Kelly Johnson
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Clarence Leonard "Kelly" Johnson 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.
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Kelly Johnson and Gary Powers in front of a U-2.
Kelly Johnson participated in the design of the Lockheed Model 10 Electra, testing a model with a single vertical stabilizer in the wind tunnel of the University of Michigan.
A design of the Lockheed A-3 (Mach 3 ramjet), sketch from Johnson's notebook
Kelly Johnson with an early variant of the U-2.Awards 10
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Douglas BaderAlso won Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society
Lawrence SummersAlso won Golden Plate Award
J. R. D. TataAlso won Daniel Guggenheim Medal
Jim LovellAlso won National Aviation Hall of Fame
Frances ArnoldAlso won National Medal of Technology and Innovation
Bessie ColemanAlso won National Aviation Hall of FameAbout this person
Clarence Leonard "Kelly" Johnson 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.
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