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Oral history interview with John Cashen. Second Interview

Description: This is an edited transcript of an oral history interview of John Cashen conducted by Peter J. Westwick. Maggy Rivas, Cashen’s former assistant at Northrop, was present for the interview and provided occasional comments. This transcript is the second of two interviews with Cashen; it covers from the early 1980s and the Tacit Blue project through the B-2 to his later career and retirement. Topics covered in the interview include: role of local universities in aerospace industry; relation between aeronautical engineers and electrical engineers on Stealth design; competition between Northrop and Lockheed; secrecy and classification; absence of unions at Northrop; role of computer codes; aerospace work ethics; relation between design and manufacturing engineers.
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Date: April 25, 2014
Call number: mssHM 80611 (36)

Oral history interview with John Cashen. First Interview

Manuscripts

This is an edited transcript of an oral history interview of John Cashen conducted by Peter J. Westwick. This transcript is the first of two interviews with Cashen; it covers up to the early 1980s and the Tacit Blue project. Maggy Rivas, Cashen’s former assistant at Northrop, was present for the interview and provided occasional comments. Topics covered in the interview include: role of local universities in aerospace industry; relation between aeronautical engineers and electrical engineers on Stealth design; competition between Northrop and Lockheed; secrecy and classification; absence of unions at Northrop; role of computer codes; aerospace work ethics; relation between design and manufacturing engineers.

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Oral history interview with Sherman Mullin. Second Interview

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This is an edited transcript of an oral history interview of Sherman Mullin conducted by Peter Westwick and William Deverell. This is the second of two interviews with Mullin. The first interview covers his career up to when he joined the Skunk Works in 1982. The second interview covers his career at the Skunk Works from 1982 through his retirement. Topics covered in the interview include: role of manufacturing in aircraft development; role of flight test in aircraft development; secrecy and classification; engineering proposal writing; relation between finance and engineering in aerospace firms; educational background of Lockheed managers; effects of end of Cold War.

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Oral history interview with Irving Waaland. Second Interview

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This is an edited transcript of an oral history interview of Irving Waaland conducted by Volker Janssen. This is the second of two interviews with Waaland. The first interview covers up through award of B-2 contract to Northrop in 1982. The second interview begins with award of the B-2 contract to Northrop in 1982. Topics covered in the interview include: Computers in aircraft design; Classification and compartmentalization.

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Oral history interview with Kenneth Mitzner

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This is an edited transcript of an oral history interview of Kenneth Mitzner conducted by Peter Westwick. Topics covered in the interview include: Computers in aircraft design; Secrecy and classification; Relation between theory and experiment; Lofting.

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Oral history interview with Irving Waaland. First Interview

Manuscripts

This is an edited transcript of an oral history interview of Irving Waaland conducted by Volker Janssen.This is the first of two interviews with Waaland. The first interview covers up through award of B-2 contract to Northrop in 1982. The second interview begins with award of the B-2 contract to Northrop in 1982. Topics covered in the interview include: Computers in aircraft design; Navy aircraft; Classification and compartmentalization.

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Oral history interview with Les Lackman

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This is an edited transcript of an oral history interview of Les Lackman conducted by Kerri Bennett, William Deverell, and Peter Westwick. Topics discussed include: aerospace work ethic; Apollo 1 fire; finance versus engineering expertise in management; relation with local universities; systems engineering.

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