With the help of breath-taking photographs, Mark Chambers tells the fascinating story of this truly unique aircraft's design and development as well as its famous and ingenious designer Mr Clarence 'Kelly' Johnson.

Mark A. Chambers works as a contractor for the NASA Langley Research Center. He is the author of Flight Research at NASA Langley Research Center and Images of Modern America: NASA Kennedy Space Center as well as having written articles for Aviation Magazine. He lives in Virginia.