Wow- U Saw Who??

[HawkerF/O]

George W Bush (prior to becoming President)

If you don't mind me asking, what did you think of him? When I was working line in 2000, he got off his campaign plane and was walking into the terminal and saw me and another line guy standing about 80 feet away 90 degrees to his direction of travel. Without missing a beat, he changed direction, came over to us, squared us up in the eye and shook both of ours hands. I was impressed and knew no democrat would ever do that except for Bill Clinton. I'm not a fan of W's policies, nor did I vote for him, but he is a stand-up guy, a gentleman, and I don't think he has forgotten the manners his mother tried to teach him.

 

[pgcfii2002]

Nice avatar Wyatt!!!

 

[Wyatt]

Nice avatar Wyatt!!!

Thanks doll. Your avitars look good too...

 

[leardawg]

If you don't mind me asking, what did you think of him? When I was working line in 2000, he got off his campaign plane and was walking into the terminal and saw me and another line guy standing about 80 feet away 90 degrees to his direction of travel. Without missing a beat, he changed direction, came over to us, squared us up in the eye and shook both of ours hands. I was impressed and knew no democrat would ever do that except for Bill Clinton. I'm not a fan of W's policies, nor did I vote for him, but he is a stand-up guy, a gentleman, and I don't think he has forgotten the manners his mother tried to teach him.

If I may interject, every anecdote I have heard about the man (and there are many) indicate that he is a friendly, outgoing decent man who genuinely likes and cares about people. It burns me when his detractors try to portray him as some evil clueless idiot who is intent on pushing his dark agenda on the world. There is plenty room to disagree with his policies and to argue whether or not he is a lousy President. His real crime in the eyes of many is that he is a Conservative who puts his principles above politics; that doesn't make him a bad person in the real scheme of things.

Sorry to inject politics into this thread, and I'm not trying to start an argument with Bush haters. I just couldn't resist putting my two cents worth here.

 

[Wyatt]

Well said dawg.

 

[habubuaza]

If you don't mind me asking, what did you think of him? When I was working line in 2000, he got off his campaign plane and was walking into the terminal and saw me and another line guy standing about 80 feet away 90 degrees to his direction of travel. Without missing a beat, he changed direction, came over to us, squared us up in the eye and shook both of ours hands. I was impressed and knew no democrat would ever do that except for Bill Clinton. I'm not a fan of W's policies, nor did I vote for him, but he is a stand-up guy, a gentleman, and I don't think he has forgotten the manners his mother tried to teach him.

I saw him at a speech I guess it was summer or spring in 2000 near TPA. He was a decent guy and seemed to enjoy the crowd. Seemed very straight forward and comfortable.

 

[falconvalley]

My dad flew Bush Sr. down to FL about a year or so ago. My dad's an uber Bush freak, so he was appropriately star struck.

 

[ArcticFlier]

Pres Ford (many times into and outta PSP)
Pres Carter (to MSO)
Jerry Rice
Lawrence Taylor
Leonard Nimoy
Jim Kelly
John Kascich
Sonny Bono (many times)
Mary Bono (44th district Rep)
Vin Scully (nice guy)
Reggie Jackson
more golfer than you can hit when you swing a dead cat in a room
my parents...........that's a check ride

AF

 

[tracearabians]

Flew Farrah Forke (Alex on " Wings" ) several times and met Julia Roberts in Taos, NM .

 

[tracearabians]

Both of your avatars are WOOOOOOOW !

 

[siucavflight]

I saw 350driver.

 

[RJPilott]

Lets see...



