The big thread on celebrities that are pilots.
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The big thread on celebrities that are pilots.
We all know the usual suspects:
John Travolta - multiple ratings, multiple planes.
Harrison Ford - owns a Beaver and a Bell LongRanger and also some private jet.
Clint Eastwood - owns a Eurocopter Squirrel.
Morgan Freeman - used to own a Beech Baron, but stepped up to the sleek Swearingen SJ30 business jet a couple of years ago. Owns one of the few flying.
Tom Cruise - owns a Mustang and apparently some other aircrafts, as well.
Arnold Palmer - famous golfer has been a pilot for decades and frequently flies his jet himself.
Kris Kristofferson - US Army helicopter and commercial pilot, don't know if he still flies.
Angelina Jolie - UK PPL license then either FAA converted or issued on the basis of. Owns a Cirrus SR22 and a Cessna Caravan 208B.
Sydney Pollack - this great director (Tootsie, Three Days Of The Condor etc) owned and flew a Citation 550 before he passed away a couple of years ago.
Dennis Quaid - owns and flies a Citation 500.
Kurt Russell - owns and flies a TBM850.
Jimmy Buffet - singer has been a pilot for decades.
Jay Kay - the Jamiroqui front man is a licensed helicopter pilot.
Nick Mason, David Gilmour - members of Pink Floyd are avid pilots.
Bruce Dickinson - we all know him.
But here are some that you might not know are pilots:
Gisele Bundchen – the mega supermodel learned to fly helicopters a couple of years ago.
Brad Pitt - apparently Angelina Jolie made him take his license so they both could fly the planes they/she owns.
Anthony Edwards - that's right, Goose from Top Gun pretty recently learned to fly and flies a Cirrus SR20 or 22.
Edward Norton - this is straight from the horses mouth. I landed in Peoria, IL one night and the FBO guy who booked me a hotel for the night, said he'd helped Edward book a hotel about 3 months earlier. He'd flown in pretty late in the evening in a C182.
Robert Zemeckis - the successful director has over 1600hrs and is an instrumet rated pilot. Don't know if he owns a plane, but I'm sure he does.
Please add to list if you know any good ones.
John Travolta - multiple ratings, multiple planes.
Harrison Ford - owns a Beaver and a Bell LongRanger and also some private jet.
Clint Eastwood - owns a Eurocopter Squirrel.
Morgan Freeman - used to own a Beech Baron, but stepped up to the sleek Swearingen SJ30 business jet a couple of years ago. Owns one of the few flying.
Tom Cruise - owns a Mustang and apparently some other aircrafts, as well.
Arnold Palmer - famous golfer has been a pilot for decades and frequently flies his jet himself.
Kris Kristofferson - US Army helicopter and commercial pilot, don't know if he still flies.
Angelina Jolie - UK PPL license then either FAA converted or issued on the basis of. Owns a Cirrus SR22 and a Cessna Caravan 208B.
Sydney Pollack - this great director (Tootsie, Three Days Of The Condor etc) owned and flew a Citation 550 before he passed away a couple of years ago.
Dennis Quaid - owns and flies a Citation 500.
Kurt Russell - owns and flies a TBM850.
Jimmy Buffet - singer has been a pilot for decades.
Jay Kay - the Jamiroqui front man is a licensed helicopter pilot.
Nick Mason, David Gilmour - members of Pink Floyd are avid pilots.
Bruce Dickinson - we all know him.
But here are some that you might not know are pilots:
Gisele Bundchen – the mega supermodel learned to fly helicopters a couple of years ago.
Brad Pitt - apparently Angelina Jolie made him take his license so they both could fly the planes they/she owns.
Anthony Edwards - that's right, Goose from Top Gun pretty recently learned to fly and flies a Cirrus SR20 or 22.
Edward Norton - this is straight from the horses mouth. I landed in Peoria, IL one night and the FBO guy who booked me a hotel for the night, said he'd helped Edward book a hotel about 3 months earlier. He'd flown in pretty late in the evening in a C182.
Robert Zemeckis - the successful director has over 1600hrs and is an instrumet rated pilot. Don't know if he owns a plane, but I'm sure he does.
Please add to list if you know any good ones.
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Sir Alan Sugar (is he a celebrity ?) misjudged the approach to Barton (EGCB) a few years back, and ended up slightly bending his Europa.
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Sir Alan Sugar (is he a celebrity ?) misjudged the approach to Barton (EGCB) a few years back, and ended up slightly bending his Europa.
Just to add of course a certain lady that is proposing to fly round the world!
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The big thread on celebrities that are pilots.
Yer man, he used be a lib dem MP and was throwing a leg on one of 'The Cheeky Girls' for a bit. Lembit Opik or something like that
Tom Cruise was a frequent visitor to Farnborough in his Gulfstream 4 N328KC. As the 'K' stood for 'Kidman' he probably doesn't own it any more.
Never heard of Bruce Dickinson; is he famous?
Never heard of Bruce Dickinson; is he famous?
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Jimmy Buffet - singer has been a pilot for decades.
Great descriptions of his flying experiences in his autobiography " A Pirate Looks At Fifty"
PS He was once asked to do a concert on an aircraft carrier. His response was "Yes, if I arrive in a Tomcat."
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Two Brits: Michael Gambon pilots his own aircraft. and Martin Shaw (of ''The Professionals" fame) is a keen pilot and has presented a couple of TV programmes about flying.
John Denver was a fairly experienced pilot - but that didn't end well. Ditto for Jim Reeves.
John Denver was a fairly experienced pilot - but that didn't end well. Ditto for Jim Reeves.
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Gary Numan, 80's popster, flew round the world in a Harvard or something like that.
Dave Lee Roth-clattercopters
The late Patrick Swayze-mep
Both George Bush senior and Dubbya have CPL's.
Edit: I think DJ's Mike Smith and Noel Edmonds are clatter pilots, seem to remember Mike Smith crashing one some years ago.
Dave Lee Roth-clattercopters
The late Patrick Swayze-mep
Both George Bush senior and Dubbya have CPL's.
Edit: I think DJ's Mike Smith and Noel Edmonds are clatter pilots, seem to remember Mike Smith crashing one some years ago.
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Jonathan Agnew from Test Match Special.
In reply to a question in an earlier post: Bruce Dickinson is famous for having belonged to the same fencing club as me for a number of years. I think he also has something to do with a band called Iron Maiden
In reply to a question in an earlier post: Bruce Dickinson is famous for having belonged to the same fencing club as me for a number of years. I think he also has something to do with a band called Iron Maiden