Originally Posted by
130drvr
SOPINESHEEL:
There have been a few good O-6s and O7s I have met, heck I used to fly with Norty(CSAF) as his pubs carrying extra copilot back in 2001, we would drop him off at Eielson for a meeting when he was ALCOM CC and then I would hop in the seat and fly PRO until we picked him up. He was as down to earth as a guy can possibly be, and had some of the best flying skills I have ever seen in a senior officer.
I got to fly (sort of) with Norty back in 1998 in Hawaii when he was a BG. I was the CP that got bumped out of the seat so he could fly for a bit, so I got to stand up and watch. Great guy, great pilot. I remember being pretty impressed at his abilities. I kept the crew orders just in case he became "somebody." I guess he did.