bondu,
In the past I have been lucky to meet many of the aviation greats (wouldn't that be a good thread - describe meeting a personal hero!)
I also worked for Frank "Pete" Everest, Chuck Yeager's #2 guy, and the first person to fly Mach 2.3 and then 2.9 Somehow in his career he ended up as Sikorsky's Chief Pilot! He was an interesting guy.