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"Lockheed Martin?" Xu Cang did not shake Luo Ming's hand, but distanced himself from him rather suspiciously: "You are looking for me?"

Seeing Xu Cang's obvious vigilance, Luo Ming couldn't help but feel helpless: "Xu Cang, you don't have to be so wary of me. I'm just here to talk about cooperation, and I come with good intentions."

"Talk about cooperation? I fly civil aviation, and you talk to me about cooperation?" Xu Cangcai didn't believe Luo Ming's nonsense: "Lockheed stopped doing the passenger aircraft business a long time ago. What can we cooperate with? Or should we give you the L1011 Samsung passenger aircraft?"

The memory we created is not deep enough, why do you want to try the airliner business again?"

The L1011 Samsung Airliner is a three-engine large passenger aircraft developed by Lockheed more than 20 years ago. It was extremely successful industrially, but unbelievably bad commercially. It was destroyed by a five-dollar light bulb.

"Legendary" model (does anyone know the light bulb joke?).

Perhaps the pain caused by the L1011 Samsung airliner to the people of Lockheed Martin was too painful to bear in mind. When he mentioned this model, the expression on Luo Ming's face was quite wonderful.

"Mr. Xu, let's not talk about our unpleasant things." Luo Ming coughed twice: "We at Lockheed Martin have no interest in restarting the passenger aircraft business."

Before Luo Ming finished speaking, Xu Cang interrupted directly: "Then what else is there to say? When will you guys who are in the military industry find me, who is in the civil aviation industry?"

"We are all doing business and making hard-earned money, so why can't we cooperate?" Luo Ming said with a smile: "Mr. Xu, you are so talented. Don't you think it is a pity to spend your time in a field that pays attention to stability like civil aviation?

Test flight, wouldn't Mr. Xu consider switching to test flight? We have a special test flight school. With Mr. Xu's talent, with a little study, he will be the top test pilot."

"Then I'll give you a trial of military aviation technology?" Xu Cang's face suddenly darkened: "Do you think I will agree to it?"

While Luo Ming was speaking, Richard, who was standing next to him, suddenly laughed: "You say we are nosy, but it seems that you have extended your hands very far, and our civil aviation is robbing people!"

Facing the world's leader in civil aviation pilots, Luo Ming still expressed enough respect: "Mr. Richard, how can there be any distinction between military and civilian flying? Aren't modern large turbofan airliners also evolved from military aircraft?"

Talents like Mr. Xu should be at the forefront of developing flight technology, rather than wasting talents in places like civil aviation. For example, Mr. Xu was clearly the one who turned the tide in this volcanic ash incident, but for your so-called regulations, you still have to

Conduct cross-border investigations.”

Luo Ming said and turned to Xu Cang: "Mr. Xu, test flight is your final destination. There, you can fully display your talents instead of being bound by all kinds of ridiculous rules. Mr. Xu, as long as you come to us, we will

I will definitely offer you the most favorable terms."

"Money? But I personally don't need money."

"Mr. Xu is joking. Doesn't it seem like you are worried about our salary conditions?" Luo Ming said quickly: "If Mr. Xu is worried, I..."

"No, I mean she is very rich, so I personally don't need that much money." Xu Cang pointed to Qin Xin beside him as he spoke: "Also, she probably wouldn't agree with me doing such a dangerous thing.

Yes. If I go, then I should be ignored from now on."

"Ah? This is Mrs. Xu?" Luo Ming was stunned. The information about Xu Cang he received from the headquarters did not contain any information about Xu Cang's family.

In fact, Luo Ming didn't know Xu Cang well. He was just a staff member of Lockheed Martin's Jakarta office. Not to mention knowing Xu Cang, he had never even heard of Xu Cang's name.

However, this morning, the headquarters sent a fax, requesting Xu Cang to be recruited, and giving him great authority to offer generous enough conditions depending on the situation. The first priority is to include Xu Cang in his test flight department.

To be fair, Lockheed Martin's reputation is extremely resounding all over the world. The all-powerful Raptor F-22 was designed by Lockheed Martin. Xu Cang must have heard of it.

Originally, Luo Ming thought that this kind of recruitment would be quite simple. However, Xu Cang showed not only that he was not interested in Lockheed Martin, but even slightly disgusted with it. This was something that Luo Ming did not expect.

