We want to walk people through some of the conversations you and I have had.

Well, I remember one right now.

What?

There are a lot of people up there called you the new Kelly Johnson.

We have to get that in there.

I'll bet you hadn't forgot that.

No, I haven't.

I'm very flattered by that that you would even think that since you actually knew Kelly.

And hopefully they just edit that out and don't use it.

I hope they do use it.

You may recognize Steve Justice, retired Skunkworks Director of Advanced Development Programs.

Earlier this year in February, Steve met up with his friend Bob Gilliland.

Every time they got together, Bob would tell stories about his time as a pilot in such a cool, casual way

as though everyone must understand what it's like to fly in an SR-71 for the first time.

Of course, you know, when I told my wife about it, it was like, okay, we'll always leap at the chance to go out and visit with Bob and his son Robert.

And of course, Bob comes fully prepared.

He has his flight suit with him and a bunch of memorabilia, a number of books that had the

airplanes that he flew in it.

It was so good to see him again.

And, you know, I'm sitting across from this guy that had more flight test time above Mach 2 and Mach 3 than anybody else.

That's the only pilot to have flown every version of the Blackbird to have worked with all of these just icons in the industry and was just as down to earth as you could possibly get.

What an honor it was to be able to spend time with someone that lived

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