Name: Letter to Kelly Johnson @NevAerospaceHOF
Uploaded: 2010-07-25T01:29:31-0400
Duration: 8 min 17 s
Description: This video is a tribute to the legendary Clarence Kelly Johnson of Lockheed Skunkworks fame who designed and built numerous planes including the U-2 and the A-12 flown at Groom Lake before the SR-71, the third member of the Blackbird family of Mach 3+ planes.

Uploaded May 2012 | Updated September 2026, 32 minutes ago

T.D. Barnes (NVAHOF Director), Mike Schmitz (NVAHOF Photographer), and Frank Murray (former CIA A-12 pilot) enjoy a day of glider flights provided by Laurie Harden (Glider Girl), Russell Holtz (owner of Soaring NV) and Chris Johnson (Chief Glider Flight Instructor and Minden-Tahoe Airport Operations Supervisor).

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