After sending off a group of people preparing for the rubber crisis, Calust reported to the crown prince. Now Eder trusted his chief of guard so much that he gave it to him.

A little more than a month later, a guard came to report that Henri Koanda and his men had completed the task given to them by the army, and that they were going to invite the crown prince to visit them. Thinking that this was the first batch of Romanian military aircraft, Eder agreed to come down and plan to take a look at it at the handover.

On the second day at the original flight base, now called Koanda Aircraft Factory. Eder met with Henry Koanda and his assistant Ferraiku, who had been discharged from the hospital, as well as Major Ankdra, an officer in the army's newly formed Army Air Corps.

"Koanda, how do you feel after being discharged from the hospital?" Eder asked with concern, the famous Romanian aviator.

"I was terrible in the hospital and couldn't see my beloved plane." Koanda answered the crown prince first and then continued. "Actually, this time I designed the aircraft for the army, mainly my assistant Ferraiku. The ability is not worse than me, but my luck is better than his. ”

After finishing speaking, Koanda also pulled his assistant, intending to sell him.

"I've known your assistant for a long time, and you're an amazing aviator." After Edel finished speaking to Koanda, he reached out to Ferraiku and shook it. "Being able to build and help the army build planes this time has made a big impression on you, Mr. Ferraiku."

"Thank you very much, Your Highness, it is my honor to be able to help Romania."

Hearing Ferraiku's words, Eder let go of his hand and spoke to Ankdra, the army receiving officer. "Having received these planes, you have to think about what you will do with them. In the future, aircraft should be used for more than just reconnaissance, and this will require your new department to think carefully. ”

After hearing the words of the crown prince, the current head of the air force replied. "Your Highness, we will pay attention to what you say."

Seeing that it's almost all said, Koanda said. "Your Highness, let's go see the plane first?"

"It's fine."

After hearing the crown prince's reply, several people walked outside the hangar and saw the eight planes that had already been built. At this time, Ferraiku came out and saluted the crown prince. "Since it was mainly designed by me, then I will explain the general data of this aircraft to His Highness."

After hearing Ferraiku's words, Eder and his party stood next to the plane and nodded to indicate that they could start the explanation.

"Your Highness, we named this aircraft 'Pioneer', it has two wings, of which the fuselage is 13.2 meters long, the wingspan is 10.1 meters long, the distance between the wings is 1.2 meters, and the fuselage body is a hollow steel frame structure, in which we have added timber surface sewn skin. In the nose engine, we use the French Earth God rotary cylinder engine. We added a ring of iron around the seats to prevent the pilot from being injured by a shot from the ground facing the aircraft......"

Listening to Ferraíku's endless explanations of the aircraft's performance, Eder suddenly realized that perhaps this assistant of Koanda was the real aircraft designer, while Koanda was more of an adventurer and flyer.

Unbeknownst to him, Eder suddenly took a fancy to his Ferraiku, and asked after explaining the structure of the plane. "Your Highness, what do you think of this aircraft?"

After hearing Ferraiku's words, Edel retracted his thoughts and continued to ask. "What is its flight range and elevation now?"

Hearing the crown prince's inquiry, Ferraiku replied. "Now this aircraft is more solid than what we built before, so its flight range is slightly shorter than our previous one, the maximum flight distance is about 80 kilometers, and the lifting limit is about 3 kilometers."

After listening to Ferraiku's explanation, Eder knew that the current plane was just a decoration, and he could only continue to encourage it.

"Well done, you must continue to work hard to develop more advanced aircraft, let's see the pilot's operation."

After the crown prince finished speaking, he saw the head of the air team, Ankodra, wave to the person next to him. Immediately, a pilot got on the plane, and the staff next to him began to start the engine, and the plane gradually accelerated into the sky.

Eder looked at the planes as they lifted off and whispered to Koanda and Ferraiku beside him. "Now this 'Pioneer' aircraft can only solve the basic needs of the army, the range is still too short, and the practicality is not too good."

When Koanda and Ferraiku heard the crown prince's words, they looked at each other, and finally Koanda asked. "Your Highness, what kind of aircraft do you think should be able to meet the needs of the army?"

"The maximum distance between aircraft should be more than 120 km, preferably 150 km. The stay time is more than 40 minutes, and the current lifting limit is fine, and it is better to be a little stronger. Eder said the aircraft data in the early stage of World War I, which was hard to get from the previous life, so he was impressed.

Faced with the crown prince's unusual demands, the two felt a lot of pressure. After some eye contact, Koanda spoke to the crown prince. "Your Highness, we will incorporate your requirements into our next aircraft construction, and I believe that we will make this aircraft in a year or two."

"I'm waiting for your good news, if you do make it, I plan to let the army purchase more than 24 of this new aircraft." After the crown prince made the request, he still gave the carrots as usual.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your support."

After caring about the plane, the crown prince began to care about the pilot.

"Major Ankedra, is this plane in the sky now piloted by your air team?"

"Yes, Your Highness, we sent 12 soldiers to learn to fly an airplane three months ago, and now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is doing the flight demonstration, our best pilot, Jan Erascu."

Edel asked with a sudden interest in the name. "Tell me about Jan Erascu."

"Yes, Your Highness."

Under the guidance of Major Ankdra, Eder learned that Jan Erascu was born in Iasi, and his family was a yeoman farmer. When he was a child, he was called to the choir by the local priest because of his cute appearance, where the priest taught him to read. When he was 11 years old, he was sent to school by his father to study, and his grades were relatively good, but at the age of 18 he did not continue his studies due to family reasons, and later joined the army and was selected as a pilot by Major Ankedra.

After Major Ancrera's speech, Jan Erascu also landed smoothly on the ground in the plane.

"Erascu here." Major Ankerra shouted to the first pilot of the army who had just been on the plane.

After this Jan Erascu took off his flying cap, everyone said a handsome word in their hearts. Eder just said in his heart that the copy of Leonardo is still the big ship version.

The reproduction Leonardo walked up to Eder and bowed down before speaking. "I've seen Your Highness."

"Hello, Erascu. Major Ankerra has already mentioned you to me, and I hope you will make a greater contribution to the army. ”

"Yes, Your Highness, I will do better."

After Erascu retreated, Edel spoke to the trio. "This is the first practical aircraft in Romania, and I hope that in the future more new aircraft will appear in Romania."

"Yes, Your Highness."