C389 Seattle Flight Test
C389 Seattle Flight Test
Hollande had come prepared. He had even included Zhang Yunfeng and Dong Chen in his plan. He thought that this trip would definitely bring enough pressure to the international public, forcing him to cooperate with the passengers on the engine. At the same time, Zhang Yunfeng had also calculated that he could not let Hollande return empty-handed. Therefore, he would first use the biggest public interest argument to lure Hollande into the trap. Then, he proposed to allocate the excess production capacity to the French Airlines.
This time, Hollande had no other choice. Zhang Yunfeng was still striking while the iron was hot. He said, "Mr. President, you are the president of a country, but you are so concerned about the cost of flying for the people. I think the French people will be very grateful for your loving attitude towards your people."
Hollande nodded helplessly and forced a smile. "I think if the French people can enjoy the benefits of the Dongchen Aerospace Engineering first, they would not be grateful to me, but the Dongchen Aerospace Engineering and you, Mr. Zhang," he said.
Zhang Yunfeng laughed and threw a few flattering words over. Hollande knew that the tides had passed. At this time, no matter what, he could not bring up the matter of an empty guest. Otherwise, he would only get himself into trouble. He could only brace himself and complete the entire inspection process. After that, Hollande's group was taken over by the leaders of the ZhongHai government. According to the plan, Hollande also wanted to visit the Zhonghai and a few famous companies in the Zhonghai. Zhang Yunfeng had successfully avoided this well-prepared president.
When the news of Hollande inspecting the Dongchen Aerospace Engineering was reported by the media, although it did not cause much of a stir internationally, it did not cause much of a stir. But to the French, this was indeed an excellent piece of news. France was located in Western Europe, and the relationship between the countries in Europe was very close. For the European, they came and went from many countries in Europe. It was as simple and convenient as the Porcelain people entering and leaving many provinces in China. Furthermore, even international flights within Europe did not need to cross the ocean. In addition, the distance between countries was relatively short, and the planes they used to fly international flights within Europe were mostly A320 and B737. This meant that they did not need to wait for Dong Chen's medium thrust engine to be mass-produced and get a flight permit. As long as they had the DC11, France's airlines could control the cost within the country and all of Europe. This provided a considerable discount to the citizens.
After Hollande finished his tour of porcelain and returned to France, he was a little angry at first, but he realized that his trip to China was not in vain. At the very least, the people in China were very certain of the significance of his trip to China. The distribution of the Dongchen Engine to the domestic airlines was much more important to the people than to the airbus.
Hollande, who was overjoyed, decided to maintain the key of this cooperation. Once he returned to China... He took the initiative to contact Dong Chen and invited Zhang Yunfeng to meet with French airlines in France. He also hoped that he could sign the contract with the representative of the domestic Airlines in Alisa Palace, the residence of the French President.
Zhang Yunfeng was not a fool. After Hollande's visit, he decided that before the passengers were taken by him, he would not meet any country leaders from Europe, nor would he take the initiative to go to these countries to find trouble for himself. Therefore, he subtly rejected Hollande's invitation and instead sent a negotiation team. Going to France to sign a contract with France Airlines.
Zhang Yunfeng implemented a strategy to unify the global selling price of the Dongchen Aerospace Engineering's engine. Other than the Dongwo, the Cold Country, and Australia, when the Dongchen Engine was sold to any country, it would be sold at the same US dollar price. If the government imposed tariffs on the Dongchen Engine, the buyer would be responsible for it. In fact, no country would be blind to collect tariffs on the Dongchen Engine, so the negotiation would only take a form. Both parties agreed on an average daily supply, and according to the density of the French airlines, they would change the airplanes of the various large airlines in France. As long as these conditions were negotiated, the various airlines would report their orders and pay the deposit. The cooperation could officially begin.
However, because of this partnership with the French Airlines, it was the second overseas market after the United States. Zhang Yunfeng added an additional condition to the partnership. That was that Dong Chen only accepted planes under the French Airlines that had served for more than a year to be replaced with engines for less than a year. It was not allowed to be replaced, and all engines were installed on planes that met the requirements. The strict airlines would disassemble and install them on other planes without permission. If such an act occurred... Dong Chen would permanently stop supplying the entire engine and spare parts.
This basically prevented the aviation company from ordering new planes with no engine configurations from the passengers. Then, they would buy the curve of the engine from Dong Chen to save the country. The aviation company would not take the risk of being completely banned by Dong Chen. Purchasing new planes from the passengers made the passengers even angrier. As a result, the passengers and the high-ranking officials of their parent company, the European Airlines Aerospace Company, publicly accused Dong Chen of deliberately suppressing them. However, Zhang Yunfeng did not respond to their accusations at all. Instead, at this moment, he announced that Dong Chen and Boeing would work together to test the three new engines of the Dongchen Aerospace Engineering.
