I Found A Planet

April 8.

A blockbuster news suddenly spread wildly on the Internet.

C919, the first domestically-made civilian large passenger aircraft, announced that it has broken the ban on the sale of foreign advanced engines and successfully achieved mass production!

The news exploded on the Internet.

Many netizens do not believe this is true.

"How is this possible? How long has it been since the ban?"

"It should be the Maozi's engine that I bought. This is indeed the fastest way to solve the problem."

"No, no! As stated in the press release, the domestically produced CJ-1000 high bypass ratio engine is used. The thrust, fuel consumption, service life and other aspects of performance are not inferior to the LeapX engine produced by CFM International. We use the domestically produced The engine broke the ban!"

"impossible!"

Immediately someone shook his head: "Absolutely impossible! We are more than 30 years behind foreign countries in the engine field, and it is impossible to catch up in just a few months. There is a problem, and there is definitely a problem with this news."

"However, COMAC has indeed solved the problem of engine supply, and rolled off 10 mass-produced C919 airliners in batches at one time, and from the details in the picture, we can see that the engines mounted under the wings are similar to those of LeapX engines or Maozi. There are obvious differences in the PS90 engine, which seems to be slightly smaller, and it should be a domestic engine."

"Even if it is a domestic engine! The performance cannot be compared with LeapX, at least it must be more than one generation behind! This is because we have to use a backward engine in order not to breach the contract. In actual use, only the fuel consumption alone has no competitiveness...Users They will definitely return the products one after another, it’s just a dying struggle!”

"Shepherd dog, get out! No matter how bad the domestic engine is, it's still our engine. If it consumes more fuel, it still needs to be used! It doesn't matter if the air ticket price is high, I'll buy it!"

"Yes, we must support large domestic aircraft, and the air tickets are more expensive!"

Netizens all said that even if the ticket price is more expensive, they still want to take a domestic plane.

For the support of netizens, COMAC was very moved. It immediately sent a thank you letter, and also said behind the thank you letter: The engine problem has been completely solved, and the performance is indeed not worse than the LeapX engine. The fuel consumption index is even lower. Big plane, please rest assured.

Wow...

This reply made some netizens overjoyed and excited.

But more netizens still don't believe it.

"boast!"

"impossible!"

"Lies! Liars!"

There are still a small number of netizens who still insist very clearly: this is a scam.

...

April 9, morning.

Shanghai International Airport.

At the end of one of the runways, a mass-produced C919 aircraft, most of which is painted in national flag red, is parked.

What will be carried out this morning is the first passenger flight of C919. This plane will be fully loaded with 168 passengers and will head to another airport 2,800 kilometers away.

Then return without refueling, two take-offs, landings, plus the round-trip distance, a total of 5,600 kilometers.

The company attaches great importance to this flight test. The thousands of people standing on both sides of the airport runway at this moment, apart from the media reporters, the most are workers, leaders and relatives of COMAC.

Chen Jin and his mother, He Li, were also among the send-off crowd.

"Old Chen, do you really want to get on the plane and participate in the passenger test?"

He Li asked, her face was a little worried, she even grabbed the hand of her husband Chen Gang, shaking her head slightly, a little bit unwilling to let him go.

"It's okay, I have enough confidence in the plane we made ourselves!"

Chen Gang gave his wife a firm look, he was 300% sure about the test flight with passengers.

"Dad, the engine on our plane has really reached a particularly powerful level? I remember that the maximum range of the C919 was 5,500 kilometers at the beginning. You are going to fly the 5,600 this time, and do two takeoffs with high fuel consumption...You guys Is the next passenger test safe?"

Chen Jin couldn't help asking.

He felt that today's passenger test was a bit risky, in case the alternate landing fuel was insufficient, or... Bah bah, he slapped himself.

"No problem, absolutely no problem!"

Chen Gang explained: "Compared with the most advanced LeapX engine, the thrust of this engine we use is about 5% lower, but the fuel consumption is 10% lower, reaching an astonishing 0.432kg/kgf.h. 15% lighter, the actual thrust-to-weight ratio is not too small, and the thrust is fully sufficient.”

"The most amazing thing is its voyage performance. You may not believe it. In the simulated environment of the virtual factory, the C919 fully loaded with passengers has flown a limit range of 8,000 kilometers, which is almost 50% more than the initial design range. Although the fuel consumption in the take-off phase is a bit higher, there is no problem at all for two take-offs and landings with 6,000 kilometers in between.”

"And we only flew 5,600 this time, leaving more than 400 margins."

"In addition, through this test flight, we also want to tell netizens who care about domestic large passenger aircraft, tell our customers, and tell foreigners who are banned from selling engines, that our engines are working! Our aircraft is absolutely awesome!"

Speaking of this, Chen Gang is a little excited, and has the urge to vent freely.

Chen Jin nodded. The margin of more than 400 is a little risky, but it is completely enough.

"Dad, go on! Go and visit the great mountains and rivers of the motherland. Today is the day when your dreams come true."

Chen Jin gave two thumbs up and watched him board the C919.

9:50.

The tower gave the order to take off.

"Start the engine..."

"Start sliding, speed up..."

"Pull up the control lever, the nose landing gear of the aircraft is off the ground..."

"Increase the thrust and take off successfully!"

After more than three hours.

At 13:01 in the afternoon, the plane landed successfully at another airport 2,800 kilometers away.

After staying at the airport for an hour and having a meal, all passengers and crew boarded the plane again.

At 14:05 in the afternoon, the plane taxied and took off again, and rushed to the sky of 10,000 meters with greater acceleration.

17:00 in the afternoon.

Shanghai International Airport gathered more than 100,000 on-site spectators, as well as millions of surrounding spectators, all looking forward to the west sky.

Countless people were excited, or clenched their fists, or their eyes were filled with tears, like countless radars, facing the same direction at the same time.

The passenger carrying test this time was broadcast live at 360 degrees without any dead angle. Under the eyes of thousands of pairs, there is no room or possibility for cheating.

If the domestic engine is OK, then that plane will come back.

If the domestic engine doesn't work, then that plane...

Facts speak louder than words!

Action speaks louder than keyboards!

At this moment, everyone is anxiously watching.

Everyone prayed in their hearts: Come back, you must come back, no matter whether the domestic engine is good or not, the plane must come back!

There are more than 160 fresh lives on it!

suddenly!

There was a low "hum ~" sound.

"Everyone, look over there!"

Someone exclaimed and pointed in one direction.

Everyone looked in that direction, and then suddenly exclaimed and commotion.

"came back!"

"Our plane is back!"

I saw it in the orange sun that was slowly setting, against the red clouds in the sky.

A red-painted plane, like a fiery streamer, emerges from the sun; the louder and louder roar of the engine, like the cry of a phoenix, symbolizes the rise and rebirth of an ancient nation!

buzz buzz~

Under the witness of countless pairs of eyes.

The plane landed steadily on the runway.

"Boom~"

"Successful!"

"Wow!!"

"Woo woo woo~"

Cheers, shouts, cries...

The entire international airport was in a commotion, the entire business world was in a commotion, and the entire land of China was in a state of boiling!

I'm a bit wilted today, I'll try to work on Chapter 4 later