Good point ... I have to say he is not a name that would spring to mind !!! Reach for the Sky was a great film and he was a great pilot of sorts . My Godfather was senior officer in Colditz ( No ... Not German although his name was in fact ... German . ). He used to take Douglas down to the blacksmith to work on his legs and then fill them with cigarettes etc . He was apparently also unbelievably arrogant which would seem to be a recurrent theme in aviation ( avoidable ) accidents .
Has a rotary imc licence ever been considered ? That possibly combined with new generation autopilots ( retrofit ) could take a good number of pilots out of the pool for iifr ...... Just a thought as some of the new autopilots could be made for sensible price now .
Don't shoot .... I'm just asking !