Aircraft design begins with an idea, but you can’t fly an idea. Just as the Wright brothers proved air travel is possible, Skunk Works® engineers must prove the impossible, is possible.
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Artwork by Becca Smith & Francisco Silva
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Aircraft design begins with an idea, but you can’t fly an idea. Just as the Wright brothers proved air travel is possible, Skunk Works® engineers must prove the impossible, is possible.
For exclusive content, check out our show notes at lockheedmartin.com/insideskunkworks
Email us at insideskunkworks.lm@lmco.com
Produced by Claire Whitfield & Theresa Hoey
Associate Producer Nick Tanaka
Artwork by Becca Smith & Francisco Silva
Web Content by Kyra Betteridge & Heidi Smith
It was a time when computers were in their infancy. They were incredibly expensive and enormous with less processing power than an iPhone. Using little more than slide rules and pencils, a group of engineers designed one of the most advanced aircraft in aviation history. The year was 1958 and the aircraft they created was the SR-71 Blackbird.
For exclusive content, check out our show notes at lockheedmartin.com/insideskunkworks
Email us at insideskunkworks.lm@lmco.com
Produced by Theresa Hoey & Claire Whitfield
Artwork by Becca Smith
Inside Skunk Works
Aircraft design begins with an idea, but you can’t fly an idea. Just as the Wright brothers proved air travel is possible, Skunk Works® engineers must prove the impossible, is possible.
For exclusive content, check out our show notes at lockheedmartin.com/insideskunkworks
Email us at insideskunkworks.lm@lmco.com
Produced by Claire Whitfield & Theresa Hoey
Associate Producer Nick Tanaka
Artwork by Becca Smith & Francisco Silva
Web Content by Kyra Betteridge & Heidi Smith
