Chapter 125 The arrival of the father of aerospace and Boeing

"Cheng Nuo, do you know."

"The people standing in front of you are none other than the 'Father of China's Aviation' and the 'Father of Boeing'."

"And not only did you not give me a warm welcome just now, but you also threw someone over your shoulder, and you were thrown into the mud. It was a big disaster."

When Cheng Nuo learned the names of the two people, the above conversation immediately came to mind, and he felt regretful.

"You shouldn't, you shouldn't, you really shouldn't touch those pair of candles, otherwise such a joke wouldn't come out, ugh."

However, when he saw the two of them with messy hair with leaves and branches stuck on their heads, Cheng Nuo almost couldn't stand it anymore. He pursed his lips and stepped forward to give them a hand.

"Forget it, I'd better do it by myself. Don't reach out and throw me out again. Even the gods can't bear to fall like this." Bayuzao wanted to continue to complain, but halfway through his words, he suddenly felt something strange in his mouth.

, hurriedly vomited out, and unexpectedly spit out a small half of a grass leaf: "Bah, bah, bah, I should read the almanac next time I go out."

No matter how heartless Cheng Nuo was, there was no way he could continue to gloat over his misfortune, so he bent down and helped the two of them up personally.

After plucking away the stray leaves from the branches on his shoulders, Cheng Nuo apologized repeatedly: "I'm really sorry. Sirs, forgive me for my blindness. I really don't know if you came here because you have something serious to talk about. Otherwise, I would definitely not run away."

I will even prepare a table for you in Yu Garden."

Patting the dirt on your body with your hands will only make it dirtier and dirtier. It's black and white. It really doesn't look good. Wang Zhu smiled bitterly: "Professor Cheng, you thought we were here for something. We can't just come here."

Are you trying to persuade me to drink?"

Feeling the bitterness of the grass juice in his mouth, Bayama was still spitting vigorously on the ground. After hearing the conversation between the two, he raised his head and interjected: "I see, they probably regarded us as marriage robbers. No wonder just now

I haven’t seen anyone new for a long time, so why are you leaving it alone?”

Cheng Nuo turned a deaf ear to the sarcasm, took off his coat, and slowly shook off the dirt on the two of them: "Hey, with the example of the three of us, maybe this kind of meeting gift can really spread in a small area.

Come here, it’s more expensive for guests.”

We don’t want to be chasers, we want to be leaders!”

Wang Zhu went to Seattle and joined Boeing, which was not a large company at the time. Together with Boeing founder William Boeing, he created the "B&W-C" seaplane. The letter "W" refers to Wang Zhu.

, and once this aircraft came out, 50 of it were directly ordered by the US government, helping Boeing successfully manufacture the first aircraft and opening the first air mail test route for the United States.

Seeing that there was another misunderstanding, Cheng Nuo, who had suffered a loss once, would not think of falling again, and said quickly: "No, I am a real layman in aircraft manufacturing. I can't ask any professional questions. You have already done a good job.

Already."

Until he saw that in addition to the structure diagram, there were also various sizes marked on it, Cheng Nuo was convinced. He turned around and gleamed from his eyes: "Two gentlemen, can you introduce this thing?"

After learning about this story through the introduction of the two, Cheng Nuo also sighed: "You two are really talented. One specializes in aircraft design and the other specializes in aircraft engine design. Together they are a perfect match."

Originally, they wanted to come back directly to serve the motherland after graduation, but just in time for Yuan Datou to proclaim himself emperor, their funds for studying abroad were also lost, so they had to temporarily stay in the United States to find jobs. Bayuzao first joined Curtis Company as a design engineer.

, and later joined General Aircraft Company as chief engineer, holding two positions with ease.

"Professor Cheng, have you noticed any problem? If you raise it directly and boldly, what I'm afraid of now is that if the problem on paper is not exposed, it will be too late by the time it flies into the sky." Cheng Nuo's face felt gloomy for a while.

Qing, murmuring in her heart, couldn't hold it in any longer: "If an airplane wants to take off and land normally, it cannot do without the support of mathematics. This aspect is exactly our shortcoming."

What he said was so convincing that if Cheng Nuo had never touched the hand of the opposite sex in this life, he would have actually believed it himself.

Stretching out the drawing and pressing the slightly curled edge, Wang Zhu said seriously: "That's it, we want to auction this drawing, or to put it more simply, we want to find an investor for our industry who is willing to support us.

Keep going."

