I have also read it a couple of times, and it is not my favourite pilot autobiography by far. I mean, his accomplishments speak for themselves, but the way he constantly toots his own horn is a bit jarring. Compare it for example to his friend Bob Hoover’s biography. It reads completely differently, I like his style much better.

In all my years I've never seen the like. It has to be more than a hundred sea miles and he brings us up on his tail. That's seamanship, Mr. Pullings. My God, that's seamanship!