Who is your favorite fictitious pilot or crewmember

[michaelharadon]

Two more:

Charles Bowman...Who?? Co pilot of The Body, the B-17 in John Hersey's The War Lover. His sanity in a basically insane situation gives him my vote over Morrow, the pilot.

Has anyone else read The Last Tally Ho (besides, I'm sure, Hellcat. Mark, you still out there?)?
The main character (Dick Mariner?) was a hero to me when I was young, and Winston was another.

[Jesse C.]

Gerald Broflovski

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/1 ... erm=Gerald

[Warhawk]

Gerald Broflovski

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/1 ... erm=Gerald

That is too sweet! B-17 has always been my favorite segment of Heavy Metal.

[Second Air Force]

Gerald Broflovski

http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/1 ... erm=Gerald

I didn't really have anything to add to this thread until you brought up cheesing, Jesse!!!

Scott

[the330thbg]

Charleton Heston in Airplane 75!!!!

[airnutz]

And if you have heroes, there will be the anti-hero....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o40_MzuK ... re=related



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[the330thbg]

Did anyone mention?.., the penultimate 'Mr. Cool'.., General Frank Savage
"12 O'Clock High" TV Series

[ripcord]

Gotta go with Truman in Fandango. Me and my skydiving buddies just howled at that part since it sort of hit close to home with us. Second would be Tim Matheson's charecter in 1941.

[the330thbg]

Truman is on page 2 or three.., does mathison's character really count.., as he was not really a pilot.., didnt he flunk out of flight school?

[ripcord]

"didnt he flunk out of flight school?"

Yeah, but not having a license never stopped me neither!

[the330thbg]

from being an actor or a pilot?

[leo]

How about Brad Randolph (Kung Fu Carradaine) from "Cloud Dancer"? And little cameo,s from Jimmy Leeward, Poberezny and others. I love that movie, the filming makes up for the acting.
Best? Jimmy Stewart in any aviation movie he made.

[the330thbg]

How about Will Tasker in Slipstream?

A hint on the actor.., he used to "bull's eye womprats in my T-16 back home in Beggers Canyon"

Know who it is? LOL

What was the airplane that he flew in Slipstream? Really cool looking!

[airnutz]

Mark Hamill. The plane was an Edgley Optica, a neat aircraft but starcrossed for the
attempted maufacturer. Only a handful were built and survive after a factory fire, IIRC.

[Jerry O'Neill]

Steve Canyon, TV Series. Very Cool Dude!