Overview
This classic history of America's high-stakes quest to dominate the skies.
"a gripping technothriller in which the technology is real" —New York Times Book Review
From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, 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.
"Thoroughly engrossing." —Los Angeles Times Book Review
The book, Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed [Bulk, Wholesale, Quantity] ISBN#9780316743006 in Paperback by Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos may be ordered in bulk quantities. Minimum starts at 25 copies. Availability based on publisher status and quantity being ordered.
Details
Language:
English
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
02/01/1996
ISBN-10:
0316743003
ISBN-13:
9780316743006
Pages:
400
Publisher:
Little, Brown and Company
