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Nickolas Means
June 08, 2017
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The Original Skunk Works
As presented at LeadDev London, June 8, 2017.
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June 08, 2017
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Skunk Works The Original Nickolas Means @nmeans http://nickol.as/
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Clarence "Kelly" Johnson
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Lockheed Model 1o Electra
Lockheed P-38 Lightning
Messerschmitt Me 262
DeHavilland H.1B Goblin
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* Not the actual Skunk Works circus tent.
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Lockheed XP-80
Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star
Yalta Conference, February 1945
Kapustin Yar, USSR
Martin B-57 Canberra
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Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
Lockheed U-2
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Lockheed U-2 Lockheed F-104
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Lockheed U-2S
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Lockheed A-12
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Sustained Altitude: 85,069 feet July 28, 1976 (25,929 meters)
Sustained Speed: 2193.2 mph July 28, 1976 (3529.6 kph)
.22 Rifle Bullet: 2046 mph SR-71 Blackbird: 2193 mph
Concorde: 2:52 SR-71 Blackbird: 1:55 New York to London
SR-71 Blackbird: 1:04 Los Angeles to Washington
Your Car: 5:16:00 SR-71 Blackbird: 0:08:32 St. Louis to Cincinatti
Kelly Johnson
Ben Rich
Lockheed L-1011 Tri-Star
Soviet SA-5 Missile
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Lockheed Have Blue
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Lockheed F-117 Stealth Fighter
Lockheed F117-A Stealth Fighter
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Use a small number of good people.
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What they do depends on the situation, which only they
can judge.
A very simple drawing and drawing release system with great
flexibility for making changes must be provided.
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There shall be but one object – to get a
good airplane built on time.
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Lockheed F-117 Stealth Fighter
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Skunk Works The Original Nickolas Means @nmeans http://nickol.as/