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Title: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: nrshida on May 20, 2016, 08:49:17 AM: This week I had occasion to fly off a CV and being partially inspired by AkRaVeN's skilful flying at the furbal lake I chose an F6F. For some strange reason flying it around it suddenly struck me: if Eric Clapton flew AH, he would definately choose the F6F. Unhurried, measured, capable, methodical and quietly confident. Matches his character I think.

So the game is, what celebrity would you say would fly what aircraft if they came to Aces High?
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: GScholz on May 20, 2016, 09:10:57 AM: Stephen Fry would most certainly be busybodying around in a 190 Dora.
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: nrshida on May 20, 2016, 09:20:16 AM: :rofl Everytime I see a Dora being ghey I'm going to imagine Stephen Fry flying it now :rock

Yeah I think you also have to mention why they are a good match!
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: SFRT - Frenchy on May 20, 2016, 11:43:59 AM: See Rule #14
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: Serenity on May 20, 2016, 12:48:26 PM: Quote from: SFRT - Frenchy on May 20, 2016, 11:43:59 AM
See Rule #14

LOL!!!
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: DaveBB on May 20, 2016, 01:01:02 PM: See Rule #14
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: zack1234 on May 20, 2016, 01:25:33 PM: Eric Crapton :old:
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Post by: Masherbrum on May 20, 2016, 01:53:16 PM: I winged Tom Hamilton a few times when I was a year into the game.
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: Oddball-CAF on May 20, 2016, 01:54:08 PM: Clint Eastwood . . .
The B25H. Because the 75mm gun it packs is -almost- as powerful as the
one he used in "Dirty Harry". :P
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: shotgunneeley on May 20, 2016, 02:33:57 PM: Quote from: DaveBB on May 20, 2016, 01:01:02 PM
See Rule #14
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: nrshida on May 20, 2016, 02:40:28 PM: Please don't get my comedy / entertainment thread locked with politics!
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: nrshida on May 20, 2016, 02:47:48 PM: Jeremy Clarkson, Tempest. Because he loves power and can't turn corners either :banana:

lso both of them smoke in real life.
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: Ack-Ack on May 20, 2016, 06:25:31 PM: Frank Sinatra would fly the P-38 if he was still alive and playing AH. He'd even feel at home with fellow SAPP members.

(https://themotionpictures.files.wordpress.com/2012/06/vr31.jpg)
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: nrshida on May 21, 2016, 01:57:10 AM: Quote from: Ack-Ack on May 20, 2016, 06:25:31 PM
Frank Sinatra would fly the P-38

Wasn't he flying one at the start of Von Ryan's Express?

Quote from: Oddball-CAF on May 20, 2016, 01:54:08 PM
Clint Eastwood . . .
The B25H. Because the 75mm gun it packs is -almost- as powerful as the
one he used in "Dirty Harry". :P

"I know what you're thinking. Did he fire twenty-one shots or only twenty?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself..." :banana:
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: Brooke on May 21, 2016, 03:19:45 AM: Gary Oldman -- the P-47, while not the most handsome, was one of the most-versatile fighters of WWII. It was used for air-superiority, escort, ground-attack, in all theaters, all climates, super high alt to ground level, used from short-range missions to Iwo to Japan, used by Americans, British, Soviets, Brazilians, Mexicans, and French during WWII.
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: Guppy35 on May 21, 2016, 03:42:07 AM: Jimmy Stewart in a B-24...but then again he really flew them in combat. Kinda tough to top his act :aok
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: Brooke on May 21, 2016, 03:42:32 AM: Quote from: Guppy35 on May 21, 2016, 03:42:07 AM
Jimmy Stewart in a B-24...but then again he really flew them in combat. Kinda tough to top his act :aok

Nice! :aok
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: Brooke on May 21, 2016, 03:50:34 AM: Roald Dahl (author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, among others) -- the Hurricane, as he was a Hurricane ace in WWII.
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: Volron on May 21, 2016, 03:52:04 AM: Chuck Norris...

as himself.

:neener:
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: Brooke on May 21, 2016, 03:56:23 AM: Clark Gable -- B-17 (was a B-17 gunner briefly in WWII)
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: Brooke on May 21, 2016, 04:06:16 AM: Tyrone Power -- the C-47 (he flew the C-46 out of Saipan in WWII).
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: icepac on May 21, 2016, 09:14:13 AM: "boris the bullet dodger" would fly the MIG3 all over the rest of the early war planeset.
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: Guppy35 on May 21, 2016, 10:35:08 AM: Quote from: Brooke on May 21, 2016, 03:50:34 AM
Roald Dahl (author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, among others) -- the Hurricane, as he was a Hurricane ace in WWII.

Not an Ace but did fly Hurricanes. Seriously injured in a crash.

