Rebirth in America

Howard Hughes was once a test pilot who was passionate about flying. He personally designed airplanes and flew them himself, treating such things as his own life.

The first time Hughes fell from the sky was in September 1935. At that time, he was very interested in the experience of American pilot Lindbergh flying across the Atlantic Ocean. He tried to break the record set by Lindbergh and began to develop new aircraft himself.

After spending 15 months and repeatedly redoing it, they finally had a finished product. This aircraft is a monoplane with a body length of 8.2 meters and a wing length of 7.6 meters. This is a model that no one has ever seen before. The fuselage is extremely short. No one knows how long it can fly in the air.

No one in Hughes's company dared to fly this aircraft for a test flight. Even under the temptation of huge bonuses, no one dared to joke with their own lives.

Eventually, Hughes decided to try it out himself.

That day, the aircraft's first speed test was invalid because it violated the aviation association's rules and did not fly levelly. So Hughes made another circle in the air and made a second horizontal flight. This time he succeeded. He broke the world record and reached a flying speed of 566 kilometers.

In his excitement, Hughes did not return immediately, but continued flying in the air over and over again. Unexpectedly, his plane consumed all its fuel in the air. The engine stopped running in mid-air, and Hughes' plane fell from the sky.

What happened after that is said to be this: Hughes tried his best to control the plane and made an emergency landing in a sugar beet field. When people rushed over, they found Hughes unharmed. Holding notes in one hand and a pencil in the other, he kept recording his flight experiences.

Things like this make people feel that Hughes is really lucky and very lucky. If it was just this one time, maybe Alex didn't think it was strange. After all, there are all kinds of strange things in the world, and it is understandable that it happens once in a while.

But this was not over yet. More than ten years later, around July 1946, Hughes had another crash. Also during the test flight, the plane malfunctioned and crashed in Beverly Hills. The plane crashed into three houses. and caused a fire.

This crash. It is said that Hughes was saved by a Marine Corps sergeant major. Hughes broke his collar bone, six ribs, and suffered extensive burns in the accident. Many people thought Hughes would not survive, but the results were surprising. He survived.

Originally, Alex always thought that Hughes was really lucky. You can survive this situation. It is said that Hughes suffered 14 air and car accidents in his life. There are still metal fragments from the accident inside his skull.

But from Lawrence's words, Alex felt that there must be something inside. Maybe Hughes is an immortal human? Since Alex in this world has superpowers, others should also have some special abilities. Just like the so-called "Curse of the Holy Infant". It sounds quite evil.

not human? Alex really couldn't understand what Lawrence said. He never felt that Hughes was any less human. Even if he had immortality, he shouldn't be said to be non-human.

"I need to find an opportunity to find out the secret of Hughes," Alex finally made up his mind, thinking: "Just touch his body."

Thinking of the word body, Alex's mind flashed back to the scene when he and Hughes first met. Based on what he saw at the time, Alex did not feel that Hughes' body had any signs of severe trauma, at least no burnt skin was seen. He didn't think deeply about this at the time, but now it seems that Hughes indeed has a dark secret.

That night, Alex called Hughes with an excuse and explained to him the intentions of the Rockefeller Foundation. He said on the phone: "Now they want to cooperate with our company, what do you think?"

"No! I will never cooperate with these guys!" Hughes replied decisively on the phone.

"Why?"

Alex was surprised by Hughes's violent reaction. Normally, there would be no personal grudges in upper-class fights. As long as there is a profit, even two feuding families can join forces, or betray each other for profit, etc.

If he was like Hughes and would never compromise with his enemies, then the world would be completely in turmoil. What's more, in the eyes of mature people, no hatred can outweigh the interests. If there are people who only focus on hatred but don't know how to put it aside and work together for common interests, such people will definitely not survive for long.

Hughes is obviously not such an irrational person, but his behavior and thoughts made such an irrational choice.

"Of course I have enough reasons!" Hughes replied: "This is a matter of life and death, you don't have to doubt it."

"Life or death?"

Alex was even more confused why Hughes and Lawrence seemed to have some secrets. Could it be that they are really incompatible with each other and will not give up until the difference between life and death is reached?

