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Bewertet in Deutschland am 8. Mai 2024
Super Buch
adam deschenes
Bewertet in Kanada am 28. August 2024
the type of book that you start and finish quick because you want to know what next in the history
willow
Bewertet in Deutschland am 2. November 2024
havent read the full book yet but so far its been very great and ive already learned about some cool aircraft like the lockheed have blue, so if you like secret american jet projects youll love this book
Hagen
Bewertet in Deutschland am 11. Januar 2024
A lot of information and some high quality pictures too. But beware, its half the size of a normal book thus quite small.
Damir Begovic
Bewertet in Deutschland am 9. Januar 2021
Das Paket ist gut und schnell angekommen. Das Buch ist in einem guten Zustand.
horst
Bewertet in Deutschland am 12. Januar 2021
Für jeden, der sich für das tecnisch Machbare im Flugzeugbau und wie die Umsetzung der 'Geheimprojekte' möglich war, ein faszinierender Blick hinter die Kulissen.
Norberto
Bewertet in Mexiko am 9. Januar 2018
El libro habla de la historia de los desarrolladores de la tecnologia sigilo , muy bueno y recomendado al cien
Fergus D.
Bewertet in Deutschland am 11. Dezember 2017
It is frequently light on technical details, but I imagine that this is because these details are still classified, even now :-)The meat of the book is about the Skunk works was organised, how they approached their work and solved problems. The story was not only entertaining to read, but contained a lot or valuable lessons which are applicable far beyond the realm of aircraft development.
Sidharth Middela
Bewertet in Indien am 13. Oktober 2015
Fascinating story about one of the greatest R&D and Innovation center of the 20th century - The Skunk Works.You will know in detail how the U2, SR-71 Blackbird, F-117 Nighthawk planes and the D-21 drone was designed, developed, manufactured, tested and flown across the world.You will also get a peak into the bureaucratic hurdles encountered, the bureaucratic support that came on, the difference of opinions between Airforce and Navy and CIA. The different hierarchy of Strategic Air Command and The Tactical Air Command. You will know what it takes to build great planes crisscrossing through all these obstacles, unavoidable bureaucratic paper work, auditors, reviewers and the congress. A must read for any aviation enthusiast!The great Kelly Johnson would have said - "Ben, God dammit! This is one hell of a book - Good job"
Olivier
Bewertet in Deutschland am 25. August 2014
Absolutely great reading for any person interested in aviation, in engineering, in cold war (the context for a good part of the book)… It is well written and full of technical anecdotes that have blown me away! And it also gives a good description of the atypical company organisation that led to those technological wonders. Although it is a bit technical, it does not require a deep background to get the most out of the book!
Uhrenfan
Bewertet in Deutschland am 18. Dezember 2014
Diese Buch gibt einen hervorragenden Einblick in die Entwicklungsabteilung der geheimnisumwitterten Skunk works von Lockheed.Dabei zeigt es auf, wie in der damaligen Zeit Schritt für Schritt technisches Neuland erschlossen wurde. Dies gelingt besonders bei der Schoilderung der Entwicklung der F 117 als erstem Tarnkappenflugzeug. Nicht minder interessant ist auch die Entwicklungssgeschichte der SR 71 und die Vielzahl von technischen Schwierigkeiten, die während der Entwicklung auftraten. Man sieht dem Verfasser, einem führenden entwickler, bei der Arbeit "über die Schulter" und erhält so Einblick in eine der auch heute noch geheimnisvollsten Entwicklungen aus der Zeit des kalten Krieges. Füe den technisch und historisch interessierten Leser eine klare Kaufempfehlung.
Far-too-spendthrift Customer
Bewertet in Großbritannien am 15. Dezember 2009
Which Aerospace engineer hasn't heard of Lockheed? Very few probably. We've all heard stories of their super secret projects and huge innovations in the world of aeroplanes and stealth. But what I didn't know is how difficult it was and what made them succeed when others thought it impossible.Although an engineer by trade, the author clearly knows how to put together a good read. The book is neither too technical, nor too dumbed down (for me at least but I'm only a student of engineering) and I found it a page turner from start to finish. Every now and then he may get into a little qualitative detail about why he chose a particular design (for example when he designed the cone shaped variable intakes on the blackbird) but he doesn't fill it up with maths and engineering jargon.A very interesting feature of the Skunk Works is there small numbers and extreme intelligence and passion which the author speaks about at length. Mr Rich explains how these factors allowed them to be the best of the best in military aviation design.You can take his description of the management structure of the Skunk Works and compare and contrast it with today's aerospace companies like Airbus and Boeing and you can see how different it is!Not that military and civil aviation design processes are really comparable, but you can see how such a small close knit team with more freedom from upper management runs into less of the problems that plague the 787 but replace them with security and other such issues.There is plenty about the people Mr Rich worked under, with and against and it is eye opening to see the kind of attitude and passion that makes up the Skunk Works' top engineers had as well as the political hurdles they had to go through.All in all, I would say I am very glad I bought this book. It was a great read and the book was more about the Skunk Works rather than Ben Rich's autobiography.
Abdullah Khan
great book, great flawless condition
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