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High Flight – Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee Jr.

December 11, 2020

“Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth 
of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things 
You have not dreamed of — wheeled and soared and swung 
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there, 
I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung 
my eager craft through footless halls of air….

Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace.
Where never lark, or even eagle flew —
And, while with silent, lifting mind I’ve trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
– Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.”

Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee Jr. – Killed 11 December 1941 (age 19)

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John Lennon – October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980

December 8, 2020

Sources

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon
  • https://pixabay.com/photos/imagine-john-lennon-peace-lennon-3745648/

Filed Under: One More Thing Tagged With: Amarillo, Texas

Remembering Pearl Harbor

December 7, 2020

midway512 – The Oberg Color Film Footage of Pearl Harbor – December 7, 1941

This short documentary tells the story of Harold & Eda Oberg, & the film footage they recorded of the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941. The couple captured shots during & after the attack on Hickam Army Airfield.

Filed Under: One More Thing Tagged With: Amarillo, Texas

Quote of the Day – October 20, 2020

October 20, 2020

Geek Squad employees are IT Technicians just as Taco Bell employees are Chefs.”

Random YouTube Guy

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Kelly Johnson – 14 Rules of Management

August 11, 2020

Clarence Leonard Johnson
February 27, 1910 – December 21, 1990 (aged 80)

KISS – Keep It Simple Stupid

Clarence “Kelly” Johnson

Clarence “Kelly” Johnson, founder of Lockheed’s famed Skunk Works is sometimes cited as the originator of the KISS principle, and his famed “down-to-brass-tacks” management style was summed up by his motto, “Be quick, be quiet, and be on time.” He ran the Skunk Works by “Kelly’s 14 Rules”:

  1. The Skunk Works manager must be delegated practically complete control of his program in all aspects. He should report to a division president or higher.
  2. Strong but small project offices must be provided both by the military and industry.
  3. The number of people having any connection with the project must be restricted in an almost vicious manner. Use a small number of good people (10% to 25% compared to the so-called normal systems).
  4. A very simple drawing and drawing release system with great flexibility for making changes must be provided.
  5. There must be a minimum number of reports required, but important work must be recorded thoroughly.
  6. There must be a monthly cost review covering not only what has been spent and committed but also projected costs to the conclusion of the program. Don’t have the books 90 days late, and don’t surprise the customer with sudden overruns.
  7. The contractor must be delegated and must assume more than normal responsibility to get good vendor bids for subcontract on the project. Commercial bid procedures are very often better than military ones.
  8. The inspection system as currently used by the Skunk Works, which has been approved by both the Air Force and Navy, meets the intent of existing military requirements and should be used on new projects. Push more basic inspection responsibility back to subcontractors and vendors. Don’t duplicate so much inspection.
  9. The contractor must be delegated the authority to test his final product in flight. He can and must test it in the initial stages. If he doesn’t, he rapidly loses his competency to design other vehicles.
  10. The specifications applying to the hardware must be agreed to well in advance of contracting. The Skunk Works practice of having a specification section stating clearly which important military specification items will not knowingly be complied with and reasons, therefore, is highly recommended.
  11. Funding a program must be timely so that the contractor doesn’t have to keep running to the bank to support government projects.
  12. There must be mutual trust between the military project organization and the contractor with very close cooperation and liaison on a day-to-day basis. This cuts down misunderstanding and correspondence to an absolute minimum.
  13. Access by outsiders to the project and its personnel must be strictly controlled by appropriate security measures.
  14. Because only a few people will be used in engineering and most other areas, ways must be provided to reward good performance by pay not based on the number of personnel supervised.

Johnson had a 15th rule that he passed on by word of mouth. According to the book “Skunk Works,” the 15th rule is: “Starve before doing business with the damned Navy. They don’t know what the hell they want and will drive you up a wall before they break either your heart or a more exposed part of your anatomy.”

Kelly Johnson Talks About His Greatest Creation the SR-71


Sources

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Johnson_(engineer)

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One More Thing – Red Adair

August 28, 2019


If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait till you hire an amateur.

Red Adair – Wild Well Control

Filed Under: One More Thing Tagged With: Amarillo, Red Adair, Texas

One More Thing – Halt and Catch Fire

August 21, 2019



Computers aren’t the thing. They are the thing that gets us to the thing.

Joe MacMillan – Halt and Catch Fire (HCF)

Filed Under: One More Thing Tagged With: Amarillo, Halt and Catch Fire, Texas

One More Thing – Elon Musk

August 14, 2019

“At least it should explode for a different reason.”

Elon Musk

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One More Thing – H. Ross Perot

August 7, 2019

I come from an environment where, if you see a snake, you kill it. At GM, if you see a snake, the first thing you do is go hire a consultant on snakes.

H. Ross Perot

Filed Under: One More Thing Tagged With: Amarillo, H. Ross Perot, Texas

One More Thing – Leonardo de Vinci

July 25, 2019



“Simplicity is the Ultimate Sophistication”

Leonardo de Vinci

Filed Under: One More Thing Tagged With: Amarillo, Leonardo de Vinci, Texas

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