I only met him once, but Mr. Ready was a very nice guy. We were at a model show in Cincy back in '05, and the club sponsoring the event arranged a tour of My Gal Sal. As it turned out, my wife and I were the only ones who showed up, but Mr. Ready still spent a good hour showing us around the hangar and telling us all about the artifacts, and let me photograph every nook and cranny of Sal (still disassembled at the time.) It's too bad he was never able to realize his vision for a museum..he had even had mannequins made in the likenesses of Sal's crew for the proposed diorama.
Blue skies, Mr. Ready!
SN