Chapter 355 Obtaining the Airworthiness Certificate
The test flight plan for several days was intensively arranged. The two aircraft were constantly taxiing, taking off, approaching, and landing. After checking the engines, they replenished fuel and took off again. Within a few days, the average flight time of the two aircraft was
It has reached seventy hours, the engine is in good condition, and the final test, the fifth fuel range test, has also entered the preparatory stage.
Senior leaders and senior leaders of the civil aviation department are very concerned about Dongchen's test flight and have great confidence in Dongchen. This is why when Dongchen formulated the test flight route, the senior management not only did not question it at all, but instead closely cooperated with the relevant work.
, in order to ensure nothing goes wrong, the entire voyage is conducted along the third ladder of mainland China, because the third ladder, that is, the east-central, southeast and northeastern regions of the entire continent are the most economically developed regions in China, and this is the only region.
Meet the conditions of having an alternate airport within every 300 kilometers.
Since the entire voyage is to test the maximum fuel range of 737 and 320 after being equipped with DC1-1, it is estimated that the maximum range can reach at least 5500-6000 kilometers. The test must be carried out according to the cruising altitude and speed, so it is impossible to circle around all the time.
Circling over Zhonghai City, the route planned this time is from Zhonghai to Yanjing, then from Yanjing to Shenyang, then retracing the original route all the way back to Zhonghai, then flying directly from Zhonghai to Yanjing, and then turning back to Zhonghai from Yanjing.
The total voyage is about 5,500 kilometers. It will depend on the fuel situation. If there is enough left, then it will circle around the territory of Zhonghai City until the fuel is exhausted.
The two aircraft were not operated empty-loaded. Instead, testers applied standard full-load weights to simulate the fuel consumption performance and fuel range during real operation. All military and civilian airports along the entire route conducted test flights for Dongchen.
If the aircraft is open, as long as Dongchen's crew makes a request, the aviation control department will prepare the nearest airport and provide landing conditions in the shortest possible time.
After all the routes were confirmed and all conditions were met, Zhang Wenhao personally boarded one of the test aircraft, the Boeing 737, early one morning. The two planes would take off ten minutes apart, flying the same route one after the other.
The personnel also took two planes respectively and were ready for the test.
At 7 o'clock in the morning, all westbound planes from the two airports in China and Hainan were subject to air traffic control. All westbound incoming planes detoured around the southwest to approach south. Dongchen's plane was also preparing to take off at 7 o'clock.
The Boeing 737 took the lead and soared into the sky first. After taking off, the captain immediately adjusted its course and flew straight towards Yanjing. The aircraft also continued to climb to the cruising altitude and flew at a constant speed at the designed cruising speed of the Boeing 737, followed closely by the Airbus A320
Finally, wherever the two planes went, they monopolized the entire 11,000-meter airspace. All planes passing through this airspace were forced to change altitudes to clear the air for Dongchen.
All airports within Dongchen's test flight range have received air traffic control instructions and must ensure that the runways can be cleared within ten minutes after receiving the order. Airports everywhere do not know that Dongchen is conducting the most significant event in the history of civil aviation in this century.
test flight. Whenever Dongchen's aircraft enters a fixed airspace, all airports in the area are forced to restrict traffic, and flight delays at the airport increase greatly, causing complaints from all over the place.
At this time, Zhang Wenhao was sitting in the cockpit of the 737, watching the plane fly smoothly above the clouds, feeling extremely excited.
After this test flight is successful, Dongchen will repeat the same test flight at least five times. After five times, as long as no problems occur, the stability and safety of DC1-1 will be sufficient. By then, Dongchen will Take the lead in submitting an application for an airworthiness certificate to the Chinese government, and then announce all the test results of DC1-1 and related video materials to the world. By then, I'm afraid the whole world will be shocked, right?
A country that can hardly even produce the world's second-rate aviation engines suddenly possesses the world's most advanced civil aviation engines. This news is just like North Korea possessing the world's most advanced nuclear bombs overnight. Totally explosive.
