Rise of Australia

Chapter 213 Celebration and Awarding of Medals

"How is the training of our pilots at present? If these planes are mass-produced, how many pilots can fly these planes proficiently?" Arthur asked.

Arthur is not too worried about the production of these three types of aircraft. After all, Australasia is definitely the only one in the field of military aircraft, and has enough time to research, develop and produce these aircraft.

However, the number of qualified pilots also determines the number of aircraft that Australasia can currently equip. If there are not enough qualified pilots, it means that the number of aircraft that Australasia can currently equip will be limited.

"Your Majesty, after our training and training during this period, we have trained 93 qualified pilots. At the same time, there are more than [-] pilots who are undergoing training, and it is expected that they will be able to fly the plane proficiently in half a year. ’” replied Theodore.

It is not easy to train pilots. The Aeronautical Laboratory has selected hundreds of soldiers from the Australasian army. At present, there are only less than 100 pilots who have successfully trained.

"The training speed of the aeronautical laboratory is still too slow. Let's draw a group of experts with aircraft piloting skills from the aeronautical laboratory, and then use these skilled aircraft pilots to set up an aircraft pilot training school." Arthur After thinking for a while, he said: "Australasia in the future needs a large number of pilots, whether it is civilian aircraft or military aircraft."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Theodor nodded and replied respectfully.

After the aeronautical laboratory has gone through the difficult exploration stage in the early stage, the current aircraft research and development work has been carried out very smoothly.

Each generation of aircraft will usher in a lot of improvements in various aspects. Designing and manufacturing more powerful aircraft is also the pursuit of all scientific researchers in aviation laboratories.

"You can try to produce the Eagle reconnaissance plane and the ghost bomber first, and the number of them is set at [-] and [-] respectively. First conduct small-scale production, and after confirming that there are no problems, proceed according to the number of trained pilots Expansion," said Arthur.

The performance of the current eagle reconnaissance aircraft and ghost bomber has been put into actual combat, and it is time for Australasia to become the first country in the world to equip military aircraft.

"Yes, Your Majesty, we will start production as soon as possible." Theodor replied quickly.

"The establishment of the aircraft pilot training school should also be carried out as soon as possible. I hope that after the successful establishment of the aircraft pilot training school, at least [-] aircraft pilots can be trained for Australasia every year." Arthur continued.

Now that Australasia has already gained an advantage in aircraft, Arthur doesn't mind expanding this advantage.

By the end of the First World War, the participating countries had built a total of 18 aircraft, of which more than [-] were used in the war.

At the beginning of the war, the total number of aircraft owned by the participating countries was only 1500.

It is enough to see how powerful war is for human technology and industry. Aircraft ushered in earth-shaking development in World War I, and eventually evolved into one of the protagonists in World War II.

Pilots were one of the soldiers with the highest casualties in World War I. If Australasia does not want to face such a tragedy, the performance of various aircraft must be greatly improved to keep it ahead of other countries' aircraft Only one step can reduce the casualties of pilots.

At the same time, if Australasia is not to be one step behind in terms of military aircraft, the number of aircraft equipped and the number of pilots must also be accelerated.

"Yes, I understand." Theodor nodded quickly and responded again.

"Airplanes are not only used in the military field, the Aviation Research Office can also start research and development of civilian aircraft, and explore aircraft with more passenger capacity." Arthur nodded in satisfaction, looking at the respectful Teodore Er, speaking.

"Airplanes, like airships, are another way of crossing oceans besides ships. And they can travel the shortest distance in the sky, which will greatly speed up our speed across oceans. The next task of the Aviation Research Office is to develop at least A civil aircraft capable of carrying more than ten people should have a speed of at least [-] kilometers per hour and a maximum range of at least [-] kilometers." Arthur ordered.

In addition to bringing about huge changes in the military, airplanes have also brought about huge changes in the civilian field.

Leaving aside the gospel that civilian aircraft allow people to travel across continents, oceans and even around the world, the time-consuming has been greatly reduced. The huge profits brought by civil aircraft are enough to make people excited.

The world's earliest civil aviation airliner was born in 1919 and was transformed from an aircraft in the military field.

This represents at least a decade in Australasia to develop a civilian aircraft, an achievement that has the potential to change the world.

