Jon Elson wrote:

Backlash wrote:
The words used were PROJECT, not invention. I like working with my hands. I
don't know Kelly Johnson.

Kelly Johnson was the project manager at Lockheed on the YF-17, which
became the SR-71. They were working on something about 20 years ahead
of anyone else in the world.

Jon

Huh? The YF-17 was precursor to the F-18 Hornet. Similar in shape but
with spindly little Air Force landing gear. Thinking of the YF-12 maybe?

Cheers
Trevor Jones