Chapter 782 The Harvest Season (Fourth update, please subscribe)
Not a daydream, but a desire!
The F1B fighter jet relies on a supersonic flight, even if it just hovers in the transonic zone, it is enough to blind the eyes of the world.
The F1B fighter jet, which performed so amazingly, immediately aroused the interest of various countries. At the following exhibition, it can be said to have become the most dazzling star in the entire exhibition, and even the press from various countries were attracted by it. The news was reported one after another - you know, in October 1947, when Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier, he became a legend around the world.
At this exhibition, the F1B fighter jet used a level flight to announce to the world that the new era is coming!
It's not just the arrival of the jet age, it also opens a chapter of another era.
The era of supersonic speed has arrived!
After the F1B fighter jet landed, almost everyone gathered around the plane, and they rushed to squeeze in next to the plane. At this time, in their eyes, this aircraft was the biggest star at this exhibition.
No, he is a hero.
After all, when an American pilot broke the speed of sound a few years ago, he became an American hero. But now ordinary fighter jets can actually exceed the speed of sound!
It’s really amazing to say. But all this happened in front of their eyes.
In the next few days, pilots from many countries, including American pilots, made test flights, and almost everyone was conquered by its excellent maneuverability.
Of course, this also includes Israeli pilot Ezer Weizman. After a half-hour test flight, Ezer Weizman said as he got off the plane.
“We want to buy it!”
A few days later, in the Nanyang Aviation Industry Corporation building, Israel and Nanyang signed a contract to purchase 6 F1B jet fighters and a Super Giant transport aircraft . Each F1B is worth US$271,420, and the total contract value is US$1,972,798, including US$244,278 for spare parts. The contract also includes options for nine F1Bs and two transport aircraft in the future, and is valid until December 2020.
According to Israeli requirements, the aircraft must be equipped with a P2-3 engine, which is the same engine used by the F1B during the flight show. Although the number of aircraft purchased by Israel is not large, it has achieved a breakthrough in the export of Nanyang fighter jets, and Israel has stated that it will place further orders in the future.
Yugoslavia not only showed strong interest, but also stated that their order would not be less than 150 aircraft. In the subsequent arms sales negotiations, the two sides even talked about the possibility of Yugoslavia obtaining a license for its own production and assembly and production in Yugoslavia. Of course, there must be enough pre-orders.
In addition to these two countries, many countries, including Australia and other countries, have shown interest in it, and even the United Kingdom has also taken a fancy to it - after all, the United Kingdom will There is really no jet fighter that can be used, and the pressure on the MiG-15 is something that the UK has to face.
At the Chang'an National Defense Equipment Exhibition, relying on the blockbuster F1B jet fighter, Nanyang Aviation Industry obtained orders and intention orders for fighter jets, transport aircraft and passenger aircraft, which totaled more than 500 million US dollars. It's amazing.
What is the concept of US$500 million?
You must know that last year, Nanyang's GDP was only 40 billion US dollars. If all these orders are completed, it will be equivalent to an increase in Nanyang's GDP by 1.25%! Although this order was not completed within one year, in October 1952, the aviation industry suddenly became a powerful driving force for Nanyang's national economy, driving the rapid development of Nanyang's economy like a horse-drawn carriage.
It is not just the aviation industry that has received orders. Nanyang's VT1 main battle tank has also won an order from Israel, although the order is only 90 units. As for the U101 type, it not only attracted the interest of Argentina, Peru, Chile and other countries, but also aroused the interest of Spain. The total order of 12 submarines can be called the largest ship order after the war. All this shows that Nanyang's arms industry has successfully entered the international market.
With the development of the military industry, a lot of basic investment needs to be increased. These basic investments will drive the development of related industries. The economic driving effect of this industry is very obvious. Of course, the jobs available are amazing. According to relevant estimates, the aviation industry and military industry will bring 100,000 jobs to Nanyang.
Of course, more importantly for Nanyang, this means that Nanyang has truly achieved industrial upgrading. It is not an industrial upgrade from textiles to televisions, but an upgrade from simple primary industrial products to high-tech products!
After learning the news, Li Yian himself was naturally very happy. Although he gave a lot of advice when developing the aircraft, he knew who the real hero was, so he held a banquet at his official residence to give the engineers a lot of advice. High praise, and when talking with the engineers of the aviation industry company, the interest was very good Li Yi'an put forward many useful suggestions, such as the "transonic area ratio" and "wasp waist design" theories, and even proposed further improvements to the F1 fighter, by narrowing its partial fuselage and giving up the cross-sectional area to the aircraft. Wings, of course, also mention thin airfoil wings to reduce the resistance of high-speed flight and so on.
Although I don’t know what role these theories will play in the development of Nanyang’s aviation industry, the opportunity to change the appearance of Nanyang’s aviation industry and even the country is now!
If we do it, it won’t be long before Nanyang will be among the world’s powerful countries. While Nanyang people will become rich, the aviation industry will inevitably become an extremely important part of Nanyang’s many industries.
Although the aviation industry cannot become a country's pillar industry, it can improve the entire country's technological and industrial levels to a great extent.
This time is not so much that Nanyang has achieved a "zero breakthrough" in the aviation industry, but rather that it shows the world the current level of Nanyang's aviation technology, even though it relies on Rolls-Royce for its aero engines. Technology authorization, but Nanyang Aerospace’s engine technology progress is also obvious to all. For example, the detailed design work of the WP100-4 engine with a thrust of 20,000 pounds has been completed.
"Compared with the WP100-3 engine, the newly finalized engine uses a larger diameter fan to increase the bypass ratio from 25% to 60%, further increasing the thrust to 20,250 pounds, which is 90.1 kilonewtons. Its The fuel consumption is similar to that of Type 3, but the thrust is increased by 17.1%.”
When introducing the WP100-4 engine to you, Wu Zhonghua, the chief designer, sounded a little excited and emphasized at the end. .
“If the 707 project adopts the WP100-4 engine, its range is likely to exceed 10,000 kilometers, and the number of passengers will further increase, which should exceed 200..."
As an aerospace engine engineer, Wu Zhonghua certainly hopes to apply this new engine to the 707 project, but he knows very well that now that the early models of the 707 have been finalized, in this case, he can only look forward to further improvements.
However, there is one more project.
After thinking about it, Wu Zhonghua said.
"Your Excellency, maybe the 707 project cannot use it for the time being, but the "Kunpeng Project" can completely use it. Now the "Kunpeng Project" has just begun."
"Kunpeng Project" is Nanyang's long-range bomber program has just been approved. Listening to Wu Zhonghua's introduction, Li Yi'an also seemed very happy, not only because this engine is the most powerful afterburning turbofan engine in the world. With it, Nanyang is one step closer to its own strategic bomber.
"Kunpeng... is ninety thousand miles away when he spreads his wings. When the long-range strategic bombing maneuvers in Nanyang are carried out for nine days in the future, I will definitely be here to celebrate the victory of Wu Gong and everyone. . ”
This night, the atmosphere in the official residence was cheerful, and everyone was immersed in inexplicable excitement. After all, this night was the harvest season...
(End of this chapter)