WWII Fighter Ace Robert L. Scott Dies at 97

[Fly Navy]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,186227,00.html

July 1996: Retired Brig. Gen. Robert L. Scott, author of 'God is My Co-Pilot' carries the Olympic torch on its way to Atlanta for the 1996 Summer Olympics.

 

[A4sForever]

Another one of my early heros is gone -- I must have read his book "God is My Co-Pilot" 5-6 times when I was a boy.

 

[NavyLonghorn]

97 aint too shabby. Glad he got to live a good life.

 

[scotty008]

I had the privelage of interviewing Mr. Scott for a history class in college... one of the defining moments in my life, without question. Fair winds, and following seas, Sir...