"Yes! As for the specific situation, I have to find an appropriate time to tell you."

"Why not now?"

"There are still many changes in the future. I can't tell you before I have determined something. I'm sorry!" It was the first time that Hughes became so low-profile, and it was the first time that he apologized to Alex.

"I don't understand! Is there something you can't tell me?"

"You have to believe me, you know! We are partners and we stand on a united front."

Alex felt the sincerity in Hughes' words. He sighed and said, "Okay! I believe you, Hughes!"

Sometimes, Alex really wanted to rush to Hughes' base and forcefully copy the opponent's puppet, so that he would have no secrets. However, this seems too despicable. Sometimes you really need to trust your friends. If there is no one you can trust in this world, then life will be really miserable.

Thinking of the grievances between Hughes and the Rockefeller consortium, Alex remembered another rumor, that is, Hughes' plane accident was actually man-made. At that time, Hughes was having a tough fight with Pan Am. As for Pan Am's backstage, it was said that it was inextricably linked to the Rockefeller consortium.

In the past few years, in order to prevent TWA from falling into the hands of the Rockefeller consortium, Hughes directly transferred all his shares to the Carpenter family. This also shows how deep the feud between Hughes and the Rockefeller consortium is. .

After thinking through the matter, Alex no longer paid attention to Lawrence's words. After all, the other party's speech was unclear, and he might be trying to sow discord between him and Hughes through such means.

"By the way, I heard that you proposed the space station concept and the equatorial ring plan at the meeting." Hughes deliberately changed the topic in order to ease the atmosphere between them.

"Yes, human beings are not satisfied with short-term tourism in space. In order to develop space, we need to establish a long-term living and working base."

"Well, I also think your space station concept is very interesting. With the advancement of aerospace technology, the conditions for establishing new residences in space will become more and more mature. By then, I also want to fly to outer space to have a good time. Oh, haha!"

Alex was not surprised by Hughes's idea. He was just a little worried: "Can your body support it?"

"Of course that's no problem. After so many years of recuperation, my current physical condition is many times better than before."

The two chatted for a while, each exchanging opinions on various things such as rockets, satellites, space stations, equatorial rings, etc. Everyone felt that the future will definitely be a stage of rapid development of aerospace technology. At the same time, they have high confidence in becoming the world's top aerospace technology leader. As for when they will replace NASA as the brain and heart of the U.S. space agency, Hughes and Alex have somewhat different views.

"I didn't expect that Eisenhower would support Grennan. Now that NASA has been established, I'm afraid it won't be done for a while. Maybe we can lower our posture now to get more orders from them. At least we won't be beaten again. They see it as an eyesore.”

Hughes feels that it is enough to push NASA to this point. If it continues like this, it may cause losses to both sides. He has the idea of ​​giving up when things get better. Of course, he will still move forward towards the established goal before reaching a consensus with Alex.

Now the congressmen and politicians controlled by Hughes have tried their best in Washington, but with the support of US President Eisenhower and other financial groups, even if they can oust Glennan, there is no way to disband NASA. It's time for Glennan to go down the stairs, otherwise NASA will really have to make a big change. UU Reading www.uukanshu． netI'm afraid those who come to power at that time will not give them good fruits to eat.

Alex thought for a moment and said firmly: "No, we finally came out alone, and now it's too late to run over and hug someone's lap."

"Then you want to keep going? This won't work. Don't let Grennan fully consume the products we give them. They will immediately abandon us."

"Just them? I'm really not worried about this problem. I think that as long as the Soviet Union is suppressing it, NASA will have a hard time. As for our company, we don't need to compete with the Soviet Union and NASA for first place. As long as we can do it Just commercialize it. Many companies now need to launch satellites, and we can start this business without fear of not making money."

Hughes thought for a moment and thought that this sounded good. Although he did not have strong support from the government, he could still be independent after all. As long as they can make money, they are not afraid of not being able to develop, and they will be able to achieve their goals one day. But he still had some concerns and didn't know whether he should tell Alex clearly.

After thinking for a while, Hughes finally gave up the idea of ​​telling Alex the inside story. He could only agree with the current development plan and stick to the goal of developing unswervingly. (To be continued...)