In the afternoon, Grumman drove Lin Johnson and his group to the company headquarters in the Pestecchi District, Long Island. (The vice president Pellehack introduced them to the schedule.

Then, the technical director Romer introduced the situation of Grumman. Grumman has a total of 30,000 employees, half of which are electronic professionals, including more than 2ooo computer professionals. It can be seen that Americans attach importance to electronic technology. In contrast, China Eastern Airlines Corporation has not raised electronic technology to such a high status, which also surprised and envious Ma Chenglin and Niu Xintang. When computer technology is mentioned in this era, it feels very NB!

In addition to serving various departments of the company, these people also serve financial and other industries. In fact, Grumman is a highly comprehensive company, not only engaged in military industry.

Its engineering and technical personnel have 3 ooo, of which 1 ooooo was an aircraft designer. At that time, the annual sales were US$200 million. In addition to producing aircraft, there were also aerospace products. The first lunar landing vehicle was produced by Grumman, and it also produced civilian products, such as buses, fire trucks, aluminum alloy yachts, etc., and nuclear fusion research was also conducted.

Since its establishment, Grumman Company has produced 33,000 aircraft. There are ten branches under the company's headquarters, and the aircraft branch is one of them. There is an advanced project department under the aircraft branch, which is headed by the branch's vice president, and is specialized in projects such as x-29 forward swept wing test aircraft, advanced technology fighter aircraft, etc. The J-8 project is under his jurisdiction.

Lin Johnson saw some soldiers responsible for security work, and many military places indicate that outsiders are not allowed to enter. The aircraft produced by Grumman is used in the navy, and the navy is also responsible for security protection, and the confidentiality work is extremely strict.

Speaking of this, Romer re-emphasized and said to Lin Johnson and others: "Please strictly abide by our Grumman company's confidentiality regulations and do not do anything inappropriate, otherwise the Navy will intervene, which will be a very serious situation!"

"Well, everyone should be careful. Don't do anything that damages Sino-US diplomatic relations!" Ma Chenglin also emphasized his tone and emphasized.

After hearing the translation, everyone looked at each other. The excitement of the first-class military enterprises in the United States was poured on cold water.

The warning meaning of Romer's words is very obvious, and Ma Chenglin also emphasized.┡┢. (Yang Wanli and other older generations had contacted Soviet experts in the 1950s, and they also experienced military-industry cooperation. We have to see how cooperation with Grumman is.

Just now, when everyone entered the headquarters gate, registered at the reception counter, and received the visitor's sign, the guard asked each guest to open all the briefcases to take a look.

It was then that Lin Johnson realized that Grumman had been on guard against them from the beginning, and it was indeed not easy to steal the skills.

Americans are indeed fast in their work efficiency. After briefly introducing the company, they used a car to send Lin Johnson and others to visit their F14 factory, accompanied by Pellehack and Romer.

This is a final assembly and test flight factory, at the east end of Long Island, New York. The bus drove all the way on the highway. Long Island is actually not small, and the distance is very long. When you arrive at the factory, it is almost the peak hours of get off work in the United States.

After getting off the car, Lin Johnson and others saw a big sign at Calvinden Factory.

This is the place where the F14 carrier-based aircraft is equipped. You can see the runway extending to the Atlantic Ocean from a distance, which is very spectacular!

The special test flight space of f14 is just above the endless blue sea. f14 is also the masterpiece of Grumman's modern fighter jets!

Pellehack is still very enthusiastic, and Grumman is very looking forward to selling F14 fighter jets to China!

Previously, Japan, which had a high hope in the Asian market, finally purchased the F15. Since the F14's air excellence concept is incompatible with the US's overall war system, the US Navy has officially decided not to purchase more F14s, so Grumman regarded China as the last straw of the F14.

Of course, Grumman cannot violate the requirements of the US government and open the door to China to provide technology, and it is unwilling to do so. Since China and the United States are still in the Eastern and Western camps, even though the relationship between the two countries has entered the so-called honeymoon period in recent years, in order to avoid being suspected by the outside world that Grumman aids the Chinese-related technology. At present, the contact between the two sides is also carried out in secret and cannot be discovered by the outside world!

The workshop is huge, and the equipment is placed one by one, which looks a bit messy, but in fact one is placed on the line. ═┝┝┟╞.﹝. This assembly line can be equipped with 15 to 16 aircraft at the same time.

The first thing everyone saw was the variable swept-wing heavy carrier-based fighter F14. This type of aircraft produced 2 aircraft per month. Many parts were transported from other factories, but there were 6ooo parts assembled here. Romer introduced that after the F14 was finalized, the company's test pilots would test flights of 3 times. The naval test flights were 2 times.

The two-seat, both vertical tail f14s are open for Lin Johnson and others to see. Grumman also specially sent people to take pictures of everyone, so that everyone could leave a picture here. Of course, the background was blocked by a f14.

The plane was very tall and very large, worthy of being a heavy fighter. Ma Chenglin and Niu Xintang also looked at it in shock. Even though they had seen it before, they still felt amazing when they saw the F14 up close again.

For those in China who are accustomed to light small fighter jets, it is difficult to associate this behemoth's flexible and agile posture in the air.

