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In 1943, the first American jet fighter took shape under a rented circus tent. The walls were Wright engine crates, salvaged from Hudson bomber deliveries and stacked because the wood was heavy and good. Twenty-three engineers, pulled one at a time from the main Lockheed plant by a man who wanted only people whose work he already knew. No committee sat between the design engineer and the mechanic.…
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