How long does it take to read Skunk Works?
A Personal Memoir of My Years at Lockheed
Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos, Leo Rich Ben R./Janos
Skunk Works by Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos, Leo Rich Ben R./Janos takes about 7 hours 4 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 4 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1994. 385 pages, about 105,875 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 11 hours 46 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 4 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 25 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
From the development of the U-2 to the Stealth fighter, the never-before-told story behind America's high-stakes quest to dominate the skies Skunk Works is the true story of America's most secret and successful aerospace operation. As recounted by Ben Rich, the operation's brilliant boss for nearly two decades, the chronicle of Lockheed's legendary Skunk Works is a drama of cold war confrontations and Gulf War air combat, of extraordinary feats of engineering and human achievement against fantastic odds. Here are up-close portraits of the maverick band of scientists and engineers who made the Skunk Works so renowned.
Subjects: Aeronautics, Aeronautics, Military, Career in aeronautics, History, Lockheed Advanced Development Company, Lockheed aircraft
