Chapter 2639
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The Concorde Airlines was once the only supersonic passenger plane in the world that is truly 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 has written a strong point in the history of civil aviation.
Looking at the development laws 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.
However, during the Cold War from the 1960s to the 1980s, it was a golden age for human science and technology to thrive and develop wildly.
People of that era showed unprecedented fanaticism and radicalism in the field of technology.
In that era when computer computing power was not as good as that of the Little Overlord Learning Machine, the Soviet Union sent astronauts to space and the United States sent astronauts to the moon.
Also in that era, people lost interest in ordinary subsonic civil aviation aircraft and began to step up to the supersonic era.
In 1975, the Concorde airliner, which could reach twice the speed of sound, was officially put into use. At that time, people had already enjoyed the supersonic airliner of 2,150 kilometers per hour.
Now, it takes nearly two hours to fly from Yanjing to Jinling, but it only takes 25 minutes to take the Union passenger plane.
Unfortunately, although this aircraft is extremely fast, it has extremely poor fuel economy. Therefore, with the arrival of the economic crisis and a serious flight accident, this aircraft withdrew from the civil aviation stage in 2003 and has disappeared from the world since then. To this day, most people can't even remember the existence of this aircraft, but several of this aircraft have been well preserved.
Moreover, without exception, they all became exclusive cars for top rich people.
Ye Chen’s grandfather Ye Zhongquan has one.
His Concorde airliner spent a lot of financial resources to renovate and maintain it after buying it. Until now, 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, for top families, this kind of aircraft has the same significance as the nuclear weapons of major powers. They can be sealed for several years or even decades, but once there is a major event, they can be put into use immediately.
So, Chen Zekai thought of this solution. As long as Ye Zhongquan is willing to lend this Union passenger plane to Ye Chen, he will send Ye Chen to Syria within four and a half hours. It is completely unquestionable.
However, Ye Zhongquan attaches great importance to this plane. He has hardly ever used it for anyone except himself. Even his children have no chance to use this plane.
Chen Zekai is just a spokesperson for the Ye family in Jinling. He can't even reach the point where he contacted Ye Zhongquan directly, so this matter can only be discussed by Ye Chen himself.
Ye Chen was instantly awakened by his words.
He blurted out his excitement: "It's great if there is a Concorde airliner, you can save more than half of your time in one go."
As he said that, he immediately took out his cell phone and said, "I'll call him now and I'll borrow this plane no matter what."
Chen Zekai said with some concern: "Young master, it is said that your grandfather is particularly precious to this plane. He has never loaned it out so far, nor has anyone else allowed to use it except him. I am worried that he will not be willing to lend it to you now.
Ye Chen said in a deep voice: "No matter what, let's call first and try it out.
After saying that, he called his grandfather Ye Zhongquan.
Chapter completed!