Although he had known that Yang Xing was one of the most wealthy people in Asia, Fahd was still frightened after hearing Yang Xing's words, because the plane he was referring to was not an ordinary Boeing or Airbus civil aviation aircraft, but a Concorde supersonic passenger aircraft. There are only 12 existing aircraft. As an expensive passenger aircraft that was sold for 17 million pounds in the 1960s, it is conservatively estimated that it will cost 100 million euros or 200 million euros each. If Yang Xing gave it as a gift to the Saudi king, it would be too expensive!

The Concorde is a supersonic passenger aircraft jointly developed by the United Kingdom and France. It is also the only passenger aircraft in the world to date that has been put into commercial flight. This type of aircraft has only been built in total, with a maximum flight speed of Mach 2.04 and a cruising altitude of 18,000 meters. It is mainly used to operate British Airways and Air France across the Atlantic Ocean. It is a milestone in the history of world aviation technology, but it is a failed commercial work.

The Concorde ticket is expensive, and a round trip ticket from London to New York costs more than 9,000 US dollars, which can only be afforded by commercial customers. Taking the Concorde flight to and from Europe and the United States has become an unattainable dream for many people. Of course, speed is its biggest advantage. The flight from Europe to New York only takes less than three and a half hours, while the time difference between Paris and New York is six hours. Therefore, the speed of the Concorde plane allows it to catch up with and surpass the rotation of the earth. Therefore, passengers on the Concorde like to say the most: "I have arrived before I set out."

However, the technical advantages of the Concorde airliner cannot be transformed into commercial success. Although it has only been once since its service in 1969, it has the safest navigation record in the world. However, its own fuel consumption, short range, twice the disadvantage of maintenance and maintenance than ordinary subsonic airliners, and the high air ticket price have led to the loss of money and gaining publicity in its operations. Long-term implementation of high subsidies can ensure that it flies into the blue sky.

In October this year, British and French airlines were finally overwhelmed and stopped their commercial flights due to noise and cost. The main reason why Concorde appeared here was to make a farewell performance at the International Air Show held in Dubai.

As a large-scale air show founded in 1987 and held every two years, the Dubai Air Show became famous because the Middle East oil countries often spend a lot of money to purchase various military and civilian dual-use aircraft. It is now not only the most influential air show in the Middle East, but also the fastest-developing large air show in the world. In terms of scale, it has become the third largest air show in the world after the Paris and Moscow Air Shows.

The schedule of this year's air show coincides with the GCC's conference. Many high-ranking officials from Middle Eastern countries will come to visit the air show. In order to cater to these rich-wish God of Wealth, aviation exhibition units from all over the world naturally put in full force to show the most exciting aspects of their products. In the most eye-catching live performance, several major aircraft manufacturers have tried their best to maximize the performance of their products. As the only supersonic passenger aircraft to be put into commercial operation, the newly retired Concorde takes the sky of Dubai as its farewell stage, which is also a success and has brought a successful end to its short aviation career.

Yang Xing looked at Fahd, who was surprised and suspicious, and said with a smile: "After the retirement of the Concorde, most of which will be dismantled, and several will be exhibited in the museum as souvenirs. If His Majesty the King really likes it, it will not be a problem for me to buy it as this gift. It will only cost hundreds of millions of euros."

"Actually, what I want to say is that I heard that the Prince is responsible for the domestic military and civil aviation department. He has also invested in many aircraft manufacturers in the world. Although the Concorde aircraft has various shortcomings, its high-speed advantage has not been lost. During its service, it was widely praised as the best means of transportation between the industry and commerce, politics and investment bankers on both sides of the Atlantic. This market demand for high-speed passenger aircraft did not disappear because of the retirement of Concorde. Now our company is developing a new supersonic business passenger aircraft, mainly targeting high-end business people. I think this is a good market in the Middle East. Are you interested in participating in it?"

Yang Xing first pointed to the Concorde airliner and proposed to give it to the Saudi king as a gift. Then he changed his subject and suddenly proposed to develop a successor. The rapid jump in his mind made Prince Fahd's mind digest it for a long time before he understood what he meant.

"Can you develop a new generation of supersonic passenger aircraft?" Fahd was a little unbelievable. Although he was not unfamiliar with Zhongxing Group and knew that it was a large manufacturing group that could produce satellites to smartphones, developing a supersonic passenger aircraft is no joke. It is no less difficult than developing a lunar spacecraft. It can be seen from the development process of the Concorde Aircraft. At least until now, the development of supersonic passenger aircraft has ended in failure.

The pursuit of speed has never stopped in human history. Now the dream of flying into space has become a reality, but transsonic flight in the atmosphere is still only a patent for a small number of military aircraft. The two most famous supersonic passenger aircraft in history have not ended well. The Concorde Airlines has only built less than twenty aircraft, which is not enough compared to the scale of hundreds of aircraft of Boeing and Airbus. Even after being put into use, its cost and investment are not matched. The commercial value is too low, which has caused it to retire early.

