Mahone – I agree with you that the movie based on Wolfe’s book falsely built up the legend of Yeager at the expense of the seven original astronauts . Good thing Life magazine publicized the seven at the time and it helped them career wise and financially. Wolf was just looking for a angle to sell books in my opinion. Glenn definitely loved flying based on the fact he flew his own plane until he was 90. This in spite of the dangers of flying in combat, record breaking flights, and space exploration. Some airline pilots don’t even like to fly on their days off.