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Look.<\/p>\nLook.<\/p>\n
Up in the sky.<\/p>\n
It’s a bird. It’s a plane.<\/p>\n
It’s a pilot flying a plane.
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\nPilots have always represented the notable few that do something that most of us only dream of, and that’s being in control of an airplane.<\/p>\n
We mere mortals can only stand in awe of the skillful hands and minds that man such a complex piece of machinery.<\/p>\n
Pilots are the envy of men, and the admiration of women. And for the gender correct, the envy of women, and the admiration of men.<\/p>\n
Hollywood has managed to garner the respect and envy that pilots so deserve. Many films portray pilots in a myriad of ways. From the capable and cautious to the seat-of-the pants daredevil.<\/p>\n
Check out these movies featuring pilots, and see which ones you’ve seen, and which ones you may want to rent:<\/p>\n
Air America, with Mel Gibson, Robert Downey, Jr., and Nancy Travis: Set in Vietnam, a young pilot is wrangled into covert CIA operations. 1990.<\/p>\n
Skyscraper, featuring Anna Nicole Smith: A woman pilot and her husband try to save hostages when terrorists detain her helicopter. (Video release) 1995.<\/p>\n
Six Days, Seven Nights, starring Harrison Ford and Anne Heche: A hard-boiled pilot and a pretty magazine editor try to survive a crash landing on a desert island, and each other. 1998.<\/p>\n
Airplane!, a spoof of the Airport 1975 disaster movie, starring Robert Hayes, Julie Haggerty, Lloyd Bridges, and Leslie Nielson: A pilot who’s lost his nerve must get it back in order to land a disabled plane. 1980.<\/p>\n
Courage Under Fire features Meg Ryan in the true story of female fighter pilot Captain Karen Walden, whose plane was shot down in Desert Storm in a rescue operation. Also stars Denzel Washington, Matt Damon, Lou Diamond Phillips, Michael Moriarty. 1996.<\/p>\n
Mysteries Of Amelia Earhart is a TV documentary about the woman pilot who disappeared in 1937 during her around-the-world flight. 1998.<\/p>\n
Airspeed, with Joe Mantegna, Elisha Cuthbert, and Bronwen Booth: A teenybopper must take control of an airplane when lightning strikes and knocks the pilots unconscious. 1998.<\/p>\n
Jag. In this TV episode, a female fighter pilot disappears and an investigation gets underway. Starring David James Elliot. 1995.<\/p>\n
Always, featuring Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, and John Goodman: Even after death, a fighter pilot’s spirit steers the lives of the ones he left behind. 1989.<\/p>\n
By Dawn’s Early Light is a made-for-TV movie with Powers Boothe and Rebecca De Mornay: A pilot and his female co-pilot try to help the military reclaim its power after a limited nuclear exchange in which the president’s helicopter crashes. 1990.<\/p>\n
At Play In The Fields Of The Lord, starring Tom Berenger, Daryl Hannah, and John Lithgow: An American pilot gets involved in the lives of missionaries out to convert the Indian natives to Christianity in South America. 1991.<\/p>\n
Fly Girls, a documentary about WASPS, the WWII Women Airforce Service Pilots. 1999.<\/p>\n
Blue Thunder, with Roy Scheider, Warren Oates, and Daniel Stern: An ace pilot is excited about piloting a new police helicopter known as Blue Thunder until he discovers it’s true purpose. 1983.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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