Chapter 420 Farnborough Airshow
"-14!" outside a plane. Tourists couldn't help but shout loudly. They saw the plane and were excited.
In May this year, the movie shot by the US Navy, Top Gun, was released worldwide. The box office of this movie was full. All viewers, even ordinary people who had never been exposed to fighter jets, also became very interested in this fighter jet. When the plane swept back the wings, it was so handsome.
After the release of this movie, more and more young people signed up to participate in the US Navy, and they went for the tomcats.
Not only the United States, but also Europeans' love for tomcats has increased greatly. Now, looking at this tomcat, everyone is excited to stand outside the cordon and take a photo with this fighter jet.
"Hey, the sign on the vertical tail of this fighter is not from the US Navy?" At this moment, a careful tourist discovered the problem.
"That's the Pakistan Air Force. Look at the stars and the crescent moon, it's Pakistan." Another tourist was a military fan and immediately said: "Although the US Navy has equipped a large number of Tomcat fighters, it is the Pakistan Air Force who has really used this fighter and created countless shot down results. They killed countless Soviet aircraft! Even the latest MiG29 and Su-27 are not opponents of the Pakistan Air Force."
"Yes, I heard that the Su-27 is the most advanced fighter jet in the Soviet Union. It would be great if I could see Soviet planes at this air show." Another tourist said.
Su-27! In the eyes of all military fans, this smooth-shaped fighter jet is very attractive, but this is an air show in the Western world, and the Soviet Union seems to have never participated in it much.
"I saw two planes there, it seemed to be from the Soviet Union." Another voice.
The Soviet Union? These military fans and tourists ran over. When they got closer, they immediately took a breath in their hearts, Su 27!
The air intake on the belly of the aircraft is like being mounted on the air intake and the engine. The pilot's cockpit is high on it, and the pilot is like riding a horse. The fluent lines make the fighter look very beautiful.
"It seems that the Su-27 and the MiG-29 are very similar. How do you distinguish these two types of fighter jets?" said a tourist.
Next to the booth here is the MiG 29, which looks so similar.
"The MiG 29 is a light fighter, and the Su 27 is a heavy fighter. From the outside, the MiG 29's back is a little bulge, while the Su 27 looks slender. If you want to see it at a glance, just look at the tailbone. The two engines of the Su 27 have a tailbone in the middle, which is the biggest difference." This tourist is a veteran military fan, and he immediately made the difference clear.
Many people looked at it and found that these differences were very intuitive.
"I heard that the Su-27 made Tomcat fighter jets storm over the battlefield in Afghanistan," said a tourist: "The Soviets' aviation technology is far from that, even the United States' fighter jets ten years ago could not beat."
"Yes, that's right. I heard that the Soviets began to push the Su-27 into the international market. Iraq has begun negotiating with the Soviets. If you want to introduce such a fighter, I just don't know if it will be a monkey version again."
In any case, this unique plane still attracted the attention of many people. There were more and more tourists watching in the stands here.
Asiders watch the excitement, while experts look at the tricks. Su-27, the most advanced fighter of the Soviet Union, was first shown to the eyes of Westerners. What they saw was the fusion of wing bodies under the smooth appearance, the large edge wings, and the huge nose left enough space for advanced radars, and the improvement of maneuverability brought by the double-engine and double-vertical tail. They could even guess where the center of gravity of the aircraft was and where the focus was.
The ones displayed outside are all finished planes, attracting a lot of people. On the other side, in the indoor exhibition hall, the main ones on display are models.
The British are still the most enthusiastic and the largest. They show many aircraft models in their stands. As the pride of independently developing fighter jets in Britain, the Pegasus engine of the Harrier fighter was even half dissected, revealing the turbines and other components inside, and placed directly in the most conspicuous position in the stands.
A few years ago, during the British-Ama War, the Harrier fighter made a big splash, which made the British very confident in their hearts and wanted to promote the Harrier to more countries.
Therefore, it is their important task to showcase the performance of our own fighter jets with the help of the Famburg Roy Air Show.
And in the entire indoor exhibition hall, in the most inconspicuous corner, a new airline participated.
The above is written in English, South Asia Aviation Industry Co., Ltd., and below, there is a string of tadpole text.
This stand is very small and has no practical results. It is all models, so few people stop here.
There is a Nikon camera hanging on the front chest, and the lens on the front is as thick as a toilet paper roll. Such a cannon lens is very suitable for lengthening the focal length and taking photos of various effects. Those who have this kind of camera must be professional photographers and journalists.
Wearing a denim suit, this is a common Western journalist. The sign hanging around his neck says that his name is Wilson, a reporter from the New York Daily News, and his real identity is a CIA agent in the UK.
Wilson was strolling around. The air show was open and there was no secret at all. There was no valuable information here. He wanted to get close contact with the Su-27, but was also stopped. This task was completed by someone else.
So he could only wander around here boredly and come to this cold exhibition stand.
When his camera was aimed at the model on the exhibition stand, his eyes suddenly widened.
This is an aircraft with a more peculiar shape. Compared with the streamlined appearance of ordinary aircraft, this aircraft is simply an alien. The lower part of the fuselage is completely flat and a flat surface. The upper part of the fuselage bulges together in the middle, like a big sausage. Including the canopy cover, it is not the current bubble cockpit, but the glass on three sides is completely integrated with the fuselage, and the engine's air intake is also above the fuselage.
The back of the plane is zigzag-shaped. This kind of plane is almost like a big flying wing, and even has no tail wing!
"Is this a uo?" Wilson couldn't help but mutter, and at the same time, he pressed the shutter and took a photo.
Chapter completed!