I was extremely lucky to be at the Wright Brothers Centenary at Kitty Hawk in December 2003, where I was in the same room as Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, John Glenn and my personal hero, Chuck Yeager. Actually got to speak to Yeager and shook his hand!
Nick, you are so right when you describe Armstrong as humble. He came across as 'just another regular guy', which of course he isn't! He came across as a calm, quiet sort of guy, who didn't enjoy all the publicity.
If anyone is interested, his official biography (the first fully authorised one), was published last year. It is called "First Man" and was written by James R Hansen (Simon & Schuster; ISBN 0-7432-5963-7). It is quite long, but well worth the effort to read.
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