Book · 1998 · Aerospace industries
Beyond the Horizons
The Lockheed Story
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I also highly recommend a book called beyond the horizons which is hard to find and most people don't know about by Walter Boyne.
The best things said about it
What really turned me on to this was some of the chapters in beyond the horizons even though that book was written in the late 90s.
Why people recommend it
Beyond the Horizons by Walter J. Boyne is an aviation history book detailing the corporate and engineering milestones of aerospace giant Lockheed. On an episode of Acquired, Ben Gilbert strongly recommended the text, noting that it is relatively obscure and hard to find despite being an incredible company history. David Rosenthal also heavily relied on the book throughout the same episode, explaining that specific chapters and stories written in the late 1990s helped spark his extensive research into the company's past. Rosenthal specifically credited Boyne's work as the original source for many of the crucial statistics and historical narratives surrounding Kelly Johnson and the legendary Skunk Works division during a vital twelve-year development period. Both hosts emphasized the unique value of the book for anyone interested in the inner workings of defense manufacturing and aviation innovation. Through their detailed discussions, the hosts elevated the relatively unknown text as a masterclass in corporate history and industrial engineering achievement.
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Ben Gilbert I also highly recommend a book called beyond the horizons which is hard to find and most people don't know… 1
“I also highly recommend a book called beyond the horizons which is hard to find and most people don't know about by Walter Boyne”
David Rosenthal what really turned me on to this was some of the chapters in beyond the horizons even though that book was… 2
“what really turned me on to this was some of the chapters in beyond the horizons even though that book was written in the late 90s”
“so the stats I have this is from Beyond the horizons which also is where a lot of the story especially if Corona came from during the 12-year period”