"Not aware of any pilots that get higher than me (at FL510) in subsonic civilian jets."
Who's said anything about limiting the scope of the discussion to "subsonic civilian jets"? Here I was thinking that you were a legend, now it's starting to come out that you are only a legend within a certain very limited scope. I am so disappointed.
And anyway, what's an "
aquaintence"?
"I do in fact have several astronaut aquaintences..."
Is that someone you met underwater?
(perhaps just after birth, while the doctor was holding your head under?
)