Kelly Johnson (engineer)

Clarence Leonard "Kelly" Johnson (February 27, 1910 – December 21, 1990) was an American Engineer at Lockheed Martin. He helped make planes, for example the SR-71 Blackbird and the P-38. He worked at the skunkworks at Lockheed Martin. There, with Ben Rich, "The Father of Stealth," they made the Blackbird. The SR-71 had a top speed of 2193 mph or mach 3+. It flew at 80,000 ft above the ground, the only plane to fly that high.

 Death 
Johnson died at the age of 80 at St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank after physical deterioration and the advancement of senility, caused by the hardening of his arteries connecting to his brain.

Other websites

 Clarence Leonard (Kelly) Johnson.
 Kelly Johnson's rules  for Skunk Works aircraft.
 "Lord of the Skunk Works ," from Air Force Magazine.

 "Control Boosters" a 1946 Flight article by Johnson

Category:American aerospace engineers
Category:Engineers from Michigan
Category:1910 births
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Category:Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
Category:People from Burbank, California