Chapter 198: Cheng Gong's Air Force One!
After gaining an in-depth understanding of the history of European scientists in the study of jet engines and gas turbines, Gao Zhihang was impressed by His Majesty's forward-looking vision.
Because, His Majesty the Emperor bought all the technical patents of jet engines and gas turbines in Europe, and did not spend any money.
At a time when aviation power experts from all over the world were working on the design and development of piston engines, His Majesty the Emperor had already quietly arranged for people to start the industrial production of jet engines.
Of course, Gao Zhihang knew that with the technical level and production capacity of the current aviation power manufacturing companies in the empire, it was impossible to manufacture so many THH-WP-1937 jet engines (Pratt & Whitney PW1120 improved) for the F-4G Phantom fighters. The Empire's aircraft manufacturing companies did not have the industrial capacity to produce so many F-4G Phantom fighters.
There is only one explanation, all the weapons and equipment of the Empire, including those sold to the Germans and the Japanese, were all purchased by His Majesty the Emperor from the mysterious PLAN organization with gold.
As Cheng Gong transformed the palm-sized Donghui Kingdom into the Donghua Empire with an Australian colony, Gao Zhihang and others were even more secretive about the PLAN organization behind His Majesty the Emperor. They also came to believe in the legend that the PLAN organization was a Chinese organization that had been developed in seclusion for more than 2,000 years. At the same time, I am also honored and proud to have the honor to follow Cheng Gong, the spokesperson of the PLAN organization.
It is precisely because of this that when Cheng Gong proposed the idea of disposing of all the equipment of the former Donghui Defense Force's navy and air force to Germany and Japan, Gao Zhihang and others all raised their hands in favor without hesitation.
I just don't know how many F-4G Phantom fighters will be available in the first batch of F-4G Phantom fighters provided by the PLAN organization.
Thinking of this question, Gao Zhihang couldn't help but cautiously ask: "Your Majesty, the minister dares to ask, how many 'ghosts' can the Royal Air Force receive this time?" ”
"Ziheng, if it were you, I would definitely ask, in addition to the F-4G ghost this time, are there any other supporting models." Cheng Gong said with a smile: "How can there be only one kind of fighter to conquer the world!" Fighters, attack aircraft, bombers, transport aircraft, training aircraft, long-range strategic bombers, air tankers, air early warning aircraft and other corresponding aircraft are not missing! ”
Gao Zhihang was speechless and just wanted to answer. At this time, a clear shout came from the radio of the tower command center: "Eagle's Nest, Eagle's Nest, this is Air Force One, here Air Force One, we have arrived over the airport and requested landing!" ”
Hearing this call, Gao Zhihang, Liu Cuigang, and Le Yiqin all turned their attention to Cheng Gong.
Cheng Gong was obviously a little surprised and asked, "Have you already trained the crew of this special plane?" So fast? ”
"Your Majesty, the crew of Air Force One was trained with the first jet fighter pilots of the Royal Air Force." Gao Zhihang replied solemnly: "If you count the training time, they have more training flight hours than the crew of the 'Army Airlines No. 1'.
Your Majesty, today is the first Air Force Day in the Empire, and it will definitely be a pity if Air Force One cannot attend. Therefore, the minister had the courage to let them finish all the training subjects and class hours a week in advance, and flew over from Paradise Island. ”
"Hehe, not bad, not bad." Cheng Gong nodded happily and smiled: "I have been looking forward to this Air Force One for a long time!" With it, it will be much easier for me to go to any country in the world in the future. ”
In fact, the C54 transport aircraft and the DC-7 civil airliner are quite safe! We all fly it often, so I don't know why the emperor said that he didn't want to take this kind of piston plane. Of course, no one in Gao Zhihang, Liu Cuigang and others dared to say it in front of Cheng Gong.
Cheng Gong did say what he was saying from his heart just now. For this multi-functional special plane based on the Boeing 747 specially tailored for him at the Paradise Island base, Cheng Gong has indeed been looking forward to it for a while.
If it weren't for the T700's energy running out, and the new energy source hadn't been researched, Cheng Gong would have let this Air Force One come out and show his face a long time ago. It's a pity that the plane was built a long time ago, but there is no qualified crew to fly and operate. In desperation, Cheng Gong had to hand over the task of training the crew to Gao Zhihang, and solemnly asked him to rather lack than abuse, and safety first.
After Gao Zhihang nodded and instructed, Liu Cuigang picked up the wireless telephone and said loudly: "Eagle's Nest calls Air Force One to land on Runway 3." The Eagle's Nest calls Air Force One and can land on Runway Three! ”
After a while, there was a faint roar of aero engines in the air.
A blue-and-white four-engine civil airliner with an appearance similar to that of a Boeing 747 came out of the clouds, circled around the airport, and according to the instructions of the tower, roared like a blue and white lightning, flew low against the runway, and swept by.
It is estimated that the length of this runway is rough enough for Air Force One to land without opening the parachute, and the captain of Air Force One did not show off their flying skills and landed safely on Runway 3 according to the regular take-off and landing procedures.
Then, every five minutes, two F-4G Phantom fighter jets landed on runway three.
It took nearly 40 minutes for eight F-4G Phantom fighters and one KC-135 air tanker to land safely before they all landed safely, slowly taxied and parked on the tarmac connected to Runway 3, and lined up for review.
Seeing this, Cheng Gong suddenly understood why the crew training of Air Force One took so long. Dare to be affectionate, the entire Air Force One crew, not only one Air Force One Royal special plane, but also eight F-4G Phantom fighters specially used for escort, and a KC-135 air tanker.
Yes, yes, Gao Zhihang thought it through. As the world's first "Air Force One" representing the supreme head of a country, it should have such a crew structure to highlight the uniqueness of "Air Force One".
"Let's go down and have a look." Cheng Gong said hello to Gao Zhihang, calmly surrounded by a group of Royal Air Force generals out of the control tower, and took three Humvee H1 convertible military off-road vehicles to the No. 3 tarmac.
Cheng Gong is certainly no stranger to the Air Force One special plane modified from a Boeing 747, and when the Paradise Island base designed and manufactured this special plane, it listened to many suggestions from Cheng Gong, the owner. It's just that after it was manufactured, Cheng Gong saw the real thing for the first time.
Cheng Gong had an indifferent and calm expression, but Liu Cuigang, Le Yiqin and others, who saw this Air Force One for the first time, were full of shock.
Although I had heard Gao Zhihang mention this special plane of His Majesty the Emperor before, I had also seen the photos and some technical parameters of this Air Force One. But how can pictures be compared with real things!
With a wingspan of 64.4 meters, a fuselage height of 19.41 meters, and a fuselage of 70.7 meters in length, it's an aerial giant when parked there!
Originally, I thought that the DC-7 civil airliner manufactured by Donghua Airbus Holding Group was the largest aircraft in the world today, but compared with this Air Force One, the DC-7 is completely a gap between children and young people.
Air Force One's domineering and super-beautiful streamlined shape is much stronger than DC-7. This is the first time that the Royal Tung Wah Air Force has seen a real four-engine jet, and it would be strange if it wasn't shocked.
Cheng Gong slowly walked to the nose of Air Force One, which looked like a "big goose head", and looked up, the fuselage was nearly 20 meters high, almost six stories high.
Two Donghua Royal Air Force pilots wearing the flight combat uniforms of the Royal Donghua Air Force, standing side by side under the huge wings more than 60 meters wide, saw Cheng Gong walking towards them, obviously a little unable to hold back the excitement, puffed up their chests and shouted: "Long live the emperor, long live, long live!" ”
(To be continued.) )