Originally Posted by
Fonsini
I went out of my way to meet him in Phoenix with my wife in tow, and sadly the old adage of “never meet your heroes” held very true on that occasion. No hard feelings here, I still have a portrait of his aircraft “Glamorous Glennis” hanging in my study. Rest In Peace Chuck, you did your bit and then some.
I've heard that before and followed him on Twitter for a time but his attitude to Brit's as he put it turned me off. Perhaps his qualities were a good plane jock who had opportunities to set records but not someone i'd like to have a pub chat with. Some interesting links on him shared in this thread....