Birth Name:

Kelly Johnson (engineer)

Male

Birth Date:

Sun, Feb 27, 1910

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Ishpeming, Michigan, United States

Age:

114

Zodiac Sign:

Pisces

Astrology Data:

Sun

8°

Pis

17'

About Kelly Johnson (engineer)

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 fighter capable of Mach 2, the United States' first operational jet fighter, as well as the first fighter to exceed 400 mph, and many other contributions to various aircraft. As a member and first team leader of the Lockheed Skunk Works, Johnson worked for more than four decades and is said to have been an "organizing genius". He played a leading role in the design of over forty aircraft, including several honored with the prestigious Collier Trophy, acquiring a reputation as one of the most talented and prolific aircraft design engineers in the history of aviation. In 2003, as part of its commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers' flight, Aviation Week & Space Technology ranked Johnson eighth on its list of the top 100 "most important, most interesting, and most influential people" in the first century of aerospace. Hall Hibbard, Johnson's Lockheed boss, referring to Johnson's Swedish ancestry, once remarked to Ben Rich: "That damned Swede can actually see air."

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Clarence Leonard (Kelly) Johnson.

• Kelly Johnson's rules for Skunk Works aircraft.

• "Lord of the Skunk Works," from Air Force Magazine.

• Kelly Johnson at Find a Grave

• "Control Boosters" a 1946 Flight article by Johnson

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Kelly Johnson (engineer): Sun 8 Pisces, Moon 18 Libra, Mercury 12 Aquarius, Venus 15 Aquarius, Mars 21 Taurus, Jupiter 13 Libra, Saturn 20 Aries, Uranus 23 Capricorn, Neptune 16 Cancer, Pluto 24 Gemini, Mercury Conjunct Venus, Sun Semi Square Saturn, Sun Semi Square Uranus, Mercury Trine Jupiter, Mercury Sesquiquadrate Pluto, Venus Trine Jupiter, Venus Quincunx Neptune, Mars Semi Sextile Saturn, Mars Trine Uranus, Jupiter Square Neptune, Saturn Square Uranus, Saturn Square Neptune, Uranus Quincunx Pluto

Categories related to Kelly Johnson (engineer): California, People from Burbank, Michigan, 1990 deaths, Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences, February 27 births, University of Michigan College of Engineering alumni, American people of Swedish descent, Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills), American aerospace engineers, Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients, National Medal of Science laureates, National Medal of Technology recipients, Lockheed Martin people, Systems engineers, Collier Trophy recipients, Fellows of the Royal Aeronautical Society, 1910 births, National Aviation Hall of Fame inductees, Recipients of the Distinguished Intelligence Medal, Aerodynamicists, Lockheed people, People from Ishpeming, Flint Central High School alumni

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