a famous test pilot, was a famous test pilot -- and former commandant of the aerospace research pilot school. So, although never an astronaut, he was responsible for training military astronauts. That is the little bit of spin that I thought would have made it into "The Right Stuff" movie, but i went in a very different direction.

(Actually, I am posting this just to verify the name autocorrect feature.) Ninety-Seven years of a very full life.

Yep, the autocorrect is as advertised. I leave that part as corrected.