If you still have your old copy of Tom Wolfe's :The Right Stuff". Have a look at chapter 3 (might be 5...I can't find mine!) around p 35 anyway...there's a funny section about the influence ole Chuck Yeager had on the pilots of the US and the "lollygaggin - aw shuckin - down on the farm - good ole boy" style of RT and PA's...might explain some of the problems still out there. You hear it everywhere...how about..."Center? You got any raaaaaaaad reeeeports?" The usual answer is sorry? Say again? Just a thought...Y'all