From his home in Hornbæk, northern Copenhagen-born, retired Danish pilot, airline captain, and businessman PERCY BECK RØRVIG recalls living in Manhattan at an early age, joining the Danish Air Force at 18, starting a 30-year long career at Scandinavian Airlines at 24, and piloting the CPH-JFK route for years. Percy calls New York his second home, having lived there for several periods. And he talks about the businesses he took up along the way, borrowing from lessons he learned as a pilot.----------For today's episode, Percy Beck Rørvig chose Alberto Giacometti's Three Men Walking II, from 1949 from the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/489978 ----------Private Photograph----------This conversation with Christian D. Bruun occurred on June 28, 2026.----------We invite you to subscribe to Danish Originals for weekly episodes. You can also find us at:website: https://danishoriginals.com/ email: [email protected]

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