Doug Brunt

Oh, my God. When it when that fact dawns and it's like our mothers were born in this era, you know, and and when that dawns and you know how old it is, you know, how long cinema has been a thing in America. You know, go back to the early days. It's all they're all dead. They're all gone.

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It's totally crazy, which reminds me, the Sikorsky helicopter, people, anyone who's looked at military helicopters. I just met this guy, Igor Sikorsky Jr. He had read the Diesel book and he emailed me and he said, hey, I've got all these stories about my dad. He was a contemporary of Rudolf Diesel. And, you know, let's meet. So I went and went to the New England Air Museum.

It's totally crazy, which reminds me, the Sikorsky helicopter, people, anyone who's looked at military helicopters. I just met this guy, Igor Sikorsky Jr. He had read the Diesel book and he emailed me and he said, hey, I've got all these stories about my dad. He was a contemporary of Rudolf Diesel. And, you know, let's meet. So I went and went to the New England Air Museum.

It's totally crazy, which reminds me, the Sikorsky helicopter, people, anyone who's looked at military helicopters. I just met this guy, Igor Sikorsky Jr. He had read the Diesel book and he emailed me and he said, hey, I've got all these stories about my dad. He was a contemporary of Rudolf Diesel. And, you know, let's meet. So I went and went to the New England Air Museum.

And there's a whole Sikorsky wing there. We walked around and got this total, I mean, Igor Sikorsky Jr. walks in there and he's like a rock star. Everybody was running out to meet him. And how old is he? He's 95. And he looks at this photo and he shows me, it's of Tsar Nicholas II, a young Tsar, years before World War I even started. And Tsar Nicholas II is talking to some other man in the photo.

And there's a whole Sikorsky wing there. We walked around and got this total, I mean, Igor Sikorsky Jr. walks in there and he's like a rock star. Everybody was running out to meet him. And how old is he? He's 95. And he looks at this photo and he shows me, it's of Tsar Nicholas II, a young Tsar, years before World War I even started. And Tsar Nicholas II is talking to some other man in the photo.

And there's a whole Sikorsky wing there. We walked around and got this total, I mean, Igor Sikorsky Jr. walks in there and he's like a rock star. Everybody was running out to meet him. And how old is he? He's 95. And he looks at this photo and he shows me, it's of Tsar Nicholas II, a young Tsar, years before World War I even started. And Tsar Nicholas II is talking to some other man in the photo.

And my new friend, my new pal, Igor points at the man in the photo and goes, there's dad. And I'm like, oh my God, he has some personal connection to so much history going back. And he's like, you know, you really need my brother, Sergei. He's got, he's a treasure trove of information about aviation and the, you know, the interwar period and the pre-war period. I'm like, oh, that sounds great.

And my new friend, my new pal, Igor points at the man in the photo and goes, there's dad. And I'm like, oh my God, he has some personal connection to so much history going back. And he's like, you know, you really need my brother, Sergei. He's got, he's a treasure trove of information about aviation and the, you know, the interwar period and the pre-war period. I'm like, oh, that sounds great.

And my new friend, my new pal, Igor points at the man in the photo and goes, there's dad. And I'm like, oh my God, he has some personal connection to so much history going back. And he's like, you know, you really need my brother, Sergei. He's got, he's a treasure trove of information about aviation and the, you know, the interwar period and the pre-war period. I'm like, oh, that sounds great.

And he goes, he turns a hundred in a couple of weeks. He's flying in for the party. I'm like, oh my God, what are these Sikorskis eating?

And he goes, he turns a hundred in a couple of weeks. He's flying in for the party. I'm like, oh my God, what are these Sikorskis eating?

And he goes, he turns a hundred in a couple of weeks. He's flying in for the party. I'm like, oh my God, what are these Sikorskis eating?

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He remembered everything. He was rattling off dates of the interwar period. You know, in 1938, this was happening. In 1928, the Bremen flew across and, you know, they met Babe Ruth at Yankee State. He just knew all this incredible information. It was at the at the ready.