The rise of a great power: starting with military industry

Chapter 909 Double Happiness
Accompanying the aircraft in the air were a J-7A advanced trainer aircraft and a Xiongying advanced trainer aircraft.

Two advanced training aircraft kept taking photos of the H-6K/S, which is a witness to history.

The crew members continued to report important data to the ground command center. The situation was very good, which made everyone feel relieved.

After flying for a while at an altitude of 8000 meters, the H-6K/S began to climb and reached an altitude of meters, flying quite steadily.

After flying for an hour and completing all the tasks of the first test flight, the H-6K/S began to return.

Everyone started to get nervous again because the next step was landing.

For the first test flight, the most critical parts are actually two links: one is take-off and the other is landing.

An airplane that can take off and land is a real airplane.

How many aircraft have gone wrong during the landing phase during their maiden flight.

If something goes wrong, the plane will often be destroyed and people will die.

The waiting time is always long.

Finally, a roar was heard from afar, and a small black dot appeared in the sky. Everyone knew that it was the H-6K/S.

The triumphantly returning H-6K/S soon appeared in everyone's eyes. With the sunlight shining on its fuselage, it looked like a golden-armored warrior, very beautiful.

At this moment, everyone was extremely nervous.

The descent trajectory of the H-6K/S was very stable, and it finally landed smoothly on the runway, then began to decelerate continuously, and finally slowly stopped. The H-6K/S slowly drove towards the apron.

At this moment, everyone couldn't help but cheer, and many people even had tears in their eyes.

This scene was captured by the CCTV filming team.

In the air, the J-7A advanced trainer aircraft and the Eagle advanced trainer aircraft did not snatch the glory from the H-6K/S, and the pilots flew the planes to another airport.

In Hong Kong, the shareholders' meeting was held.

While having dinner with a group of shareholders, Secretary Wu Qiang came to Liu Tao and reported in a low voice.

A smile appeared on Liu Tao's face. Wu Qiang didn't know what the code stood for, but Liu Tao knew that the code represented the successful first flight of the H-6K/S.

Today is a double happiness.

This morning, the shareholders' meeting of Hong Kong Airlines was held.

Hong Kong Airlines is the only local airline in Hong Kong and has opened routes from Hong Kong to various parts of the world.

At this shareholders' meeting, Liu Tao pushed for the decision, and Hong Kong Airlines decided to purchase 50 Y-13 regional passenger aircraft and 20 Y-13 cargo aircraft.

Although the Y-13 is a regional airliner, it can meet the needs of Hong Kong airlines to Taiwan and various cities in the mainland, including most major cities in Southeast Asia.

Before this, Hong Kong Airlines placed an order for 100 aircraft, but Liu Tao still thought it was too few.

So this promotion meeting was held.

With sufficient orders, the Y-13 can continue to build production lines, train workers, and improve and enhance the production chain of the entire Y-13 regional aircraft.

In the regional jet market, the Y-13 is very competitive.

This competitiveness is not only reflected in the domestic Chinese market, but also abroad.

In the coming time, Liu Tao will contact some old friends to promote cooperation on the Y-13. At the same time, he will make great efforts to prepare for the first Zhuhai Air Show.

Liu Tao attaches great importance to the Y-13 regional airliner.

The market demand for regional jets is much greater than that for mainline jets.

Regional jets can not only be used as civil aircraft, but also have great advantages in business aircraft. At present, the market for business aircraft is mainly for wealthy Chinese businessmen in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.

And here, Liu Tao has to use some tricks.

For example, friends who are related to Panshan Group must buy the Y-13 business jet.

After all, the range of the Y-13 business jet reaches 5500 kilometers, which can meet the needs of most wealthy people, because not all wealthy people need a business jet that can fly intercontinental.

After dinner, Liu Tao took a short rest in the hotel room and then began to look at the afternoon materials.

November 5, Beijing.

In the evening, around 8 o'clock.

Siheyuan, bird watching house.

Liu Tao hosted a banquet for Kuwaiti Crown Prince and Prime Minister Saad.

The two are old friends and meet once a year.

Saad visited China specifically this time to strengthen cooperation and promote exchanges between the two sides.

Saad arrived in the capital this morning. In the evening, Liu Tao personally hosted a banquet for Saad to show his hospitality.

萨阿德是第11任也是科威特独立后第一任国王阿卜杜拉三世·萨利姆·萨巴赫的长子，在1962年至1978年任科威特内政大臣，1964年起兼任国防大臣。1978年被堂兄也就是新上任的国王贾比尔·艾哈迈德·萨巴赫任命为王储。1978年起，便担任科威特的首相。

It can be said that Saad is the de facto number three figure in Kuwait, second only to King Jaber and Fahd, the commander-in-chief of the Kuwaiti armed forces.

Saad is actually not young this year. He has been the crown prince for 17 years and he is already 65 years old.

King Jaber is still in good health and is only two years older than Saad. It is not certain whether Saad can outlive his cousin and become the King of Kuwait.

Moreover, although Saad is the crown prince, his position is not as stable as a rock, because King Jaber's half-brother 'Sabah', who is one year older than him, is eyeing him covetously.

Liu Tao is not interested in the internal affairs of Kuwait. He likes to make friends as long as his interests are not affected.

For this banquet for Saad, Liu Tao also wanted to recommend the Y-13 business jet.

Although Middle Eastern countries have placed orders for more than 13 Y-s, they are passenger and cargo planes, not a single business jet.

These wealthy people in the Middle East are the main force of business jets in the world. They like large aircraft from Boeing and Airbus, and their interiors are decorated in an extremely luxurious manner.

For them, money is not a problem at all. What they want is to enjoy themselves and show off their status.

For this occasion, Liu Tao specially had people spend more than two years to prepare a Y-10 business jet and a Y-13 business jet.

If you want to open up the business jet market in the Middle East, cost-effectiveness is useless because people there have plenty of money.

People don’t think about saving money.

The reason why the decoration took more than two years was that every design was rejected by Liu Tao. Poverty completely restricted the imagination of the Chinese people.

In the end, it took Liu Tao some effort and involvement to finally finalize the design plan.

It just so happens that Saad is visiting China at this time, which is the best time.

The two had a very pleasant chat and agreed on future cooperation in areas such as energy and infrastructure.

Prior to this, Kuwait mainly exported oil, but as the transportation of natural gas was gradually resolved, Kuwait also began to pay attention to its natural gas business.

In addition to its abundant oil reserves, Kuwait also has abundant natural gas reserves. The current proven natural gas reserves have reached 1.78 trillion cubic meters.

Even if calculated based on the current international natural gas export price of US$0.07 per cubic meter, 1.78 trillion cubic meters are still worth US$1246 billion.

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