The discovery of things is completely different from what I thought, FAW is very melancholy!

Before coming to the United States, they thought very well, and took this opportunity to establish a cooperative relationship with AMC and Chen Geng, introduce American capital to develop and revitalize Hongqi cars......

However, the ideal is plump, the reality is skinny, these main leaders of FAW never thought that Chen Geng was unwilling to cooperate with himself at all, it is okay to buy engines and technologies, and it is no problem to visit, but in-depth cooperation?

I thought it was a treasure, but I didn't think it was as good as a grass in the eyes of others.

But this is not the saddest, the saddest thing is that FAW thought that Chen Geng was trying to catch the old man, but after careful observation, he found that Chen Geng was actually playing for real...... It's sad.

Compared with Chen Shouhua, McDonnell Jr., president of McDonnell Doesnnell Douglas, is obviously much happier, because just now, McDonnell Douglas's chief engineer George Paul told him that starting next month, McDonnell Dalwell's latest new model, McDonnell Dalwells DC-9 Super 80, which is used to compete with Boeing 737 for the market, will have a monthly production capacity of 4 aircraft, and the production capacity is expected to reach 5 aircraft in half a year......

"Good!Very very good!" George Paul's good news made McDonald Jr. laugh from ear to ear: "This is the best news I've heard this week, George, and I'm going to reward you for achieving this capacity plan two months ahead of schedule!"

Little MacDonald waved his hand vigorously: "I decided to give you ten days off, as long as your bill does not exceed forty thousand dollars, the company will reimburse you in full." ”

Ten days, forty thousand dollars, George Paul was happy: "Thank you boss, you are such a generous boss." ”

"Ha ......"

The two chatted briefly, and George Paul was about to say goodbye, and he couldn't wait to have a pleasant vacation, but he suddenly thought of something: "By the way, boss, there is something quite interesting." ”

"Oh?" said McDonald, Jr., raising an eyebrow and motioning for George Paul.

"Two days ago, I received a fax from Mr. Fernández's office......"

"Fernandez?" McDonald Jr. interrupted George Paul with some surprise, "Which Fernandez?"

"It's that Fernandez from AMC. ”

"Oooh......"

McDonald Jr. nodded, motioning for George Paul to continue, he was a little intrigued by George Paul's words: What did Fernandez Chan do when he faxed George Paul?

"In the fax, they asked me if they were going to buy a DC-9 and convert it into a business jet, and asked if McDonnell Douglas could provide some technical support......

"Wait a minute," McDonald Jr. hastily interrupted George Paul, a little confused, "Are you sure you're right? Fernandez is going to convert a DC-9 into a business jet?"

George Paul shrugged: "I know it's a little hard to believe, but that's exactly what the fax says. ”

Little MacDonald's interest came up at once,

In the United States, there are many billionaires who own private jets, those billionaires who are worth more than $100 million, not only everyone has a private jet, but more than 80% of them own jet private jets, but with a mainline airliner converted into a private jet?

Oh, God!

Not to mention billionaires, even those top 50 companies in the United States can't find 10 companies that have this kind of conversion of large trunk aircraft into business jets, if you remove Boeing, McDonnell Douglas and Lockheed (Lockheed also had a large civil aircraft project during this period, and its L1011 "Samsung" is with Boeing 747, McDonnell Douglas DC- 10 competing aircraft of the same type) These three companies are themselves the masters of building airplanes, and the companies that have business jets converted from large jet mains can be counted on one hand, and now, there is a guy who plans to convert a jet mainline into a business jet?

He asked George Paul with great interest, "What did Fernandez say, and how is he going to modify it?"

Although George Paul didn't understand why his boss was so interested in this, it was obviously not a problem, who can't be a little curious?Shrugging, George Paul said: "First of all, he wants us to help calculate the center of gravity of the DC-9 after the renovation, including basic parameters such as weighing. ”

Little MacDonald nodded.

Civil aircraft is a type of transportation with the most stringent safety requirements, not to mention Chen Geng's comprehensive decoration of all the seats removed and the interior decoration reversed, even if you change a different brand of tires, change a brake system with a different weight than the previous use, you have to re-weigh the aircraft, calculate the center of gravity, such as their modification, it is normal to ask the manufacturer for help, and it is also the most efficient.

"And what?" he asked.

