Liberty Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 This isn't about investing, but there's a lot about running an effective company culture, what good management is, how bureaucracy and inefficiencies can creep in, etc. It's the memoirs of an engineer, who eventually became the boss, as Lockheed's Skunk Works secret R&D lab. Among other things, they created the U2 spy plane, the F117A stealth plane, the SR-71 Blackbird recon plane (Mach 3 at 85,000 feet!), and other cool stuff (a stealth ship, more recently the F22). I really enjoyed it. Gave it an "A" in my own rankings. If you enjoy aerospace stuff it's a must, full of good anecdotes about both operations sorties and engineering problem-solving. https://www.amazon.com/Skunk-Works-Personal-Memoir-Lockheed-ebook/dp/B00A2DIW3C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phaceliacapital Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 How many hours did it take you to go through? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberty Posted January 27, 2017 Author Share Posted January 27, 2017 How many hours did it take you to go through? I don't know, I didn't keep track, and I read a few other things in parallel. It's not super long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pelagic Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 I really enjoyed reading this one as well. It's amazing how game-changing stealth technology was when it was first discovered, the story behind it is pretty good too part Cold-War espionage, part clever engineering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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