Charles "Chappy" Sinclair (Louis Gossett, Jr.): Iron EagleSure Doug "Jason Gedrick" Masters gets all the glory for rescuing his soon-to-be executed father Col.
Ted Striker (Robert Hays): Airplane!When Clarence Oveur (Peter Graves) and co-pilot Roger Murdock (Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) succumb to food poisoning, who is it that shakes off the trauma of his fighter pilot past, as well as a rather serious "drinking problem", to successfully guide a jetliner to Chicago? Ted mother-loving Striker, that's who.
Cliff Secord (Billy Campbell): The RocketeerAn aw-shucks, gentlemanly, barn-storming airplane mechanic who also becomes a Nazi-fighting superhero when he gets a rocket pack on his back doesn't just make a perfect commercial pilot - he eliminates the need for an air marshall on his flightsĦ. Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill): Star WarsDude could pilot a gall-derned X-Wing like a champ - the rest is just semanticsħ. Can the pilot of your America West from Salt Lake City to Sacramento do thatĨ. But they also build new airplanes, in the desert, using only what they had on board their fated flights, and use them to fly to safety. Frank Towns (Dennis Quaid and Jimmy Stewart): Flight of the PhoenixSure, Jimmy Stewart in the original and Dennis Quaid in the '04 version both crash their cargo planes into the desert, killing numerous passengers. And if you don't think it would be goddamn transcendent to hear the voice of United Airlines announce that "We're just passing over the Grand Canyon on our left and should be making the final approach to Sky Harbor in 25 minutes", then you, sir, have no soulĩ. Waldo Pepper (Robert Redford): The Great Waldo PepperNot only was Waldo Pepper one helluva barnstormer, he's played by Robert Redford. Frank Savage, other than he's a WWII bomber pilot played by Gregory Peck, but, sh*#, if Peck's half as good at piloting as he was at being a lawyer/ dad in To Kill A Mockingbird, how can he not be bossġ0. Frank Savage (Gregory Peck): Twelve O'Clock HighAlright, so we don't know all that much about Gen. Billy Covington (Robert Downey, Jr.) and Gene Ryack (Mel Gibson): Air AmericaTake a piloting duo so fun-loving they made flying super-dangerous cargo plane/ chopper missions for the CIA in Vietnam look like a gas, translate that ability to making potentially uneasy passengers feel like flights around the Middle East are NBD, and you've got an Emirates piloting team for the agesġ1.
Courtney as skilled a dogfighter as he is debonaire, but that Errol Flynn's pencil stash would go perfectly with the prim lines of a tailored British Airways uniform.ġ2. Courtney (Errol Flynn): The Dawn PatrolForget everything you know about 1938 WWI dogfighting pic The Dawn Patrol (alright, that's probably "nothing" anyways). Also, we're pretty sure the schema of what Tom Selleck was destined to be in life looks like this: 1) Magnum PI 2) regular policeman 3) commercial airline pilotġ3. Patrick O'Malley (Tom Selleck): High Road to ChinaEven though Patrick O'Malley's a former WWI bi-planer looking to make a buck, he's got a hidden heart of gold. But, still, he's got a solid skillset and chews gum with the steely Nordic confidence of a KLM captainġ4. Ted "Iceman" Kazansky (Val Kilmer): Top GunIceman would be way further up this list had he not become a goddam chicken in the final dog fight before Mav saved his ass. But endless extra points awarded to having an ex-Air Force ace with combat experience AND the devil-may-care personality of Owen Wilson piloting your next flight to Floridaġ5. Chris Burnett (Owen Wilson): Behind Enemy LinesMinus points for spending much of the film grounded, uh, behind enemy lines. Steven Hiller - the real hero of ID and, in turn, any jetliner you'll ever ride on, is a war-hero-come-drunk-come-war-hero like Randy Quaid's characterġ6.
Russell Casse (Randy Quaid): Independence DayForget Will Smith's Capt. Topper Harley (Charlie Sheen): Hot ShotsCharlie Sheen playing Maverick if Maverick were Charlie Sheen. Whip Whitaker (Denzel Washington): FlightSure, Denzel's demons created the trouble he got himself into, but dude flew that jetliner UPSIDE DOWN, and you know you want your pilot to be able to do thatġ8. "Wild" Bill Kelso (John Belushi): 1941Your pilot for Spirit flight 143 from Indianapolis to Houston is a crazed WWII ace - and he can hear you muttering "This is the last time I fly a budget carrier"ġ9. Next time you hear the voice of your captain speaking, imagine how much more fun your flight'd be if it were one of these legends of the big screenĢ0.
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