Chapter 722 The Age of Flying Arrives

In a corner that no one noticed after the eight-year construction plan was promulgated, Arthur launched a new policy, which is about encouraging the upgrading of technology and industry in the field of civilian shipbuilding.

In terms of military shipbuilding alone, Australasia has definitely come to the forefront of the world.

But in the field of civilian shipbuilding, Australasia is not as good as some countries with a long history of shipbuilding.

There is nothing we can do about it. The focus of the country must be on the more important military field. In the civilian field, it is impossible to catch up with those countries that have built ships for hundreds of years in a short time just by relying on the efforts of the people themselves.

Like the Netherlands, a country that once dominated Europe, the history of civilian shipbuilding can even be traced back hundreds of years.

But the field of civilian shipbuilding is also very important for the country's economic development. As the main means of transportation for long-distance transportation and travel, the advanced level of ship technology has a significant improvement in all aspects of the country.

Transport ships can improve the efficiency of cargo transportation, and passenger ships can improve the efficiency of traveling to distant areas, saving more time.

For a country like Australasia, whose territory is spread across the entire Oceania, the improvement of passenger ship technology can effectively improve the travel efficiency of people in various regions of the country and improve the government's control over all regions.

In fact, not only the civilian shipbuilding industry, Arthur has issued many policies and encouraged dozens of industries.

For the advanced level of technology they have developed and the importance of a certain industry, the rewards include funds, land, medals and titles.

Under the stimulation of many rewards, I believe that the technology of the shipbuilding industry will also usher in a significant upgrade in the future.

This is actually the benefit brought by industrial development. Many industries currently only need encouragement from the government and the royal family to flourish on their own.

If it were Australasia 20 years ago, it would be difficult for an industry to develop on its own without the leadership of the government or even a large amount of capital investment.

At present, at least in terms of the foundation, Australasia is complete. It is precisely because a considerable foundation has been laid that the royal family only needs to pay a small amount of money to control the technological reform of each industry.

Arthur, who had just been about to relax after issuing the policy, immediately received good news from Douglas Company.

After more than a year, the DC-1 transport aircraft developed by Douglas finally ushered in a new model, that is, the DC-2, which is an improvement on the first generation of transport aircraft.

The DC-2 transport aircraft still has an all-metal fuselage, but the fuselage has been extended and the number of seats has increased from 12 to 14.

In terms of power, jet engines are also not used. After all, if a civil aircraft uses the latest technology, it will definitely be studied and imitated by other countries.

The current jet engines are too advanced, so they should not be exposed before other countries have developed them.

However, even if it is only an improved third-generation aircraft engine, the power has been greatly improved.

The name of this engine is DE-3 aviation-specific engine. The aircraft using this aircraft engine was previously a military aircraft.

In the field of civil aircraft, the power that this engine can provide is absolutely excellent. It is definitely in the top five, not to mention the best.

The double cockpit seats of this transport aircraft are not counted in the total seats, which also means that this passenger aircraft can transport 14 passengers, and the transportation efficiency has been greatly improved compared to the previous generation.

According to the report given by Douglas, the maximum speed of the DC-2 transport aircraft is close to 355 kilometers per hour, the theoretical cruising speed can reach 265 kilometers per hour, the climb rate is as high as 415 meters per minute, and the practical ascent limit is close to 3855 meters.

Although the data in various aspects have not improved much compared with the previous generation, after all, two more seats have been added, and the actual improvement is still very large.

The most important change is still focused on safety. The DC-2 transport aircraft can ensure that the aircraft can land safely under the premise of any engine losing power, which is also the advantage of twin-engine aircraft over single-engine aircraft.

As for the result of losing power of both engines at the same time, well, it will fall into pieces.

Douglas is not the only company that has achieved results.

You know, in the field of transport aircraft, Australasia has three companies, namely Douglas Aircraft Company, Boeing and Royal Aircraft Factory.

After being overshadowed by Douglas Aircraft Company on DC-1, the Royal Aircraft Factory has been thinking about regaining its face.

A few days after Douglas submitted its report to Arthur, the Royal Aircraft Factory immediately reported the design results of the SF-3, the Big Belly No. 3 transport aircraft.

Inspired by the DC-1, the Big Belly No. 3 transport aircraft no longer insisted on the semi-hard shell design, but turned to an all-metal transport aircraft design.

According to the information submitted by the Royal Aircraft Factory, this transport aircraft adopts a three-person driving mode, plus three pilots, it can accommodate a full 15 passengers.

