Little MacDonald blinked, "Guess?"

Looking at the red-faced little McDonald, Chen Geng smiled: "It seems that there are a lot of orders?"

"It's really a lot, and it's more than we imagined," Little MacDonald's mouth couldn't close when he smiled, and he stopped selling it, and whispered to Chen Geng: "42!"

Chen Geng was a little surprised: "So many?!"

He was really surprised, just seeing the red face of McDonald Jr., Chen Geng understood that the situation of the MD-12 order should be more optimistic, but the number of orders for 42 aircraft was still beyond Chen Geng's imagination.

"That's just that," McDonald Jr.'s face showed a thick sense of exuberance: "After a detailed comparison of our MD-12 and Boeing's 747, many airlines found that our MD-12 has exactly the same requirements in terms of airport support compared to Boeing 747, but it can provide larger passenger capacity and lower fuel consumption per seat, so some airlines that were originally going to purchase Boeing 747 chose our MD-12 instead." ”

Speaking of this, McDonald Jr. said happily: "Fernandez, I firmly believe that as long as our MD-12 can prove itself to be a better aircraft than the Boeing 747 in the next use process, we will definitely be able to get more follow-up orders." ”

"Not bad, yes," Chen Geng didn't expect the MD-12 to be able to snatch a lot of orders from the Boeing 747, and he was also very happy: "So, McDonnell Douglas's difficulties have passed?"

"I can't say that just yet," McDonald Jr. shook his head, "Boeing isn't idle...... Regardless, McDonnell Douglas has passed its most difficult phase. ”

Chen Geng smiled secretly in his heart: After Jack Welch became the CEO of McDonnell Douglas, you couldn't dictate McDonnell Douglas's daily work and make all kinds of miraculous operations, which caused McDonnell Douglas to get better now, right?

Speaking of which, the more time he spent with McDonald Jr., the more Chen Geng felt that the reason why McDonnell Douglas Jr. was merged by Boeing was inseparable from McDonnell Jr.'s various operations in business management, and Jack Welch immediately showed himself as the "world's No. 1 professional manager" after taking on the position of CEO of McDonnell Douglas Group Through the drastic reform of McDonnell Douglas, McDonnell Douglas quickly reversed the situation, and by this point, Chen Geng had been clearly sure that it was almost impossible for Boeing to swallow McDonnell Douglas again.

As he spoke, the roar of the engine of the MD-12 in the distance gradually increased, listening to the roar of the gradually increasing jet engine, Chen Geng and Little McDonald stopped talking at the same time, and turned their heads to look at the MD-12 that was making its first test flight while putting on huge noise-canceling headphones.

Under Chen Geng's gaze, the stationary plane paused slightly, made a small nodding movement, and then slowly began to taxi, Chen Geng knew that it was the captain who released the brakes.

McDonnell Douglas's flight runway is not exactly the same as the runway of the airport, and the MD-12 has been towed to the taxiing position, so as the captain released the brakes, the plane began to accelerate slowly, and with the roar of the engine getting louder and louder, the speed of the aircraft became faster and faster, and when it taxied to about 1200 meters, the front wheels of the aircraft gradually lifted......

"This is the first test flight," little McDonald on the side was very excited, and said loudly to Chen Geng: "Under normal circumstances, in this situation of only carrying a small amount of fuel, in fact, as long as the glide distance of more than 700 meters, the plane can fly." ”

Chen Geng nodded again and again.

This is the first flight of the MD-12, in order to ensure the success of this flight test, of course, there is as much insurance as possible, as long as it can successfully fly and land today, it will be a success.

Under Chen Geng's gaze, immediately after the front wheels, the main landing gear behind also began to break away from the ground, and the huge MD-12, which was like a building, finally broke away from the attraction of the ground and flew up.

"It's flying! Finally the plane is up!"

At this moment, little MacDonald burst into tears!

At this moment, hundreds of McDonnell Douglas executives and workers at the scene, as well as executives and workers of Lockheed Group, were also in tears!

As a strategic model of McDonnell Dalwells Group, as the first aircraft of McDonnell Dalwells Group and Lockheed Group, whether it is for McDonnell Dalwells Group or for Lockheed Group, MD-12 is too important, when MD-12 leaves the ground and flies into the sky, Lockheed and McDonnell Douglas executives feel that the pressure on their chests is light!

Looking at the little MacDonald with tears in his eyes, Chen Geng stretched out his hand to him and said happily: "Mike, congratulations!"

Little McDonald shook Chen Geng's hand heavily and actually snorted: "Fernandez, congratulations, don't forget, you are also a shareholder of the MD-12 project." ”

"That's right, congratulations," Chen Geng nodded with a smile, and then asked McDonald Jr., "When do you plan to invite the head of the airline to come over and watch the MD-12 air show?"

In the world, aircraft manufacturers have a convention, that is, the first test flight of the new model will not invite outsiders, especially the airline people, which is understandable, after all, this is the first flight of the aircraft, although various calculations have been made before, but in practice, any accident may be encountered, in case the plane fails to fly because of an accident, what will the invited airline think about this?

In this case, it is simply not invited, wait for the plane to be a few times, and the flight characteristics of the aircraft are almost mastered, and then invite the core executives such as the head of procurement and the general manager of the airline to watch the flight show...... At this time, in fact, it is to show off and sell to the airlines: look at our plane, how awesome X, what are you hesitating about, hurry up and pay for it!

Little MacDonald was obviously prepared, and when he heard this, he nodded and said: "In two months, let the fleet have an in-depth understanding of this aircraft, and then invite everyone to actually experience this aircraft...... Fernandez, do you think we can get more orders by then?"

"It shouldn't be a big problem," Chen Geng affirmed, since the A380 was able to shock time when it debuted for the first time, then as the world's first real double-decker cabin super-large intercontinental airliner, there is no reason why the MD-12 should not sensational the world and attract those airlines, in addition, Chen Geng was curious: "Mike, aren't you going to let the MD-12 make an appearance at the air show?"

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PS: I could have changed 2 chapters today, but I encountered a little trouble at home, and I was very irritable, and I finally adjusted my mood and disappointed everyone.