April , 9, Sydney.


    After over a week of meticulous preparations and with permissions from the respective countries of every stop secured, Austrsia''s airship circumnavigation officially began.


    News of Austrsia''s a-the-world trip on the airship quickly became a ssation, following the Balkan War, in Europe or ev the whole world.


    Regrettably, due to time constraints, European media was unable to reach Sydney before the airship''s departure.


    But they had other methods; they could get firsthand ounts of the airship by setting up camp at the stops before the airship''s arrival.


    Despite it being only eight in the morning, Sydney was already filled with crowds. This included major Austrsian newspapers and media, curious local citizs, as well as Arthur and the Austrsian Governmt.


    In order to further promote the Governmt''s name, the official sponsors of this global voyage were the Austrsian Governmt and the Royal Family, with all costs to be jointly borne by them.


    "Oh my, can this giant thing really soar into the sky? And make a global flight?"


    Among the watching crowd, someone looked at the airship, an ormous object in the not so far distance, and couldn''t help but question.


    "Damn, are you doubting His Majesty would lie to us? Ev if it is an iron lump if the king says it can fly, it can fly," a person visibly apanion next to them replied crossly after hearing their frid''s question.


    "Hav''t you se this thing fly in the sky? It''s huge, its shadow isrger than a building," a person who had se the airship soaring in the sky before, couldn''t help but exin it to the curious crowd.


    For the Austrsians, such big news like a global voyage would naturally be the subject of everyone''s delight.


    Moreover, since this hotspot was promoted by Arthur and the governmt, it naturally attracted more curious Austrsians to watch and pay atttion.


    Airships wer''t too ali concepts for the Austrsian people. It has be several years since the birth of Austrsia''s airships, and they are neither ssified pieces of information.


    What arouses surprise and doubt is, in fact, the size of this airship adorned with the Austrsian g and the royal emblem.


    Compared to previous airships, this one is at least several times their size, making it look more impressive and grand.


    "Your Majesty,dies and gtlem. This is the Aerospace Laboratory''stest masterpiece, an airship that can bear a load of 40 tons and achieve a top speed of  kilometers per hour, AU-3!" On a makeshift tform at this empty space, Theodore, the head of the Aerospace Laboratory, was excitedly introducing the AU-3 to Arthur, all governmt officials, the media, and the audice below.


    Theodore''s voice was broadcasted far and wide through a loudspeaker, abling practically every nearby person to hear him.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om


    "ording to our conservative estimates, AU-3 can amodate at least 5 people and store at least half a month''s worth of supplies. Ev at a full load of 40 tons, AU-3 can maintain a speed of at least 70 kilometers per hour, significantly reducing themunications time betwe contints."


    Aside from the royal family, governmt, media, andmon people attding the global voyage departure ceremony, there were also a number of small and medium-sized capitalists from Austrsia.


    Currtly, Austrsia does not have an established nobility system, the few nobles that do exist are those to whom Arthur has granted the non-inheritable title of knighthood.


    "Director Theodore, how many people does it take to operate such a numoth?" An officer from the governmt asked with a hint of curiosity.


    "Despite AU-3''s size being several timesrger than previous airships, its operating system is more straightforward. Counting all operation personnel, to allow this airship to soar perfectly in the sky, two shifts with a total of 3 operators would suffice. If it''s a short flight, we don''t need to consider fatigue, and 6 operators would be ough," confidtly answered Director Theodore.


    With the new airship facilitating ultra-long-distance flights, it needed to consider a fairly severe issue, that is, operator fatigue.


    Though an airship could fly non-stop for several days or ev half a month, operators could only work for about t hours or so. They needed to be reced to prevt idts due to fatigue.


    This also meant that wh the airship makes a long journey, it must carry at least two groups of operators for shift changes.


    Hearing this, people found it perfectly reasonable and nod. It was within reason and expectations that controlling such arge object would require 6 people and two shifts would require 3 operators.


    However, with a maximum capacity of only 5 people, subtracting the 3 operators and 5 service staff, the maximum passger capacity was limited to 58 people.


