The Impossible Factory: The Remarkable True Story of Kelly Johnson and the Lockheed Skunk Works, America's Innovation Machine: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Impossible Factory: The Remarkable True Story of Kelly Johnson and the Lockheed Skunk Works, America's Innovation Machine runs 13.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Neil Hellegers (about 9.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 13.9 hours, it runs longer than 78% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Neil Hellegers
Neil Hellegers narrates 300 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,027 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
682 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
- The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
- In Cold Blood
- Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
- Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Impossible Factory: The Remarkable True Story of Kelly Johnson and the Lockheed Skunk Works, America's Innovation Machine is an audiobook by Josh Dean: a 13.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Neil Hellegers, released May 19, 2026, on the The Americas and Military (History) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Neil Hellegers
- Released
- May 19, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, Military (History), Computers & Technology
- ISBN
- 9798217285587
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Impossible Factory: The Remarkable True Story of Kelly Johnson and the Lockheed Skunk Works, America's Innovation Machine as an audiobook?
The Impossible Factory: The Remarkable True Story of Kelly Johnson and the Lockheed Skunk Works, America's Innovation Machine runs 13.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.3 hours.
Is The Impossible Factory: The Remarkable True Story of Kelly Johnson and the Lockheed Skunk Works, America's Innovation Machine free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Impossible Factory: The Remarkable True Story of Kelly Johnson and the Lockheed Skunk Works, America's Innovation Machine?
The Impossible Factory: The Remarkable True Story of Kelly Johnson and the Lockheed Skunk Works, America's Innovation Machine is narrated by Neil Hellegers.
Is The Impossible Factory: The Remarkable True Story of Kelly Johnson and the Lockheed Skunk Works, America's Innovation Machine worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.3 hours, saving 4.6 hours.