Kelly: More Than My Share of It All

Kelly: More Than My Share of It All

Clarence L. “Kelly” Johnson led the design of such crucial aircraft as the P-38 and Constellation, but he will be more remembered for the U-2 and SR-71 spy planes. His extraordinary leadership of the …

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