The news that Dong Chen's engine was about to be tested once again shook the entire world's aviation system. The significance of the Dongchen Engine was not as simple as lowering the cost, but because of the higher fuel economy. The plane that changed into the Dongchen Aerospace Engineering engine undoubtedly obtained a higher flight speed. Once the medium thrust engine of Dongchen was mass-produced, then the current medium and large passenger planes would be able to carry Dong Chen's engine. They would have at least a 40% increase in flight speed, and now they would be using the aircraft to fly across the ocean. The maximum flight distance was around 1000014000 kilometers, and without modifying the planes themselves, they would be able to travel at least 40% of the maximum. Once the Dongchen Engine was used, the maximum flight distance would be 14000 to nearly 20000 kilometers. On Earth, the furthest distance between two points, the highest possibility was only 20015 kilometers. If Boeing's 7478 was equipped with the Dongchen Engine, then his flight distance would exceed 20,000 kilometers. It also exceeded the maximum distance of 20015 kilometers.
What did this mean? It meant that when most planes flew again with international airlines, they would be able to completely avoid stopping due to the limited flight distance. They would not need to land halfway through the landing and stop at the airport to refill the fuel. In addition, the Dongchen Aerospace Engineering engine had excellent endurance and continuous operation ability. The international airlines in the future... Apart from the stops of the passengers, the other routes could also be directly flown.
If the planes were to descend at the same time, it would cause a huge cost. Take A320, a small and medium-sized plane, for example, to complete a landing and landing. Not only would they have to bear the cost of the landing itself, but they would also have to pay a huge fee to the airport. A single takeoff would cost four tons of fuel, and the price would be close to 30,000 RMB. A single takeoff, and an additional ten thousand RMB from the airport.
If one landed once just for the sake of cheering, this cost was indeed very painful. However, if one had the Dongchen Engine, this additional takeoff and landing designed to add fuel would be completely removed from the stage of history.
The various large airlines in China were all excited about the news that Dong Chen had released. It was also because China had a habit of using backdoors, connections, and not following the rules. For a moment, all the major airlines thought of all ways to contact Dong Chen, hoping to be able to change into Dong Chen's medium thrust engine as soon as possible. Among them, the South China Airlines's desire was the most urgent.
Their international flights were the highest among the domestic civil airlines, and they had received close to 10 A380 super-large airplanes in recent years. These airplanes were all used for the operation of international airlines. The thing that troubled South China Airlines the most was the A380. After a few years of settling down, this big guy... To the passengers, it was no longer as attractive as before. It was hard to guarantee that more than 600 to 700 seats were available. The running of the South China Airlines made them feel distressed. To them, the current situation was... The only way to resolve this problem was to change the Dongchen Engine. Originally, there was no need to stop to replenish the fuel on the flying route. After the Dongchen Engine was equipped, it could reduce the fuel load before taking off and further reduce the cost. The flight route that originally needed to be stopped to replenish the fuel was now equipped with the Dongchen Engine. There was no need for additional stops. It could be said that the cost could be reduced everywhere. The overall cost reduction was beyond imagination.
Apart from the mainland's airlines, the Hong Kong and Macau Administrative District's airlines were also eager to get their hands on the Dongchen Engine. When Zhang Yunfeng started the first batch of DC11 engines in China, he only chose the Continental Airlines. He did not even consider the Hong Kong and Macau Airlines.
Asia's biggest aviation company was Hong Kong's National Tai Airlines. After they acquired Hong Kong Airlines, they continued to expand the size of the squadron, and their development was very rapid. However, when Dong Chen started up the Continental Airlines to change their equipment, they were excluded. They had been dissatisfied since a long time ago, so this time, the huge thrust engine of Dong Chen started to fly. They could not wait to get a share, and what surprised them was that they could not wait to get a share. Yes. Dong Chen's reply to Guotai was very simple and clear, "After obtaining the flight permit for the Propulsion Engine in the Dongchen Aerospace Engineering, the Mainland Airlines will be the first to open the changing window of the company. However, this window is only open to the Mainland Airlines, and the Hong Kong Special Administrative District's window is still open. Please wait patiently."
Guotai was very annoyed by this. Dong Chen was clearly treating Hong Kong Airlines differently. Therefore, he sent three letters of protest to Dong Chen in a row. Dong Chen's reply was as calm and simple as before. There were only ten words, "It's not just you guys who have a sense of superiority."
Dong Chen did not pay any attention to the letter sent by Guo Tai after that. Zhang Yunfeng, on the other hand, had devoted all his experience to the test flight.
Raymond thought that he was the original Mussolini, and Zhang Yunfeng must be the arrogant and despotic Hitler with extraordinary strength. Zhang Yunfeng wanted to test the large thrust engine in the test flight. Raymond did not say anything and immediately prepared the three planes that had gone offline on the production line. These engines were equipped with the idle Puhui engines in Boeing's hands, waiting for Zhang Yunfeng to give the order. He immediately flew from the United States to Zhonghai.