    It''s worth mtioning that, at the request of European and American countries, of the 58 passger seats of this a-the-world flight airship, Austrsia did not monopolize all and distributed 6 to the United States,  to Britain, 8 to Germany, 7 to Russia, and 5 each to France, Austria, and Italy.


    This also implies that the airship tickets Austrsia could sell domestically are only , merely a one-sixth of the total.


    However, this did not prevt Austrsia from iming all the credit for this global voyage. The interest shown by various countries in airship tickets also indicated their interest in airships, so Arthur did not decline.


    Anyway, the currt price of airship tickets is quite expsive, with a single ticket costing hundreds of pounds, more than what an average Austrsian can afford.


    Arthur was quite pleased to see the European countries vying for airship tickets. Once this global voyage is sessful, it would signify themercialization of airships.


    Austrsia, being the first country to achieve global navigation by airship, will leave a deep impression on the people and nations worldwide through their airships.


    The selling of airships, airship technology, and so on, will bring tremdous profits to Austrsia. The value of these profits is far more important than these few doz airship tickets.


    "Ladies and gtlem, our aerospaceboratory has now achieved assembly line production for the AU-3 airship. If this global flight is sessful, we n to support the establishmt of aviationpanies and find aviationpany partners worldwide," said Director Theodore, giving a plug for theb''s airship-building technology at the d of the airship prestation.


    Barring any unexpected circumstances, such words will be repeated at all stops until they reach the ears of the capitalists and nobility of major European and American countries.


    Director Theodore''s inttion is clear – to promote the airship market and make a big profit for the aerospaceboratory.


    If airships achieve global navigation, their value is tirelyparable to that of ocean liners.


    Ev just in terms of time spt, airships and ocean liners are not on the same level.


    A trip from Europe to America takes at least one to two weeks. The trip from Europe to Austrsia or Asia takes more than a month.


    Ev the most advanced warship would take at least two to three months to sail a the world.


    But judging by the speed of the airship, a passger-only airship seems to need only a few days to travel from Europe to North America.


    Ev on long trips like from Europe to Asia or Austrsia, it''d only take a t days to half a month.


    This means people who choose airships will save time on a scale of weeks, greatly facilitating intercontintal travel.


    What''s ev better, you can joy the scery and the pleasure of flight on an airship.


    But what about an ocean liner? Besides the rocking on the sea surface, does the boundless ocean count as a view?


    It might initially, but watching the dless sea for a prolonged time would just increase tedium and irritation.


    "Your Majesty, the airship introduction isplete. Request to begin the flight preparation," said Director Theodore, seeing that the time was almost right and respectfully asked Arthur.


    "Yes, it''s about time for the global flight to begin. Director Theodore, I wish you all the best in advance!" Arthur nodded approvingly, fuelling Theodore''s request.


    Yes, Director Theodore, the head of the Aeronautical Research Ctre, will be in charge of this global flight. He will also be the main pilot of this ship toplete this -the-world task.


    "Yes, Your Majesty, I will not let you down!" Director Theodore nodded solemnly, th turned his eyes to the airship.


    The gineers and drivers of the airship, having received the order, hurriedly carried out the final inspections and checks to sure no idts would ur before takeoff.


    After these tasks werepleted,  Austrsians carrying airship tickets, barely able to contain their excitemt, boarded the airship in high spirits under the guidance of the staff.


    "Austrsian AU-3 airship, codame Dawn, ready for lift-off!"


    After all the supplies and personnel had boarded the airship, the Dawn airship slowly flew into the sky under the gaze of all the media and spectators at the site and gradually became a smaller and smaller  dot, until it disappeared.


    "The airship era has begun," said Arthur, watching the airship bing more distant, his eyes revealing a deep intt.


    Witnessing the massive airship gradually ascd into the sky and th disappear, many Austrsians had wided their horizons. They remained, thusiastically discussing it with their frids.


    Although they had heard many feats of the airship before, nothing beats seeing for themselves. After witnessing such a colossal airship fly into the sky, many Austrsians couldn''t help but imagine how wonderful it would be if they could ride such an ormous airship into the sky andplete a spectacr -the-world voyage!