This is really great info, I should make this into a database...
But anyway here goes mine....
A peon....
Jonathan Amo
www.landracing.com
Mike Manghelli wrote:
> Keith, List,
>
> This was a good idea, it is very interesting to find the varied experiences
> involved here. Here goes mine.
>
> Mike Manghelli, 42
> 21 years at Lockheed Martin, 20 of which have been in the Skunk Works,
> working primarily on the F-117A Stealth Fighter. Started deburing parts,
> then a senior metal fitter (putting all that stuff together for the
> welders), moved to the manufacturing line assembling the F-117, then started
> the trip into management, 9 years supervising the final assembly,
> electrical, avionics and hydraulic check out. I moved to avionics (again
> the F-117) specializing in the mission computers and Infrared systems, this
> lead to 8 years as the Project Engineer for a four bay automated tester for
> the F-117. When the black boxes fail on the airplane it comes to our tester
> and it tell the operator which card is bad in the box. That program ended
> last year to I am back in Avionics Engineering for the Infrared system and
> the automatic tester that we built. Yes, I am proud to be in the REAL Skunk
> Works.
>
> I started desert racing motorcycles as a kid and went into LSR in high
> school. My shop teacher had car that he ran and since I was ahead of the
> class, worked on his race car instead of the regular shop stuff. When his
> partner, Don Carr started racing with Barry Kaplin (this is another story,
> Don was the first at 306mph on El Mirage), I partnered with "teach". After
> a couple of years he went drag racing and I partnered with high school buddy
> on a Karman Ghia, During the ' 78&79 season at El Mirage we set 11 records
> in 12 meets and finished second both seasons by only 5 points. In '82 I
> started a VW powered lakester with another partner that held records at El
> Mirage both gas and fuel classes. We later put a Rabbit motor in it to hold
> the worlds fastest VW record at 199.902mph at Bonneville (1500cc turbo on
> Alcohol) This little car set the diesel record last year at 116mph. After
> the VWs I raced with Rich Manchen and his big block lakester setting records
> at El Mirage and Bonneville. I almost died in '94 on the salt crashing it
> on a qualifying run at 258 on a 251 record. (another story). Now I am
> tuning Rich's Alfa and have built my wife a VW diesel pickup truck.
>
> Pam, my wife has also spent 22 years with Lockheed in various computer
> related jobs. This brought her to design and start the SCTA website
> www.scta-bni.org. Also, she has been doing the results for the last three
> years at Bonneville and El Mirage. Now she gets to drive her own race car,
> (but I do all the work... not sure about this deal). As of January 1, she
> will be the office manager for the SCTA and BNI, so all those phone calls of
> complaints to the office will be handled by her.
>
> Mike and Pam (sorry I got a little long winded) Manghelli
> SCTA President and the SCTA/BNI Office Manager
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