The plane flew smoothly. When it arrived over Yanjing, it turned northeast over Yanjing and flew directly to Shenyang. After arriving in Shenyang, it circled over Shenyang and turned back. After arriving at Yanjing, it turned southeast and flew directly to Zhonghai.
All the airports on the way were about to collapse. They thought there was a special plane passing over them. The temporary air control was understandable. However, just a few hours after the control passed, a new control order was issued again, and when the two companies in Dongchen After both planes completed the flight from China Sea to Yanjing and then to Shenyang, Dongchen's two planes turned directly over China Sea and flew directly to Yanjing again.
All airports between China Shipping and Yanjing were controlled four times during this day...
When the 737 completed the entire journey of nearly 5,500 kilometers, the fuel remaining showed that the aircraft still had at least 300 kilometers of endurance. In order to ensure that the aircraft could land safely and accurately at the test airport, the aircraft hovered over the sea until the fuel was basically exhausted. After running out of gas, he landed at the COMAC test airport.
The closely followed A320 has an original fuel range of 200 kilometers longer than the 737. Coupled with the fuel economy of the new engine, this aircraft can fly nearly 280 kilometers longer than the 737.
As soon as the two aircraft landed, the entire commercial aviation test airport was in a state of excitement. In this test flight, the fuel range of the 737 was 5,800 kilometers, and the fuel range of the A320 was nearly 6,100 kilometers. This is enough to prove that the fuel range of the DC1-1 The economy is unique in the entire civil aviation field.
This news was conveyed directly to the senior leaders in the shortest possible time. The senior leaders were extremely excited about the success of dc1-1 and sent a series of congratulatory messages, all of which were full of praise.
In the following five days, the entire third level of civil aviation in mainland China was unrest. Although DC1-1 has not experienced any malfunctions or abnormalities, for the sake of safety, the following test flights were conducted with the same level of caution as the first time. No oversight at all.
After the five-day test flight was completed, Zhang Wenhao submitted the Dongchen DC1-1 airworthiness certificate application to the government. At the same time, Dongchen edited all the test process videos in the past few days into a two-and-a-half-hour video. Documentary, free authorization for all media around the world to broadcast this documentary.
At this time, the whole world was completely shocked by Dongchen!
The performance of dc1-1 has amazed people all over the world who know about civil aviation engines. Countless media have claimed that Dongchen has brought global civil aviation into a new field. World authoritative media such as CNN in the United States and BBC in the United Kingdom have reported on Dongchen It has almost never stopped, and Boeing and Airbus have also publicly stated that Dongchen’s dc1-1 is a major breakthrough in the field of civil aviation, and they are very willing to cooperate with Dongchen as soon as possible to produce the latest, most environmentally friendly and least energy-consuming new model. airplane.
Domestic civil aviation finally knew the root cause of the frequent delays in their flights due to air traffic control in the past few days. However, at this time, they had completely ignored the complaints and contacted Dongchen one after another to inquire about the approval status of the airworthiness certificate, and
He expressed his willingness to order new engines from Dongchen and complete the replacement immediately after the airworthiness certificate is issued.
In just a few days, the stock prices of Pratt & Whitney, General Electric and Rolls-Royce plummeted, because investors knew that the excellence of Dongchen dc1-1, just like Dongchen Automobile, was beyond the reach of other companies.
In comparison, the emergence of Dongchen dc1-1 means that the bankruptcy of these three companies is just around the corner.
The discussion about dc1-1 on the Internet has exceeded any other topic. Netizens around the world are paying attention to another major breakthrough of Dongchen. Just when Dongchen Automobile has achieved local production in the EU, Dongchen will contribute to the world industry again.
A brand new revolution has been launched in the field. Some Wall Street economists have even given an authoritative evaluation that Dongchen Automobile’s production capacity worldwide has reached at least 50 million units each, and it has merged almost all joint ventures in China.
