Larry Stover is an employee of the company that developed the XJ-7 aircraft. Stover worked with Kelly Wood, test pilot of the XJ-7. Stover was arrested for conspiring with Dr. Martin Davis to steal the XJ-7 and sell it. Plans had been made to sell the XJ-7 in Paris, presumably on the black market for arms. Steve Austin and Kelly Wood, recovered the XJ-7. Stover attempted to escape in a Mitsubishi Zero, but he was forced down by a squadron of fighters deployed from Ventura Air Force Base.