World's greatest pilot

摘要

Some flying friends and I gathered recently for lunch at the Typhoon restaurant at the Santa Monica airport in California. Conversation eventually turned from the menu toward a fascinating discussion about those who were the acknowledged leaders in their fields. There seemed to be consensus, for example, that Rembrandt was the greatest artist, Beethoven the most outstanding composer, Lance Armstrong the best cyclist ever, and so forth. The fur began to fly, though, when we attempted to determine who was or is the greatest pilot of all time.