Pitssextra:
He did lie about his age...
He did lie about his flight experience.
Its my opinion that he lied about the level of testing...
Your genuflection to concluding he's a pathological liar is pathetic.
Please share with us what the intent would be for an air racer with 35 years experience at Reno to lie about trivial matters such as age. You challenge the integrity of an extremely well-known and highly regarded pilot with an exceptional catalogue of experience that is respected by the few who have done similarly.
You haven't even given the
available documents a proper analysis!
Some of the presented forms contain several handwriting styles. Some are typed and hand signed. Who filled out which part of each form, where and when? Was it all done at the same moment?
On the RARA Pilot Data forms, it could easily be concluded that a pre-prepared form was signed by the pilot at an event registration table -- and at his last event he even corrected the age from 59 to 74!
This is air racing, not line ops. Have a go asking Jenson Button how many races he's started in his career, let alone number of hours.
Racing is dangerous sport -- air, water or ground -- and risk of injury or death to participants and spectators cannot be eliminated. If it scares you, don't attend.