Originally Posted by
kissmysquirrel
To be the best would require multiple skills and qualities.
I guess that's what happens when Stanley Hiller is your instructor. She was also a neurosurgeon, does that count? When she visited the Hiller museum and gave a talk she described how she flew out to do the helicopter rescue (solo, because of weight restrictions), then flew back with the wounded soldier, then operated on him. I think she retired as Chief Air Surgeon of the French Air Force, with time in every aircraft in their inventory.