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Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed

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Description for Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed Paperback. 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 Num Pages: 416 pages, Section: 8, b&w. BIC Classification: BT; JWG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110 x 28. Weight in Grams: 232.

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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
Weight
231g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780751515039
SKU
V9780751515039
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Ref
99-97

About Leo Janos
Benjamin Robert Rich was a United American engineer and the second Director of Lockheed's Skunk Works from 1975 to 1991, succeeding its founder, Kelly Johnson. Regarded as the 'father of stealth', Rich was responsible for leading the development of the F-117, the first production stealth aircraft.

Reviews for Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed
Dynamite - the true story of one of America's crown jewels!
Tom Clancy

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