Stott, Jim

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Jim Stott is a member of The Museum of Flight Docent Corps. He worked for 25 years as a commercial airline pilot for Trans World Airlines and served on the Board of the Airline Pilots Association (ALPA). After a medical retirement from TWA, he served as a Commissioner for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, an adjunct professor at the Pepperdine School of Law, and an assistant director at the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution.

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Clarke, Doug -- oral history interview, 2017 October 28

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Interview Summary Naval aviator and Vietnam War veteran Douglas Clarke is interviewed about his military service with the United States Navy from 1957 to 1987. He discusses his combat tours in Vietnam and Laos and shares other details from his Navy and post-military careers. Topics discussed include his service and training history; his experiences piloting various aircraft, including the Douglas AD Skyraider, Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, and Vought A-7 Corsair II; notable missions in Southeast Asia; and his work at...

Dates: 2017 October 28

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives / The Museum of Flight Oral History Collection

Hall, Bill - 2018-03-17, 2018

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Table of Contents: Introduction and early interest in aviation -- First job after schooling -- Joined up with the Army -- Flight training -- B-17 training -- B-29 training -- Ordered to the Pacific War -- Drifting under the lead aircraft -- Pacific bombing missions -- End of flying for the Army -- Career as a civilian -- Differences between the B-17 and B-29 -- More on wartime Pacific flying -- Wrap-up.

Dates: 2018

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives / The Museum of Flight Oral History Collection

Johnson, R. W. - 2018-05-17, 2018

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Table of Contents: Introduction and docenting -- Back to the beginning -- War in Europe ended -- The war with Japan ended -- Work after the war -- Military discharge -- Finally got to work for Northwest Airlines -- Went to work for Boeing -- It's a different world out there -- Another career move.

Dates: 2018

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives / The Museum of Flight Oral History Collection

Scarff, John Bowen -- oral history interview, 2017 May 06

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Interview Summary U.S. Navy veteran John Bowen Scarff is interviewed about his father, Wayland Labatt Scarff, and about his military service after World War II. He discusses his father’s career at the fledgling Boeing Company in the mid-1910s and his work at Boeing Plant 1, also known as the Red Barn. Scarff also provides an overview of his military service in the postwar period, including his enlistment at Sand Point Naval Air Station (Washington) and his aviation machinist training at Norman Naval Air...

Dates: 2017 May 06

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives / The Museum of Flight Oral History Collection

Scarff, Robert W. -- oral history interview, 2017 June 27

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Interview Summary World War II veteran Robert W. Scarff is interviewed about his life and military service with the United States Navy. He discusses his flight training and experiences flying the Martin PBM Mariner. Topics discussed include his wartime service in Brazil, his test flight assignment at Naval Air Station Patuxent River (Maryland), and his post-war service in Japan shortly after the end of World War II. He also touches briefly on the life and career of his father, Wayland Labatt Scarff, who was...

Dates: 2017 June 27

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives / The Museum of Flight Oral History Collection

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Stott, Jim

Biography

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Clarke, Doug -- oral history interview, 2017 October 28

Hall, Bill - 2018-03-17, 2018

Johnson, R. W. - 2018-05-17, 2018

Scarff, John Bowen -- oral history interview, 2017 May 06

Scarff, Robert W. -- oral history interview, 2017 June 27

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