Human beings pursue the ideal of flight, since ancient times, people, tied wings to their arms, hoping to gain the ability to fly like birds, down from the hillside, keep waving their arms, unfortunately, no matter how fast they wave, the final outcome is doomed, people will not fly, because the energy of the arms is not big enough.

After the invention of the internal combustion engine, driven by the internal combustion engine, the propeller pushed the air backwards, and the reaction force of the air pushed the airplane, so that the heavier than the air flew for the first time, and when the Wright brothers flew in the sky with the plane they invented, it represented the birth of a new force.

Although the invention of the airplane is only more than 100 years old, in this 100 years, the airplane has undergone radical changes, the jet has replaced the propeller aircraft, the flight speed exceeds the speed of sound, and some even reach three times the factor, and the flight altitude has also exceeded more than 10,000 meters.

The pursuit of fighters and various aircraft by various countries is endless, and in order to show their aviation achievements, the air show is the best opportunity.

In 1909, the intelligent and romantic French created the world's first systematically organized national air show: the Paris Air Show, although it was only a static display of aircraft, but with the approach of the First World War and the significant increase in military orders, it quickly developed into an arena for French aircraft manufacturers to display their fighters and compete for military orders. The display of various aircraft received many orders, making the French famous in Europe, and in 1949, the Paris Air Show developed into an international event, and at each air show, manufacturers from all over the world came with their own fighters.

Britain, on the other side of the Strait, is naturally not far behind. In 1920, the British began a series of events called aviation "celebrations", at which people performed a number of air shows. In 1948, the air show was moved to Farnborough, and then it was held annually, and after 1962, the air show was changed to once every two years, with gradual development. The scale even surpassed the Paris Air Show and became the world's famous Farnborg International Air and Space Exhibition. In the 50s, the crowd of visitors exceeded 200,000.

There was only a small storm in between, and in the mid-60s, due to the influence of nationalist ideology, the British Airshow stipulated that all aircraft on display must be British-made. At one time, a light aircraft was equipped with an American engine, and as a result, it was asked out of the showroom. This nationalism was violently attacked by British public opinion, thus. For the first time in 1966, the 1966 Airshow allowed foreign-made aircraft to be exhibited, but only with British engines or other important equipment, or with the support of British suppliers. In 1972, it was further opened to the public as long as it was European products, and it was possible to exhibit without restrictions. And in 1974, restrictions were lifted and the Farnborough Airshow officially became a veritable international airshow.

Right now. It's September again, and the small town of Farnbrought in Hampshire. It's lively again.

On the apron of the airport, all kinds of planes are neatly arranged, and next to the planes, there is a circle of lines, and this kind of aircraft can only be viewed from a distance. Some planes were also covered with canvas in the cockpit, which was afraid of the secret in the cockpit being leaked, and they still hugged the pipa and half-covered their faces, which attracted the attention of visitors even more.

“F-14！” Outside of an airplane. Tourists could not help but shout loudly, they saw the plane and were elated.

In May of this year, the movie shot by the U.S. Navy, Top Gun, was released around the world, and the movie was sold out at the box office, and all audiences, even ordinary people who had never been in contact with fighter planes, also became extremely interested in this kind of fighter.

After the release of this movie, more and more young people signed up for the US Navy, and they went for Tomcats.

Not only the United States, but also Europeans' love for tomcats has also greatly increased, and now, looking at this tomcat, everyone is excitedly standing outside the cordon and taking photos with this fighter.

"Hey, the logo on the tail of this fighter plane is not from the U.S. Navy?" That's when an attentive tourist spotted the problem.

"That's the Pakistan Air Force, look at the stars and the crescent moon, it's Pakistan." Another tourist, who is a military fan, immediately said: "Although the US Navy is equipped with a large number of Tomcat fighters, it is the Pakistan Air Force that has really used this kind of fighter and created countless results of shooting down, and they have killed countless Soviet planes!" Even the newest MiG-29 and Su-27 are no match for the Pakistani Air Force. ”

"Yes, I heard that the Su-27 is the most advanced fighter of the Soviet Union, if only you could see the Soviets' planes at this air show." Another tourist said.

Su-27! In the eyes of all military fans, this smooth-looking fighter is very attractive, but this is an air show in the Western world, and the Soviet Union does not seem to have participated much.

