In the afternoon, Grumman Company drove Lin Qiangsheng and his entourage to the company's headquarters in the Pespitch District of Long Island. They were briefed on the schedule by Vice President Pelehake.

Then the technical director Rommer introduced them to the situation of Grumman, Grumman has a total of 30,000 employees, half of them are electronic professionals, including more than 2,000 computer professionals, it can be seen that Americans attach importance to electronic technology, compared to China Eastern Aviation Industry Company has not raised electronic technology to such a high status, which also makes Ma Chenglin and Niu Xintang very surprised and envious, this era when it comes to computer technology, it feels very NB!

In addition to serving various departments of the company internally, these people also serve the financial and other industries externally.

It has 3,000 engineers and technicians, including 1,000 aircraft designers. At that time, the annual sales were 2 billion US dollars, in addition to the production of aircraft, there were also aerospace products, the first lunar rover was produced by Grumman, and also produced civilian products, such as buses, fire trucks, aluminum alloy yachts, etc., and also carried out research on nuclear fusion.

Since its establishment, Grumman 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 vice president of the branch, and is in charge of projects such as X-29 forward-swept wing test aircraft and advanced technology fighters, and the J-8 project is under his jurisdiction.

Lin Qiangsheng saw that some soldiers were in charge of security, and there were many military important signs that outsiders were not allowed to enter. The planes produced by Grumman are used by the Navy, and the Navy is also responsible for security and security, and it is extremely strict with secrecy.

Speaking of this, Romer emphasized it again and said to Lin Qiangsheng and others: "Please everyone strictly abide by the confidentiality regulations of our Grumman Company. Don't do something inappropriate, otherwise the Navy will intervene, and it will be a very serious situation! ”

"Well, everyone should pay attention and don't do anything that damages the diplomatic relations between China and the United States!" Ma Chenglin also accentuated his tone, especially emphasized.

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

The warning of Rommel's words is clear. And Ma Chenglin also emphasized at the same time. Yang Wanli and other older generations had come into contact with Soviet experts in the 50s, and they had also experienced military-industrial cooperation, so we had to wait and see how the cooperation with Grumman was.

When everyone entered the gate of the headquarters and registered in front of the reception counter to receive the visitor's sign, the guards asked each guest to open their briefcases and take a look.

At this time, Lin Qiangsheng realized that Grummen had been guarding against them from the beginning, and it was indeed not easy to steal the teacher's technique.

The Americans' work efficiency is indeed fast, and after a brief introduction to the company, they sent Lin Qiangsheng and others to visit their subordinate F14 factories, accompanied by Pelehack and Romer.

It is a final assembly and test flight factory. At the eastern end of Long Island, New York. The bus drove all the way on the highway, Long Island is actually not small, the distance is very long, and by the time I arrived at the factory, it was close to the rush hour in the United States.

After getting out of the car, Lin Qiangsheng and others saw a big sign, Calvindon factory.

This is where the F14 carrier-based aircraft are assembled, and from a distance, you can see the runway jutting out of the Atlantic Ocean, which is spectacular!

The dedicated test flight airspace of the F14 is above the endless blue sea. F14, that is also the swan song of Grumman's modern fighters!

Pellehaq is still very enthusiastic. Grumman is very much looking forward to the sale of F14 fighters to China!

Japan, which was originally very promising in the Asian market, finally purchased the F15, and because the F14's air superiority concept is incompatible with the U.S. military's development of an integrated war system, the U.S. Navy has officially decided not to purchase more F14s, so Grumman regards China as the last straw for the F14.

Of course, Grumman could not have violated the demands of the U.S. government, and it was unwilling to open its doors to China to provide technology to China. Since China and the United States are still in the camp of East and West. Even though the relations between the two countries have entered the so-called honeymoon period in recent years, in order to avoid being suspected by the outside world of Grumman's assistance to China's military technology, the current contacts between the two sides are also carried out secretly and cannot be discovered by the outside world!

The workshop is huge, and the equipment is placed one by one. It looks a little messy, but in fact, one set is placed on the line, and this assembly line can assemble 15~16 aircraft at the same time.

The first thing everyone saw was the variable-swept wing heavy carrier-based fighter F14, which produced two aircraft a month, and many parts were shipped from other factories, but there were more than 6,000 parts assembled here. According to Romer, after the completion of the F14 final assembly, the company's test pilots will fly 3 sorties and the Navy will be able to leave the factory after 2 test flights.

The two-seater, double-haired, double-tailed, F14 is open to Lin Qiangsheng and others, and Grumman also sent people to take photos of the visit to everyone, so that everyone can take photos here, of course, the background is blocked by an F14.

The plane is very tall and big, worthy of being a heavy fighter, Ma Chenglin and Niu Xintang also looked at it in amazement, even if they had seen it before, but it was amazing to see the F14 up close again.

