Mark Muldoon is operations manager at an aeronautics corporation bidding for a top-secret new government fighter plane. But when its prototype is stolen in mid-air on its way to a Defence Department audition, Muldoon and his colleagues are sucked into a storm of violence and intrigue.
A World War II veteran ( U.S. Army Air force navigator) and graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Herbert Crowder completed an engineering career spanning thirty years before beginning his writing career. His specialty was the design and development of advanced radars for missiles and military aircraft. At Hughes Aircraft Company, where he was employed for over twenty years, he held responsible positions in the management of radar projects ranging from the famed SR-71 "Blackbird" to the U.S. Navy's F/A-18 Hornet fighter jet.
Hasn't aged well. The technology has moved on from using credit cards at public phones and we now have the F-35 rather than the F-22... The plot and some of the characters doesn't ring true for me.