The whole Welcome Back Kotter cast on set during rehersal
Lindsay Wagner and Steve Austin (Lee Majors) at the studio as well
Glenn Campbell
Burt Reynolds
Sally Field
The truck driver from Smokey and the Bandit (forget his name.. long time ago)
Super Dave
Went to High School with Mariah Carey
Billy Joel numerous times
The "Donald"
Calvin Klien
Flew Martha Stewart numerous times and gave her lessons in an A-36. I thought she was cool. Dogs were a mess though, but fun. She still owes me Letterman tix! (When Letterman had a waiting list)
Bill Cosby
John Travolta (Who hasnt in this biz)
Ollie North, picked him up at hotel to drive to FBO, nice guy, first name basis. We had crossed over RR tracks on way back to FXE. 5 mins later a train rammed a fuel tanker stuck on tracks. 6 cars to each side of tracks incinerated instanly. Scary.
Mike Fox
Nancy Karrigan sp? - Ice Skater hit in the knee by Tonya. Flew in King Air 200. Seemed nice. Companion was smokin hot.
Steven King - flew him up to BGR a few times out of JFK coming off the SST, same king air. Nice guy, but a bit of a slob. Signed "The Green Mile" for my step-mom's Bday.
Faith Hill - FRG Million Air
John Glenn - IAD Sig. wanted him to sign my flight bag, but he looked in a rush, so didnt approach.. oh well.
Sen Al Damato - FRG Million Air
Conan OBrien- sat in his chair on set and stood on his star where he does his monologue's, kinda neat. small desk
Rosie ODonnel - also sat in her chair on set. bigger desk
some cast members of SNL when Lucy Lu was hosting during rehersal. Dont remember all their names.
Flew Dave Chappelle - didnt get to meet him. heard he was a blast from FA
The CEO of Trim Spa - wore the same beige trench as he did on American Choppers or i wouldnt have recognized him. FA said was bit of a snob.
Played "Summer Nights" from Grease on Harry Connick Jr's piano he used in the studio to record an Xmas album IIRC. Summer Nights is all i knew...lol
And since he is a sports figure - Pat Terrel NY Jets Safety, but everyone at ACA pretty much met him. ATA too. Super nice guy.
Oh.. and LT as well... went to a Church Charity dinner in Jersey long time ago when he was still playing for Giants, he was host. Also super nice guy from what i remember.




An old friend did some of the flights for Elian Gonzalez sp? - the kid from Cuba controversy. I wasnt anywhere near it, but thought it kinda neat to share.

Thats all i can think of so far...

Dad was in entertainment industry, thats how i got on sets. Is that cheating?


fun thread...

 

[cmrflyer]

Richard Kiel also played the physical role of Darth Vader. I wonder if he can really hold someone a foot off the ground by their neck? That might have come in handy if another passenger had gotten out of hand!

No he didn't, some english guy palyed Darth Vader.

 

[Wyatt]

David Prowse (English Bodybuilder) played Vader in the first three movies. Hayden Christensen played Vader in Episode III (the last movie). James Earl Jones was the voice of Vader in all the movies.

 

[av8rbama]

Don't run into too many celebs flying aerial surveying, but I did meet Morgan Freeman in TCL one day. Nice guy, sounds just like he does in the movies.

Also ran into Bobby Bowden a couple of years ago at an FBO. It was the week before the FSU-Miami game and I asked if his place kicker had been practicing... He just laughed and said "good one!" and wished me luck. I think they lost the game wide right that year.

Also met Chris Bice, the tower manager at OLV. He was featured in the book "Rammer Jammer Yellow Hammer" by Warren St. John (a great read by the way, not just about Bama football but a great insightful look at all sports fans in general). Chris used to drive from Greenville, SC to Tuscaloosa every home game and make it back for his Sunday evening shift at the tower. He's since taken the manager's position at Olive Branch so he is closer to Tuscaloosa.

This has nothing to do with the airport but I met Bart Starr at a Back Yard Burgers as a kid in Birmingham. Super nice guy, he let me try on his Super Bowl I MVP ring. Talk about cool!

 

[whaleroast]

Carol Channing.
That's about the best you'll get on a Saab.

 

[lukabrazzi]

I saw Wally Dallenbach at Chinese buffet.

 

[LowlyPropCapt]

Had Florida Senator Bob Graham ride in the jumpseat from TLH to TPA... Must have been 2001.

The junior senator from New York and everyone's favorite lady, Hillary Clinton multiple times from DCA to ALB.

Paulie Shore (did I spell that first name right?) from STL-SGF in 1999. I think he was on some mind altering substance... He looked rough!

John Cougar Melloncamp from CLT-HXD a few times.

 

[PSPFAWILL]

Too many to name over the years flying in and out of Palm Springs. But Betty Ford is worse then Oprah!

 

[masedogg19]

No he didn't, some english guy palyed Darth Vader.

You, sir, are correct...David Prowse played him in all 3 original movies (James Earl Jones was the voice)