Chapter 1119: Bidding From a Wealthy Dog Owner (Counting Yesterday's)
Just when Chang Haonan was focused on the development of the AE1500 engine and flexible rotors.
Also in Ho Kyung.
Yanliang Airport.
Including Liang Shaoxiu, about twenty or thirty people lined up on the tarmac and looked towards the eastern sky.
Obviously waiting for something.
Soon, a small, small plane appeared on the skyline and slowly descended against the setting sun.
A few minutes later, the aircraft's rear wheel touched the ground lightly, accompanied by a short and sharp friction sound, leaving a black rubber mark on the surface of the newly repaired runway.
It was only then that most people finally saw clearly the appearance of the plane in front of them.
From the layout point of view, it is somewhat similar to the Challenger 601 that Mr. Chang often rides on.
But the slender posture is obviously much more graceful than the latter.
Of course, the size is also much larger.
Even at first glance, it looks not much different from the C808 regional passenger aircraft that Haofei Group participated in manufacturing.
While the plane was still taxiing on the runway, someone whispered into the ear of Liang Shaoxiu in the front row:
"Mr. Liang, is this the aircraft we want to modify?"
"right."
The latter nodded:
"Mr. Chang...well, the model that Academician Chang and the others jointly built with Dassault Group, I think the data is that it can fly levelly to Mach 0.92 under certain circumstances, and has a range of 12,000 kilometers..."
"..."
As a civilian aircraft that has been put into limited commercial operations, the Falcon 8Z's data has been publicized all over the world.
However, these large and unreasonable parameters are of little significance for platform transformation work.
As for the real core airframe and wing core-related parameters, not to mention the Haofei Group, even the Aerospace Power Group that participated in the research and development has never obtained a complete version before.
But now, considering the progress of the research and development of early warning aircraft, the French are obviously no longer able to sit still——
Don’t underestimate this business jet with a take-off weight of less than 40 tons.
This is an area that China has never touched before.
Although the take-off weight of the Falcon 8Z is not much greater than that of a fully fueled and fully loaded J-11B or J-H-7A, the overall design and manufacturing requirements of passenger aircraft and fighter jets are very different.
For example, in the original timeline, many foreign companies and institutions participated in the design process of ARJ21.
Now, although with the help of C808 and C909, Huaxia has mastered the manufacturing of basic trunk line and large regional aircraft in advance, after all, it still uses other people's ready-made designs, and Hufei's research and development capabilities are not enough.
I only know how to make it, but I don’t know why it is made this way.
Therefore, the information provided by the French is still of considerable significance.
Just as everyone was whispering, the plane painted with the livery of China International Airlines had followed the guidance and stopped at the aircraft seat not far from them.
The tractor that had been prepared quickly drove over, and several staff members jumped down from it and connected the tow bar to the nose landing gear.
After the people on board get off the plane, they need to transfer the aircraft to the prearranged assembly workshop as quickly as possible.
Right next to the Air Police 2000, which is still under testing.
Soon, the plane door opened downwards.
But the first person who walked out turned out to be a Chinese face.
Immediately afterwards, there was the joint delegation of Dassault and Thales led by Didier Casore.
As a jointly developed product, the latter two will also participate in the improvement of the prototype throughout the entire process of Haofei Group.
It was Liang Shaoxiu who recognized the Chinese man first:
"General Master Liu?"
He stepped forward and shook hands with the other person.
The French took the opportunity to hand over the responsibility to the comrades in the reception department.
"Why do you want to go there yourself?"
Liu Yongquan smiled helplessly:
"Hey... this plane has a special origin. I have to come over in person to hand it over to you. There are also several ceremonies that require me to participate as a representative..."
Hearing this, Liang Shaoxiu noticed the painting on the plane again:
"Speaking of which, why does this plane look like it belongs to Air China?"
The former waved his hand, came closer and lowered his voice:
"Actually, it has nothing to do with Air China... There is an idea to update a batch of small and medium-sized business jets for the special aircraft unit. This one was delivered to us by Dassault for preliminary trial operation. It just has a CA registration number. But because of you We were in a hurry here, so we had no choice but to pull it over temporarily..."
Since China has not had its own passenger aircraft for a long time, the construction of China's special aircraft unit has also gone through twists and turns.
Until a few years ago, the two special aircraft groups of the 34th Division relied on the old Boeing 737-200, Tu154M and Challenger 601.
As for the travel of high-level leaders, Boeing 747s are directly temporarily transferred from Air China for modification.
It's not that I haven't thought about having a dedicated Air Force One.
It's really hard to do anything.
It was not until this year that some of the 34th Division's equipment, the Tu-154M, began to be replaced by the C909.
As for the 737-200, which has relatively high reliability, it will continue to use its remaining heat.
It is estimated that the domestic model will not be completely replaced until the attendance rate of the domestic model is verified.
Now that there is finally a jointly developed business jet, it is obviously time to replace those Challenger 601s that are more than 20 years old.
But now it seems that the demand in this area is obviously not as urgent as that of early warning aircraft.
So I can only give way temporarily.
Just as the two of them were talking to each other, Kasore came up from not far away.
There was even a sentence in Chinese:
"Mud trenches!"
This sound almost caused Liang Shaoxiu to freeze up, and it took almost a second for him to react:
"Hello, Mr. Casore, welcome to China again."
Considering that the other party's Chinese proficiency was obviously improvised, he still chose to communicate in English.
Casore went directly to the topic very bluntly:
"We have brought the prototype this time, as well as all the information you need, and a group of Thales Group technicians are preparing to leave. They will arrive in China in early January... I don't know when we can start. Platform modification work?”
"ah?"
Liang Shaoxiu never expected that one day, the French would be more motivated to work than himself.
And it’s early January… but it’s still the Christmas holiday.
French people traveling for business during the Christmas holidays?
Those who don’t know may think which country has invaded Paris again...
"Mr. Casore, I know you are in a hurry, but please don't be in a hurry..."
"We need to first understand the entire design of this aircraft, and then coordinate with the comrades at the Electronic Technology Group before we can arrange a specific transformation plan..."
But before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Kasore:
"Don't worry, we will fully assist you!"
Having said this, he lowered his voice again and added mysteriously:
"Liang, we have received accurate information that the UAE may open a tender to the world for a lightweight tactical early warning aircraft next year..."
At this moment, Liang Shaoxiu suddenly realized.
It seems that something is coming, and I know I am anxious.
But he still has the Air Police 2000 test mission on hand, and it seems he can’t spare much energy...
Especially if you are going to bid next year, there is a high probability that you will have to go there with paper information.
Seeing Liang Shaoxiu's hesitant expression, Kasolei continued:
"At present, in addition to us, there are also two teams composed of Ericsson and Bombardier, as well as Elta and Gulfstream..."