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Yes..the aircraft is the stage....

The humans involved are the "actors" who work it. If you can find it in any form ( paperback or hardback ), and want a great great read for information building up to working on such aircraft as the U-2 or SR-71....Try and locate "Kelly; More Than My Share Of It All".
It is the autobiography of "Kelly" Johnson and how he came to eventually lead the Skunkworks facility of Lockheed. Along the way..you pick up some interresting things about how it "was done" behind the black curtain so to speak....And he spills some interresting facts along the way....He mentions that the ole' Blackbird flew above 100,000 feet regularly...........In public, were allways told 85,000-90,000 you know.

Anyhow....That was one fact I've learned along many years of building...along with the fact that both Lockheed XST "Haveblue" test aircraft were simply buried in the Nevada desert where they crashed........

HAT

<blockquote data-quote="HAT1701D" data-source="post: 13591" data-attributes="member: 185">Yes..the aircraft is the stage....&nbsp;The humans involved are the &quot;actors&quot; who work it. If you can find it in any form ( paperback or hardback ), and want a great great read for information building up to working on such aircraft as the U-2 or SR-71....Try and locate &quot;Kelly; More Than My Share Of It All&quot;.&nbsp;It is the autobiography of &quot;Kelly&quot; Johnson and how he came to eventually lead the Skunkworks facility of Lockheed. Along the way..you pick up some interresting things about how it &quot;was done&quot; behind the black curtain so to speak....And he spills some interresting facts along the way....He mentions&nbsp; that the ole&#039; Blackbird flew above 100,000 feet regularly...........In public, were allways told 85,000-90,000 you know.&nbsp;Anyhow....That was one fact I&#039;ve learned along many years of building...along with the fact that both Lockheed XST &quot;Haveblue&quot; test aircraft were simply buried in the Nevada desert where they crashed........HAT</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HAT1701D, post: 13591, member: 185"] Yes..the aircraft is the stage.... The humans involved are the "actors" who work it. If you can find it in any form ( paperback or hardback ), and want a great great read for information building up to working on such aircraft as the U-2 or SR-71....Try and locate "Kelly; More Than My Share Of It All". It is the autobiography of "Kelly" Johnson and how he came to eventually lead the Skunkworks facility of Lockheed. Along the way..you pick up some interresting things about how it "was done" behind the black curtain so to speak....And he spills some interresting facts along the way....He mentions that the ole' Blackbird flew above 100,000 feet regularly...........In public, were allways told 85,000-90,000 you know. Anyhow....That was one fact I've learned along many years of building...along with the fact that both Lockheed XST "Haveblue" test aircraft were simply buried in the Nevada desert where they crashed........ HAT [/QUOTE]

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