Chapter 830 C808, Successfully Obtained Evidence! (4K)

Two days later, Li Yabo followed Chang Haonan and boarded a plane to Shanghai from Xijiao Airport.

Judging from the former's bloodshot but piercing eyes, the child must have been so excited that he didn't sleep all night.

After getting on the plane, I touched and looked at it.

After all, flying is a rarity these days.

Not to mention business jets.

Even Chang Haonan's performance was not much better when he first got on the plane.

So he didn't stop the other party.

It wasn't until the plane started taxiing that Li Yabo sat back to the seat opposite Chang Haonan and Yao Mengna.

The latter also got an invitation because he had solved many problems for Hao Fei when he was studying for his PhD.

After all, this is the first time that China’s own jetliner has successfully completed all certification flights——

It is true that Hufei did produce a batch of 40 MD82 passenger planes in the past, but those were not considered their own models and were just equivalent to working for McDonnell Douglas.

There is no need to repeat evidence collection.

Although the C808 is very similar to the Tu334, Tupolev and Hufei have specially upgraded and adjusted it in accordance with China's requirements and standards.

Even in order to ensure production consistency and thereby reduce costs, the Russian-made Tu334-100C, which was officially transferred to mass production at the Kazan Aviation Factory, ended up roughly adopting the C808 instead of the technical status of the Tu334 prototype.

Only the original design is retained in areas such as high-cold adaptability equipment and cockpit instruments.

To say that such an aircraft is "independently developed" may not even make sense.

After all, the overall design and a considerable part of the components still come from abroad.

But since it is a Chinese model, no one can find anything wrong with it.

It is normal for the battle to be more grand.

Business jets are slightly faster than ordinary passenger jets.

The aircraft of the 34th Division have a high priority in flight scheduling.

So it takes less than two hours to get from Beijing to Shanghai.

At this time, Runway 1 of Pudong Airport had only been completed and put into use for half a year, and there was no sign of the new assembly workshop that later belonged to COMAC.

Therefore, the aircraft after final assembly at Hufei will be docked at Dachang Airport in the northern suburbs of the city.

In the past, it was more troublesome for civil aviation to conduct test flights at military airports.

But after the adjustment in 1997, Hufei already belonged to the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, which made it a lot more convenient...

Challenger 601 landed lightly on the only runway at Dachang Airport.

Just now when he was in mid-air, Chang Haonan had already seen the situation on the ground.

At the entrance of the assembly workshop, a total of five prototypes 101-105 and certification verification machines were arranged in a semicircle.

And around there, there were crowds of people.

In the center facing the noses of the five planes, a red carpet-covered rostrum has also been temporarily set up.

"Teacher, these five planes are parked in the crowd. Is it impossible to take a test flight today?"

Li Yabo's face was almost pressed against the porthole, with a bit of disappointment in his tone.

Apparently, he thought the invitation to board the plane was a plane ticket.

"It wouldn't be possible in the first place. Today I'm just participating in a ceremony."

Chang Haonan shook his head feeling a little funny:

"The C808 has only completed certification test flights and has not been officially put into commercial operation. These five aircraft are still in prototype status."

"How can anyone dare to make the final decision when so many important guests are crammed into a prototype today?"

Li Yabo thought it was right when he heard it.

After all, the Airbus A320 did this once before, and it hit a tree and crashed.

So much so that there is still an urban legend circulating today.

Said that the woods were planted by Boeing...

Of course, Boeing planting trees is just a joke, but with such a lesson learned from the past, it is normal to be conservative.

However, understanding is understanding, and the disappointment will not fade away so easily.

While the two were talking, the plane had slowly stopped.

"Don't be too disappointed."

Chang Haonan said as he unbuckled his seat belt:

"At the end of this year, or at the latest early next year, the first mass-produced C808 will be put into commercial operation, and the route should be from Beijing to Shanghai if nothing else happens."

Li Yabo's eyes lit up.

"However, I probably won't participate in the maiden flight ceremony."

Chang Haonan changed the subject:

"If you want to participate, try to see if you can work on the project at hand before then and ask them to send you an invitation letter."

Yao Mengna next to her also smiled knowingly when she heard this.

With Chang Haonan's current influence, it is not difficult to get a quota for his students to participate in the first flight.

But what others give is ultimately not as good as what you take.

Besides, Li Yabo also has this potential.

During the previous interview, if Chang Haonan hadn't also taken a liking to this student, she would have been prepared to take action.

Sure enough, after hearing Chang Haonan's words, Li Yabo not only was not disappointed, but became excited again.

If this were placed in a hot-blooded comic, the fighting spirit in his eyes would probably be burning.

…

As the cabin door opened downward, Chang Haonan and his party walked down the gangway one by one.

Naturally, Hufei had already arranged for general manager Zhou Qingzhi to receive him personally.

After the aviation industry's group reform, Hufei has become independent from it and has become a slightly lower-level enterprise directly responsible to the Science and Technology Commission.

