num_pages: 382
description: From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the never-before-told story behind the high-stakes quest to dominate the skies Skunk Works is the true story of America's most secret &amp; 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 &amp; achievement against fantastic odds. Here are up-close portraits of the maverick band of scientists &amp; engineers who made the Skunk Works so renowned. Filled with telling personal anecdotes &amp; high adventure, with narratives from the CIA &amp; from Air Force pilots who flew the many classified, risky missions, this book is a portrait of the most spectacular aviation triumphs of the 20th century.
language: English
title: Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed
titlecomplete: Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed
characters: Francis Gary Powers, Benjamin Robert Rich, Kelly Johnson
genres: History, Aviation, Technology, Engineering, Biography, Business, Science, Memoir, Nonfiction, Military Fiction
ratings_count: 12006
publisher: Back Bay Books/Little, Brown & Co. (NY)