Very sad to hear this today.
Whatever the 'right stuff' is, Capt. Eric 'Winkle' Brown had it in bucketloads.
A life well lived, and a world immeasurably diminished by his departure from it.
MJ
Ps. Although I agree, he should have been knighted years ago, I've no doubt that he would have declared it 'a lot of fuss over nothing'.
MJ