The feeling is Mutual Keith, you guys did a good job too.
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
To: Jim Dincau <jdincau@qnet.com>; Tom Neimeyer <3cbxs@ev1.net>; Land Speed
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 4:49 PM
Subject: Re: Skunk Works?
> Jim I know several of you out there are engineers and the like... We keep
> giving Mayf Grief.... but some of you folks are equally well qualified...
>
> As American's the job you guys did there was outstanding.... We out
flew....
> out distanced and finally put out of business a viable threat in the
Soviet
> Union... To you and the folks that still work there we as a Nation owe
you
> our Thanks....
>
> Keith
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Dincau" <jdincau@qnet.com>
> To: "Tom Neimeyer" <3cbxs@ev1.net>; "Land Speed"
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 6:55 PM
> Subject: Re: Skunk Works?
>
>
> > Hi Tom,
> > Lockheed Aircraft Company's Advanced Development Projects Department was
> > known by the name "Skonk Works" till Al Cap's estate complained. After
> that
> > the company copyrighted the name "Skunk Works". There are various
stories
> as
> > to how the name was acquired. Even though I am a retired skunk, I don't
> know
> > which one to believe. I do know that we at Lockheed referred to the
place
> as
> > "The Projects" or "the Iron Curtain" (as in when you went to work there
> you
> > ceased to exist), hardly ever as the skunk works. A lot of neat stuff
came
> > out of there and I was proud to be a cog in that machine. The term has
> > become a generic description of a place that gets thing done with a
> minimum
> > of corporate structure BS. Hope that helps.
> > Jim in Palmdale
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Tom Neimeyer <3cbxs@ev1.net>
> > To: Land Speed <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2000 3:55 PM
> > Subject: Skunk Works?
> >
> >
> > > I've heard the term "Skunk Works" associated with car design and
> > > construction all my life but do not know where or how it originated,
> > anybody
> > > know?
> > >
> > > Regards, Tom
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