Flying on Top of the World: Montana U2 pilot recalls his most challenging mission
Flying on Top of the World: Montana U2 pilot recalls his most challenging mission By: Jay Kohn and last updated 2020-12-31 12:53:41-05 Retired Air Force Colonel Ed Walby's home near Livingston, Montana, is like a museum for America's notorious U2 spy plane. Letters from Presidents Reagan, Ford, and Bush congratulating Walby on his distinguished career adorn the walls. Photographs and memorabilia document Walby's time with the U2 program, and later as commander of the 99th Reconnaissance Squadron at Beale Air Base in California. "Flying the U2 at 70,000 feet, you literally feel...