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

Yang Wanli specially reminded the members of the visiting group: "Pay attention to its binary oblique adjustable air intake and swept wing large hinge. ”

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

Chen Yao stood beside Lin Qiangsheng and looked at the F14 like a wall in shock, when she heard the voice, she glanced at Lin Qiangsheng, and saw that this guy was now opening his mouth and his mouth was about to flow out, the girl glanced at her boyfriend, took out a handkerchief and secretly handed it to him.

The F14 has no pylons on the variable sweep wing, unlike the F111 and Tornado fighters with follower pylons. Pelehaq also specifically pointed out the landing hook of its carrier-based aircraft to Lin Qiangsheng and others, which is also used to prevent runways from rushing out of the runway when land-based landing.

Also on the final assembly line are A-6 carrier-based heavy attack aircraft and E-2C carrier-based early warning aircraft. Considerable is the E-2C, the equipment of the US Navy, the E-3 of the Air Force.

This kind of AWACS aircraft is relatively large, with a twin-engine turbo-propeller slurry and a large disc-shaped radome in the upper part of the fuselage. It is said to be able to guard three million cubic miles of space.

The crowd also visited the microwave anechoic chamber, which is very large, and the entire F14 can be suspended into the room by crane for electromagnetic measurement.

According to reports, Grumman spent $5 million to build this laboratory before 1974, and there is no such advanced large-scale test equipment in China.

Next is the test flight station, which has 2 runways. They are 3,048 meters and 2,133 meters long, respectively. There is also an indoor aircraft test bench, all kinds of aircraft can be tested indoors, the tail jet of the aircraft is folded up at a 45 ° angle to the rear spray channel, and the external emissions are discharged, the internal noise is only more than 90 decibels, the indoor air has a huge ventilator, which can be changed 3 times per second, the purpose of the indoor test is to avoid noise pollution to the environment, and the aircraft parameters can be tested by computer.

Test flight station tower. There is a telemetry tracking system, local test flights, 27 miles from the base, but also thousands of miles away from Edwards Airport, California, thousands of miles away, by a synchronous satellite at 40 million meters to transmit all the test information on the aircraft, telemetry information between the two places is transmitted in 0.25 seconds.

The United States' aviation test equipment and test environment are the most advanced and superior in the world, and no other country can compare with them. Only after 30 years, when China has so much money that it has nowhere to spend it, can it build this system of the United States!

At six o'clock in the evening, Grumman President Pelehaq invited us to his family dinner. Pelehack lives on Long Island. And not far from the company, close to the sea.

This area is all relatively affluent residential areas, and the air is exceptionally crisp along the way with lush woods and large expanses of green meadows.

In the past, Lin Qiangsheng also wanted to buy a house on Long Island, but he never found a good location, but he never expected that Grumman was also on Long Island, and it covered an unusually large area.

Pelle's home is a small, detached bungalow. The house is surrounded by a meadow as usual, and the house with two floors above ground and one floor below ground is relatively old.

The weather was cool at night, and Pelehaq led Lin Qiangsheng and the others into the door, and was immediately welcomed by the hostess.

"Hello, Mrs. Huck!" Lin Qiangsheng said with a smile.

Mrs. Huck has curly blond hair. She was very enthusiastic, took the initiative to give Lin Qiangsheng a hug, and kissed him on both cheeks.

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

Mrs. Huck's eyes lit up when she saw Chen Yao, and she said, "What a lovely oriental girl, you are such a beautiful little angel, what is your name?" ”

Chen Yao looked at Lin Qiangsheng with a smile, then turned his head and said sweetly to Mrs. Huck: "My name is Chen Yao, hello Madam!" ”

Mrs. Huck also kissed Chen Yao warmly, and hurriedly pulled her daughter and said, "This is Christina, you must talk about it!" ”

This blonde girl is seventeen or eighteen years old, young but very mature, she looks even older than Chen Yao, and Westerners are old-fashioned.

She looked at these Orientals with a curious face, and she was also surprised to see the pair of tall Lin Qiangsheng and Chen Yao, in Christina's impression, she had never seen such a tall and tall Chinese, and it was a couple!

"Hello, please come in!" Christina stepped back and said with an inviting smile.

Chen Yao also smiled and nodded, she also wanted to help, knowing that it was very important for Lin Qiangsheng to have a good relationship with the family in front of her, so she smiled and stepped forward to take the initiative to hold the blonde girl's hand and said, "Thank you, Christina, my name is Chen Yao, I hope to be good friends with you!" ”

Christina smiled happily, she took Chen Yao's hand and said, "Come, I invite you to visit my room, you are the first Chinese girl to enter my house!" ”

Lin Qiangsheng and the others entered Pelehak's house, and everyone was a little restrained, but it could be seen that they were still very interested in the American house, and they were carefully observing one by one.

Pelehak smiled at Lin Qiangsheng and said, "Mr. Lin, please do me a favor and bring some drinks!" ”

Lin Qiangsheng hurriedly stood up and said, "It's here!" ”

Ma Chenglin and Niu Xintang looked at each other, they guessed that Pelle must have been talking to Lin Qiangsheng alone, the two had the heart to follow, but in the end no one moved, this kind of anti-human thing can't be done too obviously. (To be continued.) )