David Sloan Lewis, Jr., (July 6, 1917 - December 15, 2003), was a major force in the aerospace and defense industry for four decades. His management skills were notable for their breadth, ranging over military and commercial aviation, space exploration, land combat systems, submarines and surface ships.
Dave Lewis was born in 1917, in North Augusta, South Carolina, the son of David S. Lewis, "Dick", of Clemson and Reuben Walton of Augusta. A midd...
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David Sloan Lewis, Jr., (July 6, 1917 - December 15, 2003), was a major force in the aerospace and defense industry for four decades. His management skills were notable for their breadth, ranging over military and commercial aviation, space exploration, land combat systems, submarines and surface ships.
Dave Lewis was born in 1917, in North Augusta, South Carolina, the son of David S. Lewis, "Dick", of Clemson and Reuben Walton of Augusta. A middle child, he had an older sister, Lucy, and a younger brother, Jack. The family moved to Charleston, where Dave, sister Lucy, and brother Jack were reared. As a boy growing up in Charleston, David was fascinated by aviation. He read everything he could find about the World War I fighter planes and their romantic pilots. He built dozens of flying model airplanes and gliders. He was 10 years old when he heard that Charles Lindbergh had made the first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. He was hooked and decided to be an airplane designer....
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