Probably, I am just an Navy average pilot, lots of guys got better grades than me during carrier qualification, I think the other check airman in my squadron were better pilots. But I did not run across any of these while going through Navy Flight Training, where I made the Captains list for Academic Performance in Primany, graduated first in my class from Basic Flight and Advanced Flight Training. Wrote the highest score ever recorded in Navigator School. But I have become so comfortable in the center of the envelope that I would not want to try to fly rings around anyone.
Not a baby boomer, I was a War Baby:laugh: