Chapter Seventy-Six: The Paris Air Show

Qin Feng is not a professional technician after all, he can put forward ideas to solve the problem, but how to solve it has to rely on the professionals led by Mr. Gu to solve it, so in the next period of time, the test pilots need to wait.

If the problem is reduced to an accidental problem, then the test flight will have to be carried out, but now that the cause of the problem has been found, it is dangerous to continue flying until the problem is solved, and the flight can only be carried out if the fault is eliminated.

In an instant, Qin Feng felt that he was idle, since he couldn't fly, he had to drill into the data room of the test flight institute, the information here is very rich, and studying more information will also be of great help to the test flight.

However, he had just come down to study the materials for a few days when he was assigned a new task.

"France is about to hold an air show, and this year's French organizers actively invited our air force to participate, and the list has been set, but there is a temporary leader who can't visit because of something, so it's cheap for you kid."

When he rushed to the capital from the test flight institute and flew to France on an Air France plane, Qin Feng still felt that this trip was really an unexpected surprise.

Who would have thought that he would have the opportunity to go to Europe?

To say that the aviation industry in the world is the most developed, the first is the United States, the second is Europe, and there is a gap between China and Europe for at least ten years.

The last time Qin Feng went abroad, he went to Egypt, although he said that he was going abroad, he didn't walk around, almost no different from the Gobi Desert in China.

This time, it's finally time to go to the West to see.

A slender stewardess is walking down the aisle, pushing a trolley and distributing lunch boxes to passengers.

Unlike the flight attendants of domestic airlines, Air France's outfit is more in line with trends, wearing a somewhat psychedelic uniform, designed by international masters, a mix of purple, blue and pink, with a bowler hat and a pair of green calfskin boots.

Their faces were full of charming smiles, Qin Feng took the lunch box handed by the flight attendant and continued to communicate with General Lin.

"Yes, General Lin, I have to thank you." Qin Feng said.

It was General Lin who was talking to Qin Feng, thinking about the last conversation with General Lin, he must have left a deep impression on the other party, so when he went out to participate in the air show this time, he chose himself.

"It's none of the business with me." General Lin said: "I'm just saying, since there is a vacant place, let's find a test pilot from our test flight institute, after all, we went out to investigate, and it was also for the introduction of domestic equipment, and you were recommended by the test flight institute." ”

Qin Feng is in the test flight institute, he usually doesn't meet with the leaders much, in his heart, he has always regarded himself as a person from Chengdu, who would have thought that the leaders of the test flight institute value themselves so much that they actually recommended themselves.

"I'm so lucky." Qin Feng said.

"It's not luck, it's ability." General Lin said: "Qin Feng, during this period of test flight, I heard that you have solved a lot of problems for our J-8, you are different from them, you have the most knowledge, let's go to the Paris Air Show this time, open your eyes, it will be good for our future development." ”

"Yes." Qin Feng replied excitedly.

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The Paris Air Show, the full name of "Paris-Le Bourget International Aerospace Exhibition", is the world's largest, most prestigious and oldest international aerospace exhibition. The Paris Air Show is organized by the French Confederation of Aerospace Industries and is held every two years at Le Bourget airport, northeast of Paris.

This air show has a long history, when the airplanes first appeared, France, as a major industrial country, began to show their progress in the aviation industry through air shows.

Thus, the first air show opened on September 25, 1909 at the Grand Palais in Paris, and was held annually thereafter. During the First and Second World Wars, the Paris Air Show was interrupted, but it was quickly resumed after the war due to the rapid development of the aviation industry. The Paris Air Show was changed to every two years after the 6th edition in 1919.

In addition to the Paris Air Show, another prestigious air show is the British Farnborough Air Show, the two countries are among the most developed countries in the West, the aviation field is the world's advanced level, at the same time, the two countries have negotiated, the Paris Air Show held in odd-numbered years and the Farnborough Air Show in the United Kingdom in even-numbered years, so that it is just separated, and there are aviation events every year.

As the country opened its window and began to observe the Western world, now, the West has also opened its doors to welcome guests from the East. The French took the initiative, and it was only in 1979 that they began to wave to China.

In Europe, France is definitely an outlier.

When the countries of Western Europe were terrified in the face of the rolling flood of armor, they were forced to huddle together to keep warm, and formed NATO, which shivered with the backing of the United States.

What are the French doing at this time? In full view, they withdrew from NATO.

That's right, the French don't play with the Americans anymore, they have long seen that the Americans are unhappy, and after withdrawing from NATO, they stretched out their fists and feet, and they played as much as they wanted, and the Americans couldn't care.

But at the same time, it also means that they must rely on their own strength to complete the heavy task of defending the country, after all, once the Soviets go crazy, Germany will bear the brunt, and after West Germany is occupied, it will be followed by France, just like the war decades ago, France will be bulldozed at any time.

At this time, the French were left to defend themselves, and in this case, France also developed a powerful defense industry.

Why is equipment expensive in France? Because he developed it himself, the cost of this development is very high, and it is okay if he can share the cost, but the output is small.

Despite the high prices, there are no political strings attached to French products, and in some countries outside the two camps, French arms have opened up the market.

You don't care about the Americans, you can sell to whomever I want, and the French military industry has actually come out of a way by relying on this method.

In this way, France's own military industry has also grown, and in the navy, it can independently manufacture aircraft carriers, nuclear submarines, and in the air force, it can also independently manufacture fighters.

The giant of French-made fighters is Dassault. The Paris Air Show is actually Dassault's home show. The proud Dassault is also unique in the world's airlines, and their founder, Marcel Dassault, started at the same time as the world's airlines, and has experienced many ups and downs to finally develop Dassault to the present.

When the Chinese Air Force delegation came to Paris, it was Dassault personnel who came to greet everyone.