On the same day that the J-10 completed the ground start test of the engine.

8,500 kilometers away in the north of Paris, over Le Bourget Airport, a twin-engine propeller plane with a white fuselage and painted with Chinese and Italian flags on its left and right wings is aiming at the runway and slowly descending in altitude under the command of air traffic control, preparing to land.

On board the plane was a delegation of westward flight led by Yi Yuanhe, chief engineer of the 603 Institute.

This trip is specially invited to participate in the 42nd Paris Air Show, which is about to open.

What they took was naturally the star product brought by the aviation industry this time - the first Huaxia aircraft that passed the airworthiness certification of all 15 member states of the European Union, the MA60.

For those who are familiar with the situation, what is more interesting about this model is that among the 15 countries, France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg are five countries that directly recognize the validation report made by Huaxia CAAC in the form of mutual recognition of airworthiness of regional aircraft.

This is a feat for the world – mutual recognition of airworthiness to greatly reduce unnecessary administrative processes and waste of resources, and to increase the speed of the development of the aviation industry and the iterative upgrade of civil aircraft models.

The FAA and JAA have discussed the possibility of such an approach, but it has not been possible due to fierce competition and differences of opinion.

No one would have thought that it would be Europe and China that first explored the feasibility of this route.

Most industry insiders are optimistic about this, because the signing of this agreement, which is obviously more beneficial to Huaxia, will inevitably mean that the European aviation industry, represented by Airbus, has obtained a sufficient share of the booming Huaxia market.

In the minds of many Europeans in this era, they should become the second pole of the world independently of North America, so as long as they can do Boeing, they can talk about it with China, Russia, or India.

Of course, there are also many media and commentators who believe that although airworthiness certification is a favorable thing, considering the level of aviation technology in China, Europe is likely to take a bad step.

In the event of a large number of problems or even accidents with the certified Huaxia aircraft models, it will constitute a huge blow to the European aviation industry, which is already in a period of rapid development.

All in all, mixed reviews.

This is also one of the main purposes of allowing the MA60 to fly over thousands of miles after 6 stopovers.

After the agreement between China and Europe was reached in April at the beginning of the year, Paris, one of the two major air shows in Europe, extended an olive branch under the influence of Airbus and Alenia Aerospace.

Although it is not the first time that Huaxia has participated in the Paris Air Show, this year, as a special invitee, the specifications and treatment received are obviously completely different.

The organizer arranged an area of about 1,000 square meters next to the C position of the exhibition area as the exhibition location of Huaxia Aviation Industry.

The area is not large, but it belongs to the most densely populated golden point.

For this reason, Factory 172 specially accelerated the final assembly progress of the No. 03 prototype, and finally allowed the new aircraft to catch up with the schedule of the air show.

A few minutes later, the Xinzhou 60 with the number B6003 touched the ground lightly, slowed down and entered the taxiway, and finally stopped in the position that had been prepared according to the guidance.

Around it, other Huaxia models that had departed earlier and arrived by sea had already been arranged.

Yi Yuanhe, who got off the plane, shook hands with Lin Weixuan, the general team leader who was already waiting here.

"The preparations for the air show are in place, just waiting for our star to come!"

Lin Weixuan looked at the Xinzhou 60 that had just stopped the propeller and said.

"Rest assured organizationally, we will present the aircraft in the best condition to our European counterparts and audiences!"

According to the plan, on the morning of the second day of the air show, the MA60 will be given a 15-minute air show opportunity.

This is also the main reason why Yi Yuanhe, as the chief engineer, must come over in person.

"Good, good, good!"

This is the first time that Huaxia is not participating in a foreign air show in a role, Lin Weixuan, who has been in this line for decades, was naturally excited, said three good words in a row, and then pulled Yi Yuanhe to the side,

"I'll take you through the overall situation of this air show."

In order to repay the goodwill of the organizers, the aviation industry did not come with products such as the Z-9 that took the imitation route this time, so in addition to many models presented according to the convention, as well as the MA60, the real guys participating in the exhibition were only the Yun 12, K8 and J-7MG.

Originally, Huaxia Aviation Technology hoped to let the J-7F also participate in the exhibition, but this model is too popular, in addition to starting the user minibus, several countries have shown strong interest in it, the current two prototypes have to be tested and demonstrated, and they are really tired of running and can't vacate time, and the main strength of the 132 factory is concentrated on several J-10 prototypes, and they can't get a new aircraft for a while, so they have to give up.

As the opening of the air show is imminent, most of the exhibitors have already completed the layout of the exhibition area, and the two have been able to get a glimpse of the unique skills of their international counterparts in advance.

The centerpiece of the air show was naturally left to the French themselves, with two huge four-engine twin-aisle airliners taking up most of the space in view, two new modifications of the A340, the A340-500 and the A340-600.

According to the information on the display panel, the two models are in the 320 and 380 seats classes respectively, while the range can still maintain the 13,500 km class of the A340-300 or beyond.

"Tsk...... A 370-ton aircraft can fly 13,500 kilometers......"

Yi Yuanhe looked at the two passenger planes in front of him, and then glanced back at the Xinzhou 60 parked in his own exhibition area not far away, and his eyes couldn't help but show a little envy,

"We still have a long way to go......"

"Take your time, you've done a pretty good job, not to mention going further, even last year, we never dreamed that there would be an airworthiness certification in Europe...... You are a great contributor. ”

Lin Weixuan next to him opened his mouth to persuade him.

"The great thing...... Don't you dare to say ......."

Hearing this evaluation, a young face appeared in Yi Yuanhe's mind, and he quickly waved his hand,

"Now that this era is already young, we can be regarded as exerting a little residual heat."

Although Chang Haonan's participation in the MA60 project is public information, it is impossible for everyone to know what specific contributions he has made, so Lin Weixuan only regarded him as Yi Yuanhe is modest and did not ask more.

In addition to the passenger aircraft, another highlight of the French pavilion is the Rafale fighter jet, which is still in the state of prototype.

There are not many opportunities to observe the fighters of other countries up close, so Yi Yuanhe also came closer to take a look.

"It's a weird design...... It's obviously not a small plane, how can the air intake compress the nose so much, I feel that the space left for the radar is about the same as the J-7F of the 611 Institute......"

Yi Yuanhe pushed his glasses, a little puzzled by the design of the gust.

However, this kind of question is naturally impossible for anyone to answer, and his own specialization is not in fighter design, so after looking at it, he didn't get any results.

……

The exhibition area of several other European countries is more boring, only the EF2000 typhoon fighter brought out by the United Kingdom is a highlight, and the rest are basically some familiar old faces.

"Because of the merger of Boeing and McDonnell Douglas, they were all absent from this air show, so it was generally arranged on the opposite side, and the position of the ring with Airbus was left to Lao Maozi, why don't you go and have a look?"

Lin Weixuan, who noticed Yi Yuan and was a little interested, proposed.

(End of chapter)