And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
In Kelly's autobiography he notes that they originally looked at using the F-104 as a base, but that after a preliminary review, "It soon became obvious that the only equipment we might retain from the F-104 might be the rudder pedals. We initiated an entirely new design." It's a really good read.
Kelly Johnson. Imagine what guys with his kind of genius could accomplish with today's technology? The mind boggles at the possibilities...
ReplyDeleteThat man headed up the designs of planes with nothing more than a slide rule an a head full of brains.
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ReplyDeleteWhat genius. Take the bird on the right (F-104) and develop it into the bird on the left (U-2).
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZRP1q1PGUk
In Kelly's autobiography he notes that they originally looked at using the F-104 as a base, but that after a preliminary review, "It soon became obvious that the only equipment we might retain from the F-104 might be the rudder pedals. We initiated an entirely new design."
DeleteIt's a really good read.
Read the book "Skunk Works" on how to do stuff, quicker, better, cheaper. Every Engineering student should read this.
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Kick the tires and light the fires.
The guy in the blue suit ? That's God............
ReplyDeleteThe John Moses Browning of the go-faster aircraft world.
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