Skunk works

a personal memoir of my years at Lockheed

404 pages

English language

Published April 17, 1995 by Warner.

ISBN:
978-0-7515-1503-9
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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.

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  • not a great as Kelly's, lots of commentaries of other folks listed in no oder, total chaos in chapter organization, sometimes you get lost but I presume he wrote it over a long span of time so it is okayish;
    also, some things are repeating over and over, over and over.
    It could be shorter but still a very interesting read on 'agile' in its engineering meaning, MVPs, testing and building workable prototypes.

    Great work!

    p.s. reading some of his notes on bureaucracy makes you boil, I have experienced very similar cases on my watch in private companies, some people just can't let others do their work.
    They will fuck up everything others' built just because they can't help it.
    Miserable maggots.
    Because of the conformists we don't have many things we deserve as a humanity.
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Subjects

  • Lockheed Advanced Development Company.
  • Lockheed aircraft.