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Kelly: More Than My Share of It All
Written by Clarence L "Kelly" Johnson, Maggie Smith and Leo P. Geary
Narrated by Johnny Heller
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson led the design of such crucial aircraft as the P-38 and Constellation, but he will be more remembered for the U-2 and SR-71 spy planes. His extraordinary leadership of the Lockheed "Skunk Works" cemented his reputation as a legendary figure in American aerospace management.
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Rating: 4.595744680851064 out of 5 stars
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A great biography of a remarkable man. One of a kind genius and the founding father of the Skunk Works. The book itself is wonderful and the audiobook is remarkable too. Highly recommend to anyone interested in aviation.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5His wisdom and foresight are both valuable and disconcerting, but his observations are right on.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is a memoir of an aviation leader; from his growing up in Northern Michigan through his design of some of the greatest airplanes in the world. As the teaser says, it's about Kelly, not about the projects, told in the first person. Short and sweet book.