This is mainly to avoid unnecessary troubles caused by the military nature of the Aviation Industry Group when selling passenger aircraft in the future.

Those who appeared together at the bottom of the gangway even included Zhang Hongbiao, deputy director of the Science and Technology Commission, who came in advance.

"Comrade Haonan."

The two shook hands:

"Before I took office at the Science and Technology Commission, I had heard a lot about your deeds."

Although it was their first meeting, Zhang Hongbiao was very enthusiastic:

"This time I went to Director Ding to apply. Otherwise, I wouldn't have had the opportunity to represent the Science and Industry Committee at the ceremony."

Zhang Hongbiao was appointed to the Science and Technology Commission after Zhang Dongxu retired at the age of 18 after the conference last month. He is responsible for the military-civilian integration industry.

Therefore, Hufei also has a domestic passenger aircraft project, which is actually his scope of responsibility.

It's just that after such words, the relationship between the two people has obviously become quite familiar.

In fact, in terms of level, Zhang Hongbiao is still half a level higher than Chang Haonan.

However, it is obvious that the latter situation cannot be judged based on common sense.

Secondly, Zhang Hongbiao, unlike other deputy directors of the Science and Technology Commission, does not have a military position.

He is also the first member of the leadership team of the Science and Technology Commission without a title.

From Chang Haonan's perspective, one can naturally guess that the superiors have begun to intentionally remove the military-related color of the Science and Technology Commission, paving the way for the next transformation.

But for Zhang Hongbiao himself, he must still be worried that his work will not be carried out well.

Therefore, there is absolutely no harm in establishing a good relationship with Chang Haonan, a key subordinate who also has no title.

After a few people exchanged pleasantries, they walked along the red carpet to the assembly workshop in the distance.

And this road was obviously specially designed.

Because we happened to pass a landmark of Dachang Airport in the middle——

The Y-10 prototype made its first flight exactly 20 years ago.

This plane was originally parked slightly outside the factory area, and it was obviously moved here specially for today's ceremony.

However, it was well arranged.

Zhang Hongbiao and Chang Haonan stopped nearby.

The latter looked up at the plane, which had become somewhat worn out due to weather and weather, and couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

However, Zhang Hongbiao is right next to him now.

If the other party didn't say something, Chang Haonan wouldn't be able to speak easily.

And Zhang Hongbiao’s cooperation is just right:

"For us, lucking 10 should be a lesson."

"yes……"

Chang Haonan replied:

"The technical level is insufficient. This is an objective problem of ability. However, disbanding the technical team, sealing up the technical data, and even losing the data later... This is an ideological problem."

The research and development of Yun-10 was not under the auspices of the Science and Technology Committee, so there was no psychological burden between the two when they dissed.

Zhou Qingzhi, who was following behind, was worried that he couldn't find a chance to interrupt, so he quickly expressed his position when he saw this:

“When the Yun-10 was discontinued, I was just a technical director. I remember that at that time, Comrade Cheng Bushi made several reports, hoping that while introducing the MD82 final assembly line, some of the R&D and production capabilities of the Yun-10 could be retained to provide future benefits. Domestic passenger planes leave a spark.”

"As a result, the Civil Aviation Administration of China did not agree, and in the end the entire production line and team were transferred to McDonnell Douglas..."

Hufei was a new member who was transferred to the Science and Technology Commission a few years ago. Zhou Qingzhi's move was obviously to express his intention to break away from the past.

Chang Haonan naturally heard it.

However, although he also looked down upon those people from the Civil Aviation Administration, there was no need to show it on such occasions.

So Zhou Qingzhi continued:

"Just like that, when the news came out in 1996 that McDonnell Douglas was going to be acquired by Boeing, we almost didn't know what to do from top to bottom. At that time, there was also a big layoff, and there were all kinds of rumors. If the Science and Technology Commission had not given us a clear path in time, we don’t know what would have happened..."

When he said this, Zhou Qingzhi kept looking at Chang Haonan.

As an insider, the former certainly knew who pushed the entire Hufei Group at the most critical moment.

It's just that some things are not suitable to be explained clearly.

Chang Haonan smiled, nodded and replied:

"C808 and C909 only solve the problem of whether we have domestically produced passenger aircraft. After all, the overall design belongs to others."

"After we have fully understood these two models, we will definitely develop a passenger aircraft with completely independent intellectual property rights. You, Shanghai Flying, have a long way to go..."

"No, no... we already have some experience after all."

Zhou Qingzhi waved his hand:

"President Chang said last year that he would design domestic high-bypass-ratio engines for future mainline airliners. This is the real hard nut..."

Obviously, as a unit mainly responsible for the research and development of large civil aircraft, Hufei has always been paying attention to the trends of the aviation power group.

At that time, Zhou Qingzhi speculated that the C909 was subject to basic design issues. If a larger diameter engine was installed, it would be difficult to ensure a sufficient safety margin between the lower edge of the engine nacelle and the ground.

Therefore, the "new generation of mainline passenger aircraft" mentioned by Chang Haonan at that time must have been a brand-new model after the C909.

