Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Foreword
Introduction
1. Poor But Not in Spirit
2. A Good Move
3. Becoming an Engineer
4. A Growing Airplane Company
5. The Good-Looking Young Paymaster
6. Wiley, Amelia, and Others
7. A Family of Aircraft
8. War and Mass Production
9. Into the Unknown
10. The Big Time
11. The Jet Age—and the First “Skunk Works”
12. Lessons from Korea
13. Working with “Spooks”
14. Blackbirds Fly Stealthily—
Three Times the Speed of Sound
15. In Sickness and in Health
16. It’s No Secret
17. Farewell, Sweetheart
18. Defending Ourselves
19. Technology and Tomorrow
20. A Good Life
Appendix: Awards and Honors