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  <title><![CDATA[Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed]]></title>
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  <default_description>An insider's story of Lockheed's Skunk Works, the supersecret   facility that developed the U-2 American spy plane and other   high-technology aircraft, follows the period of the author's career   from 1975 to 1990. Reprint. &lt;i&gt;NYT. &lt;/i&gt;</default_description>
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      <name><![CDATA[Ben R. Rich]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a truly fascinating read about the American spy-plane projects of the middle-to-late 20th century, and the amazing technological breakthroughs that were achieved during that time.  I've always found the SR-71 Blackbird to be a true testament to the heights that can be reached when creativity...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42769122">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[No aviation buff should go without reading this little gem. Ben Rich was successor to Kelly Johnson in the 1980s at Lockheed's &quot;Skunk Works&quot; secret design facility in California. Ben was an engineer under Johnson during the development of the high-altitude U2 spy plane, then later the supe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77332290">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Skunk Works was created in 1943 and has been one of the most top secret military contractors. Ben R. Rich was their former chief and in this memoir he tells what he can about developing and working on various aircraft including the P-80, the U-2 and the F-117A. The science behind the stealth technol...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18892326">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="36333391">
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  <read_at>Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A friend gave me this book and I thank him again.  It was an excellent read and I definitely recommend if you find the jacket of interest.  My favorite passage and one of the key takeaways for me personally follows.  Context, the author is planning to attend an exec MBA program and he is seeking his...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/36333391">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I wanted to read this book because I wanted an example of &quot;nomad science&quot;, a kind of guerrilla approach to engineering and problem solving, where a relatively small group of intensely-involved engineers or scientists take on relatively large challenges--actually, nearly impossible looking ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16596148">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="12444198">
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an excellent look at the heart and soul of the R&amp;D world of aerospace from the end of World War II through the build up of tensions of the Cold War and into the end of the 20th Century.  Ben Rich provides details never before revealed about the inner workings of the design of the U2 spy plan...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/12444198">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="58789478">
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  <read_at>Sun Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[As an engineer and someone with a strong interest in aerospace, I found this book really interesting. It is written by the director of (arguably) one of the most advanced aerospace design groups ever assembled, and mainly chronicles the development of the SR-71, F-114A, and U2 airplanes. It provides...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58789478">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="77965616">
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    <body><![CDATA[Absolutely fascinating.  On all levels.  Explains the history of the Skunk Works, as well as the reign of Kelly Johnson, a true legend of the aerospace field in every sense of the word.  The design and manufacturing of the TR-1 (U2), SR-71, and the F-117 Stealth.  One of my favorite books to re-read...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77965616">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Tue Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Wow - Rich gave this book to me to read and it is just like visiting an airplane museum: at first, you might think that you're going to be bored during a very dry tour of the installations, but once you get going you are sucked in and captivated by what you're seeing and learning.<br/><br/>This bo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/10961092">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="60887741">
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    <body><![CDATA[very interesting stories of engineering and management challenges in developing the U2 and SR71 blackbird spyplanes and the stealth fighter, along with other insights in the challenges of the aerospace industry and working with the military. Too much military language.]]></body>
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    <review id="40955983">
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    <body><![CDATA[An interesting work on spy planes, stealth technology and the Skunk Works developed under Lockheed.  It is an intriguing resource for those interested in the Cold War and aviation history, but it lacks stringent historical footnoting.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Alot of smart people designing and building top notch aircraft with slide rules and primitive computers. Some of the performance records these planes set decades ago have still not been matched.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is flat-out awesome. It's an excellent memoir of a man's travels through the top-secret projects that occurred at Lockheed Martin during the 1990's. It goes into great depth on the process that led to each separate entity's coming into being, such as the F-117 Nighthawk or the U-2 spyplane...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15366660">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="18980634">
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    <body><![CDATA[My boss used to work at Pratt &amp; Whitney making jet engines and he loaned me this book, which I put off reading forever bcz the whole idea of the military industrial complex pissed me off. <br/><br/>As a curious mind, a problem solver, and polically minded American, and now by trade a product devel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18980634">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="37536918">
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    <body><![CDATA[DUDE!!! This book is AMAZING!!<br/><br/>I've sort of fallen into this &quot;man-track&quot; of reading non-fiction lately, but I am glad I did on this one. Ben Rich is the former head of Skunkworks - the highly classified arm of Lockheed-Martin that designed such airplanes as the U-2 and the SR-71. ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37536918">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very good book for those employeed in the defense industry - it gives some perspective on the workplace in the past.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was actually ignorant to the meaning of the term &quot;Skunk Works&quot; even though I've heard it used many times.  This book talks about the inner workings of the original Skunk Works and the amazing technological leaps they made in creating first the U-2 then the SR-71 (originally the RS-71, bu...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24486816">more...</a>]]></body>
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