The original Soviet Union's 144 simply crashed in public during the performance of the Paris Air Show. Frequent accidents made it never safely certified by the International Civil Aviation Organization. It was not allowed to fly international flights and could only fly in the Soviet Union. It soon turned from a dazzling technology star into a meteor passing by. With such a lesson in the past, the aviation industry's enthusiasm for civilian supersonic passenger planes was greatly reduced. However, Yang Xing said that he wanted to develop a new generation of supersonic passenger planes, and Fahd was deeply suspicious of this.

Yang Xing didn't care. Before he came, he had reached many large-scale cooperation orders with the UAE. This trip to the Middle East has been a great success, and negotiations with Fahd were just icing on the cake. However, if he could impress the boss of the Gulf oil-producing country, his goal of the trip to the Middle East would be achieved most of the time.

Although Heard was suspicious, he did not refuse to know that there was a door, so he explained to Fahar in detail. In fact, the market positioning of supersonic passenger aircraft must be accurate. Union and Tu-144 made this mistake and used ordinary people as the target of sales from the beginning. However, the expensive air tickets made most people sigh. They have never been full, so how can they talk about profit?

The people who need supersonic passenger planes the most in the world are only a small group of elite figures, financiers, politicians and super rich people who don’t like to waste a lot of time on their journey are the major customers of supersonic passenger planes. In Yang Xing’s words, only people like Prince Fahd and the Chief of Dubai can be worthy of supersonic business luxury passenger planes. Generally, people with lower identities don’t even need to sell. When Yang Xing’s flattery was invisible, Prince Fahd’s face suddenly improved and began to become interested in Yang Xing’s insights. He listened to him explain the ins and outs of this supersonic passenger plane in development.

In addition to safety and high operating costs, the main reason for the gloomy end of the Concorde passenger plane is not only safe and high operating costs, but also a fatal problem, that is, the existence of the sonic boom phenomenon cannot be solved. When the aircraft is flying supersonic in the air, the protruding part of the nose will knock the air like a speedboat advancing in the water, and the air closed at the tail of the aircraft forms two shock waves. When it stimulates the air to any space or object, it will make it feel like this strong change. For the human ear, the eardrum is suddenly changed by the air pressure. For the ground buildings, the impact generated after the sonic boom reaches 60 seconds under extreme conditions is enough to break the glass. This is the sonic boom phenomenon.

Because the huge shock waves generated by the sonic boom are extremely harmful to people or objects, many major powers, including the United States, comply with the regulations of the International Civil Aviation Organization - people on the ground will never be allowed to hear the sonic boom. Therefore, Concorde can only supersonic speeds when crossing the ocean, and once it enters land, it has to slow down, which is both a waste of time and increases costs.

However, Concorde uses technology from the 1960s. At that time, the difficulty of breaking through the sonic boom does not mean that it is not possible now. Lockheed Martin and Boeing both proposed the latest supersonic passenger aircraft solutions in the late 1990s, greatly reducing the harm of sonic booms in terms of optimizing the appearance of the aircraft and adopting innovative tail wings. At the same time, the world's three major engine manufacturers have also proposed their own turbofan engine solutions, so that the maximum cost of plaguing Concorde aircraft, which can greatly reduce the maintenance and fuel costs that plagued Concorde aircraft after adopting greener and more fuel-efficient engines.

Yang Xing's idea of ​​developing a supersonic business passenger plane came from his inspiration when he was chatting with the upper class of the United States when he received a private plane. After several years of contact, both parties showed a strong interest in supersonic business passenger planes. Zhongxing North American Branch chose to acquire several small and medium-sized companies engaged in supersonic aircraft research across the United States.

Based on the memory of his past life, Yang Xing specially selected a E-E located in Reno, Nevada, USA.

As the team in the research and development of supersonic business passenger aircraft, ion company was the first to successfully launch supersonic business passenger aircraft, with strong technical strength. At the end of last year, Star Manufacturing and Gulfstream Aircraft Company established a joint venture company and officially entered the research and development field of supersonic business passenger aircraft. Now the prototype has been successfully manufactured and is waiting for test flights.

For safety, StarChen's design does not pursue too much high-tech, and adopts the most practical and easy-to-implement supersonic passenger aircraft design. It is a twelve-seater business aircraft with a maximum cruise speed of 1.6 times the speed of sound. According to this speed, it only takes 7 hours to go to Detroit (currently 14 hours), and it will not exceed 3 and a half hours from New York to Paris. When the plane is released, it will truly realize the dream of business guests to easily travel between Europe and North America on the same day.
Chapter completed!