Chapter 457 - Private Jet (Fifth Shift)
"Zhang, your gift is inside", George said with a smile on his face.
Zhang Bin looked along the front at this time, only to find that this was not an airport, because a few big characters were on top of the building.
Bombardier Aerospace?
Bombardier's subsidiary?
George introduced to Zhang Bin that Bombardier Aerospace is a subsidiary of Bombardier, a company specializing in the development and sale of the company's passenger and business jets, and is currently the third largest airline after Boeing and Airbus, as for the market, the fourth in the world, and the third is Embraer.
Passing through the building, there are two runways behind it, and on both sides of the runway, there are rows of huge warehouses, which should be loaded with airplanes.
The whole factory is very large, and what Zhang Bin sees is only the runway.
George told him that all of Bombardier's parts are made outside, and then they are assembled here, and the assembled aircraft will fly around the world, and of course, depending on the market.
The group got into the transport vehicle and went to the No. 6 warehouse with the head of the aerospace group who came.
Zhang Bin has basically determined at this time that Bombardier gave him an airplane, and he doesn't know what type of aircraft it is.
Because there will be no other gifts that will be packed in the warehouse used by the aircraft.
For private jets, Bombardier's best-selling ones are probably the Q series, the Challenger series and the Global Express.
As for private jets, the most famous and best-selling in the world is probably the Gulfstream Business series.
Zhang Bin was very curious and had some expectations about what kind of plane Bombardier would give him.
A group of more than 20 people came to the outside of warehouse No. 6, George looked at Zhang Bin and said with a smile: "Zhang, the gift is inside, this is the remote control, open it."
George said as he took a red remote control from the hand of a person behind him and handed it to Zhang Bin.
Zhang Bin handed the remote control to Zhou Jingyu, "You come."
Zhou Jingyu took it and pressed the button directly.
The heavy door made a slight noise and opened in both directions.
As the door gradually opened to both sides, the contents of the house suddenly revealed their true faces.
It's really an airplane.
And it's not small.
Looking at this plane with a wingspan of more than twenty meters, Zhang Bin was a little surprised.
Zhang Bin pulled Zhou Jingyu into some looks, and the closer he got there, he realized that the plane was really not small.
The wingspan is nearly thirty meters, and the length should also be around thirty meters, and the height is definitely more than seven meters.
"George, I'm afraid this gift is not cheap, right?" Zhang Bin looked at George in surprise and sighed at Bombardier's generosity.
"I think it's definitely worth it," says George.
At this time, someone walked up and began to introduce Zhang Bin to the world's top business aircraft.
"This business jet is based on the Global Express XRS, first of all, we have taken into account the problem of range, and increased the capacity of the fuel tank. If you use a speed of Mach 0.85 to fly, the farthest distance of the aircraft can reach 13,000 kilometers, even if you use a speed of Mach 0.87, it can also exceed 11,000 kilometers, and at the same time, we have transformed the internal space, so that it can carry more people and use more space, the internal cabin is two meters wide, two meters high, and the effective usable area has reached 78 cubic meters, which is definitely the largest among all business aircraft in the world."
There are a lot of specific parameters, but Zhang Bin is most impressed by the distance of 13,000 kilometers and the internal space of 78 cubic meters.
"In terms of speed, this aircraft is definitely the fastest, with a top speed of 950 km/h", added another person, "and in terms of safety performance, it is definitely the highest among all aircraft at present, we have undergone the most professional testing, and the test flight effect is very good, there is no need to worry about the safety of the aircraft itself",
Immediately, George took Zhang Bin on the plane and began to experience it carefully.
The interior of the plane is really large, and you don't have to bend down when you stand in it, unless it's a side place.
The front is of course the place of the flight attendant, and then the main passenger area, or the place for eating or meeting, there are a total of four small tables, each table can seat four people, if you don't need the table can be put away, and then the chair can also be moved to make it more comfortable.
At the back is the standard dining room, and then there is Zhang Bin's private area, a comfortable and luxurious room, about twenty square meters.
There are three bathrooms in the whole plane, one in the front and one in the front, and one in Zhang Bin's room.
The interior of the entire aircraft is decorated with luxury, and Zhang Bin thinks Bombardier is bothered.
"Satisfied?" George asked Zhang Bin.
"Very satisfied, thank you for your generosity, George", Zhang Bin and George hugged each other, expressing their feelings.
Such an aircraft, according to the market price at this time, is worth at least 50 million US dollars, and this is still deliberately modified, Zhang Bin feels that 60 million US dollars may not be too much.
What Zhang Bin cares about is this ultra-long endurance, a battery life of 13,000 kilometers, which allows him to take off directly from any place in the country to Washington, without any transit refueling on the way.
"This plane doesn't have a name yet, does Zhang have a name in mind?" George asked Zhang Bin.
Zhang Bin thought for a while and said, "Let's call it Eternity."
George then asked people to make arrangements, and strive to make the word eternal appear on Zhang Bin's plane tomorrow, and it didn't look too abrupt.
The next time, Zhang Bin and his party returned to Bombardier headquarters.
The next morning, Zhang Bin attended Bombardier's shareholders' meeting and announced on the spot that he would inject $200 million into Bombardier Aerospace to purchase a corresponding number of preferred shares, which can be regarded as a return for George.
Although Zhang Bin knew that Bombardier sent him a plane and also advertised, but it was also something worth tens of millions of dollars, not a car, and Zhang Bin did not say that he always felt as if he owed a lot of favors.
On the afternoon of the 16th, Zhang Bin and Zhou Jingyu came to Bombardier Aerospace again.
On the 17th, they will return to China on their own plane.
The two glanced at the name they had just designed, first of all, an English word eternity on the left side, and on the other side were two Chinese words, eternity, and a few simple strokes outlined in the pattern, which looked very artistic.
With his own plane, Zhang Bin felt as if he had a different feeling in his heart.
This time he can take off and go anywhere at any time, and he doesn't have to go to the airport security check in advance, wait, and even have plane delays like before, he often goes abroad, and he feels fed up with that kind of treatment.
Zhang Bin even thought that if he didn't get this plane this time, he would enjoy the service brought by the black card, and specially asked the Yuntong company to arrange a special plane for him, he had money, and what he needed was to enjoy this top-notch service.
Now that Bombardier has sent a plane, there is no need to bother others.
That evening, the head of the Aerospace Group personally brought the entire crew responsible for the first flight of the Eternity the next day.
The crew consisted of a co-pilot, two flight attendants, and then two Bombardier Aerospace technicians who accompanied the crew.
In order to facilitate communication, these groups of people are all able to speak Chinese, and this arrangement is quite intimate.
The technician is responsible for following Zhang Bin over there and then helping to train maintenance personnel, after all, there are some technologies that Bombardier cannot learn from other companies.
After the maintenance personnel have reached the required technical requirements, the two technicians will return to the company.
At 8:20 a.m. on the 18th, after receiving the take-off requirements from the tower, the Eternity began to make rapid progress on the run, and finally lifted off smoothly and began its first flight.