Suggestion-
I agree, certainly Ray Hannah seems up there with the greats though I never had the pleasure of meeting him, but did see some of his displays - there are so many others who will not even get a mention, some still with us, most who aren't.
Test Pilots - well just read the TartanTerror's tribute site...I had the honour of flying with Frank Bullen for instance, who declined from making an entry in Don Middleton's excellent book ' Test Pilots -the history of BritishTest Flying' as he was too modest - though he admitted that when he saw how well the thing had turned out, not just a line-shoot, maybe he should have gone for it.
Another is Robin Milne - 99% of readers will say " Robin who ? "...
It has long seemed to me that a 'knighthood' is nowadays actually an insult - ' Sir Elton John' etc, also 'Services to Floristry'...
Maybe there ought to be a seperate form of approbation, along the lines of the FRAES but voted by the more common man who's seen people do great things and apparently get no credit - suggestions as to how this might be done please ?!