Yang Wanli specifically reminded the members of the tour group: "Pay attention to its binary oblique adjustable air intake and swept wing large rotation shaft."

"This kind of aircraft is so heavy, its structural material strength is beyond our reach!" Lin Qiangsheng said.

Chen Yao stood beside Lin Johnson and looked at F14 like a wall in shock. When she heard the sound, she looked at Lin Johnson. She saw that the guy was now open and drooling, and almost flowing out. The girl glanced at her boyfriend, took out her handkerchief and handed it to him secretly.

The variable sweep wing of the f14 has no hanger on its variable sweep wing, unlike the f111 and the wind fighter with follow-up hanger. Pellehak also specifically guided its carrier-based aircraft to watch with 6 hooks for Lin Johnson and others. This thing is also used to prevent rushing out of the runway when the 6 is based on 6.

There are also A-6 carrier-based heavy attack aircraft and E-2c carrier-based early warning aircraft on the assembly line. What is more considerable are E-2c, the equipment of the US Navy and the e-3 of the Air Force.

This early warning machine is relatively large, with twin-turbo spiral, and a large disc-shaped radome is installed on the body of the fuselage. It is reported that it can alert three million cubic miles of space.

Everyone visited the microwave dark room again. The dark room was very large. The entire F14 can be hung into the room with a crane for electromagnetic measurement.

According to reports, Grumman spent $50,000 to build this laboratory before 1974. There is currently no such advanced large-scale testing equipment in China.

Next is the test flight station, which has two runways, which are 3o48 meters long and 2133 meters respectively. There is also an indoor aircraft test drive table, and various aircraft can be tested indoors. The jet of the tail of the aircraft is folded upward at an angle of 45° to the rear and discharged to the outside. The internal noise is only more than 90 decibels. The indoor air has a huge ventilation machine, which can be ventilated 3 times per second. The purpose of indoor test run is to avoid noise pollution to the environment, and the aircraft parameters can be tested by computers.

The test station tower has a telemetry tracking system, which is a local test flight. It can also be tested at Edward Airport, California, thousands of miles away from this test flight. It can transmit all the test information on the aircraft by a synchronous satellite over 40 million meters. The telemetry information between the two places is O.25 seconds.

The United States' aviation test equipment and test environment are the most advanced and superior in the world, and other countries cannot compare with each other. This was built by the United States with huge financial resources after World War II. Only when China has too much money after 30 years can it build this American system!

At around six o'clock in the evening, Grumman President Pellehack invited us to attend his family dinner. Pellehack lives in Long Island, not far from the company, near the beach.

This area is richer residential areas, with lush forests and large areas of green grass along the way, and the air is extremely refreshing.

In the past, Johnson Lin also wanted to buy a house on Long Island, but he never found a good location. However, he never expected that Grumman was also on Long Island, and his area was extremely large.

Pelle's home is a small villa, and the house is surrounded by a grassy field as usual. The house on the second floor above the ground and the first floor below the ground is already relatively old.

The weather was cool at night. Pellehack led Lin Johnson and others into the door and was immediately welcomed by the hostess.

"Hello, Mrs. Hack!" Lin Johnson said with a smile.

Mrs. Hack had a golden roll, she was very enthusiastic. She took the initiative to give Lin Johnson a hug and kissed him on both cheeks.

"You're welcome, you are all my guests, please come in!"

When Mrs. Hake saw Chen Yao's eyes lit up and said, "What a cute oriental girl, you are such a beautiful little angel, what's your name?"

Chen Yao smiled and looked at Lin Johnson, then turned around and said sweetly to Mrs. Hack: "My name is Chen Yao. Hello, Madam!"

Mrs. Hack also kissed Chen Yao enthusiastically, and hurriedly pulled her daughter over and said, "This is Christina, you must be talking about it!"

This golden girl is seventeen or eighteen years old, young but mature, and looks older than Chen Yao. Westerners are just old-fashioned.

She looked at these orientals with curiosity. She was also surprised to see the tall pair of Lin Johnson and Chen Yao. In Christina's impression, she had never seen such a tall and upright Chinese, and she was a pair!

"Hello, please come in!" Christina said with a smile when she stepped back and invited.

Chen Yao also nodded with a smile. She also wanted to help. She knew that it was very important to Lin Johnson to establish a good relationship with the family in front of her. So she smiled and leaned forward and took the initiative to hold the Golden Girl's hand and said, "Thank you, Christina, my name is Chen Yao, I hope to be good friends with you!"

Cristina smiled happily, and she held Chen Yao's hand and said, "Come on, I'll invite you to visit my room. You are the first Chinese girl to enter my house!"

Lin Johnson and others entered Pellehack's home. Everyone was a little restrained, but it was obvious that they were still very interested in the American residence and were observing carefully one by one.

Pellehack smiled at Lin Johnson and said, "Mr. Lin, please do me a favor and bring some drinks!"

Lin Johnson quickly stood up and said, "Here you come!"

Ma Chenglin and Niu Xintang looked at each other. They guessed that Pelle must have spoken to Lin Johnson alone. The two wanted to follow up, but in the end, no one moved. This kind of defense against others could not be done too obviously. (To be continued.)

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Chapter completed!