Gene Roddenberry of Star Trek fame flew bombers in the PTO
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: Oddball-CAF on May 21, 2016, 01:08:20 PM: John Belushi - when in character as "Samurai Futaba" of Saturday Night Fame

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/b0/6f/5f/b06f5fae719546e84c7854d330b9f0aa.jpg)

Would of course, fly a Zeke !

(http://www.456fis.org/SQ%20HISTORY/zeroa.jpg)
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: Brooke on May 21, 2016, 01:33:32 PM: Quote from: Guppy35 on May 21, 2016, 10:35:08 AM
Not an Ace but did fly Hurricanes.

In 1941, he shot down two Ju 88's in April, one Potez 63 in June, and another Ju 88 in June. Also in April, he fought the Battle of Athens during which 22 LW fighters were shot down. Some sources attribute one or more of them to Dahl (like the sources used for this one: http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Roald_Dahl ). I don't know if there is a more-official tally somewhere.

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Gene Roddenberry of Star Trek fame flew bombers in the PTO

Ah, yes!
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: pipz on May 21, 2016, 01:56:13 PM: I think John Belushi already established what he would fly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPnwlNvwBLI
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: pipz on May 21, 2016, 02:01:53 PM: Slim Pickens. :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5qqfsQGYus
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: Guppy35 on May 21, 2016, 07:04:46 PM: Quote from: Brooke on May 21, 2016, 01:33:32 PM
In 1941, he shot down two Ju 88's in April, one Potez 63 in June, and another Ju 88 in June. Also in April, he fought the Battle of Athens during which 22 LW fighters were shot down. Some sources attribute one or more of them to Dahl (like the sources used for this one: http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Roald_Dahl ). I don't know if there is a more-official tally somewhere.

Ah, yes!

I was going from his biography I have. He never claims that but does talk about the effects of the crash on him
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: Ack-Ack on May 22, 2016, 12:01:48 AM: Quote from: Oddball-CAF on May 21, 2016, 01:08:20 PM
John Belushi - when in character as "Samurai Futaba" of Saturday Night Fame

(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/b0/6f/5f/b06f5fae719546e84c7854d330b9f0aa.jpg)

Would of course, fly a Zeke !

(http://www.456fis.org/SQ%20HISTORY/zeroa.jpg)

I'd figure him for more of a P-40 kind of guy.

(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zJzKZ3CuBrc/hqdefault.jpg)
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: JOACH1M on May 22, 2016, 12:08:17 AM: Tyler the Creator, he would fly the 190A8. The ultimate F you machine. Lol
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: Masherbrum on May 22, 2016, 12:38:04 AM: Quote from: JOACH1M on May 22, 2016, 12:08:17 AM
Tyler the Creator, he would fly the 190A8. The ultimate F you machine. Lol

Be careful when discussing German aircraft these days......
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: GScholz on May 22, 2016, 12:52:39 AM: Quote from: nrshida on May 20, 2016, 09:20:16 AM
:rofl Everytime I see a Dora being ghey I'm going to imagine Stephen Fry flying it now :rock

Yeah I think you also have to mention why they are a good match!

The Fw is clearly the "handy", or the Apple product of WWII. It has electric push buttons for everything and a cockpit layout praised by everyone in the business. It even has a reclining seat! Plus the fact that Fry is a lover of all things Wagner. He would fit right in with the leather luftwobble lot! :P

"Flesh on flesh I touched a Wagner!" lol

Well... Wagner is great though.
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: JOACH1M on May 22, 2016, 02:56:02 AM: Quote from: Masherbrum on May 22, 2016, 12:38:04 AM
Be careful when discussing German aircraft these days......
God forbid someone who is responsible for pretecting his family and friends against his will... :confused:
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: bozon on May 22, 2016, 07:42:56 AM: See Rule #14
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: BuckShot on May 23, 2016, 05:58:50 AM: See Rule #14
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: BuckShot on May 23, 2016, 03:30:37 PM: Wow. It wasn't even bad. It spread the love radially
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: JOACH1M on May 24, 2016, 10:52:58 AM: A6Ms and Brewsters are Kaitlin jenner
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: Mister Fork on May 24, 2016, 01:05:41 PM: Quote from: JOACH1M on May 24, 2016, 10:52:58 AM
A6Ms and Brewsters are Kaitlin jenner
Oh, you're goin straight to hell for that one Joach :devil

When I see a B-24, Jimmy Stewart always comes to mind.
(https://donmooreswartales.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/dm-bomber-11.jpg)
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: Stampf on May 24, 2016, 01:17:36 PM: P-51

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/da/Logans_run_movie_poster.jpg/220px-Logans_run_movie_poster.jpg)

Michael York :aok
Title: Re: Celebrity AH Aircraft
Post by: Shuffler on May 24, 2016, 04:02:14 PM: Quote from: Stampf on May 24, 2016, 01:17:36 PM
P-51

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/da/Logans_run_movie_poster.jpg/220px-Logans_run_movie_poster.jpg)

Michael York :aok

The fourth Musketeer