"Professor Cheng, I saw that you looked bad just now. Are you really worried about something else?" Bayuzao was worried and asked again.

Wang Zhu also nodded and explained: "Yes, we came here for two purposes. One is to take a calligraphy treasure like those bosses, support flood fighting and disaster relief work, and at the same time, we also want those masters to return to our country.

Write a word on your career title."

However, we can still thank these American companies. Through the practice of their platforms, you have a good foundation, and it is more feasible to return to China to open factories and build machines."

When Yuan Datou was still president, the United States proposed to help China train flying submarine talents in order to seize more rights and interests in China.

Although he did not understand the specific design and construction of aircraft, Cheng Nuo still did some research on the development history of modern aircraft. He shook his head and said: "The Wright brothers and Curtiss built aircraft and relied only on practical experience to design, which is not very sophisticated.

theory.

In 1915, Yuan Datou ordered Liu Guanxiong, the then Chief of the Navy, to select 12 talents from the navy to study in the United States. He also sent Bayuzao, Wang Zhu, Zeng Yijing, Wang Xiao and other ten people who were originally sent by the Qing government to study mechanical engineering in the UK.

The rest moved to the United States for further studies.

After saying this and pointing to the appearance, Wang Zhu continued: "As for this appearance, I refer to Boeing's "B&W-C" seaplane with double pontoons and double wings, and this Boeing company's aircraft was made by me personally.

Designed."

However, he gave someone a big fall, and it would be too much to not allow anyone to say a few words.

Even if Cheng Nuo didn't know much about mechanics, he could tell from the outline of the thing drawn on the drawing that it seemed to be an airplane.

Among them, Bayuzao, Wang Zhu, Zeng Yijing, and Wang Xiao were all transferred to study in the Department of Aeronautical Engineering, School of Engineering, MIT. In about a year, they completed their studies and obtained master's degrees. Among them, the

Bayama Zao has the highest talent. With amazing speed and perseverance, he completed all the courses in only 9 months.

Cheng Nuo said: "It is indeed understandable that the new career will have a good start. This is what it should be. Let me take you to visit me in person one day. If you don't look at the monk's face and the Buddha's face, the words should be nothing.

It’s a big problem. But what do you mean by the second one?”

It is worth mentioning that MIT opened the first aeronautical engineering professional course in 1914. Bayama was the second graduate. There were only 5 graduates in this class, and 4 of them were from China. It can be seen that the aircraft at that time

In terms of theoretical research, China is not bad at it.

Bayuzao opened his mouth wide and moved. After seeing that there was no discomfort, he continued: "Not necessarily. Before I returned to China, I read a book on criminal psychology. It said that there are a small number of criminals with narcissistic paranoid personality.

Those who do it will return to the scene afterwards to gain a perverted sense of pleasure and control."

Speaking of which, the development of the aviation industry in our country and Western countries started almost at the same time.

Regarding the certification of "Father of Chinese Aviation", there is widespread controversy in domestic academic circles. Some people think that the honor should be given to Feng Ru, while others think that the honor should be given to Yang Xianyi. However, on this issue, Mr. Qian insists on giving this title to

Brother Bayuzao, this is why Cheng Nuo initially called him the "Father of Chinese Aviation".

After learning about their study experience, Cheng Nuo was also secretly dumbfounded. He completed the master's program in just nine months. He was a monster in any era. What's more, this was Massachusetts. He didn't live in a university at home. Even if he was a genius, he would be as rich as money.

It took me one year to get my master's degree.

Thinking of this, Cheng Nuo even thought that when he went to the United States to make a little money and hire foreign academicians, he would have to go to MIT to thank him. Not only did he produce the "Father of Chinese Aviation (Ba Yuzao)", but also

The "Father of China's Aerospace (Mr. Qian)" has made a great contribution to our aerospace industry.

This is not that Bayusao is talking nonsense. In fact, it is well-founded, and he has even done experiments with old and American things.

Assistant Wang paused as he clapped his head and said in confusion: "This is nonsense. How can a bridegroom who regrets his marriage have any reason to come back? Aren't they all running far away?"

It was hard to believe that something so important was openly spread out on the ground. Cheng Nuo knelt down on it, wanting to see it closer, more carefully, and more carefully.

After this series of self-deprecation, and Cheng Nuo explaining the reason, the bad blood between the two of them was finally erased.

Wang Zhu was a little embarrassed, rubbed the back of his head and said: "Unfortunately, it's just specialization, not specialization. Compared with the predecessors in the United States, it's still far behind."