As for Zhang Yunfeng, he gestured for Raymond to wait in the Seattle. This time, Dong Chen did not plan to fly in the country. Instead, he decided to fly in the Seattle.
The biggest reason why Zhang Yunfeng chose the Seattle to fly in the sky was because he wanted to save a lot of trouble. The last time he tried to fly in the DC11, he had occupied the route of the eastern coastal cities a few times. It caused a large delay in flight, and the civil airspace in China was very strict and narrow. All resources were given priority to Dong Chen, and the domestic airlines and passengers were the biggest victims. Choosing to carry it out in America completely avoided this situation.
In addition, Boeing had better hardware equipment, which Zhang Yunfeng currently did not possess. After all, Boeing itself was the world's largest spacecraft, Manufacturing Enterprise. They had a large number of test flight tests carried out almost every day. Whether it was military or civil aircraft, the hardware and experience could be said to be the best in the world. Last time when Dong Chen tested the DC11, the Dongchen Aerospace Engineering had yet to prove its strength in the world. Even if Zhang Yunfeng asked Boeing for help, they would definitely not agree. But this time it was different from the past. Boeing Civil Aviation Company was following Dong Chen's lead. With just one sentence, all the preparations would be done by Boeing.
As expected, the reality did not exceed Zhang Yunfeng's expectations. Raymond heard that Zhang Yunfeng was preparing to transfer the test flight to the Seattle. This test flight... It could be said that the Dongchen Aerospace Engineering was the true commander of the entire dry line passenger engine's test flight. It was a strategic test flight that everyone in the world paid close attention to. Choosing to carry it out in Boeing was also a very good opportunity for Boeing to show its face. Moreover, it could also show the close relationship between Boeing and Dong Chen's strategic partner. Spending some manpower and financial resources was nothing to Raymond. It was not worth mentioning at all.
Raymond also started to apply for a test flight route from the United States government. The United States government paid no less attention to this than Boeing. Even if they gave the highest level of permission for a flight route, they could open up the entire cross-sea route from Seattle to Hawaii and then from Hawaii to Guam Island as a test flight. If needed, the United States could even open up all the military airports in the world for the test flight.
The United States had high standard military airports in all the foreign military bases in the world, and the locations and appearances of these airports were basically not confidential to the public. All the netizens in the world could see the clear satellite image of every military airport in the United States and outside of Google, and this trial flight used Boeing airplanes. With the participation of Boeing, it was impossible for Dong Chen to do any espionage activities. The United States government was not worried about this, but the most important thing for the United States government was the medium thrust engine of Dong Chen. This not only had a groundbreaking significance for civil aviation, but it also had an absolute strategic significance for military transport. One must know that the engine of the jet military transport was almost no different from the engine of a large Civil aviation aircraft or cargo ship. Even the Boeing 757 used the same engine as the United States' C17 transport aircraft. So... This... The engine would also greatly improve the performance of the transport, especially the flight path. And to the United States government, Dong Chen provided the engine that was completely open to Boeing. This also meant that these three propulsion engines... Once the performance reached the standard of Dong Chen's DC11, then these three engines would be the best choice for the military transport aircraft!
As usual, no one would lock down the military transport engine. Therefore, the aircraft in China had never been on the American engine before, but the 20 transport aircraft had always used the turbine engine provided by the Puhui. Therefore, once Dong Chen's large thrust engine was tested, because of the American global strategy, their transport aircraft had a high frequency of usage. This also caused the White House to have extraordinary expectations for Dong Chen's Propulsion Engine.
There were close to a thousand military transport aircraft in the United States, and the turbine engine and turbine engine basically accounted for half of the total usage. In other words, if Dong Chen's thrust engine really had an extremely high cost-effective rate... There were at least five hundred active planes in the United States that would become potential users of Dong Chen. This could not help but cause the White House to not pay attention to it.
After receiving the support of Boeing and the United States government, Zhang Yunfeng made preparations for a few days. He took the BBJ2 business plane to the Seattle, and along with it were the first batch of Boeing 7478 cargo planes to deliver to Dong Chen. These four cargo ships carried 24 Dongchen Engine. Each model was tested by 8 samples. After arriving at the Seattle, these engines would be hung on the double hair 777, 787, and the four double hair 747 for testing.
Boeing's flight test airport at the Seattle had completely delayed all the test flight plans for Dong Chen. They were only waiting for the arrival of the Dongchen Engine. When the Dongchen Engine created another miracle, the global Civil Aviation System was even more excited. Even the UPS and other international logistics companies were the same. The global media was also the same. Before Dong Chen's plane arrived at the Seattle, a large number of media reporters had already flocked over. The airfield was surrounded by long spears and short cannons, including porcelain, E, India and France. They were also paying close attention to every movement of the Seattle, Dong Chen. It would once again shock the world.