Not me but my dad was just reminiscing fondly about talking with Chuck Yeager at an air show.... I had mentioned an item I’d posted here about Yeager shooting down an ME-262 in 1944 and my dad (89 yrs.) piped up with a little story about Yeager from years later.
Hate to admit it, I’m certainly not proud of this heh heh, but just for some variety here I will mention that in the ‘80s I was mildly connected with liberal circles and met a few big libs... conversed at times (briefly) with Dukakis when he was Mass. Governor and running for President in ‘88, Derek Bok when he was President of Harvard, and Senators Tim Wirth and Al Gore when they were still in the US Senate. Also Amartya Sen a few years before he won his Nobel Prize (or “Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel” as they call it, since the economics prize is not one of the original “real” Nobel prizes).... none of those people would have any particular reason to remember me.
I did ask Derek Bok who was the best student he’d ever taught (he was a Harvard Law prof for many years), and without a moment’s hesitation he said Scalia. No surprise there but good of such a left-liberal as Bok to give credit where credit is due.
I have a friend who has had repeated professional dealings with Yeager and says he's the biggest SOB he's ever had the misfortune to deal with. Glad your dad's experience was better.