Chapter 13 Besides Not Being Able to Fly a Plane, the Co-Pilot with Complete Certificates

The wallet was opened, and it was easy for the staff to see that there was a photo of Li Changheng wearing the uniform of the co-pilot and wearing a big white cap, standing in front of the Pan Am blue ball logo.

Taking a closer look at Li Changheng who was wearing black-rimmed glasses at this time, after confirming that he was the same person in the photo without glasses, he immediately dispelled his doubts about him, thinking that it was just a tender face.

After taking back the registration book and looking at the somewhat scribbled signature, he believed even more that he was the captain.

The captains these days are just like what Robert said yesterday, and the pilots above the seventh floor are all professional fighter and transport pilots.

The level of education of these people varies, but the U.S. Navy and Air Force, which are not short of money, have typewriters, and the pilots have very few opportunities to write with a pen.

Don't expect them to design their signatures so well and write them neatly.

"Come with me, Mr. Taylor."

Little did they know that the signature style of the two words Henry Taylor came from the signatures of two Pan Am crew members.

Names such as Henry, Taylor, and Howard are as common as patriotism and Jianguo in China.

Some people's surnames are Taylor and Howard, and there are people named Taylor and Howard. If the two handwritings are combined, even if there is a problem, it can't be counted as the two captains. Li Changheng can also tell the truth, so that people can't find him by handwriting. .

With the guidance of the staff, the process of customizing uniforms is extremely simple.

In fact, just a set of captain uniform, as long as you are willing to spend money, not to mention the uniform, even the gold stripes on the uniform, a professional tailor shop can make it exactly the same for you.

Because to be honest, the civil aviation captain's uniform of the Americans is actually the captain's uniform for sailing.

And the instigator of this kind of captain's suit changing into a captain's suit is Pan Am.

When Pan Am was first established, it was the time when alcohol prohibition was the most stringent in the United States. The founders of Pan Am, two US Air Force majors, quickly discovered business opportunities when flying seaplanes.

After retiring, the first route it operated was from Key West, Florida to Cuba.

And the customers are all drunkards who want to go to Cuba for a drink.

For the sake of safety, and in order not to be caught by others, the plane landed from the sea and stopped at sea tens of meters away from the land, and all the customers were picked up by boats.

Since the whole process took off at sea and landed at sea, the captain and crew members put on the captain's uniform without any accidents.

In addition, the aviation strength and influence of the US Navy are much stronger than that of the Air Force. The tradition of captains wearing captain uniforms has continued to this day.

Therefore, the clothes are not the focus, the focus is on the Pan Am work card and the golden badge on the big cap.

A tailor in his forties only wanted to measure his figure. After learning that there were ready-made uniforms for a height of 178, Li Changheng didn't care whether to order or not.

Putting on the fitting co-pilot uniform, pretending to be a newcomer, he took out his wallet and revealed the photo in the wallet. The middle-aged tailor looked at it and said with a smile,

"Sorry, Mr. Taylor, uniforms are not custom made, we do not accept cash, we do not accept checks,

You just need to tell us your job number, and the company will settle the bill with Pan Am, and Pan Am is also obliged to help their captains and provide mass-produced uniforms for free.”

"So this is a welfare", Li Changheng laughed, remembering the registration book he saw on the table just now, the 3 written by this tailor is a bit like 8,

Just say a ten-digit number casually, and the other nine digits of this number are all true, and only the 8 in the last four digits is said to be 3.

The tailor saw that the first six digits were indeed Pan Am's common numbers, and didn't care what the last four digits were.

When Li Changheng deliberately asked if he could have another set of captain uniform, and three sets of shirts, ties, and leather shoes for changing and washing, he silently calculated how much commission he could get.

Anyway, it was Pan Am’s checkout, so even if the final number didn’t match, he would definitely feel that his writing was sloppy afterwards, and took the initiative to report 3 as 8.

Thinking of this order, I can get a commission of 4 or 50 US dollars, and I am more casual when writing numbers.

Li Changheng got all the clothes, took out the prepared one-inch photo with black-rimmed glasses, and waited for more than an hour to get the Pan Am work permit.

PS: During the Vietnam War in the United States, there was an ace fighter pilot with 400-degree myopia. Even now, among the active fighter pilots in the United States and island countries, there are myopia.

With a formal work permit for comparison, it will be much easier to copy in the future.

After all, just wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses is not safe.

Put on a beard, make up, dye your hair, make yourself older and more ordinary, so that you won't arouse others' curiosity because you are young and handsome.

I changed back to ordinary clothes, carried the captain's special suitcase, packed two sets of uniforms and two big caps and left.

Back home, the first thing Li Changheng did was to observe the opposite building, a rental house occupied by several homeless people.

It took more than an hour to make sure that there was nothing wrong with it, and then he began to dye his hair to a brown color close to black, then lost some hair, and tried to make a fake beard by himself.

After wasting several bottles of glue, I finally got a satisfactory fake beard and stuck it to my upper lip.

Standing by the mirror, putting on a big white cap and glasses, Li Changheng smiled immediately.

At this time, just by looking at his face, he must be at least seven or eight years old.

If you use cosmetics and make up your face a little darker, you can say that you are 30 years old.

And stay at home without leaving home, the imitation is an aviation license with the job number, the type of aircraft you fly, and the company you belong to, and then printed on a piece of paper and stamped.

It is actually not difficult to imitate this kind of ordinary seal. If you spend time carving it with wood, you can always make a seal that ordinary people can't see the problem.

A few days later, touch the only $29 left in your pocket.

Put on a beard, wear black-rimmed glasses, and pack it up around the house.

Put on a shirt, trousers, tie, and an ordinary jacket, and put the rest in the captain's suitcase.

Then I packed all the old clothes and shoes in the room, and the old photos hesitated for a while before burning them.

Carrying the handbag and backpack, he left the room. Once he left, he would never come back here again.

Throwing the backpack in the alley on the corner of the street, I believe that within an hour, it will definitely be picked up by the homeless for his own use.

Then I came to the center of San Francisco in a relaxed suit. In the restroom of a shopping mall, I changed into the captain's uniform and threw away the jacket.

Carrying the handbag, he walked towards the city bank.

Before he entered the bank, the bank lobby manager spotted him early in the morning with sharp eyes.

With a complimenting smile on his face, he walked to the door and opened the door for Li Changheng himself, "It's an honor to serve you, Captain."

"Sorry, I'm German. Although I can understand English, I can't speak it well. Can we talk in German?"

I thought the manager had to find someone for help, but unexpectedly he communicated with Li Changheng directly in German.

Fortunately, for more than a month, Li Changheng was able to speak a pure Berlin accent under the guidance of Frank by virtue of his photo memory.

And to be honest, although many languages ​​​​in Europe have similarities, it is not too difficult to learn English and Spanish.

It's not too difficult to speak Spanish, French and German, but it's the Berlin accent that looks like a real local language.

After hearing Li Changheng's accent, the manager didn't doubt whether he was German.

But it's not without trouble.