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Skunk Works
- A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed
- Narrado por: Pete Larkin
- Duración: 12 h y 8 m
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From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the never-before-told story behind America's high-stakes quest to dominate the skies. Skunk Works is the true story of America's most secret and successful aerospace operation. As recounted by Ben Rich, the operation's brilliant boss for nearly two decades, the chronicle of Lockheed's legendary Skunk Works is a drama of Cold War confrontations and Gulf War air combat, of extraordinary feats of engineering and human achievement against fantastic odds. Here are up-close portraits of the maverick band of scientists and engineers who made the Skunk Works so renowned. Filled with telling personal anecdotes and high adventure, with narratives from the CIA and from air force pilots who flew the many classified, risky missions, this book is a riveting portrait of the most spectacular aviation triumphs of the 20th century.
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Best book ever for space, ops, and engineering fans
- De JDM en 10-29-19
De: Charles Murray, y otros
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Failure Is Not an Option
- Mission Control from Mercury to Apollo 13 and Beyond
- De: Gene Kranz
- Narrado por: Danny Campbell
- Duración: 18 h y 14 m
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Gene Kranz was present at the creation of America's manned space program and was a key player in it for three decades. As a flight director in NASA's Mission Control, Kranz witnessed firsthand the making of history. He participated in the space program from the early days of the Mercury program to the last Apollo mission, and beyond. He endured the disastrous first years when rockets blew up and the United States seemed to fall further behind the Soviet Union in the space race.
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Excellent Book!
- De Kevin en 02-19-13
De: Gene Kranz
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Blind Man's Bluff
- The Untold Story of American Submarine Espionage
- De: Sherry Sontag, Christopher Drew
- Narrado por: George Wilson
- Duración: 15 h y 47 m
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No espionage missions have been kept more secret than those involving American submarines. Now, Blind Man's Bluff shows for the first time how the navy sent submarines wired with self-destruct charges into the heart of Soviet seas to tap crucial underwater telephone cables. It unveils how the navy's own negligence might have been responsible for the loss of the USS Scorpion, a submarine that disappeared, all hands lost, 30 years ago.
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best Cold War documentary...
- De Kojoukhinator Sr. en 11-15-17
De: Sherry Sontag, y otros
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Ignition!
- An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants
- De: John Drury Clark, Isaac Asimov - foreward
- Narrado por: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Duración: 9 h y 19 m
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Ignition! is the story of the search for a rocket propellant which could be trusted to take man into space. This search was a hazardous enterprise carried out by rival labs who worked against the known laws of nature, with no guarantee of success or safety. John Drury Clark writes with irreverent and eyewitness immediacy about the development of the explosive fuels strong enough to negate the relentless restraints of gravity. The resulting volume is as much a memoir as a work of history, sharing a behind-the-scenes view of an enterprise that eventually took men to the moon.
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Science man lists names of chemicals for 9 hours
- De Adrian en 05-06-19
De: John Drury Clark, y otros
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Yeager
- An Autobiography
- De: Chuck Yeager
- Narrado por: Chris Browning, Pamela Dillman, David Stifel, y otros
- Duración: 14 h y 23 m
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General Chuck Yeager was the greatest test pilot of them all - the first man to fly faster than the speed of sound...the World War II flying ace who shot down a Messerschmitt jet with a prop-driven P-51 Mustang...the hero who defined a certain quality that all hotshot fly-boys of the postwar era aimed to achieve: the right stuff. Now he tells his whole incredible life story with the same “wide-open, full throttle” approach that has marked his astonishing career.
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Just an Amazing Life
- De John en 05-08-20
De: Chuck Yeager
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A Time of Gifts
- On Foot to Constantinople: from the Hook of Holland to the Middle Danube
- De: Patrick Leigh Fermor
- Narrado por: Crispin Redman
- Duración: 12 h y 51 m
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In 1933, at the age of 18, Patrick Leigh Fermor set out on an extraordinary journey by foot - from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople. A Time of Gifts is the first volume in a trilogy recounting the trip, and takes the listener with him as far as Hungary. It is a book of compelling glimpses - not only of the events that were curdling Europe at that time, but also of its resplendent domes and monasteries, its great rivers, the sun on the Bavarian snow, the storks and frogs, the hospitable burgomasters who welcomed him, and that world's grandeurs and courtesies.
