Table of Contents

XP-80 - Shooting Star - 1944 XF-90 - Starfighter - 1949 X-7A - Ramjet Test Bed - 1951 YC-130 - Hercules - 1954 XVF - Salmon - 1954 U-2A-F - Dragon Lady - 1955 CL-400 Suntan n- 1956 XF-104 - Starfighter - 1956 Jet Star - L-329 - 1957 Lockheed's SST - L-2000 - 1960 A-12 - Oxcart - 1962 XV-4 - Hummingbird - 1962 YF-12A - Kindle - 1963 SR-71A - Senior Crown - 1964 D-21 - Tagboard/Senior Bowl - 1964 X-26 - Frigate - 1967 AH-56A Cheyenne - 1967 YO-3A - Quiet Star - 1969 X-27 - Lancer - 1970 X-24C - L-301 - 1977 Senior Prom - 1977 (Due to security concerns this programme may have to be removed if we want Lockheed Martin to promote the book) XST - Have Blue - 1977 Senior Peg - B-2 Comp - 1978 F-117A - Senior Trend - 1981 Sea Shadow - IX-529 - 1985 X-35 JST - 1989 X-33 - Venturestar - 1990 YF-22 - ATF - 1990 RQ-3 - Dark Star - 1996 X-44A - MANTA - 2001 Desert Hawk - 2003 P-175 - Pole Cat - 2005 Cormorant - 2006 P-791 - 2006 RQ-170 - Sentinel - 2007 (Due to security concerns this programme may have to be removed if we want Lockheed Martin to promote the book) X-55 - ACCA - 2009 HTV-2 - 2010 X-56A - 2013 Navy UCLASS - 2013 SR-72 - 2030 NUMBER OF COLOUR ILLUSTRATIONS: Minimal NUMBER OF B/W PHOTOS: 150 NUMBER OF COLOUR PHOTOS: 1,000 NUMBER B/W ILLUSTRATIONS: 50

Promotional Information

This pictorial journey will take the reader from the very beginning of the Skunk Works’ very first project (XP-80 Shooting Star) and follow the programme through prototype build-up, first flight and, if they reached the frontline, operational service.

About the Author

James C. Goodall is a published author with 24 books in print, and with book No 25 (a pictorial history of the Seawolf/Virginia class nuclear submarines) in the final stages of going to press. He is a recognised expert on low-observable aircraft such as the F-117, B-2A, the Lockheed ‘twins’ (F-22 and F-35) and the Lockheed Skunk Works family of Blackbirds. Photographing and writing about ‘spooky aircraft’ for the last 35 years, he is also an acknowledged expert on Area 51 as it pertains to flight-testing classified aircraft in a remote location. His very first book, co-authored with Bill Sweetman, was the first volume in print on the F-117, and it sold more than 60,000 copies. James’s seven previous books with SquadronSignal have sold a minimum of 3500 copies to a maximum of 17,000 copies. Even the $100US Blackbird Flight Manual that was published by Motorbooks in 1990 sold 1500 copies in 15 months. His Blackbird pictorial from Schiffer (published in May 2018) is considered by many in the ‘Spooky aircraft’ world to be the most complete pictorial ever assembled on the subject. The new Vice President and General Manager of the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works, Jeff Babione, described it as ‘Spectacular’.

Reviews

With superb production design, endless behind the scenes photography, this is a real coffee table book for aviation lovers.
*The Armourer*

This is an indispensable reference for any aviation enthusiast.
*Airfix Model World*