Qin Xin's face turned red, but she still said: "The test flight is still too dangerous. I don't agree with him going."

"Here!" Xu Cang said with a smile: "Understood? Please come back!"

With that said, Xu Cang grabbed Qin Xin and started to leave. Whether it was Richard or Lockheed Martin's Luo Ming, he didn't want to see anyone.

However, before Xu Cang took two steps, Richard said: "Xu Cang, don't you need me to help you settle the CAA matter?"

Xu Cang stopped and turned around, his face extremely serious. He raised a finger: "First, CAA is applying for investigation rights, rather than having obtained investigation rights. Second, I don't think CAAC will authorize CAA."

Investigate me, and thirdly, and most importantly, even if the CAA rules that I flew improperly, so what, does the CAA want to enforce the law across borders?"

"It seems that you have great confidence in your country's Civil Aviation Administration!" Richard smiled.

"If nothing else, we at CAAC will never be able to hand me over to CAA to investigate this kind of thing."

After saying that, Xu Cang started to leave again!

However, with the dull sound of leather shoes hitting the ground, three white men in suits and leather shoes filed in. The leader spoke fluent Chinese to Xu Cang: "Mr. Xu, are you a little too confident?"

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Xu Cang's eyes quickly located on the ID hanging on the chest of the leading man, which clearly had the word CAA on it. Unexpectedly, people from the British Aviation Administration arrived so quickly. At the same time, behind the British Aviation Administration, two

Dark-looking and thin men also came in. They were also wearing some work IDs. Judging from their appearance, they were probably from the Indonesian Civil Aviation Authority DGCA.

Good guy, the British Aviation Administration and the Indonesian Civil Aviation Authority have come together, and they are quite powerful.

"CAA rushed here overnight, and my face really shines." Xu Cang never had a good look on people who made people feel uncomfortable when they spoke.

I saw the representative of the British Aviation Administration walking up to Xu Cang, looking at Xu Cang carefully, and finally showing a smile: "I heard Jonathan talk about the situation on the road, started reverse thrust in the air, and calculated the glide path mentally. Mr. Xu

, I still don’t know how powerful your skills are, but your courage is the best I have ever seen in my life.”

"I don't dare take it. Compared with your courage, I think you CAA are bigger. There are many people who dare to investigate CAAC than me." Xu Cang retorted: "Is something wrong? Do you need me to recount the incident to you?"

At this time, a representative from the Indonesian Civil Aviation Administration also came to Xu Cang. This person's accent sounded a bit like southern Fujian: "Mr. Xu, this is a serious matter, and I hope you will not resist. If it is convenient, I can

Use your passport."

Speaking of this, Qin Xin's expression changed, he was going to hold Xu Cang here first.

However, Xu Cang raised his eyebrows: "Do you mean you won't let me return to the country?"

"No, Mr. Xu, don't get me wrong, we just want to conduct a detailed investigation." The representative of the Indonesian Civil Aviation Authority said politely.

"But why do I feel otherwise?"

The representative of the British Aviation Administration smiled and said: "That means Mr. Xu is also suspicious of his previous behavior, so I have to make things clear."

Hearing this, Luo Ming was a little confused about the situation. Why did it seem that Xu Cang was being troubled by the British Aviation Administration? As for the Indonesian Civil Aviation Administration, Luo Ming simply ignored it.

Qin Xin grabbed Xu Cang's arm, a little worried on her face.

At this moment, Richard still looked calm and calm: "Xu Cang, let me say it again, do you need my help? I can help you settle everything."

Richard's words were extremely arrogant. He said in front of representatives of the British Aviation Administration that he could settle things for Xu Cang. He simply didn't take his own Civil Aviation Administration into consideration.

The representative of the British Aviation Administration obviously knew Richard, but there was a hint of displeasure on his face: "Richard, don't worry about this."

"No, no, no, I'm very optimistic about him. I don't care. It depends on whether he lets me control it." Faced with the warning from the representative of his Civil Aviation Administration, Richard was not afraid at all. His attitude just depended on Xu Cang.

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However, Xu Cang laughed: "I don't think there is anything that needs to be explained clearly. I saved a whole plane of people, and now you want to challenge me. This is the principle of your CAA, and it is indeed a gangster logic.

