It had been designed by Skunk Works founder Clarence “Kelly” Johnson, and Driver had hidden it away for decades, defying periodic management directives to purge company archives. The director ...

It was too much, even for the formidable head of Lockheed’s Hogwarts-like Skunk Works. Kelly Johnson had accepted the U.S. Air Force challenge in 1956 with his customary take-no-prisoners ...

This effort led to a 10-foot wooden model that the Skunk Works team dubbed the Hopeless Diamond. The design was stealthy enough for Rich to win a bet against legendary engineer Kelly Johnson ...

Clarence L. “Kelly” Johnson of Lockheed’s secret “Skunk Works” facility, chief designer of the U-2. USAF On Friday, November 26, 1954, Lockheed Aircraft's chief engineer, Clarence L.

Despite leading what many cite as the first team affiliated with the Skunk Works organization, Kelly Johnson has given conflicting accounts about the group's origins, citing that its history went ...

The Lockheed A12 was the forerunner of the SR71and was a Mach 3+ high altitude reconnaissance aircraft built by the infamous Skunk Works ... on the designs of Kelly Johnson, the A12 flew from ...

Skunk Works Births Its First Baby The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was indeed the very first aircraft produced by Skunk Works and its iconic mastermind, Clarence "Kelly" Johnson .