Skunk Works
A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed
From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the
never-before-told story behind America's high-stakes quest to dominate
the skies Skunk Works is the true story of America's most secret and
successful aerospace operation. As recounted by Ben Rich, the
operation's brilliant boss for nearly two decades, the chronicle of
Lockheed's legendary Skunk Works is a drama of cold war confrontations
and Gulf War air combat, of extraordinary feats of engineering and
human achievement against fantastic odds. Here are up-close portraits
of the maverick band of scientists and engineers who made the Skunk
Works so renowned. Filled with telling personal anecdotes and high
adventure, with narratives from the CIA and from Air Force pilots who
flew the many classified, risky missions, this book is a riveting
portrait of the most spectacular aviation triumphs of the twentieth
century.
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Format: Electronic Book
Price: $9.99 US/$9.99 CAN
ISBN-13: 9780316246934
On Sale Date: 02/26/2013
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Formats Available: Trade Paperback, Electronic Book
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From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the
never-before-told story behind America's high-stakes quest to dominate
the skies Skunk Works is the true story of America's most secret and
successful aerospace operation. As recounted by Ben Rich, the
operation's brilliant boss for nearly two decades, the chronicle of
Lockheed's legendary Skunk Works is a drama of cold war confrontations
and Gulf War air combat, of extraordinary feats of engineering and
human achievement against fantastic odds. Here are up-close portraits
of the maverick band of scientists and engineers who made the Skunk
Works so renowned. Filled with telling personal anecdotes and high
adventure, with narratives from the CIA and from Air Force pilots who
flew the many classified, risky missions, this book is a riveting
portrait of the most spectacular aviation triumphs of the twentieth
century.
Formats
- Trade Paperback (1)
- Electronic Book (1)
Product Details
- Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
- Price: $9.99 US/$9.99 CAN
- Pages: 400
- ISBN-13: 9780316246934
- On Sale Date: 02/26/2013
- Publisher: None
- List Price: $16.99
- Pages: 400
- Physical Dimensions: 5-1/2" x 8-1/4"
- ISBN-13: 9780316743006
- On Sale Date: 02/26/2013
- Publisher: None
- List Price: $9.99
- Pages: 400
- ISBN-13: 9780316246934
- On Sale Date: 02/26/2013
