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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Kelly_Johnson_(engineer)Kelly Johnson (engineer) - Wikipedia

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   Clarence Leonard " Kelly " Johnson (February 27, 1910 – December 21, 1990) was an American aeronautical and systems engineer. He is recognized for his contributions to a series of important aircraft designs, most notably the Lockheed U-2 and SR-71 Blackbird. Besides the first production aircraft to exceed Mach 3, he also produced the first ...

2. www.britannica.com › biography › Kelly-JohnsonKelly Johnson | NASA, Lockheed, Skunk Works | Britannica

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   Kelly Johnson (born Feb. 27, 1910, Ishpeming, Mich., U.S.—died Dec. 21, 1990, Burbank, Calif.) was a highly innovative American aeronautical engineer and designer. A Lockheed P-38 Lightning. Johnson received his B.S. (1932) and M.S. (1933) degrees from the University of Michigan before beginning his career with the Lockheed Corporation in ...

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   Sep 20, 2021 · 14 minutes. 0. Lockheed Martin. Clarence Leonard Johnson aka Kelly Johnson was a highly influential and innovative American aeronautical engineer and designer who helped create some of the world ...

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4. www.lockheedmartin.com › history › johnsonKelly Johnson: Architect of Air | Lockheed Martin

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   Kelly Johnson: Architect of Air. October 01, 2020. In the summer of 1938, a twenty-eight-year-old farm boy from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan found himself holed up in a London hotel room. He had just seventy-two hours to design a new aircraft, one that the British Air Ministry needed to prepare for a war that looked more likely with each ...

5. www.wikiwand.com › en › Kelly_Johnson_(engineer)Kelly Johnson (engineer) - Wikiwand

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   Clarence Leonard "Kelly" Johnson was an American aeronautical and systems engineer. He is recognized for his contributions to a series of important aircraft designs, most notably the Lockheed U-2 and SR-71 Blackbird. Besides the first production aircraft to exceed Mach 3, he also produced the first fighter capable of Mach 2, the United States' first operational jet fighter, as well as the ...

6. nationalinterest.org › blog › rebootKelly Johnson: The Swede Who Transformed American Air Power

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   Apr 22, 2021 · Forged in the fires of World War II. Clarence Leonard “Kelly” Johnson was born in 1910, seven years after the Wright Brothers changed the world in Kitty Hawk. The son of Swedish immigrants ...

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   Who is Kelly Johnson?

   • They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Kelly Johnson (born Feb. 27, 1910, Ishpeming, Mich., U.S.—died Dec. 21, 1990, Burbank, Calif.) was a highly innovative American aeronautical engineer and designer.

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   Who is Kelly Johnson aka Clarence Leonard Johnson?

   • Kelly Johnson designed and built some of the most important aircrafts ever made. Clarence Leonard Johnson aka Kelly Johnson was a highly influential and innovative American aeronautical engineer and designer who helped create some of the world’s most iconic aircraft of all time.

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   When did Kelly Johnson die?

   • “Kelly Johnson, Design Pioneer of Lockheed Aircraft, Dies,” Los Angeles Times. 22 December 1990. Rich, Ben. “Clarence Leonard Kelly Johnson 1910–1990,” National Academy of Sciences, accessed 8 September 2012. To this day, Kelly Johnson's resume of accomplishments reads like a list of the most iconic airplanes in aviation history.

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   How old was Kelly Johnson when he started working at Lockheed?

   • By the time he was 22 years old, he was working as an engineer at the legendary aviation firm Lockheed. At 28, Kelly Johnson’s role at Lockheed would bring him to London, where the island nation was preparing for the onslaught of Nazi Luftwaffe fighters and bombers that were to come just three years later in the Battle of Britain.

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   Why was Kelly Johnson renamed Kelly Johnson Research & Development Center?

   • In June 1983, the Lockheed Rye Canyon Research and Development Center in Santa Clarita was renamed Kelly Johnson Research and Development Center, Lockheed-California Company, in honor of Johnson's 50 years of service to the company. A number of factors contributed to Johnson's extraordinary career. He was a very talented designer and engineer.

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   Why is Kelly Johnson important?

   • Also, Kelly Johnson created teams and a work environment where creativity and productivity could flourish. Kelly Johnson was the man behind some of the best-loved and iconic aircraft of the 20th Century. His aircraft will forever inspire both old and young aviation enthusiasts for many years to come.

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8. simple.wikipedia.org › wiki › Kelly_Johnson_(engineer)Kelly Johnson (engineer) - Simple English Wikipedia, the free ...

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   Kelly Johnson (engineer) Clarence Leonard "Kelly" Johnson (February 27, 1910 – December 21, 1990) was an American Engineer at Lockheed Martin. He helped make planes, for example the SR-71 Blackbird and the P-38. He worked at the skunkworks at Lockheed Martin. There, with Ben Rich, "The Father of Stealth," they made the Blackbird.