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Terrific book, disappointing reading
- De sometomato en 01-27-15
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Command and Control
- Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety
- De: Eric Schlosser
- Narrado por: Scott Brick
- Duración: 20 h y 34 m
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Famed investigative journalist Eric Schlosser digs deep to uncover secrets about the management of America's nuclear arsenal. A groundbreaking account of accidents, near misses, extraordinary heroism, and technological breakthroughs, Command and Control explores the dilemma that has existed since the dawn of the nuclear age: How do you deploy weapons of mass destruction without being destroyed by them? That question has never been resolved - and Schlosser reveals how the combination of human fallibility and technological complexity still poses a grave risk to mankind.
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A miracle that we escaped the Cold War alive....
- De A reader en 02-16-14
De: Eric Schlosser
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The Pentagon's Brain
- An Uncensored History of DARPA, America's Top-Secret Military Research Agency
- De: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrado por: Annie Jacobsen
- Duración: 18 h y 22 m
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Discover the definitive history of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency, in this Pulitzer Prize finalist from the author of the New York Times best seller Area 51. No one has ever written the history of the Defense Department's most secret, most powerful, and most controversial military science R&D agency. In the first-ever history about the organization, New York Times best-selling author Annie Jacobsen draws on inside sources, exclusive interviews, private documents, and declassified memos to paint a picture of DARPA, or "the Pentagon's brain".
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Scientia Est Potentia/Knowledge is Power
- De Cynthia en 10-08-15
De: Annie Jacobsen
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Rocket Men
- The Daring Odyssey of Apollo 8 and the Astronauts Who Made Man's First Journey to the Moon
- De: Robert Kurson
- Narrado por: Ray Porter, Robert Kurson
- Duración: 12 h y 20 m
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By August 1968, the American space program was in danger of failing in its two most important objectives: to land a man on the moon by President Kennedy's end-of-decade deadline and to triumph over the Soviets in space. With its back against the wall, NASA made an almost unimaginable leap: It would scrap its usual methodical approach and risk everything on a sudden launch, sending the first men in history to the moon - in just four months.
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The Men Who Saved 1968
- De Gillian en 04-04-18
De: Robert Kurson
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Area 51
- An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base
- De: Annie Jacobsen
- Narrado por: Annie Jacobsen
- Duración: 16 h y 11 m
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It is the most famous military installation in the world. And it doesn't exist. Located a mere s75 miles outside of Las Vegas in Nevada's desert, the base has never been acknowledged by the US government - but Area 51 has captivated imaginations for decades. Annie Jacobsen had exclusive access to 19 men who served the base proudly and secretly for decades and are now aged 75-92, and unprecedented access to 55 additional military and intelligence personnel, scientists, pilots, and engineers linked to the secret base, 32 of whom lived and worked there for extended periods.
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Disappointing
- De Mike From Mesa en 06-06-11
De: Annie Jacobsen
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Into the Black
- The Extraordinary Untold Story of the First Flight of the Space Shuttle Columbia and the Astronauts Who Flew Her
- De: Rowland White, Richard Truly
- Narrado por: Eric Meyers
- Duración: 15 h y 51 m
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Using interviews, NASA oral histories, and recently declassified material, Into the Black pieces together the dramatic untold story of the Columbia mission and the brave people who dedicated themselves to help the United States succeed in the age of space exploration. On April 12, 1981, NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia blasted off from Cape Canaveral. It was the most advanced, state-of-the-art flying machine ever built, challenging the minds and imagination of America's top engineers and pilots.
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Great Story About a Flawed Spacecraft
- De John en 12-04-16
De: Rowland White, y otros
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The Soul of a New Machine
- De: Tracy Kidder
- Narrado por: Ben Sullivan
- Duración: 9 h y 3 m
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Computers have changed since 1981, when Tracy Kidder memorably recorded the drama, comedy, and excitement of one company's efforts to bring a new microcomputer to market. What has not changed is the feverish pace of the high-tech industry, the go-for-broke approach to business that has caused so many computer companies to win big (or go belly up), and the cult of pursuing mind-bending technological innovations.
