Ed;
Thanks for that book recommendation. It sounds interesting.
It seems to me that there is a distinct lack of leadership almost everywhere
these days. The vast majority of people are timid and driven by a fear of
failure, so nobody steps forward with bold leadership. I watched the first
half of a History Channel program about Teddy Rooseveldt the other night and
I look forward to seeing the second half tonight-- now there was a guy who
did things his own way!
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Van Scoy [mailto:ed@vetteracing.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 7:37 PM
To: Albaugh, Neil
Cc: 'ardunbill@webtv.net'; land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Cheap Aero Reads
Neil;
If you have read any books about modern automotive design (and
I'm sure you have) you know that that is also the way "new"
cars are born. The book "All Corvettes Are Red" is basically
how all the committees argued among themselves and with
Corporate. The result was a new Corvette that was 1/2 good.
Ed
---- Original message ----
>Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 15:19:48 -0600
>From: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
>Subject: RE: Cheap Aero Reads
>To: "'ardunbill@webtv.net'" <ardunbill@webtv.net>,
land-speed@autox.team.net
>
>Bill;
>
>Just a few details:
>
>Kelly Johnson was the head of the Lockheed "Skunk Works" for
years and
>years; he designed the P-38, P-80, U-2, SR-71, etc, etc, etc.
Truly an
>awesome talent.
>
>Kurt Tank designed the Focke-Wulf FW-190, Ta-172, etc. He was
another
>outstanding engineer.
>
>These days, those heroic single-individual efforts seems to be
>lost....everything is designed by committees.
>
>Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
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