Chapter 290 Let's Have a Drink

The life in the Lewis Flight Power Laboratory is probably the purest period of Zhang Heng’s life in the dungeon. The people in the laboratory are the purest and kindest, except for Jim, the blonde beauty who is also a manpower and administrator, and the director who goes to Congress every day to wrangle budgets. Fanatical scientific researchers do not have much intrigue with each other, and there is no main task or threat to survival in the transitional script, so Zhang Heng's life is also very simple.

He learns engineering knowledge from Wu Zhonghua every day. In addition, he uses the salary of the internship to invite the airport pilot to go to a nearby bar and nightclub to have fun. Zhang Heng successfully got on the plane in the second month, and in the fourth month. He successfully touched the T-33 and experienced a subsonic flight as a passenger. If this continues, he will not be far from flying the plane alone.

However, Wu Zhonghua submitted a resignation request to NACA at this time, declaring that he prefers the living environment of the school, and the next stop is to be a professor at Brooklyn Institute of Technology in New York. This incident even alarmed Glennan, the chairman of NACA, and failed to persuade him to stay. Everyone in the back lab held a small farewell party for Wu Zhonghua.

Zhang Heng did not attend the farewell party, but drove Wu Zhonghua and his wife to the station in a borrowed Chevrolet when they left.

He is one of the few people who guessed Wu Zhonghua's true intentions. Although it would be more beneficial for him to stay in the laboratory, and strictly speaking, this is just a game, but no matter where he is, in what time and space, how many times he has experienced reincarnation , someone will still make the same choice.

So Zhang Heng didn't persuade Wu Zhonghua to stay.

What's more, Wu Zhonghua has helped him a lot. Although he is still not as good as the genuine MIT graduate students who graduated from the engineering department in the same batch, after all, after more than four months, he has developed engineering skills. I am also very familiar with Wu Zhonghua's research. Things like collecting data and filling the ready-made models are not a problem. Even if another person takes over Wu Zhonghua's work, he can continue to stay in the laboratory to fish.

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Watching the train carrying Wu Zhonghua and his wife go away, Zhang Heng was not in a hurry to return to the laboratory. He heard that the engineer who took over Wu Zhonghua's work was transferred from Langley Laboratory, and the other party would arrive tomorrow. Therefore, before that, Zhang Heng and another The female assistant was fine, so it was a vacation, and Zhang Heng drove around Cleveland in a borrowed car.

He bought two Patty Page vinyl records, a hamburger and tacos, and unexpectedly lit up an achievement and got three points. After that, he fed the pigeons in the city park and caught up with the sunset He returned to the laboratory before, but just as he got out of the car, he was pulled back by the blonde beauty who hurried over.

"Great, the lab has recruited a new test pilot. He has arrived and is sitting in the corridor on the first floor. However, there is an emergency at the Congress. I have to rush over there with Mr. Jim, so I can only ask you first Show him around the airport and the laboratory."

She spoke very fast, and at the same time, she stuffed a large stack of documents into Zhang Heng's arms, "Also, please give these things to Dr. Maggie for me."

When she was talking, the black Jaguar XK120 in the distance kept honking its horn.

The blond beauty blew a kiss to Zhang Heng, "I'll treat you and coffee when I come back the day after tomorrow, so it's settled." Before Zhang Heng could answer, he pulled the hem of his skirt, stepped on his high heels and ran to the car.

In this way, Zhang Heng became the receptionist of the laboratory inexplicably, and carried the pile of things to the corridor, where there was already a person sitting on a chair waiting.

He doesn't look very old, only in his early twenties, but unlike other young people of this age, he has an inherent quietness, as if he is always thinking about something, and at the same time His gestures also reveal the temperament of a soldier.

Zhang Heng was not too surprised about the last point. Many of the test pilots recruited by the laboratory were from the military.

Seeing Zhang Heng approaching, he was very polite and stood up from his seat.

"Hello, I'm David, an intern in the laboratory, you are the new test pilot, Jane let me show you the future work place first."

"Thank you." The man said, while extending his hand, "Neil Alden Armstrong, former naval pilot."

His voice was steady and firm.

Zhang Heng stopped holding hands with the other party.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing, nice to meet you, Mr. Armstrong." Zhang Heng said.

"Me too."

"If you don't mind, I'll send these documents to Dr. Maggie before we start our visit."

Armstrong nodded.

Zhang Heng did not expect to meet Armstrong, who will be the first person to land on the moon in the future, in 1955. Speaking of his life history, he did work as a test pilot in a laboratory under NACA. At this time, Mr. Astronaut looked like He is extremely young. According to time calculation, he should be only 25 years old now. After finishing his naval service, he returned to campus to complete his university education, but he has not yet obtained a master's degree in aeronautical engineering.

In later generations, he has been very low-key after successfully landing on the moon. He teaches at a university and lives a life of seclusion. He hardly accepts interviews from the media and has never written an autobiography. Many people do not know that Armstrong did not take pictures of himself on the moon. Through the photos, the widely circulated photo of the moon landing is actually his teammate Buzz Aldrin, we can only barely see the shadow of Armstrong in the reflection of his helmet, and the famous photo Moon footprints, also from Buzz Aldrin.

Unlike his pushy teammate, Armstrong is a very humble and low-key person, especially his young experience, which is probably only known to those who have been in contact with him.

However, Zhang Heng is more interested in Armstrong's aircraft piloting skills. It is said that he got his pilot's license when he was 16 years old. Before he got his driver's license, he had piloted more than 200 different types of aircraft before joining NASA. , This is also an important reason why NASA chose him as an astronaut.

It's just that Zhang Heng still doesn't know whether this encounter in 1955 will affect another copy 14 years later.

After sending the document in his hand to Dr. Maggie, Zhang Heng returned to Armstrong, "So, did you just come to Cleveland?"

"Yes, I submitted an application to the Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, but there is no vacancy there for the time being, so I was assigned here." Armstrong said.

"In this case, let's have a drink after the visit."

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