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Reading this book changed my life
- De Timothy Knox en 08-12-16
De: Tracy Kidder
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The Dead Hand
- The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy
- De: David E. Hoffman
- Narrado por: Bob Walter
- Duración: 20 h y 46 m
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The Dead Hand is the suspense-filled story of the people who sought to brake the speeding locomotive of the arms race, then rushed to secure the nuclear and biological weapons left behind by the collapse of the Soviet Union—a dangerous legacy that haunts us even today.The Cold War was an epoch of massive overkill.
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Eye opening
- De Brian en 11-16-10
De: David E. Hoffman
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- Gian Johl
- 07-27-15
Great listen
A little hard to keep up with who the author is speaking for but great book and story on skunkworks
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- Take it or Leave it
- 12-27-18
Glad the Skunks Works are an American Company!
Loved this books. Would have given it 5 on story but there are occasions when the book gets a little geeky on production, finance, procurement, accounting issues which are necessary but get a little boring. But the books was still great.
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- Neil 1946
- 05-05-16
A GREAT INSIDERS ACCOUNT
IF YOUR AT ALL INTERESTED IN HOW THE U-2, SR-71 AND B117 WERE CONCEIVED, BUILT AND USED BY THE PEOPLE THAT DID IT, THIS IS THE BOOK FOR YOU
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- Hunter Deeds
- 04-08-16
wonderful story. narrator nyaaaaa
An amazing recount of events from several different people. And an amazing and informative dump truck of information. The story jumping is easy to follow and keeps the momentum going. That planning alone speaks for a wonderfully organized mind, GREAT JOB AUTHOR!!! The order in which this storyis retold is just intelligent. Thanks guys.
BUT. The ehhhh New Ehhhh Englander Scotch drinking narrator gets old about 2/3 of the way through the book. So cocky sounding after awhile. If I was the producer I would have REALLY PUSHED this guy to loosen the Polo and get into the individual people's personalities and vocal stylings a lot more. He has to have the ability to do more than his own voice and his voice with his nose plugged. His cadence and emotion was great. (I can understand time constraints to get the book out quicker and less time given to planning how to tell the facts).
I know it's live account of events and has to be delivered as facts from each person's statement. Your telling a story too though. Weave it, let yourself get drawn in deeper.
Would I choose another narrator, emphatically NO. But I wouldn't push record until about four fingers of scotch and some more passion is showing.
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- Arizona Bob
- 02-25-17
A Must Read or listen book.
Every avation fan should read or listen to this book. Stories about production of U2,Blackbird and stealth fighter are an eye opener....
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- D. Orr Jr.
- 09-07-16
Fantastic look into the Skunk Works!
This was a great one! I've been a huge plane guy since I was 10 years old and hearing how these guys did what that did with limited technology, by today's standards, was phenomenal! Wish there was more in regards to the 5th gen air crafts but these are more or less after his time there so I knew there wouldn't be so it's not a negative. It was just so good I wanted more! If you love planes, especially military planes, then this one is a must! Fantastic!
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- Chris and Erica Steeves
- 09-06-17
Skunk Works
This book was an amazing story of what a few determined men can do given the opportunity. Ben and Kelly developed some of our countries greatest planes on minimal budgets.
I have found myself looking for additional information about Ben and Kelly on the internet. It was very interesting to see how things have progressed since this book was written in the 90's, almost exactly as Ben predicted.
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- Kamal
- 10-14-17
great book on problem solving
loved it! just what I needed to understand what it takes to mesh research with development.
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- DJ
- 09-18-18
Great....However
This story is unmatched. A
This is a fantastic read,however
This story is unmatched it makes me proud to be an American, and the Skunk Works could only happen here in a free country and under a profound free enterprise system. However why does an author,any author suppose that by frequent taking the name of the Lord in vain makes this or any story more real or authentic is beyond me and is extremely offensive and as a result will not pass on an otherwise wonderful story. This is not only unacceptable but extremely offensive. D J
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- Donald L. Davis
- 01-07-20
A Good Read
interesting but dated. Hubris spun memoir of a good man. who was "right there" during the heyday of the US aerospace industry.
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