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Skunk Works

A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed

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Skunk Works

Written by: Leo Janos, Ben R. Rich
Narrated by: Pete Larkin
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 The former head of Lockheed's SKUNK WORKS reveals the amazing story of the secret aircraft that changed the course of history - from the U-2 to the Stealth Fighter. A must-read for anyone interested in aviation, advanced technologies, Cold War history, and thrilling true stories.

SKUNK WORKS is the true story, told for the first time, of America's most secret and successful aerospace operation. As recounted by Ben Rich, the operation's brilliant boss for nearly two decades, the story of Lockheed's legendary Skunk Works is a high-stakes drama of Cold War confrontations and Gulf War air combat, of extraordinary feats of engineering and human achievement against fantastic odds.

SKUNK WORKS is dramatic and immediate. Direct from the cockpits of these astonishing aircraft - U-2 spy-plane, SR-71 Blackbird and F-117 Stealth Fighter. It is a tribute to genius in the unrelenting contest for mastery of the skies.©2013 Ben R. Rich Business Ethics Engineering Military Transportation Workplace & Organisational Behaviour
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Completed this in under 3 days, I was hooked from the first chapter.

You need to understand that flight was first achieved in 1903 and we in around 50 years had Mach 3+ airplanes in the sky because of the SW guys. These guys MOVED DIFFERENT! Kelly is a legend and helped groom Ben to be equally badass.

This book outlines how the Skunk Works team achieved their truly insane feats of engineering frugally and quick but with the highest engineering discipline from the U2 to the SR71 (or RS71), F117A, D21 Drone and the Sea Shadow.

Fantastic, a must read for aviation enthusiasts

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Very interesting insights in stupendous engineering and design of some of the worlds most complex machines.

Insightful

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