Brad Pitt's...

[petermcleland]

...aeroplane of choice:-

http://www.jaunted.com/story/2013/12/3/ ... rld+War+II

[cstorey]

Who is Brad Pitt ?

[DaveB]

He's the one who thinks the UK should hand over the Falklands to Argentina. He's married to Lara Croft (Tomb Raider) aka Angelina Jolie. Ring any bells?

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DaveB

[cstorey]

Ah ! a film actor. If I tell you that I last went to the cinema in March 1976 ( it was Conduct Unbecoming , in a cinema in Nairobi ) you will see why I have never heard of him. Doesn't sound as though I've missed much , particularly as I'm just re-reading Max Hastings' book on the Falklands War !

[Jon.M]

Tom Cruise has to make do with this: http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewstib ... 1-mustang/

John Travolta has a big one which he parks on his drive: http://telstarlogistics.typepad.com/tel ... -john.html

Harrison Ford has several aircraft including a DH Beavor and a Waco Taperwing http://www.btfpress.com/Airplanes/Harri ... &k=VK3s77n

Jon

[Chris Trott]

There's also:

Michael Dorn who has a Sabreliner and previously owned an F-86 and T-33

Aaron Tippin (who's more of a singer than actor) who has a PT-17, SNJ-4 (Navy version of the T-6 Texan), and is a pilot for the CAF on their B-29 and B-24 in addition to a Cub and a Cessna 421

Lorenzo Llamas has/had an L-39 and a Pilatus PC-12

Jimmy Buffet has several airplanes including a PT-17, HU-16, and a Grumman Goose. The Goose may be familiar to most of you as it's the plane which the FSX Goose is painted like - http://www.buffettworld.com/aviation/goose/ (although he bought it after MS made the paint scheme "famous")

There's a few others who don't own warbird like:

David Lee Roth (helicopter rating)
Sydney Portier (has a Learjet)
Clint Eastwood (and his son Scott) both have Helicopter ratings
Morgan Freeman used to have a light twin, but I'm not sure he's still flying
Dennis Quaid has his private and multi-engine ratings and at one time had a Beech 18 and also is type-rated in the Citation
Chuck Woolery has his Private/Instrument rating, don't know what he flies/owns though
Cliff Robertson had several planes over the years including a couple of Cessna Twins
Fess Parker (aka Davey Crockett and Daniel Boone) had several single engine light airplanes
Patrick Swayze owned several airplanes
Kurt Russell at one time had a Cessna 402
Roger Barnes (better known as wrestler Ron Garvin) had a DC-3 for a while, don't know if he still has it though

We don't hear much about most of them mainly because their job means that they usually can't fly while they're making films (although Harrison managed to get approval to do most of the on-film flying for the movie "Six Days Seven Nights", which is where his Beaver came from - he bought it from the Studio after the filming wrapped - full story here).

[TSR2]

Don't forget Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden, ATPL on 737 and 757. Not sure if he flew 1-11's back in the day?

[DaveB]

Oh dear.. there are loads when you think about it.

I've only just given this a second thought and remembered Gary Numan (Texan/Harvard).. Martin Shaw (Stearman)

Richard Todd (Guy Gibson in the Dambusters film) was aircrew during WWII though I don't think he ever owned a Lancaster

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DaveB

[dfarrow]

Didn't Richard Todd drop onto Pegasus Bridge on D-Day to back up the Glider troops . Think he was a Para officer and took part in the fighting at Pegasus . In The Longest Day film he played the part of the Ron Frost the C/O of the glider troops .

rgds dave f .

[DaveB]

You're right Dave. Who the heck am I thinking of then? Perhaps we'll never know



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DaveB