Chapter 720: Chapter 714: Black Technology
“This is how it stands: The Virtual World Corporation, in cooperation with the Fla Nation, has completed experintal and relevant testing work for a new aircraft production project. We have even comnced production. I wonder if you’d like to have a trial use of it? Or perhaps consider our new aircraft?” Finn Lewis asked, smiling.
The bosses present exchanged looks. They were unsure of what Mr. Lewis just ntioned. If it were a dostically produced aircraft from the Fla Nation, of course, they would support it. Just like the dostically successful C919 passenger plane a few years ago; although it was only a dium-sized passenger plane, all major dostic airlines had placed orders for it.
Naturally, they would support their own country’s airplanes. Many foreign airlines had also placed intended orders. Although these were rely intended orders, they had an intricate relationship with dostic aircraft production being high quality and cheap. The Sky Crane and Wolfhawk planes might be outstanding, but they are expensive.
Moreover, when a country makes orders, people have to give face. However, the C919, while successfully developed, was not mass-produced. They don’t know the exact reasons, but these airlines wouldn’t lose out because these were just intended orders.
If dostic planes are not purchased, then foreign ones are. Why did Mr. Lewis suddenly produce a plane here, especially in cooperation with the governnt? If it were in cooperation with the governnt, why did the state not notify them? If they were notified, they would certainly consider it.
“Well, Mr. Lewis, it’s not that we don’t want to buy it, this is not our decision but one for our board to deliberate,” Daniel Teddy said, sowhat embarrassed. As buying an airplane is not a simple matter, every purchase has to go through the board’s research and the procurent departnt’s investigation before an agreent can be reached.
“Hehe, of course, I understand. How about I show you our newly produced plane first?” Finn Lewis said, smiling.
“That would be very welco.” Seeing is not a loss; Daniel Teddy naturally would not reject this. They all knew that the Virtual World Corporation currently had an extensive range of technological capabilities. Just from what they knew, the corporation had granted authorization for the production of many new technologies to dostic factories in various fields.
These new technologies were essentially globally leading technologies. Didn’t you see many factories this year directly competing overseas and starting to seize foreign markets? As for the dostic market, if it weren’t for the sluggish change in dostic perception, it would have been completely occupied by now.
However, even under the premise where dostic people still perceive foreign products as superior, the market for foreign products is rapidly declining. There would be no harm in taking a look at the Virtual World Corporation’s plane. Judging by the track record, or Finn Lewis’s character, if a product is to be made, it would definitely be top-tier.
The other people present naturally wouldn’t oppose. Finn Lewis imdiately said with a laugh: “Luna Starfield, bring out our new transport passenger plane.”
The new transport aircraft is no longer within the scope of a traditional plane; It should belong to the category of spacecraft, or it could be described as a space plane because the volu of this new transport aircraft is incomparable to any ordinary passenger plane. Whether the developnt of such a passenger plane is necessary, nobody knows. Many flight routes currently have excess capacity, with many airline routes not being fully occupied.
Of course, it’s not that there are no passengers, but it’s mainly because current aircraft fares are too high for most ordinary people to afford. After all, trains are economical and affordable. Most people won’t take planes unless they have a special mission.
That’s one of the reasons. The second reason is that so people, even if they can afford to take a plane, they don’t want to unless it’s urgent. The convenience of high-speed trains takes away a part of the airline business. Another reason is that the space on an aircraft is confined, which for many people is uncomfortable. Therefore, many people would rather take high-speed trains or traditional trains.
Considering all these factors, while the number of airplane passengers is increasing, the current airplane market is already sufficient. No one knows if the aircraft Finn Lewis has developed is really appropriate.
However, Finn Lewis felt it necessary to develop it. Firstly, it can greatly improve population migration efficiency, just like in the Galactic Federation. Within a planet, movent can generally be made to any part of the planet within two hours, or one hour if it’s urgent.
This would be of great importance for future immigration between Earth and Mars. Boost this technology for now. Moreover, the discomfort caused by long airplane journeys, especially during takeoff and landing, puts pressure on people’s eardrums and organs.
Long airplane rides are indeed uncomfortable, so Finn Lewis developed this new type of transport plane. This plane is completely different from the traditional concept of a plane.
With Finn Lewis’s command, Luna Starfield quickly summoned the new transport plane model. The attendees weren’t surprised to see it appearing in the middle of everyone. They had all witnessed such advanced functionalities and were accustod to them.
But when the holographic projection appeared and the look of the plane was presented before everyone, everyone was surprised. The plane looked odd and was distinctly different from any other plane they knew. Its look resembles a giant bat, with very thick and wide wings that differed significantly from current passenger plane wings.
The overall look slightly resembled the Osprey helicopter of the North Federation, except the wings on its sides were wider and seed to have two engines on the back of each wing for vertical flight.
“Everyone, this is our new transport plane. You may not comprehend its dinsions from this, so let’s compare it to a current plane,” Finn Lewis smiled, followed by a wave of his hand.
As Finn Lewis finished his sentence, a plane that everyone was familiar with appeared next to the new transport plane, causing quite a stir among the crowd.
If you start by only observing the holographic representation of the plane, it’s vague and you have no way of knowing its specifics. However, with a comparison, everyone now understood: First and foremost, its size! What shockingly appeared next to the new plane was an A380 from Sky Crane, which can hold over 800 passengers if all seats are economy class!
Compared to the A380, the new transport plane was over ten tis larger! This was clearly a behemoth!
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