Yeap, Sparky, you was very lucky.....he was a copy of Clark Gable.....and in his high 80's he had more girl friends as we could work out.....
Not only a test pilot in England (he was American, born in MN, his parents was from Danmark) during WWII, he was a test pilot for
8 years in the Area 51 and later in White Sands.
His last twenty five years as a engineer and pilot he was a test engineer for the NASA and worked with Werner von Braun together...
One day a P40 was landing on him, after the landing gear broke....the plane was on him.......and moved him for another 80 yards forward before he was coming to the halt under the plane......
Also he was twice in the caterpilar club......that means.....he has to escape with the parachute out of a burning plane, twice....
And from mid 50's for 30 years he was the man who brought the star and strips flag down with the parachute when there was a official with the President of the US....
Forget Indian Jones....his life was more wild......
At last...he built the first Shelby Cobra for Charrol Shelby........he was just one of a kind.....