Theodor nodded and took the task.

It is actually not difficult to develop civil aircraft. After all, civil aircraft do not need to undergo too many modifications, and only the range and number of passengers are required.

The difficulty of this matter lies in the number of more than ten people required by Arthur and the effective range of at least [-] kilometers.

This means that the various aircraft designs in Australasia are not suitable for this kind of civilian aircraft, and the aviation laboratory needs to design another larger aircraft to accommodate more than ten passengers.

This is a challenge for aviation laboratories, because the current largest passenger plane can only carry two people.

To change the number of passengers to more than ten people at once, the design alone is enough for the experts in the aviation laboratory to have a headache.

Seeing that Theodor was a bit embarrassed, Arthur smiled and comforted: "Don't worry, Director Theodor. The research and development of civil aircraft is not so urgent, and you can temporarily set the number of passengers at five. Just improve it slowly. At present, the main purpose of the aeronautical laboratory is still to develop more powerful aircraft, while taking into account the production and training of pilots.”

Before the aircraft was valued by countries all over the world, Arthur would not take the initiative to display various aircraft in Australasia.

This also means that even if the aviation research laboratory has developed a civilian aircraft, it is impossible to put it into commercial use in a short time.

Otherwise, judging from the terrifying industrial scale and R&D speed of the major powers, it would not be difficult for the R&D of aircraft to catch up with Australasia in a short period of time.

At least let the aircraft of Australasia be several generations ahead of other countries, and Arthur will slowly show the results.

In fact, the aircraft products that are currently outdated are prepared for other countries.While these aircraft systems are outdated for Australasia, they are still very advanced for other countries.

If these relatively backward aircraft models can be used to generate more profits for Australasia, it will definitely be a good result.

Australasia has no plans to sell the most advanced various aircraft, but after the aircraft is gradually valued by governments around the world, these obviously backward aircraft can still be sold.

This is also a relatively common method used by major countries. After a certain technology has undergone more advanced changes, it will sell the backward technology to let these backward technologies play their final waste heat, which is also to reduce the consumption of new technology research and development. funds.

I believe that even two years later, the first generation of various military aircraft in Australasia will still be able to impress other countries.

Of course, it is uncertain which generation Australasia's military aircraft will be developed by then, but it should not be the current second generation.

Finally, there is the official reward for these experts in the Aeronautical Laboratory.A total of [-] experts participated in the research experiments of pioneers and three types of military aircraft. These people are not only the top experts in aeronautics in the world, but also the absolute contributors to the development of Australasian aircraft to such an extent.

Arthur was naturally not stingy with these heroes. After holding a small celebration banquet in the Aeronautical Laboratory, he personally awarded the Medal of the Kingdom of Australasia to these experts.

Yes, after the establishment of the Kingdom of Australasia, the original Australian National Medal was officially renamed as the Australasian Kingdom Medal, and the various benefits and benefits after receiving the medal have not changed much.

Theoretically speaking, the promulgator of the medal regulations was the prime minister at the time.But the aeronautical laboratory is still kept secret within the scope of Australasia, so Arthur announced it himself.

Obtaining the medal makes most experts very happy, even if it is the easiest of the three Australasian medals to obtain.

Just after receiving the medal, being able to receive ten times the local per capita annual income every year is enough to make most of the experts here moved.

You know, the current per capita income in Australasia is nearly [-] Australian dollars, ten times that is almost [-] Australian dollars, [-] pounds.

This is also a salary of one or two months for these experts, and the funds that can be received will increase with the per capita annual income of Australasia, and they can even receive their third generation of offspring.

It is conservatively estimated that they and their descendants will be able to receive this fund for at least 100 years, and they cannot even imagine the per capita income of Australasia 100 years later.

More importantly, they were the first people in Australasia to receive the medal, and their names will also remain in the history of the kingdom of Australasia.

After the small celebration banquet, Arthur officially returned to Sydney Palace.

Arthur tactfully left more time for the experts to celebrate by themselves.If Arthur continued to stay at the scene, I am afraid that most people would not be able to let go and would remain restrained.

However, the celebration is the celebration, Arthur still asked the experts in the laboratory not to forget their respective tasks, and the research and development of the aircraft is also a top priority for Australasia.

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