[Ditto]

Anyone who could fly a U2 is one hell of a good pilot. And flying it over the Soviet Union… balls of iron.

[Kid Shelleen]

Interesting tidbit from the article

>> he was recruited by the CIA to pilot U-2 spy planes over enemy territory. These U-2s could fly at 70,000ft (21.3km), which was supposedly above the range of Soviet defences, and yet the cutting-edge camera on board could take detailed photographs of military installations<<