That's the one and such is the story which I believe to be quite true. There were several more such rumoured episodes in his career and, at the end of the day, I think some people really did draw the line and refuse to have him on their aircraft as a test officer. I seem to remember that he did something on a Rembrandt Falcon once which occasioned the curtailment of his life's supply of cigarettes and Dunhill lighters, if he smoked at all, and thus became banned from that fleet.
