His craftmanshp was impressive, he made cool stuff.
My wife was amazed at the wooden spoons he made by hand in the movie. But the guy seemed to have a gas-can fetish.
I was told by an old timer here, who knew him, that living by himself a good bit of the time was probably a good thing, apparently he was pretty set in his ways and pretty intolerant of most everyone else. I enjoyed the book and the movies, pretty amazing life he led. I seem to recall he got his pilot's license when he was way up in years....crashed a Cub and nearly bit the weenie but managed to live through it. Gave up flying then.. smart guy!
