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Such was life at The Ranch. It was situated on Groom Lake, nearly 100 miles northwest of "Lost Wages," Nevada. In the early sixties I arrived there as Hamilton Standard's engineering representative, covering our products on the top-secret plane, the A-12. The plane was designed, built and concealed by Kelly Johnson and his team of top aerospace engineers at a facility inside Lockheed. Kelly named the building, the "Skunk Works." To test fly the airplane, they needed a large secure site. That was where I ran into John Gardner. I later discovered that John was Kelly's thermodynamics and heat transfer expert. Very few Hamilton Standard personnel were cleared for the program, and those were sworn to absolute secrecy...

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9781412063814
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 214
  • Udgivet:
  • 1. oktober 2005
  • Størrelse:
  • 140x12x216 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 277 g.
  • 8-11 hverdage.
  • 20. november 2024
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Such was life at The Ranch. It was situated on Groom Lake, nearly 100 miles northwest of "Lost Wages," Nevada. In the early sixties I arrived there as Hamilton Standard's engineering representative, covering our products on the top-secret plane, the A-12.
The plane was designed, built and concealed by Kelly Johnson and his team of top aerospace engineers at a facility inside Lockheed. Kelly named the building, the "Skunk Works."
To test fly the airplane, they needed a large secure site. That was where I ran into John Gardner. I later discovered that John was Kelly's thermodynamics and heat transfer expert. Very few Hamilton Standard personnel were cleared for the program, and those were sworn to absolute secrecy...

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