by Julian S.
I am Julian, age 96. I hired in at Lockheed's Burbank plant on August 14, 1941. I worked on the Model 10, Model
12, Hudson Bomber, P-38, British 322, Constellation, Ventura, Lodestar and the
first three P-80 jets in the Skunk Works. I got to know Kelly Johnson, Tony
Levier, Herman (Fish) Salmon and Chief Test Pilot Milo Burcham. I received a
personal commendation from Chief Engineer Hall Hibbard for my work building the
second P-80 from scratch in just 138 days.
At Burbank, we had to furnish our own
tools. At one time, Lockheed was employing 92,000 people. I worked there four
years.
Later, I worked for Lockheed-Georgia, in
Marietta, for 25 years. I worked on the B-47, C-130, C-141, Hummingbird, LASA-60
and JetStar.
In my 29 years with Lockheed, I was late
to work one time, caused by a freight train across the entrance to the flight
line in Marietta. I retired in 1976.
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| My Personal Commendation from Hall Hibbard |
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| The Shooting Star in Flight |
