The Three Legged Pony, Captain Kenneth W. Grimshaw, a True Bonacker

My name is Susan Grimshaw, and I would like to share with you some of the interesting, exciting and often times dangerous events in the life of one of your own. Below is a quick summary of his life, with many stories to follow.

Captain Kenneth W. Grimshaw a native East Hampton Bonacker, is a 15,000-hour  airline transport rated Pilot In Command. He had the utmost privilege for years, of meeting and flying America’s Who’s Who! He than spent the other half of his life flying a Super Cub off Montauk, spotting Swordfish, Giant Tuna, Whales, and Great White Sharks. During this time frame he was also the captain of sport fishing boats catching many of these same game fish.

In the summer of 1978, he was the only one to capture visible photographs of a Great White Shark that had been harpooned that same day. In Grimshaw’s photos taken from his fish spotting Super Cub, the shark is visible under water!

His photos were used by none other than Walter Cronkite on the CBS evening news that night. He was also interviewed on ABC’s Good Morning America by Jane Pauley. One of his Great White Shark photos was on the front page of The New York Daily News. Nick Karas, Newsday’s chief sports writer interviewed, fished with, and wrote about Grimshaw several times that summer. Peter Benchley (The author of “JAWS”) fished with Grimshaw for over a week.

He then received his 15 minutes of fame with Curt Gowdy, which led to a one hour ABC American Sportsman episode. These Great White Shark capers led to his appearances on other American Sportsman shows, also morning TV shows, and many world wide newspapers, interviews and articles.

He also had the good fortune to be invited to fly the Concorde at mach 2.2, twice the speed of sound, and a once in a life time opportunity as the only American to fly the “Hermes” the European space shuttle simulator.

Stay tuned for more stories in the life of this Famous Bonacker!