And today, this guess has been verified.

…

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the celebration ceremony for the successful collection of evidence officially began.

First of all, Zhou Qing came to the stage to summarize and report:

"Domestic jetliners are the long-cherished wish of hundreds of thousands of employees in the aviation industry who have been striving for it. It is also the long-cherished wish of generations of people in the Chinese aviation industry for decades. In order to realize this long-cherished wish, we have started from the original 10 Starting from the beginning of the project, Hufei Group has gone through more than 7,000 days and nights of unremitting struggle..."

Chang Haonan sat on the podium behind Zhou Qingzhi and glanced at the invited guests.

Many technical personnel who participated in the Y-10 and MD82 projects are now elderly and have not had the opportunity to participate in the development and production of the C808 passenger aircraft.

Listening to Zhou Qingzhi review the stories of the past twenty years, I naturally have mixed feelings in my heart.

In particular, several leaders of the Yun-10 R&D team shed tears...

As the first activated user, the representative of China United Airlines had a mixture of pride and worry on his face.

Being able to be the first to operate domestically produced jetliners is naturally a huge benefit in terms of industrial policy.

But on the other hand. A new aircraft and logistics support system means a new set of technical teams.

Before the fleet size is expanded, the cost cannot be amortized.

Moreover, new models of aircraft that have just entered service are generally at the high point of the bathtub curve in failure rates.

This means that the average maintenance hours per flight hour is higher, and it is difficult to fly three or four times a day on the same route with different flight numbers like mature models.

In short, challenges and benefits coexist.

Chang Haonan even saw a few foreign faces, who should be foreign customers.

You know, C808 happens to be stuck at the highest point of the mutual recognition range of airworthiness between China and Europe and the United States.

In other words, this will be an aircraft certified by CAAC, EASA and FAA at the same time.

It is quite attractive for some airlines that do not need to fly long-distance routes.

As for other units involved in research and development, Hufei employees, and foreign experts on Tupolev...

Naturally, everyone is happy.

However, amidst all the joy, there are exceptions.

The representatives sent by the Civil Aviation Administration to attend did not look very good.

After all, Hufei used to be under their jurisdiction and was only intercepted later.

At the beginning, many people were ready to watch the Science and Technology Commission’s jokes.

After all, at that time, it seemed that without the cooperation of Europe and the United States, let alone whether a passenger aircraft could be built, even if it was built, it would be difficult to find a market without a certificate of airworthiness.

As a result, not long after, news came that China and the European Union’s JAA had signed a mutual recognition agreement on airworthiness.

Immediately afterwards, C808 and C909 branch and main line passenger aircraft were launched one after another...

Then, the development of these two models was smooth sailing...

That's all.

However, after McDonnell Douglas was acquired by Boeing, it quickly gave up its entire MD series passenger aircraft product line.

This means that if we had continued to pursue MD90, we would have been completely defeated.

Comparing the two, the result is a bit intriguing...

After seeing all the living beings in this circle, Chang Haonan smiled faintly.

If he had a camera in his hand at this time, he would be very willing to record the scene just now.

At this time, Zhou Qingzhi had already talked about the certification test flight.

"Comrade Haonan."

Zhang Hongbiao, who was sitting next to Chang Haonan, suddenly said:

"It took just over a year to obtain certification and test flight for such a large aircraft?"

Chang Haonan nodded with some confusion, and said to himself that this 50-ton regional passenger plane looked so big...

And more than a year is not too soon.

You know, there is no A380 with a serious name at the moment. In the previous life, even counting from the first flight to getting the certificate, it only took 1 year and 10 months...

As a result, Zhang Hongbiao paused for a moment and continued:

"When I went to Bingcheng for inspection before, I heard from the comrades there that when they collected evidence for Yun-12, it took several years..."

Now Chang Haonan understood.

If compared with Yun 12, it is indeed quite big and quite fast...

"This is the benefit of achieving mutual recognition of airworthiness with Europe and the United States."

After thinking for a moment he replied:

"When you go abroad to do airworthiness work, on the one hand, you are not familiar with the place, and you are not used to the working language and work style. On the other hand, you will inevitably be deliberately set up to hinder you. It is definitely more convenient than in our country..."

Zhang Hongbiao nodded thoughtfully, and then asked:

"As for this sales market... I just heard from Comrade Qingzhi that the only domestic initial users are United Airlines and Bashu Airlines. Can they have a large enough fleet size?"

"That's not a problem."

Chang Haonan shook his head:

"There are only a few machines in the first batch of production, and it is unlikely that there will be too many users to start up. It will take a long time to ramp up production capacity. What Hufei needs to worry about now is not the order volume, but whether it can complete the order with quality and quantity. "

"Besides, if part of the luggage compartment under the passenger cabin of this platform is changed into an additional fuel tank, it can probably guarantee a range of 5-6 thousand kilometers. It is absolutely no problem to make it a special aircraft platform or a special aircraft. It can be used as a backup..."

"..."