At three o'clock in the afternoon, the sky was clear and Zhukovsky was crowded.

Sitting in the sun-shading tent, looking at the runway in the distance, raising the telescope in my hand, the highlight of the air show, the flight performance finally began.

When a fighter jet painted in red and white with a nasa on its tail slid onto the runway, everyone stood up from their seats. What was that? Is it the American performance aircraft this time?

From the appearance, this aircraft is very similar to the F-15, with tall double vertical tails, rectangular air intakes on both sides, and in the bubble cockpit, a pilot was waving to this side, but, in front of the main wing, what was that thing? Why did there be a pair of small wings? That thing is a little upturned and seems to be able to move? What is this? Is it a candle?

Hum, it turns out that this thing has brought the technical verification aircraft over! Standing on the command tower and looking at the fighter planes on the runway below, Andre couldn't help but sneer in his heart. Didn't the Americans claim that the best candles are on the enemy's plane? Even Andre was very repulsive of the three-wing layout, the Americans tried it!

Of course, this is not the final model. The model of equipment is just a verification machine!

f-15s/mtd is an advanced technology verification aircraft for the F-15 short-range take-off and improved maneuverability developed by McDonald Douglas for the U.S. Air Force Wright Aviation Institute in 1984. The verification aircraft is actually to verify advanced aviation technology. This verification aircraft is mainly used to verify four technologies: binary thrust steering/reverse thrust nozzle, comprehensive flight/propulsion control, uneven/soft field short-range take-off landing gear and advanced man/machine interface.

Judging from these projects, this technical verification machine modified from the f-15b will have excellent maneuverability, and this maneuverability is obtained from the canard in the front and the vector engine in the back!

Full-move horizontal front wings are installed at the walls of the intake passages on both sides of the verification machine. This horizontal front wing is not newly developed, but is improved by the f/a-18a horizontal tail wing. Moreover, an upward angle of 20 degrees is added to facilitate the pitch and rolling moments of the same direction or differential deflection.

At the same time, the f-100 engine at the tail of the aircraft has also been improved. A rectangular binary steering nozzle with carbon fiber composite material is installed, which can deflect the engine thrust up and down relative to the aircraft's longitudinal axis, with a maximum deflection angle of up to 20 degrees, improving the aircraft's takeoff performance and maneuverable flight performance. Moreover, the thrust reverse blades in the nozzle can reverse the thrust, realizing emergency deceleration during flight and short-range landing and running, which is similar to the principle of a passenger aircraft.

In order to control these extra control systems, the original hydraulic operation of the f-15 can no longer accurately control so many systems. Therefore, this fighter also introduced a digital fly-by-wire control system to realize comprehensive flight/propulsion control, allowing the aircraft to change its thrust without changing its original flight trajectory and realize all flight parameter control.

Originally, the maneuverability of the F-15 fighter has become first-class among the third-generation aircraft with its powerful engine, and after adopting these measures, the maneuverability has become even better!

In history, these improvements were almost completed in 1988, and repeated test flights were conducted between 1989 and 1991. However, now, under the stimulation of the Soviet Union, the United States has to accelerate the development of new fighter jets.

In the past, the Soviet MiG25 made the Americans breathless. Now, the new generation of Soviet fighters, MiG29 and Su-27, are quickly shaped and equipped with troops. The Americans are under great pressure. In addition to intensively developing their own fourth-generation fighter jets, the improvement of existing fighter jets is also the key content. The current technology verification aircraft is not only for verification of technology. If it is proved to be reliable, it may produce new fighter jets according to this standard.

Now, bringing this plane to Moscow is to prove to the Soviets and the world that the most advanced aviation technology is still the United States!

Pilot Cruise was sitting in the seat, and the engine at the rear was started, and surging sounds kept coming, and his mood also fluctuated. Since the first test flight of this plane, he was flying, and now, he is familiar with this plane as well as his own body. As long as he sits here and holds the operating rod in his hand, he feels like he is integrated with the plane.

Audiences, let you see the powerful performance of this aircraft! All along, American aviation technology has always been like alien technology!

"Zhukovsky, the eagle requested to take off." Cruise said in skillful English. As an international language, English still has advantages. For example, now, since the Soviet Union calls the Moscow Air Show an international air show, when communicating in the radio, it is necessary to use English.

"You can take off, pay attention to the performance airspace and don't get close to the audience." The sound of the tower came from the headphones.

Can't get close to the audience? How can they feel deeply if they don't get close to the audience? Cruise thought to himself. At the air show today, there have not been several serious air crashes in later generations, so Cruise did not take the warning to the tower at all.

He pulled the throttle lever to the end, turned on the afterburner, released the brake, and after a few seconds, pulled the lever backward!

The performance starts with a short takeoff!

With his operation, the telex system understood what he meant and took off at a short distance!

The improved engine has an increase of 10% thrust than before, so there is no need to worry about life. Now we have to fight for a breath! Within a few seconds, the fighter speeds up to more than 100 meters per second! Then, as he pulled the operating lever, the canard in front rotated, providing head-up torque, and moving with the tail wing at the tail to lift the head! The landing gear in front suddenly flew into the air, and the landing gear behind also left the ground after one second! Then, the engine's nozzle deflected downward, pushing the fighter forward while providing upward thrust!

Get up! Just get up!

During interception operations, the f-15 was fully oiled and carried medium and short-range missiles, with a sliding distance of 274 meters. However, when it was empty and half oiled, it took off in less than 240 meters.

And now? With the help of a new engine, vector nozzle and canard wing, the f-15 has already pulled up onions on dry land and flew up!
Chapter completed!