Jim I know several of you out there are engineers and the like... We keep
giving Mayf Grief.... but some of you folks are equally well qualified...
As American's the job you guys did there was outstanding.... We out flew....
out distanced and finally put out of business a viable threat in the Soviet
Union... To you and the folks that still work there we as a Nation owe you
our Thanks....
Keith
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Dincau" <jdincau@qnet.com>
To: "Tom Neimeyer" <3cbxs@ev1.net>; "Land Speed" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: Skunk Works?
> Hi Tom,
> Lockheed Aircraft Company's Advanced Development Projects Department was
> known by the name "Skonk Works" till Al Cap's estate complained. After
that
> the company copyrighted the name "Skunk Works". There are various stories
as
> to how the name was acquired. Even though I am a retired skunk, I don't
know
> which one to believe. I do know that we at Lockheed referred to the place
as
> "The Projects" or "the Iron Curtain" (as in when you went to work there
you
> ceased to exist), hardly ever as the skunk works. A lot of neat stuff came
> out of there and I was proud to be a cog in that machine. The term has
> become a generic description of a place that gets thing done with a
minimum
> of corporate structure BS. Hope that helps.
> Jim in Palmdale
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tom Neimeyer <3cbxs@ev1.net>
> To: Land Speed <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 3:55 PM
> Subject: Skunk Works?
>
>
> > I've heard the term "Skunk Works" associated with car design and
> > construction all my life but do not know where or how it originated,
> anybody
> > know?
> >
> > Regards, Tom
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