The Ledger

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Assertion Supported
Peak Skunk Works Had Just 50 Engineers and 100 Machinists
“And at its most productive, Skunk Works I think was about maybe 50 designers and engineers and maybe a hundred machinists and shop people.”
David Rosenthal May 30, 2023 ▶ 30:33 Lockheed Martin (Audio) · Acquired
Assertion Supported
Pentagon Ordered Skunk Works to Destroy SR-71 Tooling in 1970
“In 1970, the Pentagon cancels further orders, and they order Skunk Works to destroy all of the titanium tooling for it so that no more can ever be built.”
David Rosenthal May 30, 2023 ▶ 2:14:26 Lockheed Martin (Audio) · Acquired
Assertion Supported
Lockheed's Skunk Works Created Area 51 to Test the U-2
“This is Area-Fifty-One. Skunk Works creates Area-fifty-one.”
David Rosenthal May 30, 2023 ▶ 46:46 Lockheed Martin (Audio) · Acquired
Assertion Supported
U-2 Test Pilots Pre-Breathed Pure Oxygen for Two Hours Before Flight
“They needed to breathe pure oxygen for two hours to remove all the nitrogen from their blood in case they had to eject, because remember, these are test pilots on a super experimental aircraft.”
Ben Gilbert May 30, 2023 ▶ 47:46 Lockheed Martin (Audio) · Acquired
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