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
-----Original Message-----
From: ardunbill@webtv.net [mailto:ardunbill@webtv.net]
Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 1:05 PM
To: Albaugh, Neil; land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Cheap Aero Reads
Neil, why don't you tell us about them? I think Kelly Johnson designed
the P-38, didn't he? My nomination for "greatest" would have to be
Orville and Wilbur Wright, since they were almost entirely self-taught.
But there were many "greats".
Bill
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