After hearing this, Zhuang Jianye's first reaction was that there was something wrong with the airlines that are closely related to the military. You must know that the largest purchaser of Ascendas Group aircraft in recent years is United Airlines, and the second is China Post. , and the third is Northwest Airlines.
As for overseas markets, due to well-known reasons, the aviation airworthiness certificates being applied for were frozen by the United States and Europe. As a result, the two series of aircraft, the Highland Eagle and TM-9, were unable to receive international recognition, resulting in a sharp decline in sales.
However, this did not have a big impact on Ascendas Group. On the contrary, it caused the Royal Thai Aerospace Industries Company to suffer a lot. However, the Royal Thai Aerospace Corporation is not a vegetarian. With the relationship between Thailand and the United States, it frequently puts pressure on the United States. Therefore, The U.S. airworthiness certificate process for the TM-9 aircraft has been restarted since last year, which gave Royal Thai Aerospace Industries a slight sigh of relief.
However, the Highland Eagle series aircraft, which are purely derived from Ascendas Group, are not so lucky, and there is no possibility of loosening up even now. Therefore, except for a small number of orders from Nepal, the overseas sales of the Highland Eagle series aircraft are basically zero, let alone those of aviation manufacturers. When compared with the giants, even the ordinary small aircraft manufacturing company Ascendas Group cannot compare.
Fortunately, Zhuang Jianye took precautions and joined United Airlines through the Air Force. Later, he expanded China Post's cargo fleet and Northwest Airlines' commuter aviation business through United Airlines, thus stabilizing Ascendas Group's basic position in the field of aircraft production. .
So when I heard that people from the Air Force were looking for him, I thought that this was not a problem with the aircraft of these companies. You must know that there have been many similar incidents in the past two years. The most serious one was that a Plateau Eagle B suffered from mechanical failure. The fuselage was severely damaged during the emergency landing. Fortunately, the aircraft was performing a cargo mission and did not carry passengers. In addition, the pilot handled it properly and no casualties were caused.
Even though this was the case, Ascendas Group was still frightened and hurriedly found the cause, added safety designs, and recalled all similar models for modifications.
After continuous adjustments and improvements, the mission integrity rate of the Plateau Eagle series and TM-9 aircraft has remained at a very high level in the past year, but no one can guarantee that the aircraft will not have problems.
So Zhuang Jianye quickly put down what he was doing, wiped his hands on his apron, walked quickly into the living room, picked up the phone, frowned and said: "Hello~~ This is Zhuang Jianye, what is the specific situation? Is our plane out again? What's the fault?"
"No, Mr. Zhuang, this time only a leader named Jiang Liang led the team and came specifically to find you." Assistant Xiao Zheng said on the other end of the phone.
Jiang Liang?
Zhuang Jianye¡¯s frown deepened. As Zheng Quanli¡¯s classmate and friend during the military academy, Zheng Quanli took Jiang Liang to Xiping not long after the disaster relief in Daxinganling, and drank with Zhuang Jianye, Luan Heping and Ning Xiaodong for three days in a row.
Zhuang Jianye was naturally familiar with it. He thought to himself that this guy was not from the Army. Why did he end up in the Air Force? Cross-service transfer?
"Okay, I'll go there after dinner." After saying that, he hung up the phone, and then returned to the kitchen to start cooking. Soon, shredded green pepper and tofu, stir-fried pork, lettuce and lotus root slices, and a green vegetable and tofu soup were ready. .
After a simple bite, Zhuang Jianye said goodbye to his family who were preparing for a lunch break and hurried to the Xiping factory.
The distance was not far in the first place, and Zhuang Jianye drove all the way in a hurry, and soon he arrived at the office area of ??Xiping Factory. Before he could enter the door of the office building, several military vehicles drove in, and then several people jumped out of it. There were officers wearing air force uniforms and army uniforms. The first one carrying the rank of colonel was someone other than Jiang Liang.
Jiang Liang also spotted Zhuang Jianye immediately, and quickly rushed to Zhuang Jianye in three steps at a time: "Oh, I finally see you, I heard that your Ascendas Group can make high-end aviation spare parts? Can you?" You have to help us."
Zhuang Jianye didn't expect that Jiang Liang, a rough old man engaged in armored assault, would talk about aviation spare parts, which made his head full of question marks. Jiang Liang also found that Zhuang Jianye was confused by his words, so he pointed to the door of the office building. : "Let's go, find a place and I'll tell you in detail."
So soon the group entered the door of the office building and sat down in the conference room on the second floor. Jiang Liang briefly introduced the situation of the group.
It turns out that Jiang Liang did not cross military branches, and Xiao Zheng was not mistaken, but that the new branch of the army, which had only been established for two years, was really unfamiliar.
The Army Aviation Corps is a young branch established in 1988, a flying army with helicopters as its core.
Of course, the Army Aviation at this time cannot compare with the multi-model, highly maneuverable, and powerful aviation strike group that will emerge decades later. No matter the personnel, equipment, or configuration, it is still very primitive.
Even quite a fewThey were all supported by the Air Force. Not to mention anything else, several of the officers sitting in the conference room were wearing Air Force uniforms. They had obviously just transferred from the Air Force not long ago, and they didn't even have time to change into military uniforms. .
As for Jiang Liang, not to mention, he was transferred within the Army and served as the deputy commander of a certain regiment of the Army Aviation Corps in the southwest region. He was responsible for the daily training of airborne troops, system maintenance of equipment and other non-flight work.
Speaking of Jiang Liang's regiment, it's amazing. As the backbone of the Army Aviation Corps, a certain regiment of the Army Aviation Corps stationed in the southwest region is one of the only three aviation regiments of the Army Aviation Corps today. The other two are all stationed in b areas surrounding the Gyeonggi region. military region.
The reason why there is no other is because a certain regiment of the Army Aviation Corps in the southwest region is tasked with the arduous task of transporting supplies to the garrison on the plateau in Tibetan areas.
Because of this, the helicopter equipped by the regiment is also the most advanced in the entire Army Aviation Force, and even within the entire army. It is the American-made S-70 helicopter, nicknamed "Black Hawk".
This unit was formally transferred from the Air Force to the Army Aviation in 1988. As the backbone of the Army Aviation, it continues to carry out the task of transporting supplies to the Tibetan plateau.
No way, although Y-6 can take on some air transportation tasks, fixed-wing aircraft are not as flexible as helicopters in point-to-point transportation, especially those border posts located in high-altitude mountainous areas, let alone the 500-meter run. The two-meter-long dirt road could not be opened, and the Yun-6 could not land even on the cow, so it could only use upward transfer.
Because of this, not only has the usage of S-70 helicopters not decreased, but due to the development of Tibetan areas and the improvement of border posts, the attendance rate has become higher.
A high attendance rate means an increase in daily maintenance, and the consumption of related accessories will naturally decrease rapidly.
In the past, if parts were low enough to a certain level, just say hello to American suppliers and the parts would be shipped quickly. But now, Americans are looking forward to the collapse of this country so that they can come in and make money at the bottom. Not only do they spend all their money Withdrawing also cut off all supplies that could be cut off, including spare parts for S-70 helicopters.
After introducing the specific situation, Jiang Liang sighed: "Now there are three planes lying down. The chief engineer of the army only has a few planes that can fly to the plateau. One less plane will reduce the transportation capacity to the plateau. Lao Zhuang, I, Jiang Liang rarely asks for help, I really want to beg you this time!"
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