"They also wanted us to help them replace the engines and fairings, and replace the JT8D-15 and JT8D-17 engines on the DC-9-30 and DC-9-50 with the JT8D-209 engines on our MD-81 to extend the range and reduce noise."

In addition, we hope that we can help them install a few spare fuel tanks in the belly cargo compartment, so that the maximum range of the whole aircraft can reach more than 8,000 kilometers.

Then there are the little things, such as the random boarding ladder that allows you to board without the need for a gangway at the airport if necessary, and the winch system that allows the crew to load their luggage into the cargo hold themselves......"

Little MacDonald nodded his head in response.

McDonnell Douglas' MD-80 series aircraft can actually be regarded as a super upgraded version of the DC-9 series, and just last year, the MD-80 aircraft was also called DC-9 Super 80, if according to the previous DC-9 development serial number, MD-80 should be called DC-9-80, just because in the eyes of McDonnell Douglas's senior management, the MD-80 series is too advanced, in order to distinguish DC-9-80 from DC-9, McDonnell Douglas is DC-9- The 80 opens a new series: the MD-80.

It can also be seen that the relationship between DC-9 and MD-80, both sides are common in many technical aspects, such as the engine is Pratt Whitney's JT8D series turbofan engine, but although they are all this series of engines, but DC-9-50 uses JT8D-17 engine, with a bypass ratio of 1 and a thrust of less than 70 kN, while MD-80 uses a JT8D-209 engine, and the bypass ratio has been expanded from the previous 1 to 1.78.

The increased bypass ratio not only brings up to 82.3 kN thrust, but also greatly reduces fuel consumption and noise, fully meeting the FAA FAR36 noise requirements, which is undoubtedly an excellent way to reduce noise from the source for a business jet that pays attention to quietness.

As for increasing the belly cargo tank fuel tank, increasing the range, this is also a matter of course, DC-9-50 full load range of more than 3100 kilometers, for the civil aviation trunk aircraft flying a fixed route is not a problem, but for such a large business jet, this range is a joke, even the Gulfstream II has a range of more than 6000 kilometers, a DC-9 modified business jet, if there is no more than 8000 kilometers range, will not be laughed off?

As for the cargo compartment occupied by the fuel tank? This is not a problem, this is a business jet, how many people are there in total? How much luggage can be loaded? Even if the belly cargo compartment occupies 80%, the remaining 20% is enough to hold luggage.

But that's not the point, the point is that McDonald Jr. suddenly realized one thing: he seems to be ignoring the market for large business jets?

As the impact of the oil crisis has penetrated more and more into every corner of American society, the life of the American civil aircraft manufacturing companies, including McDonnell Douglas, Boeing, Lockheed, and General Motors-Convair, is not having a good time, and everyone is racking their brains and trying every means to tide over the difficulties......

Well, it may be a bit difficult, even if it is just to provide technical support for the conversion of used McDonnell Douglas aircraft, as long as this market is built, it is a lot of income, isn't it?

The top priority is to set an example first, and Fernandez Chen, who is planning to buy a DC-9 converted into a business jet, is the best example - this guy is much more well-known in the whole of North America than himself.

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In the fax, McDonald Jr. first expressed his appreciation for Chen Geng's choice of McDonnell's DC-9 passenger aircraft to be converted into a business jet, and said that McDonnell Douglas would provide comprehensive technical support for Chen Geng: including all the data calculation work, the addition of belly fuel tanks and the provision of two JT8Ds at cost price— 209 engine and the corresponding engine fairing, finally, McDonald Jr. sincerely invited Chen Geng to visit McDonnell Douglas Company, and he will personally accompany him......

So when he received this fax that was almost full of "Fernandez, let's be friends", Chen Geng was confused: Nima! What is the situation?

Of course, it is not without reason, the current McDonnell Douglas is the most prosperous time of this company, not only on par with Boeing, but even over Boeing in some places, compared with McDonnell Douglas, AMC can not be said to be a rabbit next to the elephant, but it is not much, McDonald Jr.'s wealth is at least ten times his wealth, he is a billionaire, McDonald Jr. is a billion-dollar super billionaire, so the question is, McDonald Jr. is like this, and for what?

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PS: It feels good that the indwelling needle on the back of the hand has been removed, and I don't have to worry about the indwelling needle drilling in the blood vessels.