Bayuzao limped up to Cheng Nuo, held his shoulder with one hand, and said word by word: "So you can do this meeting gift? When you threw me in the air just now, I was thinking,

It’s been a long time since we returned to the country, and the greeting ceremony has changed from the previous handshakes and handshakes to the level of throwing shoulders. I feel that the country is changing with each passing day.”

Walking out of the bushes, Bayusao nodded: "When I learned from the newspaper that you were going to hold a charity bazaar, I saw that it was too late, so I quickly took the nearest boat over. Unexpectedly, it was raining heavily here, and there was no boat at all.

The method is to sail normally and wait until it can move and send us to Shanghai, but it has been delayed until today."

Eight years later, Feng Ru, an overseas Chinese in the United States, built the first Chinese aircraft in the United States. Later, another overseas Chinese in the United States, Tan Gen, also successfully developed a seaplane and won the World Aircraft Racing Championship.

In 1903, the Wright brothers in the United States successfully invented and designed the first small aircraft, which for the first time realized the dream of human beings to fly with power, allowing human beings' dreams to gain wings and fly. This success made more and more people aware of this novel transportation

The charm of tools.

Shaking off the last bit of dirt on the other party's trouser legs, Cheng Nuo straightened his waist and said with a smile: "I've been wearing clothes for a day, and I have to go back to wash them. This extra line or this little line won't affect anything, not to mention it's me who washes them.

With you guys acting like this, you should do more. But just now you said you came here to do a charity sale with me?"

Picking up the aircraft drawings from the grass, Cheng Nuo held both sides and said seriously: "So the design of your aircraft is the most advanced at the moment. Based on data alone, it has surpassed Boeing's.

"Are you worried about those data? You can rest assured that the data have been verified by us." Turning the drawing over, Wang Zhu pointed at the parts and said: "The heart of the aircraft is the engine produced by Curtiss Company.

, this was what Yunhua (Ba Yuzao) personally participated in the design and construction when he was an engineer of the company, and these data are clearer than outsiders."

According to my understanding of American university education, it was only after the aeronautical engineering students from MIT graduated that manufacturers such as Curtiss, Boeing, Wright, Douglas, etc. had designs based on scientific theories. However, there are not many such talents in the United States now.

, you are already among the best, there is no need to belittle yourselves.

Yuan Datou will not give up this opportunity to dominate the big business. He said that you must first help me train a group of flying submarine talents, and then I will order weapons from you. He also boasted that Haikou has hundreds of submarines and thousands of aircraft. There is room for us to cooperate in the future.

Broad, in fact, behind the scenes, we want to accumulate basic strength for China's submarine construction, and then manufacture it ourselves.

Of course, as fellow students in the same university and the same major, the fate between Ba and Qian is not just that simple.

Asking Cheng Nuo to stop throwing dirt, Wang Zhu said politely: "Professor Cheng, you really don't have to do this. You see your coat is getting dirty too. I guess you need to wash it properly when you get back."

After a moment of silence, Bayumazao glanced at Wangzhu. With the other's approval, Bayamazao opened his suitcase, found a drawing, and explained seriously: "In addition to buyers, we also want to be sellers.

"

Although the bazaar is over, isn't the biggest trick right in front of you? There seems to be something to play in front of you. Bayuzao couldn't wait to say: "This is the first domestic seaplane we have drafted. It has a double-wing and double-barrel design and uses Curtiss OX5

The estimated maximum power of the engine is 100 horsepower, the weight of the machine can reach about 1,000 kilograms, and the maximum speed is 120 kilometers per hour."

As aircraft were widely used in the military field, China gradually realized its huge role in future wars. In the same year, the Beiyang government began to send a large number of overseas students to study aircraft manufacturing technology abroad.

In order to let people relieve their anger, and also to allow the Academy of Sciences to add two more tiger generals, Cheng Nuo laughed at himself: "Two gentlemen, look at me, even the matchmakers shook their heads when I looked at it. Where did I get my fiancée from?

, Besides, we can’t do such a shameful thing, won’t this delay my girl?”

Seeing the excited expressions of the two of them, Cheng Nuo suddenly felt a little confused.

"It stands to reason that with your academic qualifications, skills and work experience, the public must welcome you, so why did you come to me?"

This sentence was like cold water poured on the two of them, and they looked at each other feeling helpless.

"We are also forced to have no choice."
Chapter completed!