Chapter 727 Aircraft Expo (13 More)

Compared to the headache of the British, Arthur was much more relaxed at this time.

The World Aircraft Expo has been prepared almost, and most of the countries that should be invited have been invited.

In fact, the purpose of this World Aircraft Expo is not just the Expo, but more importantly, it is to promote the mechanical industry of Australasia to the world.

The Expo not only has an exhibition area for aircraft, but also aircraft engines, aircraft parts, special glass exhibition areas, and even aircraft pilot training and aircraft repair equipment.

There are even automobile exhibition areas, machinery exhibition areas, including various home appliance exhibition areas, etc.

It is said to be an aircraft expo, but it can actually be regarded as an industrial expo. There are all kinds of industrial products, but they rely more on the gimmick of aircraft.

After all, there are countless world expositions held by various countries. If you don't find some gimmicks, it's hard to attract more attention.

In order to make the World Aircraft Expo famous, Australasia's invitation letters were sent to almost every country in the world, except those African Negroes.

In addition to the personal feelings between Arthur and most Australasia people, the current black people are indeed too poor, and they certainly can't afford to buy airplanes.

Even to the newly established republics, Australasia sent invitations and said it would cover their tickets.

Most countries still gave Australasia face, after all, it was also recognized as the third great power.

Many countries quickly responded, and the number of countries willing to participate in the World Aircraft Expo soon exceeded 40, which invisibly increased the scale of the World Expo.

On March 27, 1929, the Australasia World Aircraft Expo was officially held.

Arthur attended the opening ceremony of the World Expo and welcomed all the representatives of the countries participating in the Expo.

Three advanced transport aircraft appeared in the Expo in turn, as well as the supporting productivity, maintenance facilities, aircraft technicians training, etc. of the transport aircraft, which attracted the attention of a large number of small and medium-sized countries.

Of course, there are also many representatives of capital. If the aircraft technology is mature, the value generated by air transport will not necessarily be worse than shipping.

Moreover, the speed of the aircraft is incomparable to that of the ship. Taking the lead in grabbing the share of the aviation market means taking the first bite of the whole big cake.

Compared with the holding of the Expo, Arthur is more concerned about the sales of the products displayed at the Expo.

After all, in the economic crisis, although European countries have improved, airplanes are not cheap.

The good news is that the planes were sold quickly, and the number of sales was not small.

First of all, Europe. The capital of Britain and France has expressed strong interest in such aircraft, and the number of purchases is also starting from ten.

In addition to other small and medium-sized countries in Europe, and some European royal families who are interested in aircraft, the number of aircraft sales on the first day has exceeded 100.

The number of 100 seems small, but the funds involved are not a small number.

The cost of the three transport aircraft is different, but the cost price is generally controlled at around 30,000 to 40,000 Australian dollars.

The selling price of these three transport aircraft is at least more than 70,000 Australian dollars, which also means that the sale of each transport aircraft can bring Arthur at least 30,000 Australian dollars in profit.

100 transport aircraft is 3 million Australian dollars, which can fill up and build another aircraft carrier.

In addition to the main transport aircraft, other businesses also have many customers, such as cars and some machinery.

Australasia's car brands are already very rich, and corresponding off-road vehicles and luxury car categories have also been born.

Different groups of people naturally have different needs. Off-road vehicles, luxury cars and sports cars are popular with quite a number of people.

Off-road vehicles are actually cars with a raised bottom. Coupled with better power, they can adapt to uneven roads and are more suitable for outdoor environments.

Luxury cars mainly improve the comfort of passengers. Luxury cars can also be equipped with bulletproof glass, special steel and more protective facilities, which are very suitable for state officials and royal family members.

Sports cars are a new type of car. Through more powerful power, more handsome and streamlined body, and more colorful color matching, they attract people's attention.

All kinds of things, the sales on the first day exceeded 20 million Australian dollars, and the total profit exceeded 9 million Australian dollars.

More importantly, with the appearance of three transport planes, airplanes will replace airships as the fastest mode of transportation in the world, and will completely change the way politicians from all over the world travel.

Another major theme of the aircraft expo is to complete a round-the-world voyage in three different transport planes.

