In 1943, in a circus tent in Burbank, CA, a bunch of revolutionary thinkers first gathered together in secrecy to build America's first jet fighter. They were rule benders, chance takers, corner cutters-people who believed that nothing was impossible. I
Production
Declassified footage hits different—actual CIA spy plane blueprints!
Acting
Dennis Quaid's Kelly Johnson voice: gravelly, obsessed, slightly unhinged
Editing
Jumps between 1940s Burbank and modern Lockheed with zero mercy
Director
Jeff Cvitkovic
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The actual Skunk Works nickname came from Li'l Abner comics—Kelly Johnson's team smelled so bad from chemical fumes that a colleague made the comparison. It stuck.
The SR-71's titanium came from… the Soviet Union, via third-party shell companies. America built its fastest spy plane using Russian metal during the Cold War. Beautiful.
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