On the question of how to transport segments, after Yang Hui gave two plans, and because the second plan proposed seemed to be the most feasible, the topic of segmented transportation was temporarily stopped.

Time naturally passes quickly in various itineraries, and when the plane makes its first flight, it can be regarded as a big guy and a star-studded group.

In order to make the first flight smooth, this time I must have chosen a good weather, and the time was also chosen to start at half past nine in the morning when the sun was not too big.

The general manager of the United Passenger Aircraft Company has not yet been completely decided, and some administrative management is decided by the technical department, so Chief Engineer Ma is really a man of his word at this time.

Naturally, Chief Engineer Ma did not go to the scene to direct the test flight of the aircraft, but uncharacteristically chose to accompany the guests to watch the first flight in the audience area.

The old man is also very confident in his work, and he said it first when he saw that the plane had not been towed over.

"Hello everyone, I am Ma Fengshan, the chief designer of this aircraft, and I am here today to witness this special moment with you, and the aircraft over there will definitely complete the first flight very smoothly under the arrangement of the deputy chief engineer."

The deputy chief engineer naturally refers to Tang Changhong at the scene, this guy is in the prime of life, and his ability to manage the project is favored by Chief Master Ma.

That's why Chief Master Ma is standing here with confidence, accompanying Yang Hui and other visitors to brag, and is responsible for answering some professional questions about this aircraft.

"Mr. Chief Designer Ma, as the designer of the aircraft, you are not on the side of the engineering support team, but came to our auditorium, as far as I know, this is a phenomenon that is rare in the first flight of aircraft in the world, so what do you think about this?"

Lufthansa's purchasing department should have communicated with MBB in advance or whatever. At this time, it was timely to ask a question that attracted the curious eyes of the others in the audience.

Fortunately, Chief Master Ma also answered this kind of question quite well, and his eyes were a little far-reaching towards the door of the hangar that had slowly opened in the distance, and he still said in his slightly excited words.

"As the chief designer, this is already my third work. I have designed the Yun 10 before, and there is also a 100-ton take-off weight of the Bombardment 6 tanker, for me this MPC75 project is also familiar with the road, it will not have any fatal big problems! ”

Mr. Ma has been designing for many years, and now after he told his past design works, he attracted a burst of attention.

The chief designer who has designed so many large planes has appeared here, and he is so confident that he originally had a little worry in his heart, but he let go at this time.

As long as the design team is not the first time to design such a large aircraft. The safety of the project can be increased a lot, which has also been affirmed by frequent nods from everyone.

Yang Hui was the only one smiling secretly, speaking of which Chief Master Ma was not in the engineer team at this time, not only because Tang Changhong was doing a good job over there, but also because there was a commander-in-chief of the first flight of Yun Shi and Bang You 6 that year.

From time to time, Chief Engineer Cheng's ability to command the scene of the first flight is even worse than that of Chief Engineer Ma, and now it is not too risky to let Chief Engineer Ma step out and accompany the guests here to watch the first flight.

Master Ma is a little old. But the eyes are still very good, when no one else has seen it. The first thing I saw was the plane out of the warehouse.

Just as children see their beloved toys and parents see their children, Master Ma shouted: "Here, look!" The plane came, the same one with red and blue paint on the tail. ”

The first flight of a civil aircraft is not the same as the first flight of a military aircraft, and civil aircraft want to be good-looking and eye-catching. Therefore, the painting must have a customized appearance off the production line, and the kind of nude makeup like a military aircraft is definitely not good.

Just after Chief Engineer Ma pointed out the location of the plane, the others also saw the arrival of the first plane one after another, and under the traction of the tractor in front, the plane taxied towards the test flight track at a constant speed.

The basic version of the MPC75 passenger aircraft is mainly for short and medium-range flight routes. It's not really necessary to put on something as fashionable as a winglet with a slightly smaller wing.

According to Tang Changhong, the fuel saving performance of the wings in the research and development is not too good, and the technology is not mature, so it is not hurriedly taken out and used.

But despite this, the wings of the plane still swayed slightly up and down under the traction of the tractor, and it felt as if it was about to fly away.

Under the expectant eyes of everyone, accompanied by the accompanying engineer team, the aircraft was finally towed into place, as a passenger aircraft with a maximum take-off weight of 41 tons, MPC75 was steadily brought to the take-off point.

At this time, whether it is domestic and foreign reporters, or foreign guests who came to visit the first flight, those who have cameras pick up their cameras and shoot hard, and those who do not have cameras also look carefully with their own eyes and keep it in mind.

The fuel truck drove over, turned on the fuel pump and pumped the 2.6 tons of fuel for the first flight into the aircraft fuel tank, which accounted for only a quarter of the total fuel tank design, enough to supply the needs of the first flight.

The driver of the fuel truck also took advantage of this rare opportunity to jump out of the car and look at this jet airliner, and felt extremely proud of it.

It didn't take much time to fill the 2.6 tons of oil, and the driver of the fuel truck got out of the car and looked at it twice, and there was still some unfinished situation, and finally had to climb into his car and drive the fuel truck to the designated position on the other side.

The pilots responsible for the first flight are specially trained, and in order to obtain the European test certificate, the MPC75 still purchased some subsystems from Europe, the most important of which is the flight cockpit avionics purchased from the French company Thales.

Of course, MPC75 purchased this system, that is, because it wanted to get the European test certificate, but also because this system is really advanced enough, and the current republic cannot provide products that can be comparable to it.

Therefore, the pilots of the first flight also went to France for training a long time in advance, and even went to the A320 simulated cockpit also produced by Thales for a ground simulation flight.

"The avionics of the MPC75 were provided by Thales of France, and were mainly improved on the avionics developed by Thales for the A320, and according to the number provided by Thales, this set of avionics has more than 70 percent similarity with the A320."

As an avionics provider, this guy doesn't care what kind of aircraft you use it on, since the flight cockpit of you and the A320 is about the same size, and the positioning is not too different, people can directly improve the avionics provided to the A320.

Of course, this is also a good thing, at least the avionics of the A320 are advanced and reliable enough, and the risk of secondary development on its basis is also small, so of course this is a good thing!

The new avionics system only needs two pilots to fly, and the two test pilots slowly sit in the cockpit under the eyes of everyone! (To be continued.) )