The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 895 Delivery of Y-13
The Lantern Festival has just passed.

At this time, good news came that the domestically produced regional aircraft 'Yun 13' officially obtained the airworthiness certificate.

After a series of tests over the years, the 'Yun-13' proved its excellent performance, safety, stability and reliability, and finally passed all the reviews of the relevant departments, and was then awarded the 'Yun-13' airworthiness certificate.

At present, China's regional aircraft include Y-7 and Y-8, but the basic conditions of these two aircraft are far from comparable to Y-13.

There are three models of 'Yun 13', namely 'Yun 13A', 'Yun 13B' and 'Yun 13C'.

The Y-13A is a medium-to-short-range turbofan regional aircraft with 70 to 110 seats. It is specially used by civil aviation airlines and is mainly used for passenger transportation between large cities and small and medium-sized cities. It can also be used as a supplement for passenger transportation between large cities, but it is rarely used for international transportation, especially intercontinental flights. The maximum range of the aircraft is 3700 kilometers.
The Y-13B is a civil aviation cargo aircraft, specially used for transporting goods. The maximum range of the aircraft is 3700 kilometers.

Yun-13C, a business jet, has a range of 5500 kilometers after increasing the fuel tank. Business jets can accommodate 12 to 29 seats, and can flexibly arrange relatively independent functional areas such as VIP bedrooms, rest areas, meeting areas, living rooms, and dining areas according to customer personalized needs.

Guifei Group held a special ceremony for this ceremony. After all, this could be said to have attracted worldwide attention, which was not easy for China.

Because China doesn’t have much to show for itself in terms of passenger aircraft.

Although the Y-13 is a regional airliner rather than a trunk airliner, it is a good sign and is also a product that China can produce next.

Unlike the launching ceremony of the Type 001 light aircraft carrier, which was reported one week later, CCTV will broadcast the entire ceremony live and it will also be on the o'clock news that day.

Liu Tao came to Guifei Group very early.

Although the Y-13 in front of us was assembled by Xi'an Aircraft Industry Corporation, it belongs to Guizhou Aircraft Industry Corporation. The delivery ceremony to Southwest Airlines will naturally be held at Guizhou Aircraft Industry Corporation.

On the runway, all kinds of military aircraft were put into the hangar.

Now the airport is very large, integrating civil and military uses without affecting each other.

The delivery ceremony was very festive, with a Y-1 passenger plane even hidden behind the scenes.

Above the red curtain, there is a huge banner with a line of large characters on it: a very important project - the delivery ceremony of the Y-13 trunk passenger aircraft!

The leaders have arrived and the delivery ceremony officially begins.

The host of the offline ceremony is the famous CCTV host 'Ni Ping', who is also the most popular female host among the people across the country.

The development of a regional jet with advanced performance naturally made everyone present proud, and everyone's face was filled with smiles.

At the same time, in CCTV's live broadcast room, there are the famous host 'Zhao Zhongxiang' and three guests.

Ni Ping came to the temporary stage and began to host the meeting with great passion and enthusiasm. He first introduced the leaders present today and the research and development team.

Ma Fengshan was wearing a brand new piece of clothing. He usually couldn't afford to buy clothes, and even if he did, he would only wear them when he returned to China. But today, for the Y-13 delivery ceremony, Ma Fengshan went out of his way to buy a piece of clothing.

The others were also wearing new clothes and were all very excited.

They gave everything they had so that China could have its own passenger plane.

Cross the river step by step by feeling the stones.

In the past, no ceremony was held for the launch ceremony of this aircraft because it did not have an airworthiness certificate and was a prototype used internally by Panshan Group.

But today, a special ceremony was held for the official delivery. The first to come was the leader, who reviewed the history of China's pursuit of its own passenger aircraft. This was an extremely bumpy and tortuous road, and today, China finally has its own advanced passenger aircraft, even if it is only a regional aircraft, but the meaning is different.

The leaders praised the research and development team for their perseverance in overcoming numerous difficulties, which led to today's fruitful results.

To be honest, if it weren't for the special period, it would take at least another two years for the Y-13 aircraft to be officially delivered.

Then there were speeches by Guizhou Aircraft Group, Southwest Airlines, Ma Fengshan and others.

Liu Tao did not give a speech, he gave the honor to Ma Fengshan.

When it was almost 11 o'clock, the host Ni Ping could not hide his excitement and said: "Dear guests, gentlemen and ladies, you see, behind me, covered by the curtain is our Y-13 passenger plane. Now we would like to invite the leaders to open the curtain for us and let the Y-13 passenger plane show its true appearance!"

The leader came to the left, Ma Fengshan came to the right, and asked people to press the button at the same time, and suddenly the red curtain opened to both sides.

All of a sudden, the true appearance of the Y-13 passenger plane was revealed, and cheers and applause rang out at the scene.

Everyone is proud of the domestically-made passenger aircraft, because the Y-13 aircraft was independently designed and developed by China, reaching world-class level among regional aircraft, and the Y-13 aircraft has a beautiful appearance.

Important standards are printed on the tail, wings and fuselage of the Y-13 passenger plane, and "Southwest Airlines" is very clear on the fuselage.

Next came the static experience session, where everyone boarded the plane and took a look at the situation inside the cabin.

Ma Fengshan was interviewed by Ni Ping. Today, Ma Fengshan's face was flushed and he looked very excited and excited.

It has been 10 years since he was appointed as the chief designer of Y-25, and he now has a head full of white hair.

Although this is a Y-13 regional airliner, rather than a trunk aircraft like the Y-10, it is also a milestone for China's aviation industry.

"Chief Engineer Ma, how many orders do we have for the Y-13 aircraft now?" Ni Ping asked in the interview.

Ma Fengshan said: "A lot, a lot. Right now we have 250 domestic orders and hundreds of overseas orders. We can't produce enough, absolutely not enough!"

"In the next ten years, we will deliver more than 500 Y-13 aircraft to customers, with a total value of US$125 billion, which is almost equivalent to RMB 500 billion!" Ma Fengshan introduced.

In the current international market, the price of mainline passenger aircraft ranges from 1500 to 3000 million US dollars, while the price of mainline passenger aircraft comparable to the Y-13 aircraft is generally between 2500 to 3000 million US dollars.

This refers to the price of a new machine.

The Y-13 passenger aircraft is priced at US$2500 million, equivalent to RMB 1 million, which is a very competitive price.

Of course, this also depends on the situation. If the customer has higher requirements, the price will naturally be higher.

Airplanes are high value-added commodities.

It now costs China an average of 3500 million U.S. dollars to import an airplane, but only 5 U.S. dollars to export a pair of shoes. China needs to export 700 million pairs of shoes to buy one airplane.

Producing shoes, clothes, socks, etc., these are hard-earned money, so China will naturally do it as long as it can make money, but it also hopes to do more profitable things, and airplanes are one of them. For example, just by selling a Y-13 passenger plane, it can earn nearly 2000 million US dollars, and the number of jobs it creates is very impressive.

Because an airplane involves many precision parts, the profits of these precision parts will also be very high.

(End of this chapter)