Wow- U Saw Who??

[Mr. Irrelevant]

This a pretty funny thread. Was on a flight with Jerry Lee Lewis (who was wearing a horrible bowling shirt) from MEM-BNA. Incredibly tacky. Saw the Chief (Robert Parrish) at Logan one day. Really towered over everyone.

Also was on a flight with the Golden State Warriors from DTW-MEM once. Back when Hardaway/Sprewell were on the team. One of the players sat between me and another guy, who had been imbibing heavily. Guy turns to the ballplayer and says "Do you play basketball or something?" Player says to him "somethin like that".

My roommate flew for Cape Air and just mentioned the other day he had Mike Wallace numerous times as well as Joe Pantalione (Ralphie from the Sopranos).

 

[Sierra-Hotel]

I haven't flown them....but I boarded them on the aircraft: (suprise they fly SWA)

Sam Waterson of Law & Order(really nice guy,but I would have rather had Angie Harmon)

Bob Backlund....former Pro Wrestler,he and his wife went to Vegas,nice couple

The Bush twins with all the associated Secret Service guys (The captain told the F/As not to serve them drinks)

Rip Torn......took a 2 stop flight from SMF to BDL,no one knew who he was.

UCONN mens and womens basketball team.....spoiled snots

Doug Flutie and his entire family.......Doug is a total class act,even with the other passengers harrasing him for autographs,he kept a smile on

Others that have flown SWA
Julia Roberts
Jim Rome
Anna Nicole Smith(I don't know if we should be proud of that)
David Faustino...."Bud" from Married with Children

 

[snowback]

Flying the Delta Shuttle, we took James Kalstrom, the former FBI guy who helped investigate TWA 800, between DCA and LGA a few times.

We had Yogi Berra on a flight from EWR to ATL for MLB's Century all-star team.

We had Janet Reno on a flight from DCA to ATL once. She sat in coach at an exit row with her security detail. She was taller than both of them.

Johnny Bench from CVG to EWR.

Jesper Parnavik, upside down hat and all on a flight.

Have flown with Uli Derickson once. She's a F/A for DAL now and was on TWA 847 when it was hijacked.

Flying for Trans States, we had Mickey Rooney on a flight from JFK to somewhere.

Also with Trans States, we had Pete Williams (NBC & President George H Bush) on a flight from DEC to STL.

 

[328dude]

Flew Regis from PIT to South Bend, IN.

Guess he was doing something at Notre Dame, but he was trying to keep a low profile.

 

[TXCAP4228]

A few years ago I was picking a friend up from DFW. Out of the next gate walks Patrick Duffy.

 

[Snakum]

Linda Hamilton in San Diego, Tom Hanks at BUY.

Minh

 

[2000flyer]

Just to name a few:

Bon Jovi (sat in the back of a G1 with the crew, band and 10 of the most scantily clad women you could imagine for a birthday party)

Paul Anka

Bill Cosby

Aerosmith (not impressed, but the crew sure did have a blast with the girls out behind the hangar!)

Anne Murray

Several middle eastern royalty incl. King Fahd

Jimmy Jones (what an attitude!!!)

Martha Stewart (everything bad you've heard about her is true!)

Arnold Palmer (Proud member of Arnie's Army!)

Jack Nicklaus

Tiger Woods

Tom Watson

Sam Snead

Monica Seles (sat next to her on an NWA DC9. After we had the second aborted takeoff, she demanded to get off the airplane)

Tommy Thompson (fmr. WI governor)

Ronald Reagan

George HW Bush

Dick Cheney

And...just last week...Howie Long (very nice guy, easy to chat with. Just wish he had Terri Hatcher with him! )

2000Flyer

 

[Buffettpilot]

Ginger Lynn, Nina Hartley......opps that was in a dream!

Nobody famous yet, just notorious

 

[AutoTransfer]

Gilligan

I flew Bob Denver from CRW to ATL in an E120. He was a nice guy according to the flight attendant. He walked out to the plane with that big ol' Gilligan smile on his face. Gave all of us signed b&w pictures of himself advertising Gilligan.com. Fortunately, I had one of my relatively few squeakers that day. Fun times, Fun times.

AT

 

[sydeseet]

I have flown a handful of "celebs" and have seen about a hundred more. The one that sticks out in my memory is Liz Hurley at IAD Piedmont. She was 100 feet away, wearing work-out clothes (no, not spandex) sunglasses, and a cap but was still HOT AS BALLS!!!!!! Wow, what a woman......

Oh, regarding Oprah. She was in BNA one afternoon in her G4 with her dogs. She left the dogs with her pilots who let all of us play with them for a while. I'm a dog lover so this was a good thing. Had I known about her attitude, I'd have played football with them or something. (Just kidding there PETA - down boy).

 

[PA28/C172 Flyer]

I have nothing to add, but Wow! Elizabeth Hurley?! Lucky man. She is definitely in my Top 3 list of all time. Till the day I die I will never undrstand what Hugh was thinking. I want to smack him everytime I see one of his dumb movies.

 

[AHPilot]

In Montreal saw the guy from Indiana Jones with the beard...he was also in that show sliders if anyone remembers that. He was rather rude, cool sounding voice though.

Then, of all places....SAT to be exact, on my way to San Francisco I was sitting waiting to board a plane and noticed an older man a few seats down and across from me. He was sitting alone and as I looked closer it was none other than Chuck Yeager! I walked over and introduced myself, I was younger at the time, probably about 16 and I told him my interests in aviation and flying. We chatted for a few minutes, gave me some advice (told me to join the air force...) It was amazing just to be able shake his hand....to think that was the hand on the controls when breaking the sound barrier. He was an extremely nice man. I will never forget that day. Talk about a kid's dream come true!

Peace,
LT

 

[trainerjet]

Re: Gilligan

I flew Bob Denver from CRW to ATL in an E120. Gave all of us signed b&w pictures of himself

WHAT?!? Only pictures?? No herb??

"Don't bogart that joint, my friend. Pass it over to me"--Lowell George

 

[Sniper Bob]

Callista Flockhart:

Does she add to or take away from the gross weight?

I once had to make a short approach in front of Laura Bush. Never got to see her as we had to wait in the hanger until she was out the airport gate.

 

[RightPedal]

I had this guy walk up to me on the ramp at FXE. We talked for a shot while. He looked at me like I was suspose to know who he was, and I did but just couldn't put a name on him. We said G'day and went our way. When I got to my car, a man got out of a white lemo, walked over to me and handed me a card and said Mr. Rogers is in concert tonight at the coliseum. He would like to say thank you by inviting you backstage. Just show this at the ticket office. The name on it was Kenny Rogers. I guess I did know him.

Stopped at TYS for a passenger one day and Vience Lumbardy(sp?) and Paul "Bear" Bryant climbed aboard. I knew who they were.