Since 1943, scores of remarkable military aircraft and aviation technologies have rolled out of Lockheed's top-secret Skunk Works program. This in-depth look at the famous research and design team's pioneering work reveals the nuts and bolts behind production and experimental aircraft, from the P-80 Shooting Star to today's X-35 Joint Strike Fighter prototype. While the emphasis is on high-profile products like the U-2 Dragon Lady, SR-71 Blackbird, C-130 Hercules, F-117 Nighthawk and F-22 Raptor, the book also examines Skunk Works projects that have yet to be covered in book form, including the Tier III Minus DarkStar unmanned air vehicle and the X-33 VentureStar orbiter.
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
About the Author
Dennis R. Jenkins spent 30 years as an engineer and manager on the Space Shuttle Program and other space-related programs incuding the X-33, Orbital Space Plane, and the Crew Exploration Vehicle. Most recently he has served as an advisor and investigator on the Columbia Accident Investigation Board, and as technical staff to the president's Commission on Implementation of United States Space Exploration Policy and the Space Shuttle Return to Flight Task Group. He is currently the Verville Fellow at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum. Jenkins has written more than 40 books on aerospace subjects.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing Aircraft,
By A Customer
This review is from: Lockheed Secret Projects: Inside the Skunk Works (Motorbooks Colortech) (Paperback)
It is truly amazing what the Skunk Works will attempt to design. From the first operational US jet fighter, to the first operational Mach 2 airplane, to UAVs and suborbital spacecraft (the X-33) ... Skunk Works has tried it all. Normally they succeed, and that is what most books are about. But this one actually takes you into some of the programs that have failed. Although fairly small, it is in full color and contains lots of great information. Highly recommended.
14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Overview,
By A Customer
This review is from: Lockheed Secret Projects: Inside the Skunk Works (Motorbooks Colortech) (Paperback)
If you want the ultimate (but slightly out of date) book on the Skunk Works, look at the Jay Miller work. However, if you want a good overview that is fairly current, then this is the book for you. It includes data on the UAVs and X-33 that Skunk Works was developing prior to their cancellation. Lots of great photos, mostly in color.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
First Sentence:
The XF-90 looked remarkably advanced for its time here with Tony LeVier standing in the cockpit. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
linear aerospike engine, aerospike engines, composite tanks, prototype effort, flight test program, propellant tanks, vertical stabilizers, maiden flight, hydrogen tank, payload bay, national insignia, aft fuselage, radar signature, production aircraft, flight vehicle, air vehicle Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Skunk Works, Sea Shadow, Groom Lake, Aircraft Services, Soviet Union, Tony Landis Collection, United States, Kelly Johnson, Don Palmer, Fort Worth, General Dynamics, General Electric, Strike Fighter, Denny Lombard, World War, Department of Defense, Global Hawk, Northrop Grumman, Tony Levier, Eric Schulzinger, North American, University of Michigan, Allan Loughead, Haystack Butte, Southeast Asia New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
The XF-90 looked remarkably advanced for its time here with Tony LeVier standing in the cockpit. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
linear aerospike engine, aerospike engines, composite tanks, prototype effort, flight test program, propellant tanks, vertical stabilizers, maiden flight, hydrogen tank, payload bay, national insignia, aft fuselage, radar signature, production aircraft, flight vehicle, air vehicle Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Skunk Works, Sea Shadow, Groom Lake, Aircraft Services, Soviet Union, Tony Landis Collection, United States, Kelly Johnson, Don Palmer, Fort Worth, General Dynamics, General Electric, Strike Fighter, Denny Lombard, World War, Department of Defense, Global Hawk, Northrop Grumman, Tony Levier, Eric Schulzinger, North American, University of Michigan, Allan Loughead, Haystack Butte, Southeast Asia New!
Books on Related Topics | Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
This book cites 3
books:
- The Air Force: 2 by Lawrence Landis on 5 pages
- The United States (Bright Ideas) on page 13, and page 19
- Space Shuttle (How it Works) by Ian Graham on page 96
Books on Related Topics
(learn more)
|
|
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Tags Customers Associate with This Product(What's this?)Click on a tag to find related items, discussions, and people.
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
|
|
