Just as a correction, the F-5E is known as the Tiger II, the F-5G(F-20) is the one known as the Tigershark...
By the way, nobody mentioned Harold the Helicopter from Thomas the tank engine, and Budgie the helicopter, and of course Fergie, the author of said "publication"
I hear that there was some hefty aerial action in the movie Firebirds, where actor Nicholas Cage screams "I am the greatest" in the sim. (I always wanted to try that, but I think it would scare the students...)