(a)
The domestic large aircraft C919 has frequent good news.
The cumulative safe flight hours exceeded 10,000, and the number of passengers carried exceeded 500,000;
Listed in the three major airlines of China Eastern Airlines, Air China and China Southern Airlines, opening a new stage of multi-user operation......
A series of achievements indicate that the comprehensive operation capability of domestic large aircraft has been comprehensively tested and has entered a period of rapid growth.
I don't know how hard it is.
From the regrettable failure of the Y-10 to the relay soaring of the C919, through half a century of China's "big aircraft dream", there are regrets and setbacks, unyielding and rising, success and pride.
With the sobriety of "the core technology can't be bought", the will to "gnaw it off even if the teeth are knocked out", and the institutional advantages of concentrating on doing great things, generations of strivers have completed breakthroughs from "0 to 1" again and again.
Now, the C919 has run out of "acceleration" and opened a new stage of "from 1 to N", which is very exciting. As netizens said, "I look forward to it flying all over the great rivers and mountains of the motherland, and looking forward to it flying farther into the world."
(b)
"Good airplanes are built and flyed."
In terms of growth path, it takes two steps for a large commercial aircraft to stand out, first to achieve success in industrial production, and then to achieve success in commercial operation.
In contrast, the latter seems to be less difficult, but the complexity of the constraints of reality should not be underestimated. The global commercial airliner market has been monopolized by the duopoly "A" (Airbus) and "B" (Boeing) for a long time, and it is not easy for latecomers to go from test flight certification and mass production to obtaining safe and efficient flight records and winning the trust of users.
In February last year, Japan's large-scale aircraft project, which had been in the making for more than ten years and cost 1 trillion yen, was declared completely "bankrupt", and in addition to technical problems, the inability to break through the tight monopoly market was a major reason. In this sense, the fledgling C919 has a long way to go, and we still have to guard against arrogance and rashness.
Looking to the future, we are full of confidence in China's large aircraft.
On the one hand, China has a huge potential domestic civil aviation market. The Commercial Market Outlook predicts that China's civil aviation fleet will more than double in size by 2043, with an annual growth rate of 5.9% in passenger traffic, higher than the global average growth rate of 4.7%. The real experience of customer airlines, detailed operation data, and evaluation feedback in all aspects will help C919 to grow further.
On the other hand, deep changes are taking place in the global civil aircraft market. Delays in the delivery of new aircraft, high aircraft and engine rental prices, and long maintenance times for critical components are impacting the industry's business growth. However, with the improvement of environmental protection requirements and the shortening of the renewal cycle of passenger aircraft, the demand for airlines to replace new aircraft is increasing.
At this time, the industry is desperately crying for a reliable new option. The arrival of C919 has made many people's eyes shine. There is no shortage of views that as long as the resource endowment is fully utilized and the strategic opportunity is seized, "the global commercial passenger aircraft market is expected to form a new pattern of 'A, B, C'".
(c)
As the "jewel in the crown of industry", the large aircraft is a concentrated embodiment of a country's scientific and technological capabilities and industrial level.
If the parts required for automobile manufacturing are tens of thousands of projects, then the manufacture of large aircraft is millions of projects, and the process technology and assembly quality of all parts are of high standards.
According to data, through the design and development of C919, the aircraft landing gear alone has promoted the independent research and development of ultra-high-strength steel, and has driven the formation of an important high-end aviation special steel industry with a demand of more than 1,000 tons and an output value of more than 100 million yuan.
In this dimension, we can experience the richer connotation of "great power heavy weapon": large aircraft will not only meet the development needs of the aviation field, but also drive major progress in many basic disciplines, and help new materials, modern manufacturing, advanced power, electronic information, automatic control, computers and other key technologies to make group breakthroughs.
It can be said that at the moment when we are promoting high-quality development with new quality productivity, large aircraft is one of the key fulcrums for us to seize the initiative in development.
Relying on self-reliance and independent innovation, C919 has flown to today's height; Carrying more hope and flying higher is still inseparable from this code of struggle.
It should be noted that we still have some shortcomings in key technologies and key equipment such as aero engines, so that some people ignore the trend of supply chain globalization and slander China's large aircraft as "just a shell".
It is the best way to make up for the shortcomings with innovation and respond to doubts with strength. In retrospect, China's high-speed rail has been subjected to similar interrogations. But now, relying on independent innovation and open innovation, China's high-speed rail has already become the golden business card of China's "intelligent" manufacturing.
Unswervingly take your own path, do your own things well, maintain the spirit of independence, continue to drive innovation, and increase vitality with openness, you will surely harvest a stronger self.
(iv)
Once upon a time, I often heard such an emotion: Why are the "big guys" flying in the sky and swimming in the sea all made abroad?
Today, it has become the norm for Chinese manufacturing to go to the sky and the sea.
When the progress bar of independent innovation continues to be refreshed, the innovation confidence of hundreds of millions of Chinese people is also ignited.
The "C" of C919 is the initials of COMAC, the English name of the aircraft manufacturer COMAC, and also the initials of CHINA, which shows the determination of the country and the dream of the people.
Go all out, steady and steady, and there will be more Chinese dreams that will fly high and prosper.
Source: Governor of Chang'an Street