It is worth mentioning that the maximum flight distance of the three transport planes has exceeded 2,000 kilometers, which means that it is still very easy to sail around the world.

Of course, before sailing around the world, the aircraft's stopovers and the replenishment of supplies are very important.

If you carry as much fuel as possible, in theory, you only need to choose a few stopovers to complete this round-the-world voyage.

In terms of the choice of stopovers, the starting point is Sydney, the next stop is Hawaii, followed by Los Angeles, New York, London, Constantinople, Qatar, India, Java and finally return to Sydney.

Such a journey is farther than simply going around the world, but it also proves the safety of the aircraft.

The total journey is about 40,000 kilometers. According to the speed of the three planes, it is no problem to maintain a speed of 250 kilometers per hour.

In other words, it takes about 160 hours to complete the entire journey. Add in the time for refueling and resting, and the time for replenishing supplies, it will take about 200 hours.

200 hours is not long, it is only more than eight days at most. It took less than nine days to complete the entire round-the-world voyage. This speed increase is absolutely huge for ships.

For European countries, it has become very easy to conduct diplomatic visits between Europe.

Although Britain and France are only separated by the English Channel, it takes at least two or three days to travel from London to Paris.

If you take a plane, it is more than 300 kilometers, and the plane only takes two hours.

Even if you add the time to go to the airport, you can definitely travel from London to Paris within five hours.

Such efficiency is absolutely exaggerated, and the time saved can definitely accomplish many other things.

Well, perhaps some capital only sees the benefits in the civilian population.

But for those countries, they see potential military threats.

Compared with airships, airplanes are undoubtedly safer. If there are more aircraft escorts, such transport planes can not only transport ordinary people, but also a trained elite army.

After all, for civilian airliners, a transport plane can only transport 14 people. But for the military field, the seats of the aircraft can be completely disassembled, and basically one aircraft can transport at least 30 people.

In addition to personnel, transport planes can also transport a large amount of urgently needed goods, which is a great supplement for the poor logistics in the war.

In general, such aircraft have a great role, which is also the reason why Britain, France and other European countries have decisively purchased them.

Of course, Britain and France are more interested in copying their own aircraft through such aircraft and mastering the technology needed to build such aircraft.

But this is still quite difficult. For current aircraft, the most core technology should be the aircraft engine.

It is still very difficult to copy the engine, and it takes at least several years.

After Britain and France copied the engine of Australasia in a few years, Diesel had already developed a new engine, which can also maintain its overall lead in engines.

Why can Arthur directly take out such a transport aircraft and even sell it to all countries openly?

In fact, it is because he is sure that other countries cannot develop such an engine in a short time, so they will need more time to imitate and explore.

In this way, the attention of Britain, France and other powers will remain on ordinary engines, and the research progress of jet engines will naturally be suspended.

Compared with ordinary engines, jet engines are the mainstream of the next aircraft.

As long as Australasia can maintain its lead in jet engines, it means that Australasia has a huge advantage in the air force.

In fact, in addition to purchasing finished aircraft, there are still many countries that want to purchase aircraft technology.

However, the aircraft technology on the surface belongs to three aircraft companies, and these three companies all refuse to sell the aircraft technology to the outside world on the grounds of keeping the core technology confidential.

Even Britain and Russia, which have a good relationship with Australasia, were decisively rejected by the three aircraft manufacturers.

This also made many countries give up the idea of ​​consulting aircraft technology. After all, they have no confidence to compare with Britain and Russia.

In the end, this World Aircraft Expo was very successful.

The cost of hosting the Expo was only a few million Australian dollars, but this Expo made Australasia earn at least 30 million Australian dollars in net profit.

In addition, the eyes of the world were attracted by these three transport planes. These three transport planes can play an extremely important role in both civil and military fields, and they will also change the pattern of the world's transportation industry.

After such transport planes were made public, Arthur could also equip the Australasia Air Force with military transport planes openly.

Military transport planes are modified civilian transport planes, with all seats removed to improve the efficiency of transporting personnel and goods.

Of course, the engine was also modified. The military version of the transport plane is more powerful, and the climbing efficiency and cruising speed will naturally be faster.

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