The Impossible Factory: The Remarkable True Story of Kelly Johnson and the Lockheed Skunk Works, America's Innovation Machine

The extraordinary true story of Lockheed Martin's "Skunk Works"-the radical innovation hub that designed the greatest airplanes of the twentieth century-and the visionary who made it all possible

"A kerosene-soaked masterclass in what extreme innovation looks, feels, and even smells like." -New York Times bestselling author Ashlee Vance

It began with a humble warehouse building in Burbank, California, and a charismatic young engineer named Kelly Johnson. In 1938, Johnson, who was then freshly...