After the enterprise production line, Dongchen has obtained at least 70% of the production capacity of many well-known companies such as General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Fiat, Jaguar, Land Rover, Renault, Citroën, etc., which is equivalent to the total production capacity of the world's automobiles.
More than half of the production capacity is serving Dongchen, and 50 million units is a conservative estimate. In this case, the valuation of Dongchen Automobile's subsidiary alone exceeds 500 billion U.S. dollars, and Dongchen Aero Engine
The success of Dongchen has made Dongchen's current valuation reach at least more than 650 billion US dollars. In addition, if you add Dongchen Pharmaceutical, which has an annual profit of more than 10 billion US dollars and a valuation of more than 100 billion US dollars, Dongchen will
Its market capitalization is already twice that of Exxon Mobil, which ranks first in the Fortune 500!
However, this is just the market value. You must know that Dongchen has not released even one ten thousandth of its equity to the outside world. If this huge financial empire announces the launch of its listing in a certain period of time, then the market value may double!
Now Dongchen is not only an industrial empire, but more importantly, it has become a financial empire. It is expected to sell more than 50 million cars every year. This is an irreversible situation, and in the end it is just a need
Time will prove that now, the new engine developed by Dongchen Aviation has already achieved unparalleled competitiveness even before it is actually launched on the market. People all over the world believe that as long as their country gives the Dongchen engine an airworthiness certificate
, as long as the International Civil Aviation Organization grants Dongchen engine airworthiness certificate, then no airline can refuse Dongchen engine, and Dongchen engine will become their best choice!
The government's efficiency was surprisingly fast this time. In less than half a month, dc1-1 obtained its airworthiness certificate in China. In other words, Dongchen's dc1-1 can already provide services to all airlines across the country.
The company is for sale!
Just after the government announced the approval of the airworthiness certificate for the dc1-1, Dongchen also immediately announced the price of a single unit of the dc1-1 engine in mainland China. Each unit is priced at US$20 million, which is about US$13 million compared to the same-class engine.
The quoted price was about 50% higher.
However, this 50% increase is also very cost-effective for airlines. First of all, the Dongchen engine can save 40% of fuel costs. Taking the 737 as an example, the fuel consumption per hour is about 3 tons. The current aviation fuel
The price is about US$1,300 per ton, which means that for every hour the aircraft flies in the sky, it can save nearly US$2,000 in fuel consumption. The millions of US dollars higher Dongchen engine will save you in thousands of flight hours.
The overpaid cost can be recovered within 10 days. Judging from the current utilization rate of civil aviation aircraft, it will only take more than one year and less than two years.
Fuel cost is only one aspect. Later maintenance costs will also be greatly reduced. The theoretical overhaul time limit given by Dongchen engine is 6,000 hours to 8,000 hours, which is more than double that of ordinary engines. This cost
It is also a huge expense, and the Dongchen engine is very reliable and has a very low failure rate. If these are taken into account and the fuel consumption savings are included, the airline can recoup the extra money it paid for the Dongchen engine within one year.
costs. And in the longer term, Dongchen Engine will continue to save them a lot of operating costs.
The efficiency of the Chinese government has also inspired airlines around the world. Including Japanese and Korean airlines, all airlines in the world that have placed orders for passenger aircraft with Boeing and Airbus but have not yet delivered the aircraft have requested from the two companies.
Several companies have put forward requests to postpone delivery. Their requirements are very unified. All passenger aircraft that have already placed orders will continue to be produced as usual, but they cannot be equipped with previous engines. Delivery will be delayed until Dongchen engines obtain global airworthiness certificates.
Airbus and Boeing were immediately in trouble. The over a thousand orders accumulated around the world all required delayed delivery. This simply drove the two companies to a dead end, and the aircraft order contract was not as absolute and unchangeable as the general purchase contract.
