Farnbrough International Airport, Hampshire, United Kingdom

The weather in Britain in September was cool and pleasant, but it could not stop the enthusiasm of the air show, and in the first week of September 1991, the biennial Farnnbrough International Air Show was held as scheduled.

Unlike previous air shows, this year's Farnborough was filled with the joy of a victor from the inside out.

At the beginning of the year, the US-led multinational force swept through Iraq and liberated Kuwait.

In the middle of the year, the domestic situation in the Soviet Union continued to be turbulent, and the republics were ready to move, until the 819 incident last month, which completely broke out the domestic contradictions in the Soviet Union, and then the three Baltic countries took the lead in independence, followed by Belarus, Georgia, and Moldova successively declared independence.

By this point, the Soviet Union, which had been a powerful force in the past, had de facto collapsed.

In less than a year, the West has swept across the Middle East, the East has fallen apart, and people are witnessing history and celebrating the dawn of a new era.

As one of the world's three major air shows, the Farnborough Air Show has captured this heart, and this air show is particularly festive.

Not only did the participating countries set a new record, but the exhibitors also reached a saturation level.

In particular, in the United States, not to mention the fact that US aviation companies have gone out in full swing, the US Air Force has also come over to join in the fun, lining up the main aircraft models participating in the Gulf War and filling up the most eye-catching exhibition area.

So much so that the local British media exclaimed that the air show was not so much a commercial exposition as a show off after the US Air Force's victory.

The US Air Force responded even more bluntly to this blunt comment from the media: "The US Air Force is taking advantage of this air show to convey to its allies and other good countries an indisputable fact that a strong US military is the guarantee of this world's security affairs." ”

If this had been put in the past, the US Air Force dared to say this, and even if the Soviet Air Force and the Territorial Defense Force did not teach the US Air Force to "be a man" every minute, they would have exposed their biceps and asked Lao Mei what he meant by what he just said.

But now the Soviet Union is terminally ill, let alone brightening the biceps, and it doesn't even have the strength to bare its teeth, so it is inevitable that the US military will be arrogant and domineering.

With the support of the US Air Force, the confidence of the United States in large, medium, and small aviation manufacturing is naturally surprisingly sufficient; although it will not be forced to buy and sell at the air show, with the technological superiority of the United States in aerospace dominating the world, the entire transaction volume is still showing a one-sided trend.

In particular, aviation giants such as Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, Northrop, Lockheed, and Grumman account for more than half of the entire air show trading volume.

In contrast, it is much more embarrassing for European domestic aviation manufacturers, especially Airbus, although it has also received orders at the air show, but it is far from being comparable with similar manufacturers in the United States in terms of quality and quantity.

Even some of the aircraft orders are reached through other intergovernmental deals, and the posture is the same as getting married in China, having a baby, and holding a banquet, and the guests come with a molecule.

How much is a meaning, the key is to maintain relations between the two countries, as for orders such as Airbus, people really don't care.

In the face of this situation, European aviation manufacturers such as Airbus cannot be depressed.

However, the depressed Europe is nothing compared to Director Zhao, who led the team to participate in the air show in China, you must know that he has been chased by a bunch of Western media reporters in the past few days and asked:

Do the aircraft produced in China use high-end aviation materials of the Tengfei series?

As the competent authority of China's aerospace industry, has it launched an investigation into the bad behavior of the Ascendas Group?

Director Zhao is not answering, not answering, no way, it is really these Western media are too good at digging pits, let alone answering, as long as you hesitate in front of the camera for a few seconds, the TV news in the afternoon will dare to say that you are too weak to face the reporter's question.

made Director Zhao almost crazy, and he really wanted to throw Zhuang Jianye out and face the indiscriminate bombardment of the media.

However, what made him even more depressed was that Zhuang Jianye, who was supposed to come over to participate in the air show, turned out to be three days after the air show opened, and no one was seen.

If it weren't for the occasional call from Zhuang Jianye, Director Zhao would have thought that this merchant had evaporated.

Of course, affected by the high-end aviation materials of the Tengfei system, the transaction volume of domestic exhibitors is basically so bad that there are no friends, but compared with other countries that put making money in the first place, the leaders of the Ministry of Aerospace, including Director Zhao, really did not pay attention to whether they should say it or not.

Because even if there is no take-off system of high-end aviation materials, with the current situation of the domestic aviation industry, it is also difficult to make much breakthrough.

This has been verified by the practice of previous large-scale international air shows in the past few years.

Therefore, the tone of Director Zhao's participation in the exhibition is very clear, that is, to learn with a pious attitude, after all, this kind of large-scale international air show shows the latest developments and new achievements of the world's aerospace, which is an excellent platform for tracking world-class technology for the domestic aviation industry in the development stage.

Of course, if there is an order, it is better to overfulfill the task of this exhibition, if not, it doesn't matter, you can learn something better than anything.

With this mentality, Director Zhao's encirclement and interception of Western media reporters can be hidden, anyway, the main purpose is not to run orders, there is no need to show all kinds of shows in the media, as the so-called desireless is rigid, I can't play with you, can't hide or not?

No, I just received a call from Zhuang Jianye, and I was counting the kid who escaped, but as soon as he was careless, he collided with a bunch of reporters, Director Zhao hung up the phone without saying a word, turned his head like a rabbit, and ran away without a trace.

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"The Chinese official named Zhao was so cunning that he ran away when he saw us turn around. ”

Jennifer Taylor ambushed Director Zhao in advance, ready to be caught off guard, which Cheng wanted Director Zhao to see them and turn around and run without saying a word, which made Taylor very depressed, returned to the seat in the air show area, and threw the recording equipment in his hand into Liszt's arms: "Next time, you go, I don't like those Chinese who are as timid as a mouse." ”

Liszt took the recording equipment used for the interview, took out a bottle of soda and unscrewed it and handed it to Taylor, and said with a smile: "Chinese are not as timid as mice, they are just not good at expressing themselves." ”

"No, it seems to me that they are just cowardly and don't even dare to face the media, what else can they do? Will they just bury their heads in the sand and hide the truth? Do you think it is Mr. Oldheim!" Taylor took two sips of soda, and then glanced at Oldheim next to Liszt.

Oldheim was a little distracted by Taylor's graceful figure and sexy eyes, but he quickly reacted and laughed: "You're right, Miss Taylor, when you take off their camouflage cloak, they lose everything, it's ridiculous to say, I was actually afraid of the high-end aviation materials of the original take-off system, but thanks to the help of Mr. Liszt, I realized that they were completely false." ”

Hearing this, Liszt didn't speak, but the confident smile on his slightly blessed face said it all, and Taylor was also relieved at this time, sat next to Liszt, gave Liszt a kiss directly, and then hugged Liszt's arm and asked, "What's the next air show?"

"It seems to be a Slovak folk performance team, what kind of aircraft is used?" Liszt couldn't think of for a while, and Oldheim next to him hurriedly accosted: "L-39C 'Albatross' advanced training aircraft." ”

"It's L-39C again, and it's the first time since the start of the air show...... Well, that's ......."

Taylor was a little disappointed when he heard this, but as soon as the words of complaint came out, the rest was stuck in his throat, because two L-39Cs in the sky suddenly sprang out from behind two people with wings who were flying.

It's not just Taylor. Liszt and Odenheim were speechless in astonishment, but soon they changed from surprise to shock, because the next moment, on the big screen next to the stands, a picture of the air was displayed, and behind the flying man was written in large Chinese red:

China takes off

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