UPありがとうございます!どうでもいいことかも知れませんが、これが98年頃だとすると、その10年以上まえにアメリカでお会いしたことがありますが、この映像のような強いアクセントもなく普通にネイティブ並みに英語を使っておられました。映像にも映っているご著書の「bye bye black sheep」や航空関連のグッズをご自身のモーターホームに積んで全米のエアショーやガンショーをまわっているとのことでした。心臓の手術を受けたというお話は伺ってましたがガンだったのですね。尊敬に値する方でした。合掌
Kawato-san used to hang out at airshows selling his book bye bye black sheep. He was friends with my uncle and came over a lot for dinner so I got to talk to him a lot about the past. He was interesting guy to talk to. I think he passed away a few years ago
Nishii-san, thank you for your comment. Mr.Kawato-san had passed away a few years ago, right.? Actually I got this movie in famous warbirds series A6M5 ZERO DVD. Maybe 20 or 25 years ago interview , he looks very yostung as his age, srong-willed and had emaining Knight's Code of Chivalry. RIP Kawato-san.
+Yuji Nishii I met him in, I think it was around 1988 at the EAA fly-in in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. I bought a few things from him and my father and I spoke to him for a few minutes. He seemed like a very quiet and humble man. May he RiP.