Ed (left), and Robert Plott, CIA, 1964 lightning strike tests of the A-12 OXCART nose
Excerpts from 'Radar Man'
U-2: A car crashes into building 82 in Burbank where U-2s are being secretly modified A-12, predecessor to the SR-71 Blackbird: Ed has to think quickly to save the aircraft from never being built F-117: Ed devises an historic analogy for its Radar Signature that helps to win the program