Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Henry Combs was a structural engineer at Clarence Johnson's famed Skunk Works group of Lockheed Corporation. He was Deputy Project Manager on the Lockheed U-2 program, Head Structural Engineer on the SR-71 Blackbird, and later, Technical Director of the Skunk Works. While he is most known for his integral work on the U-2, the SR-71 and the F-117 Nighthawk, he also worked on the F-104, Lockheed Constellation, C-130 Hercules, XP-58 Chain Lightning, and Lockheed JetStar.Combs is revered as the father of the titanium A-12 structure. According to Ben Rich in \"Skunk Works\", Combs was the \"dean\" of the eight man structures group and an \"irascible genius\".Combs spoke on the U-2's development at the CIA's \"The CIA and the U-2 Program\" conference on 17 September 1998.An accomplished glider pilot, Combs is honored by the Soaring Society of America's \"Henry Combs Perpetual Trophy\". In 1998, he completed his 200th straight-out diamond distance flight."@en }
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- Henry_Combs abstract "Henry Combs was a structural engineer at Clarence Johnson's famed Skunk Works group of Lockheed Corporation. He was Deputy Project Manager on the Lockheed U-2 program, Head Structural Engineer on the SR-71 Blackbird, and later, Technical Director of the Skunk Works. While he is most known for his integral work on the U-2, the SR-71 and the F-117 Nighthawk, he also worked on the F-104, Lockheed Constellation, C-130 Hercules, XP-58 Chain Lightning, and Lockheed JetStar.Combs is revered as the father of the titanium A-12 structure. According to Ben Rich in \"Skunk Works\", Combs was the \"dean\" of the eight man structures group and an \"irascible genius\".Combs spoke on the U-2's development at the CIA's \"The CIA and the U-2 Program\" conference on 17 September 1998.An accomplished glider pilot, Combs is honored by the Soaring Society of America's \"Henry Combs Perpetual Trophy\". In 1998, he completed his 200th straight-out diamond distance flight.".