Chapter 909 Double Happiness
Flying in the air were a J-7A advanced trainer and a Xiongying advanced trainer.
The two advanced trainers kept taking photos of the H-6K/S, which was a witness to history.
The crew kept reporting relevant important data to the ground command center. The situation was very good, which made everyone feel relieved.
After flying at an altitude of 8,000 meters for a while, the H-6K/S began to climb and reached an altitude of 10,000 meters, flying quite steadily.
After flying for an hour, the H-6K/S completed all the tasks of the first test flight subjects, and then it began to return.
Everyone began to get nervous again, because the next step was landing.
The most critical part of the first test flight is actually two links, one is takeoff, and the other is landing.
An aircraft that can take off and land is a real aircraft.
How many aircraft made mistakes in the landing link during their first flight.
And once a mistake is made, the aircraft is often destroyed and people die.
The waiting time is always long.
Finally, a roar came from afar, and a small black dot appeared in the sky. Everyone knew that it was the H-6K/S.
The triumphant H-6K/S soon appeared in everyone's eyes. The sunlight shone on its fuselage, and it looked like a golden warrior, very beautiful.
At this moment, everyone was extremely nervous.
The descent trajectory of the H-6K/S was very stable. It finally landed smoothly on the runway, and then began to slow down continuously, and finally slowly stopped. The H-6K/S slowly drove to the apron.
Everyone couldn't help cheering at this moment, and even many people had tears in their eyes.
This scene was filmed by the CCTV filming team.
In the air, the J-7A advanced trainer and the Eagle advanced trainer did not snatch the glory of the H-6K/S. The pilot drove the plane to another airport.
In Hong Kong, the shareholders' meeting was over.
While having dinner with a group of shareholders, the secretary 'Wu Qiang' came to Liu Tao and reported in a low voice.
A smile appeared on Liu Tao's face. Wu Qiang didn't know what the codename stood for, but Liu Tao knew that the codename represented the successful maiden flight of the H-6K/S.
Today was a double happiness.
This morning, the shareholders' meeting of Xiangjiang Airlines was held.
Xiangjiang Airlines is the only local airline in Xiangjiang, and has opened routes from Xiangjiang to various parts of the world.
At this shareholders' meeting, Liu Tao promoted the decision-making. Xiangjiang Airlines decided to purchase 50 Yun-13 regional passenger aircraft and 20 Yun-13 freighters.
Although Yun-13 is a regional passenger aircraft, it can meet the needs of Xiangjiang Airlines to Taiwan Province and various cities in the mainland, including most major cities in Southeast Asia.
Before this, Xiangjiang Airlines gave an order of 100 aircraft, but Liu Tao still thought it was too little.
So there was this promotion meeting.
With sufficient orders, Yun-13 can continuously build production lines, train workers, and improve the entire production chain of Yun-13 regional passenger aircraft.
In the regional passenger aircraft market, Yun-13 is very competitive.
This competitiveness is not only reflected in the domestic market of China, but also in foreign countries.
Liu Tao will contact some old friends in the future to promote cooperation in the field of Yun-13, and will also make great efforts to organize the first Zhuhai Air Show.
Liu Tao attaches great importance to the Yun-13 regional aircraft.
The market demand for regional aircraft is much greater than that for trunk aircraft.
Regional aircraft can not only be used as civil aircraft, but also have great advantages in business aircraft.
In terms of business aircraft, the market is actually mainly in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.
And here, Liu Tao has to use some means.
For example, friends related to Panshan Group must buy Yun-13 business aircraft.
After all, the range of Yun-13 business aircraft reaches 5,500 kilometers, which can meet the needs of most wealthy people, because not all wealthy people need business aircraft that can fly across continents.
After dinner, Liu Tao took a short rest in the hotel room and began to look at the afternoon information.
May 5, Beijing.
In the evening, around 8 o'clock.
Courtyard, bird-watching house.
Liu Tao entertained Kuwaiti Crown Prince and Prime Minister Saad.
The two are old friends and always meet once a year.
This time Saad came to China specifically to strengthen cooperation and promote exchanges between the two sides.
Saad arrived in Beijing in the morning today, and Liu Tao personally hosted a banquet for Saad in the evening to show his hospitality.
Saad is the eldest son of Abdullah III Salim Al Sabah, the 11th and first king of Kuwait after independence. He served as Kuwait's Minister of the Interior from 1962 to 1978, and concurrently as Minister of Defense since 1964. In 1978, he was appointed Crown Prince by his cousin, the newly appointed King Jaber Ahmed Al Sabah. Since 1978, he has served as Prime Minister of Kuwait.
It can be said that Saad is the third most powerful person in Kuwait, second only to King Jaber and Fahd, the commander-in-chief of the Kuwaiti Armed Forces.
Saad is actually not young this year. He has been the crown prince for 17 years, and he is already 65 years old.
King Jaber is still in good health, and he is only two years older than Saad. It is not certain whether Saad can outlast his cousin and become the king of Kuwait.
Also, Saad is the crown prince, but his position is not as stable as Mount Tai, because King Jaber's half-brother 'Sabah', who is one year older than him, is eyeing him covetously.
Liu Tao is not interested in the internal affairs of Kuwait. He likes to make friends as long as his interests are not touched.
Liu Tao also wants to recommend the Yun-13 business jet for this banquet for Saad.
Although the Middle Eastern countries have given orders for more than 100 Yun-13s, they are passenger planes and cargo planes, not a single business jet.
These local tycoons in the Middle East are the main force of business jets in the world. They like large aircraft from Boeing and Airbus, and the interior decoration is extremely luxurious.
For them, money is not a problem at all. What they want is to enjoy and show their status.
For this time, Liu Tao specially asked people to spend more than two years to get a Yun-10 business jet and a Yun-13 business jet.
If you want to open up the Middle East business jet market, cost-effectiveness is useless, because people are not short of money at all.
People will not think about saving money.
The reason why the decoration took more than two years was because every version of the design was rejected by Liu Tao. Poverty completely restricted the imagination of the Chinese people.
In the end, Liu Tao spent some time and participated in it before he finally got the design plan.
It just so happened that Saad was visiting China at this time, which was the best time.
The two had a very pleasant chat and agreed on the cooperation in energy, infrastructure and other aspects.
Before this, Kuwait mainly exported oil, but as the transportation of natural gas was constantly solved, Kuwait also began to pay attention to the natural gas business.
In addition to its abundant oil reserves, Kuwait also has abundant natural gas reserves. The current proven natural gas reserves have reached 1.78 trillion cubic meters.
Even if calculated at the current international natural gas export price of US$0.07/cubic meter, 1.78 trillion cubic meters is worth US$124.6 billion.