According to the rules, due to the high unit price of aircraft and the long manufacturing cycle, airlines have the right to pay a small amount of liquidated damages. In the past, this situation would only be an isolated phenomenon, but if airlines around the world have to delay
If it is delivered, Boeing and Airbus will simply not be able to cope with it.
Who could have predicted that the already stable civil aviation field would suddenly have an alien like Dong Chen appear, and his appearance would almost instantly break the stability of the civil aviation field for decades?
Boeing and Airbus jointly issued a statement saying that they reject airlines' requests for delayed delivery of orders that are already in production or about to be delivered, because even if the airlines pursue full payment, Boeing and Airbus do not have enough resources in a short period of time.
storage capacity to store those large passenger aircraft that were supposed to be sent to all parts of the world. However, airlines refused to pay for engines from Pratt & Whitney, General Motors and Rolls-Royce. In the end, Boeing, Airbus and all customers reached a consensus.
After the aircraft is manufactured, the production company will be responsible for hoisting other engines on the aircraft and delivering it to the customer first. Then, the production company will be responsible for disassembling the engine and shipping it back. All costs incurred are 50%:50% borne by the buyer and seller.
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This solution has been recognized by customers around the world. They need aircraft and Dongchen engines. It is impossible to unsubscribe from Airbus or Boeing aircraft just because of Dongchen engines. The only thing they want is to remove the engines from the aircraft first.
Buy all the other parts, and then wait for Dongchen to open the global sales of dc1-1. When the time comes, buy more advanced engines from Dongchen.
Apart from anything else, the 40% fuel consumption saving alone is enough to drive airlines crazy! At this time, who else is willing to spend money to buy engines produced by the three giants?
At the same time, the Civil Aviation Administration of China took the lead and held a collective meeting in Yanjing. In the meeting, except for the person in charge of Dongchen, all airlines from mainland China were present. This time, the Civil Aviation Administration hopes that they can allocate resources.
, to ensure that domestic airlines can obtain the quota provided by Dongchen in a balanced manner, and to avoid the situation where a certain airline has priority in obtaining a large number of new engines from Dongchen due to special channels.
Zhang Wenhao attended the meeting in person. At the beginning of the meeting, the person in charge of the Civil Aviation Administration of China said: "Due to the excellent performance of Dongchen dc1-1, we hope that everyone will come and touch it before dc1-1 enters the market."
to avoid any uncontrollable situations.”
As he said that, the man added: "The so-called uncontrollable situation refers to the current competitive environment of domestic airlines, which is relatively stable and fair. If Dongchen's supply direction tilts at this time, a certain airline will get a higher
After the quota is imposed, its costs will decrease, which will bring great competitive pressure to other airlines."
The heads of all the airlines nodded repeatedly. They were also afraid that one of them would be able to give priority to a large number of Dongchen dc1-1s due to special channels. Therefore, with the Civil Aviation Administration of China coming forward to coordinate, everyone can breathe a sigh of relief.
Immediately, the person in charge of the Civil Aviation Administration asked Zhang Wenhao, "Mr. Zhang, what standard can Dongchen's current monthly productivity reach?"
Zhang Wenhao said lightly: "COMAC's production line is originally relatively small. Although we have undergone a lot of transformation, the current productivity is still much worse than that of companies such as Pratt & Whitney, General Motors and Rolls-Royce. These companies have various engines.
The monthly output can almost reach a scale of more than 500 units. Now if Dongchen fully produces the dc1-1, the monthly production volume can reach about 200 units."
"Two hundred units..." the person in charge of the Civil Aviation Administration thought for a moment and said: "There are nearly a thousand 737s and 320s in the country. In other words, in the domestic market alone, the demand for dc1-1 is two thousand.
There are about a thousand units, and it will probably take a year just to meet domestic demand, because our airline will have at least a hundred new aircraft joining this year."
Zhang Wenhao smiled slightly and said: "Dongchen will immediately invest a huge amount of money to expand production capacity. It is expected that the annual output this year will reach at least 3,000 units." (You are welcome, your support is my biggest motivation.)
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