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To: Reaganesque

Why is it called “Skunk Works?”

31 posted on 12/04/2009 4:37:35 PM PST by sergeantdave (obuma is the anti-Lincoln, trying to re-establish slavery)

To: sergeantdave

Kelly Johnson lifted the name from a moonshine factory in the L’il Abner comic strip: unconventional, out of sight, secret, clandestine, etc.

33 posted on 12/04/2009 4:52:00 PM PST by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)

To: sergeantdave

Why is it called “Skunk Works?”

Because of the chemicals used in making composits - Kevlar and other synthetic parts for aircraft.

41 posted on 12/04/2009 5:08:55 PM PST by jongaltsr

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