When fully loaded, it can also transport nearly 800 kilograms of luggage, and the maximum range has exceeded 2,100 kilometers.

In terms of speed, the average cruising speed of the Big Belly No. 3 is slightly lower than that of the DC-2, but it can also reach 250 kilometers per hour.

The maximum speed is close to 330 kilometers per hour, the climb rate is close to 400 meters per minute, and the practical ascent limit is close to 3,715 meters. All data are close to DC-2.

If the results reported by Boeing are added, these three aircraft are actually at a very good level.

Yes, Boeing also submitted its own design results.

In fact, it is not just the Royal Aircraft Factory and Douglas Aircraft Company that are competing, Boeing is also unwilling to lag behind these two companies.

After all, they are all acquired by Arthur and are affiliated with the royal consortium. It is natural for them to want to show off in front of Arthur.

Boeing's transport aircraft design is temporarily named Boeing 267. Why 267? Because the average cruising speed of this transport aircraft reaches 267 kilometers per hour.

If we only talk about the average cruising speed, Boeing 267 is the fastest of the three aircraft designs, leading DC-2 by a slight advantage.

But it cannot be compared completely according to the cruising speed. Compared with the DC-2 and SF-3, which can carry 14 passengers, the Boeing 267 can only accommodate 10 people except the driver, and the gap is still quite large.

Moreover, because it was the first time that a passenger plane was designed, the Boeing 267 could only carry nearly 181 kilograms of cargo after being fully loaded, and its transportation capacity was also behind that of the DC-2 and SF-3.

Compared with transportation capacity, Boeing obviously pays more attention to the comfort of the aircraft.

Referring to the airship, Boeing set up a toilet on the Boeing 267 and increased the spacing between each seat.

In this way, sitting on the more spacious Boeing 267 must be more comfortable.

It is worth mentioning that the Boeing 267 set up a stewardess for the first time, which is the well-known stewardess.

This is a position dedicated to serving passengers on passenger planes and ensuring the comfort of every passenger.

It is precisely because of the settings of toilets and stewardesses that the Boeing 267 can only carry ten passengers.

However, after all, it is something that is to be put into commercial use. The actual cargo capacity and comfort are more important, and the real experience of the market is the most important.

After receiving three designs for transport aircraft in a row for several days, Arthur did not have the heart to look at their design results one by one.

After thinking for a while, Arthur decided to hold a World Aircraft Expo in Australasia, just to promote these three transport aircraft and start the era of world flight.

The first and most important thing is to make the so-called World Aircraft Expo famous.

This is actually very easy to do, especially for a king like Arthur.

On February 11, 1929, the Australasia government issued an announcement to the public, stating that it would hold a World Aircraft Expo from March to April to disclose Australasia's three civil aircraft designs.

During this period, Australasia will establish various airlines and open up the world's first transport aircraft around the world route.

Because the first airship around the world voyage was held in Australasia, this World Aircraft Expo still attracted a lot of attention.

Although the airship failed in the military field, no one blamed Australasia for this fault.

After all, those who could ride the airship at that time were all rich people, and the poor had few opportunities to ride the airship, let alone see the airship with their own eyes.

In order to hype up the World Aircraft Expo, Arthur also asked the government to disclose some data of the three transport planes, such as the speed and the number of passengers that can be accommodated.

In particular, the failure rate of airplanes was much lower than that of airships, which made people believe that airplanes were more reliable means of transportation than airships.

While promoting the World Aircraft Expo, Australasia said that it would give away 38 places for the first round-the-world voyage for free.

And Australasia promised that if there was any problem with the airplane during this round-the-world voyage, it would pay at least 100,000 Australian dollars to each person who participated in the round-the-world voyage.

After some hype, the heat did come out. It didn't have much impact on ordinary people. After all, airplanes would definitely be like airships, and the ticket price was very expensive, and ordinary people couldn't afford it at all.

But for those airlines and rich people, they are the ones who really pay attention to this World Aircraft Expo.

It has to be admitted that there are still many rich people around the world. If there is really a faster and relatively safe means of transportation, the rich will be happy to choose it.

In order to increase the trust of potential audiences in these aircraft, the Australasian royal family publicly stated that it would purchase a transport plane as a royal plane.

This also made airlines and wealthy people around the world pay more attention to aircraft. After all, the Australasian royal family definitely knows the safety of these transport planes.

Even the Australasian royal family is going to purchase them, what else can they worry about?

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