"Q. sir how do we get to Hendon from here? A. __Take the train!'' and he scurried off....
That's unfortunate. Surly as some of the buggers are, they usually give spot on directions.
As to Yeager and the thread drift that's occured, a couple of things... First, accomplished as he is, he's an old git, and entitled to act like one in my view. Do accomplished people never talk shoite? Course they do (keep reading!). Do fighter pilots know everything- of course they think they do! The things he has over me..
Fighter pilot
War ace
Test pilot
Record breaker
Wife half his age
... don't mean I have to agree with his every utterance. Putin's view of Brits is probably more important to us.
CG