The former head of Lockheed’s Skunk Works, a super secret team of brilliant engineers and ace test pilots, reveals the wizardry and drama behind the most spectacular aviation triumphs of the 20th century: The U-2 spy plane that photographed the Soviet Union’s most sensitive military secrets; the SR-71 Blackbird, a reconnaissance plane right out of Flash Gordon; and the project’s crowning achievement, the F-117 Stealth fighter, which flew the most dangerous missions of Operation Desert Storm.