Actors that fly

[Typhoon1244]

Yeah, Worf always kicks a$$. Flying for a regional you might as well be in the Klingon Empire with all the contract disputes, backstabbing, undercutting, and overall paranioa. Can't wait to show up for a 4-day and see a bunch of Bird of Preys on the flight line painted in ACA colors.

Maybe you'd better not start your crew briefing with:

"Today's a good day to die."

 

[JRSLim]

Flying Metal

Bruce Dickenson lead singer for Iron Maiden and his own awesome Solo career holds a commercial
There wasa long thread on here a while back with some skeptics of having a Rocker as a pilot.

So does Hefner fly in his cute little bathrobe? I didnt think he ever left his mansion - but its probably big enough to fly a plane in there. I think I'd rather have a heavy metal rocker flying my plane than a rich joker who has one article of clothing.

 

[troyzohner]

Not an actor but i suppose semi famous person......Whilst training out of Cherokee county airport (47A) about 40 miles north of Atlanta i would occasionally fly over the private runway of Race car driver Bill Elliott near Dawsonville GA

 

[Dash8]

I've always liked the idea of Michael Dorn (Worf) as an airline pilot:

"That ramper has no honor..."

"THE BOY?!?"

 

[Broke in CVG]

Tom Cruise also also has a P51 Mustang that he keeps at Santa Monica.

 

[TankerPuke]

"Yeah I wondered about that. What was that "5 4 3 2 1" stuff all about? Is that a military thing? Does anybody else do that?"

I think he was saying that over the interplane frequency to the Lear that was doing the airborne video. When you fly formation and you throw out high drag devices (like gear) you want the other guy to do the same thing at the same time. Personally, I have just used "gear / boards - now". He was probably just trying to keep the Lear in good fingertip

PUKE

 

[dogman]

I saw Tom Cruise groundloop his pitts. One of my friends helped him pull it put of the dirt. Emillio Estevez was riding along with him when it happened.

 

[Typhoon1244]

Are there any female celebs who fly? And I don't mean Patty Wagstaff, et al...

 

[KickSave]

Tom Cruise has dyslexia, and was unable to learn to fly when he first started taking lessons, during the making of Top Gun. Later, around 1990, he got into that Scientology stuff, and overcame his dyslexia (that prevented him from reading the FAR/AIM among other things) and eventually learned to fly. There was story on him in People magazine, calling his mom after his first solo, everyone crying, hugging, etc. Touching... Maverick,... touching.

Hue Hefner owns his 747. I heard him and Bill Gates were the only two to own a 747 privately. Imagine the parties that must take place on that plane? Hefs I mean, not Gates.

I understand John Denver used to be a pilot at one time

 

[46Driver]

"That ramper has no honor!" That was the best one I have heard in a while.

 

[350DRIVER]

Hue Hefner owns his 747. I heard him and Bill Gates were the only two to own a 747 privately. Imagine the parties that must take place on that plane? Hefs I mean, not Gates.

If my memory serves me correct, I believe John Travolta also "owns" a 747 present day and he is also typed in it. I could mistaken though. On top of the 47 he also owns (or did) he also has and flies a 707


3 5 0

 

[Smoking Man]

JT still has the 707, he had it at the DAY airshow last month, 707JT it is in a Qantas paint job.

 

[Vne0]

Travolta owns and fly’s the 707 and is typed in a 747, but does not own 747. He is an "Ambassador-at-large" for Qantas, which he did a "Spirit of Friendship tour" for, and got the type rating through (amongst others things) for the 47. I always see his G2 or 707 at PIE in Clearwater, FL - (Clearwater is where HQ for Scientology is)- Imagine that!

 

[Kaman]

Hello,
Here's one that we missed, Clint Eastwood. He learned to fly helicopters at Palomar/McClelland field in Carlsbad, Ca in the early 90's. In fact, he walked by me twice and I didn't recognize him until later in the day he bought a sectional in the pilot shop on the field. Didn't talk to him, but watched him doing autorotations in Hughes 300.
As for John Travolta, he recieved training at through a publicity deal with QANTAS, but is not type rated in the 747-400. Nor is he typed in his own 707-138B. He employs a full-time crew to fly the airplane, and "acts" as PIC. I don't think he'd get insured until he gets a little more time. He is typed in the Lear, Gulfstream and strangely enough VFR only in the Citation.
I'm not certain, but I think that Greg Norman (Aussie golfer) is a pilot too. He owns more than a couple of aircraft and helicopters. He is a very savvy business man like Arnold Palmer and is a millionaire many times over independent of his golf career.
One last celeb thats a pilot, albeit from years ago. Bob Barker is a former Naval Aviator. Trained at the end of the war, he didn't reach the Pacific theatre until the end of hostilities and was honorably discharged.
Not sure where Worf picked up the "5,4,3,2,1" thing, but he's had a flight with the Thunderbirds, so I might have picked it up from them. Otherwise as far as military tactical jet operations are concerned. Most (if not all) inter-flight communications while flying formation is accomplished through hand-signals. This is done for a couple of reasons. First, if you go "NORDO" (No radio) and operating with hand signals makes the transition to NORDO much more seemless. Second, if in EMCON (Emissions Control) "chit-chat" on the radio is about THE easist way short of turning on your RADAR of telegraphing where you are to the enemy. Given the current state-of-the-art data link systems that are not only highly directional (making them extremely difficult to jam or spoof) talking on the radio anymore than absolutely necessary unprofessional and possibly fatal. One exception to that is helicopters. Just a little triva for y'all out there.

Regards,
ex-Navy Rotorhead

 

[corytx]

female celebs...

Are there any female celebs who fly? And I don't mean Patty Wagstaff, et al...

I read an article about Angelina Jolie and in it she said she wants to learn to fly helicopters. Maybe when I go through training I'll add helicopter ratings and get an instructors certification.

 

[Chunk]

Michael Dorn celebrity wings show

Did anyone think the chick was about to jump in his lap? She seemed to be flirting pretty hard. His head swelled up during that show...seemed like a good guy, but the dork factor was high at the end...

 

[Vne0]

Thanks for correcting me Kaman; you're right Travolta is only checked out as an FO in the 47. Sorry for the wrong info.

 

[uavchaser]

about the guy from offspring comment earlier. Its the lead singer, not sure of his name. Its a CJ based out of SNA, you can't miss it with the huge anarchy sign on the tail.

 

[labbats]

Anyone else think it's strange to put an Anarchy symbol on your own private plane? I mean, if anarchy really did break out, exist, happen, whatever... would anyone really have a private jet?

 

[uscpilot]

Labbats is absolutly right. It is totally hypocritical. If this idiot from offspring actually believes in anarchy what in the hell is he doing with the ultimate symbol of capitalism. It is like equating good and evil (anarchy).
Sorry I am not trying to hijack this into a political thread, but that whole anarchy citation (if its true) is absolutly absurd.