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"That's your luck!" When he mentioned this, the representative of the British Aviation Administration suddenly drank, and his face instantly turned cold: "Reverse thrust in the air is clearly prohibited. Don't you know that the Lauda 004 air crash was

What's going on? Also, you are superstitious about your so-called mental arithmetic glide path and ignore terrain warnings. When you were studying at the aviation school, didn't your instructor teach you that you should trust the instruments instead of subjective feelings? "

"So, did the plane disintegrate or hit the ground?" Xu Cang countered: "The verification test phase of any large passenger aircraft will include the use of reverse thrust in the air. The use of reverse thrust in the air is prohibited, not impossible!"

"Then you ended up increasing the thrust when the No. 2 engine's reverse thrust was turned on, causing the engine to explode!" A representative from the British Aviation Administration questioned: "Don't you know how dangerous an engine explosion is?"

"However, the volcanic ash is about to close, and I will lose visual reference and can only rely on the shock wave generated by the explosion to spread the volcanic ash."

"Then you can make an engine explode!?"

"That's a necessary loss to survive." Xu Cang narrowed his eyes: "Or do you think the casing containment test of your country's Rolls-Royce RB211 engine is fake?"

The so-called casing containment test is a very important part of the engine ground test. Its main content is to ensure that after the engine explodes, the casing can confine the explosion within the engine without spreading out.

It was Xu Cang who knew that the engine had this test, so he was able to artificially control the worry of engine explosion to a relatively low level.

Moreover, when talking about Rolls-Royce's RB211 engine, Xu Cang glanced at the gate, and another person came in from the outside, it was Rolls-Royce's executive Song Xinyang.

Last night, Song Xinyang said that he would come over to discuss things with Xu Cang. He didn't expect to come at this time, but it was very clever.

Perhaps because he heard Xu Cang mention his own RB211 engine, Song Xinyang's expression was a little strange. He did know the representative of his Civil Aviation Administration, but he noticed that the atmosphere in the venue seemed a bit abnormal.

However, compared to meeting the representative of his own Civil Aviation Administration, Song Xinyang's expression when he saw Luo Ming was extremely exciting.

Of course, this is not because there is any quarrel between Song Xinyang and Luo Ming, but simply because there is some interesting past between Luo Luo and Lockheed Martin.

Back then, Rolls-Royce was just a sub-business of Rolls-Royce. However, more than 20 years ago, Rolls-Royce invested too much in the engine project, which directly led to the company's capital chain breaking and bankruptcy, and it was finally nationalized. In this process

, Rolls-Royce separated its Rolls-Royce car brand from its own business segment. In the end, the Rolls-Royce brand was acquired by BMW, and Rolls-Royce also completely lost its eponymous car brand.

The main culprit that caused Rolls-Royce's capital chain to break was Rolls-Royce's belief that three-rotor technology was the best way to eradicate engine surge. The first engine to implement Rolls-Royce's three-rotor technology was the RB211 engine.

Of course, this is not to say that RB211 or three-rotor technology is a wrong path. At least the main reason why Rolls-Royce can achieve such a scale now is because of its unique three-rotor technology. And RB211 also began to be gradually accepted by the market in the later period.

However, at the beginning of the development of RB211, its only buyer was Lockheed Martin, and its purpose was to be installed on the L1011 Samsung passenger aircraft.

That's right, it's that magical aircraft that directly caused Lockheed Martin to stop thinking about its passenger aircraft business.

On the L1011 Samsung passenger plane, Rolls-Royce and Lockheed Martin went in both directions on the road to improve their hips. One directly led to bankruptcy, reorganization and nationalization, while the other also suffered a serious setback, and was bitten by a snake after that.

, I have been afraid of ropes for ten years, and I never dare to set foot in the passenger aircraft industry again.

It is precisely because of this bad relationship that when employees of Rolls-Royce and Lockheed Martin bump into each other, there is always some inexplicable embarrassment.

However, Song Xinyang's adjustment ability is still quite good, and he quickly calmed down some strange emotions.

"What happened?" Song Xinyang came closer and spotted Richard again. His expression suddenly changed. There was really a gathering of big shots here. Even the chairman of the World Federal Airlines Pilots Association was here.

Xu Cang pointed at the representative of the British Aviation Administration in front of Song Xinyang: "The people from CAA are questioning the casing containment test of your RB211 engine."
To be continued...