75 years of the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works

About James C. Goodall

James C. Goodall is a published author with 24 books in print and with book No 25 (a pictorial history of the Seawolf/Virginia class nuclear submarines) in the final stages of going to press. He is a recognised expert on low-observable aircraft such as the F-117 B-2A the Lockheed twins (F-22 and F-35) and the Lockheed Skunk Works family of Blackbirds. Photographing and writing about spooky aircraft for the last 35 years he is also an acknowledged expert on Area 51 as it pertains to flight-testing classified aircraft in a remote location. His very first book co-authored with Bill Sweetman was the first volume in print on the F-117 and it sold more than 60000 copies. Jamess seven previous books with SquadronSignal have sold a minimum of 3500 copies to a maximum of 17000 copies. Even the $100US Blackbird Flight Manual that was published by Motorbooks in 1990 sold 1500 copies in 15 months. His Blackbird pictorial from Schiffer (published in May 2018) is considered by many in the Spooky aircraft world to be the most complete pictorial ever assembled on the subject. The new Vice President and General Manager of the Lockheed Martin Skunk Works Jeff Babione described it as Spectacular.