Originally Posted by
82spukram
While I know it’s not.....it would be hilarious if that really is Scott Kirby.
Of course it is Scott Kirby. And I am the former original Chief Pilot for TWA.
They called me Slim. And I flew the Spirit of St Louis to Europe.
It is now hanging in the Smithsonian Air and Space museum by the Wright Flyer, above the Apollo 11 Comand Module.
It was fun being on stage that one time with Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins. Only Chuck Yeager could have pulled it off. If memory serves me, Bob Hoover, the best stick and rudder man ever was there, as well.