"I've already said it would catch us by surprise." Francis didn't particularly care about this matter. After all, the fighter jet business didn't have much to do with him.
At this time, there were two more J-10 fighter jets on the ground that looked slightly different and began to taxi on the runway.
"They also launched two models of fighter jets at once?"
Coren's frown deepened at this time.
Although generally speaking, after completing the development of a fighter platform, the development of subsequent models will be faster, it is still relatively rare to launch two different models at once.
In fact, what took off at the beginning was a relatively initial model of the J-10, which did not use carbon fiber materials on a large scale. The fuselage was relatively heavy, and it was not equipped with a full thrust version of the WS-10 engine.
Therefore, it cannot fly at supersonic speeds without turning on afterburner.
Moreover, no stealth coating is applied, and the radar reflection area is relatively large.
The next two aircraft that took off were the ultimate modified versions of the J-10S!
The two J-10s that started to take off still needed 300 meters to complete their takeoff even though they were only equipped with two close-range air-to-air combat bombs.
However, the two subsequent J-10S were hit by four short-range air-to-air combat missiles and two PL9D long-range air-to-air missiles.
It only took 270 meters to complete the takeoff!
This time, not only professional aviation professionals discovered this, but even some more attentive military fans discovered this.
"Is the takeoff distance this time a little closer?"
The military reporter holding a SLR in the stands asked his companions with some uncertainty.
"Have it?"
"I didn't pay much attention."
Unexpectedly, the other party had already been attracted by the four war eagles in the sky at this time and did not notice this.
The two J-10S that took off later easily crossed the sound barrier without turning on afterburner.
Two almost identical sound barrier clouds were born in the sky.
"Did they not turn on the afterburner?"
As a professional aviation expert, Antonov couldn't believe his own judgment at this time and asked Ivanov next to him.
"Are their engines that powerful?"
As one of the top leaders of the Rurica Saturn Production and Research Complex, Ivanov knows more.
He once saw the test flight scene of the latest fourth-generation aircraft, the Su-47.
Although the shapes of the two are different, they are almost exactly the same when entering supersonic cruise as they are now!
"How do they achieve supersonic cruise?!"
Just when Ivanov was confused.
The two J-10S in the sky also turned on their engine afterburners, and their speed instantly surged above Mach 3.
It only took a little time to catch up with the two J-10s flying at Mach 2.85 in the sky!
Because of the semi-stealth fuselage design and stealth coating, the radar systems of the two J-10s in front failed to detect the two trackers behind them.
It was almost when they reached a distance that could be visually detected that the two J-10s in front realized that they were being tracked and locked!
So he quickly started to climb high and roll, trying to get rid of the two J-10S behind him.
However, the maneuverability of the two J-10S was better. Even if the two J-10s in front tried their best, they could not escape.
After realizing that there was really no way to escape, the two J-10s also understood that if they were in a real air combat scene, they would have been shot down.
So according to the predetermined rules, he began to slowly lower his height and prepare to land.
Just as the two J-10 fighter jets completed their landing, the two J-10 S aircraft in the sky suddenly broke out of their formation.
While everyone was still shocked by the chase that had just been staged, an even more surprising performance took place.
After climbing to a certain height, the J-10S suddenly seemed to have stopped its engine and lost power.
And after the pilot's operation, it began to slowly fall like a fallen leaf.
"Super maneuverability without radius descent and turning?!!"
Looking at the shocking scene in front of him, Antonov couldn't help blurting out.
After all, before this, their Su-27 was almost the only one in the world that could do this.
As an aviation expert, Antonov had never seen other fighter jets make this move before.
This is also something they mention every time when they brag about the maneuverability of their fighter jets.
The ordinary people in the stands still don't know the significance of this action performed by the J-10S.
Some people even thought that there was something wrong with the fighter engine and it was going to crash.
"Oh my God!"
A female reporter with a somewhat crooked accent couldn't help shouting when she saw this scene:
"It's not going to fall down!"
At this time, the J-10S fighter jet, which was about to fall to the ground, quickly leveled off and flew out in an extremely smooth manner.
"Mr. Song, is this engine equipped with the latest binary vector engine?"
Zhang Xingyang and the surrounding crowd applauded together and asked.
"Not yet. There are enough things on display this time."
Song Tianxing clapped his hands as hard as he could: "What the higher-ups mean is to scare them a little bit."
"Don't expose all our family background."
At this time, another J-10S fighter also flew from the other side of the sky.
And during the flight, the nose of the fighter jet was constantly raised. When it reached the front of the viewing platform, the angle reached a terrifying 120 degrees!
The person driving this J-10S was Lei Gang. He had done this Cobra maneuver nearly a hundred times during the test flight and was very skilled.
The J-10S fighter flew over the viewing platform at a high speed of hundreds of kilometers per hour, and then quickly returned to the horizontal stage.
More people knew about this action, and there was a burst of cheers from the viewing platform.
Even ordinary viewers have already understood the super maneuverability of the fighter in front of them!
As for other professional aviation practitioners, their jaws almost dropped in shock!
"Falling leaves!"
"Pugachev Cobra Maneuver!"
At this time, Francis also looked at the fighter jet that had flown away with a surprised look on his face and said:
"It seems that the people of the Dragon Kingdom have really come up with a fighter jet with excellent performance this time!"
(End of chapter)
