Skunk Works, 9780751515039
Paperback
Secret planes, Cold War drama, incredible feats against impossible odds.

Skunk Works

a personal memoir of my years at lockheed

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  • Paperback

    416 pages

  • Release Date

    18 September 1995

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Summary

Skunk Works: The Untold Story of Lockheed’s Secret Aerospace Operation

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.

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Book Details

ISBN-13:9780751515039
ISBN-10:0751515035
Author:Leo Janos, Ben R. Rich
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Sphere
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:416
Release Date:18 September 1995
Weight:234g
Dimensions:182mm x 115mm x 27mm
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About The Author

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.

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