"I was over there, and I saw two planes, which seemed to be Soviet." Another voice.

Soviet? These military fans ran over, and when they got closer, they suddenly gasped in their hearts, Su 27!

The belly air intake, the whole fuselage, as if it is on the air intake and the engine, the pilot's cockpit, high on it, the pilot is like riding a horse, this fluent line, makes this fighter look very beautiful.

"It seems that the Su-27 and the MiG-29 are very similar, how to distinguish between these two fighters?" Said a tourist.

Next to the booth here, there is the MiG-29, and the two look too similar.

"The MiG-29 is a light fighter, the Su-27 is a heavy fighter, from the outside, the back of the MiG-29 is a little bulging, and the Su-27 has a slender appearance, if you want to see it at a glance, just look at the tail vertebrae, the two engines of the Su-27 have a tail vertebrae in the middle, this is the biggest difference." This tourist is a veteran military fan, and the difference is clear at once.

Many people look at it, and sure enough, the differences are intuitive.

"I heard that in the sky over the battlefield in Afghanistan, this Su-27 made the Tomcat fighters abuse all over the ground to find teeth." One tourist said: "The aviation technology of the Soviets is so far worse that even the American fighters of ten years ago cannot beat them. ”

"Yes, that's right, I heard that the Soviets began to push the Su-27 to the international market, and Iraq has begun to negotiate with the Soviets, wanting to introduce this kind of fighter, but I don't know if it will be a monkey version again."

In any case, this unique shape of the aircraft still attracted the attention of many people, and there were more and more tourists watching in the stands here.

The Su-27, the most advanced fighter of the Soviet Union, was shown for the first time in the eyes of Westerners, and what they saw was the fusion of wings under the smooth shape, the large side strip wings, the huge nose left enough space for advanced radar, and the improvement of maneuverability brought by the twin engines and double vertical tails, and even they could guess where the center of gravity of the aircraft was, and where the focus was.

On the outside, all the finished airplanes are on display, which attracts a lot of people, while on the other side, in the indoor exhibition hall, the main display is models.

The British are still the most enthusiastic and largest, and their stands display a variety of aircraft models, as the pride of the British independent development of fighters, the Pegasus engine of the Harrier fighter has even been dissected in half, revealing the turbine and other parts inside, directly placed in the most conspicuous position in the stands.

A few years ago, in the Anglo-Argentine War, the Harrier fighter was in the limelight, which made the British full of confidence in their hearts to promote the Harrier to more countries.

Therefore, with the help of the Farnborg Air Show, it is an important task for them to show the performance of their fighters.

And in the entire indoor showroom, in one of the most inconspicuous corners, a new airline participated.

In English above, it is written in South Asia Aviation Industry Co., Ltd., and below, there is a string of tadpole texts.

The stands are very small, and there are no real results, they are all models, so few people stop here.

There is a Nikon camera hanging on the chest, and the lens in the front is as thick as a toilet paper roll, such a cannon lens is very suitable for elongating the focal length and taking photos of various effects, and those who have this kind of camera must be professional photographers and reporters.

Dressed in a denim suit, this is a common Western journalist with a sign around his neck that says his name is Wilson, a reporter from the New York Daily News, and his real identity is a CIA agent in the United Kingdom.

Wilson wandered around, this air show is public, there are no secrets at all, here, there is no valuable information, he originally wanted to get close to the Su-27, but he was also prevented, this task was completed by others.

So, he could only wander around here boredly and came to this cold exhibition stand.

When his camera was pointed at the model on the exhibition stand, his eyes suddenly widened.

This is a more peculiar shape of the plane, compared to the streamlined shape of ordinary aircraft, this kind of aircraft is simply outliers, the lower part of the fuselage, completely flat, is a plane, and the upper part of the fuselage, bulging in the middle, like a big sausage. Including the cockpit canopy, it is not the current bubble cockpit, but the glass on three sides, which is completely integrated with the fuselage, and the engine air intake is also above the fuselage.

The back of the plane is zigzag, this kind of plane is almost like a big flying wing, and there is not even a tail!

"Is this a UFO?" Wilson couldn't help but mumble in his mouth, and at the same time, press the shutter, and take a picture.

At this time, he didn't know how much shock his photo had brought to the domestic intelligence department. (To be continued......)