[Alas Babylon!]

We had a saying in the Air Force:

There are old pilots,
There are bold pilots,
But there are no old, bold pilots.

[Rockingham]

I heard that saying more than once from my late father, a private recreational pilot who flew a Navion that he had restored, doing much of the work himself. He was exceptionally careful as a pilot.

[neefer]

with one exception...Chuck Yeager.