Zhukovsky is the aviation city of the Soviet Union, which is home to the largest aviation scientific research center in the Soviet Union: the Central Research Institute of Aeronautical Fluid Power, and also owns the most admired flight test base in the Soviet Union, which is the Gromov Flight Research Institute.

It undertook the flight test of almost all types of aerospace vehicles and related subsystems of the Soviet Union, and was responsible for training Soviet test pilots at all levels, of course, there was also a similar Red Flag Test Flight Research Institute, the 929 National Test Flight Center in Akhtubinsk, which was mainly used for the acceptance and flight test work of finalized aircraft.

It can be said that all the design bureaus of the USSR and the various test flight missions of the general assembly plants were carried out in the Gromov Flight Research Institute, from which all Soviet fighters were released.

When Qin Feng came here, he had a sense of sacred ritual in his heart, that's right, this is the palace of the test pilot he longed for the most!

Now, standing in front of the 5,403-meter airstrip, the longest in Europe, Qin Feng has a sense of vastness.

The Gromov Pilot Institute was born before the Great Patriotic War to develop and test new aircraft for the Soviet aviation industry and to train sufficient senior pilots.

According to the Soviet nomenclature, of course, it was also named after a person, the Hero of the Soviet Union, the legendary test pilot, Air Force Lieutenant General Mikhail Mikhailovich Gromov, the excellent Soviet pilot, who also became the first director of the site.

After the end of World War II, all Soviet warplanes were flown here, including various MiGs, Yaks, Sukhoi fighters, as well as various large transport aircraft, bombers, and even civil aircraft.

Since this is the place where the advanced Soviet fighters are released, it is also the highest in secrecy, and in many cases, the West can only study it from satellite photos, and now, finally, it has welcomed foreign guests.

"It's like Area 51 in the Soviet Union." Qin Feng let out a sigh, he looked at the wide runway, and looked at the various planes on the tarmac in the distance, it was like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, compared to his own flight test institute, it was too pediatric.

"Welcome everyone to visit this time, I heard that the comrades who came this time, there are our peers, we express a warm welcome." The base staff in charge of the reception said: "Now, on both sides of the corridor in front of us, there are statues of our flying heroes. They are all warriors who will be remembered forever by our test flight institute. ”

At this time, the personnel of the brigade have already walked to the road, and you can see those tall statues, and everyone depicted is lifelike, but everyone's footsteps are heavy.

Everyone is very clear in their hearts, test flights, is to pay the price of life, in China, there have been many test flight accidents, the most recent is the test flight of the J-7, two heroes, blood stained the runway red, until now, the base before the meal song is in a state of cancellation.

And the USSR was the same, and during the long test flights, there were also a lot of pilots who died.

For example, in the front of the sculpture, Qin Feng stood here and stopped, this smiling test pilot once appeared at the entrance of the Mikoyan Design Bureau.

Test pilot Dayyev, a close friend of Mikoyan Sr., Mikoyan Sr. designed the aircraft, and he flew the MiG-9, the first jet fighter of the Mikoyan Design Bureau, which was released in his hands, for which he was rewarded with a car by Mikoyan himself, but in the next test flight, he died in a crash.

His sacrifice was a big blow to old Mikoyan.

And now, in the Gromov test flight institute, there is also a sculpture of him, which is the best memorial to the first hero who died in a jet crash.

Qin Feng also knows a lot of people in the back. In the past, he had seen these people in books and magazines, and now, they are all standing here, staring at the place where they live and work, if one day, they themselves are sacrificed, will they erect sculptures?

Qin Feng shook his head, no need, if there really is a day, he would rather hope to sprinkle his ashes to all corners of the motherland and protect the land of the motherland forever.

Everyone's footsteps were heavy, and now, when they came to the last place, they found that two new sculptures had been erected here, and it seemed that they had only been carved recently.

"Yevgeny Stepanovich Soroviev and Alexander Sergeyevich Komarov." General Lin looked at the base below and softly read their names, as well as his deeds later: "When I was testing the T10 prototype, I died heroically. ”

The beautiful appearance and strong combat effectiveness of the Su-27 also went through the cruel test of the test flight, in which several prototypes of this aircraft crashed and two excellent test pilots were sacrificed.

Everyone stopped, saluted these people, and for everyone, such a commemoration is the best. They are all heroes of the Soviets.

The Soviets present also showed grateful eyes for this behavior of the Chinese guests, after all, we used to be friends, and now, their behavior is also completely in line with the identity of a friend.

The Gromov Pilot Institute is open to them, and it is okay, although in order to welcome their arrival, many planes have been put in the hangar in advance, and now they are placed in the open air outside, which can be shown to them, not a leak, and now, these guests from China are expressing their respect in this way.

After walking through this corridor, it is the corridor leading to the various aprons, and the size of the Gromov test flight institute can also be seen from here, and for the sharp-eyed pilots, they saw a sky blue fighter plane on the helipad in front of them from a distance, and they immediately became excited.

"Su-27!" A general of the Air Force said that this time everyone came to the Soviet Union, mainly to see the Su-27, I thought that this time it would be in vain, who would have thought that I would see it here!

Their long-awaited Su-27! How many people have looked at the photos on those intelligence countless times, looking at this kind of fighter plane that everyone likes the most, they can only drool over the photos, and now, finally seeing the actual machine for the first time, many people feel that their hearts are beating violently.

This smooth shape is very similar to the MiG-29, so that many people can't tell the Su-27 and the MiG-29, but as long as you have seen the real fighter, you can easily distinguish it.