New York is the financial center of the United States, as well as the largest port and transportation hub. Every day, countless people rush to New York with dreams in mind, and of course, countless people leave New York in despair with their dreams shattered.
As a metropolitan city in the United States, the people of New York are also well-informed. No matter what new gadgets they are, they are quickly familiar with them. Nothing can surprise the people of New York.
But today, the situation is a little different. People on the streets of New York raised their heads one after another and looked at the big guy in the sky with surprised faces.
"Is this the airship the newspapers talked about?"
"This is really big. It's bigger and longer than any giant ship on the sea."
"It's so big and can actually fly in the sky. It's simply a masterpiece of God."
On the skyscrapers of Manhattan, well-informed wealthy people are also observing this big guy in the sky.
"This is the Swan that flew from Europe. It's so white, no wonder it's called the White Swan."
"I feel that the aviation industry definitely has development potential in the future. Is Hawkins interested in working with me? How about each of us investing US$5 million?"
Regarding this big guy that appeared in the sky over New York City, major newspapers also sent out their photographers one after another to occupy the best positions, trying to take the best photo.
One of the photos taken from the Life Insurance Building in Manhattan has become the best symbol of the White Swan's visit to New York. The huge airship in the photo blocks the sky and the sun, and the small city buildings below show the domineering power of the airship.
When the people in New York paid attention to the Swan, the people on the Swan also looked at the prosperous New York City below. Even if some of the passengers were born in New York, watching it from high altitude is also unique.
"This is New York, it looks very prosperous."
"Yes, this is New York."
The Swan didn't stay over New York for long. Half an hour later, it rushed to LaGuardia in the suburbs. Here was the airship parking lot set up by Alitalia in New York. The huge airship slowly fell, and the parking lot was also full of people.
People. They also wanted to see this big guy, so the parking lot even sold tickets, allowing them to observe the huge Swan airship up close and feel the shock of the world's largest industrial crystallization.
Among these visitors, there are also people with other purposes, and Major Brad is one of them.
Unlike other viewers, Major Brad was also shocked by the huge Swan airship. But unlike others who were simply shocked and said a few words of praise, Major Brad had other ideas.
So when he returned to his residence after the visit, he immediately took out a pen and paper and prepared to write down some ideas in his mind and report to his superiors.
"Dear General Allison, here I need to report to you an epoch-making technological product, the Swan airship..."
In this report, Major Blade was very worried about this giant airship that could cross the ocean. For this reason, he wrote in the report, "If the enemy uses a giant airship as an attack weapon, it will be more offensive than a battleship."
.First of all, in terms of speed, there is a huge gap between battleships and airships. It only takes 4 or 5 days for airships to cross the continent.
Western Ocean. Secondly, airships can ignore terrain and can perform tasks whether on sea or land. Therefore, building the United States' own airship force has become an urgent military task. In addition, according to reliable news from Europe, European countries are preparing to start building their own airship forces.
Airship force, the United States of America must not fall behind."
Major Brad's information was not very well-informed. The news that the European powers were developing their own airships actually started as early as when Alitalia used airships to transport passengers and cargo.
However, due to technical difficulties and discussions on the applicability of airships, the speed was not very fast before. But after the news of the giant Swan airship's circumnavigation came out, the speed of developing airships in various countries accelerated.
Yes, the most difficult thing in the aviation industry at present is the development of airships. In the future, the development of mainstream aircraft in the aviation industry will be much easier than airships. At present, people in every powerful country have manufactured their own aircraft. This kind of aircraft can fly thirty or forty years.
Although the kilometer-long gadget has attracted the attention of various countries, it is not very practical. On the contrary, airships have attracted more attention from various countries due to their load capacity and applicability. But so far, except for the Zeppelin Airship Company, the only company that has received its technical support is
Italy successfully built a rigid airship.
Even the British Empire, the world's number one, is still intensifying the development of its first airship, and it is expected that it will not be launched for the first time until the end of the year. From here, we can see how difficult it is to manufacture a rigid airship.
But no matter how difficult it is, I believe that all major industrial countries can develop rigid airships. It is just a matter of time.
Major Blade's report is to describe the military role of airships to the U.S. military, and this report is basically read within the military.
As for the public, the Swan airship became the front page headlines of major newspapers in New York and even the United States the next day. Among the news published in various newspapers, the most outstanding one was the New York Times, which published a story about a novelist
A diary of an airship trip.
Speaking of which, the novelist Havel is also quite colorful. He is an author who loves flying and has flown on airships before. But this time the Swan sailed around the world, Havel spent most of his worth to grab it from the rich and powerful from all over the world.
A ticket, and he is also the only ordinary person on this round-the-world journey of the Swan airship. (The identity of this ordinary person needs quotation marks, compared with other passengers on the airship, in fact, he should be considered a wealthy class
, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to spend so much money to buy tickets.)
And Havel, who paid most of his net worth to buy the ticket, certainly did not miss the opportunity to find a replacement. Before boarding the Swan, he had reached an agreement with eight newspapers and one publishing house. He would record the Swan's global journey.
They were responsible for reporting and publishing the whole process of the trip. And Havel received almost enough remuneration from it, so he really deserves to have business acumen.
The fact that Havel was able to receive such a reward has a lot to do with the passengers this time. As the first round-the-world flight in the air, it naturally attracted a lot of attention. After all, air flight has always been the hope of mankind, even if it has been done before
There are airplanes and airships, but there has never been a flight around the earth.
Most of these passengers are either rich or noble, and not many of them are willing to write reports on their travel experiences. Even if they have writing skills, they are not as good as him. It can be said that he is an exclusive report.
With such an advantage, it is only right to receive generous rewards.
While New York is reporting on the Swan, the Swan has started sailing again after a day of repairs. Its next stop is San Francisco, the largest city in the West. The next trip across the North American continent will provide passengers with
