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Concorde was once the only supersonic airliner in the world that was actually put into commercial operation.
For many young people, they may not know about this aircraft at all, but they have to admit that this aircraft once made a significant mark in the history of civil aviation.
Looking at the development patterns of human science and technology over the past few decades, we will find an interesting phenomenon, that is, in recent years, people have been relatively conservative in the development of science and technology.
The Cold War period from the 1960s to the 1980s was a golden age when human science and technology thrived and developed crazily.
People of that era showed unprecedented enthusiasm and radicalness in the field of science and technology.
In that era when computer computing power was inferior to that of the Little Overlord learning machine, the Soviet Union sent astronauts to space, and the United States sent astronauts to the moon.
Also at that time, people lost interest in ordinary subsonic civil aviation aircraft and began to enter the supersonic era with their heads held high.
In 1975, the Concorde, which could reach twice the speed of sound, was officially put into use. At that time, people had already enjoyed the supersonic passenger aircraft at 2,150 kilometers per hour.
Now, it takes nearly two hours to fly from Yanjing to Jinling, but if you take the Concorde, it only takes 25 minutes.
Unfortunately, although this aircraft is extremely fast, its fuel economy is extremely poor. Therefore, with the advent of the economic crisis and a serious flight accident, this aircraft withdrew from the civil aviation stage in 2003 and has since disappeared from the world.
, to this day, most people don’t even remember the existence of this aircraft, but there are still a few of this aircraft that have been well preserved.
And, without exception, they have all become exclusive cars for the top rich.
Ye Chen's grandfather Ye Zhongquan had one.
After buying his Concorde, he spent a huge amount of money on its modification and maintenance. It still costs tens of millions of dollars in basic maintenance costs every year.
However, Ye Zhongquan spent so much money on this plane, but it was difficult for him to fly once a year.
However, to the top families, this kind of aircraft is equivalent to the nuclear weapons of a big country. It can be kept in storage and not used for several years or even decades, but once a major incident requires it, it can be put into use immediately.
Therefore, Chen Zekai came up with this idea. As long as Ye Zhongquan is willing to lend the Concorde to Ye Chen, it will be no problem to send Ye Chen to Syria within four and a half hours.
However, Ye Zhongquan valued this aircraft very much. Except for himself, it was almost never used by anyone. Even his children had no chance to use this aircraft.
And Chen Zekai is just a spokesperson of the Ye family in Jinling. He can't even get in touch with Ye Zhongquan directly, so Ye Chen can only talk to Ye Zhongquan about this matter.
Ye Chen was instantly awakened by his words.
He couldn't hide his excitement and blurted out: "That's great. If there is a Concorde, it will save more than half of the time at once."
As he said that, he immediately took out his cell phone and said, "I'm going to give him a call right now and I will borrow this plane no matter what."
Chen Zekai said with some worry: "Master, it is said that your grandfather is very precious to this aircraft. So far, he has never loaned it out or let anyone else use it except him. Now I am worried that he will not be willing to lend it to you.
Ye Chen said in a deep voice: "No matter what, let's give it a try first."
After saying that, he called his grandfather Ye Zhongquan.
The phone only rang twice and was answered immediately.
This chapter has been completed!