Describe the pilot of a movie in one sentence then let us guess the movie's name.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

I'll start:

Swingin' bachelor pilot gets his stewardess girlfriend pregnant then develops mechanical problems.

[Lautremont]

1. Heston, Airport 1975.

Am I right?

Here: Hirsute, bellowing, bandolier-sporting monkeyman.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

8. I was thinking Dean Martin in the original Airport.

Maybe I'm misunderremembering.

[muriel_volestrangler]

15. See #13

Too many pilots in that movie.

[Z_I_Peevey]

2. Heroic pilot whistles a haunting tune. n/t

[Z_I_Peevey]

28. Hint: Usually the leader, this time he was only the copilot in a

precursor to the cliched disaster movie of later decades.

[DarkTirade]

3. Portly pilot claims, "I can hold it!", but then crashes onto the enemy base

that they are attacking.

[muriel_volestrangler]

13. Star Wars (nt)

[DarkTirade]

14. Poor Jek Porkins... he gets no respect.

[stuntcat]

31. oh nooo

Rebel death :cry:

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

4. deleted

not a real pilot movie.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

5. Pilot has a drinking problem. nt

[Lautremont]

9. Cliff Robertson, "The Pilot."

(Or you might mean the other kind of drinking problem, in which case Robert Hayes, "Airplane!"

[Gidney N Cloyd]

10. Also "Danger in the Skies"

Dana Andrews & Cliff Robertson again.
(But "Airplane!" was the first thing that came to mind.)

[Tommy_Carcetti]

30. Ditto on the second guess. nt

[Tommy_Carcetti]

29. You are right on the second guess. nt

[XemaSab]

6. Pilot dons hat, goes for the ultimate ride.

:yeehaw:

[Z_I_Peevey]

7. Slim Pickens!

Major King Kong goes to Russia the hard way. Dr. Strangelove.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

11. Elderly pilots die flying a biplane into a barn. nt

[ForrestGump]

18. "Secondhand Lions"

I just can't resist that film. :D

[Gidney N Cloyd]

33. Yup.

[muriel_volestrangler]

12. He rows to Sweden (nt)

[Fire Walk With Me]

17. Catch 22?

[muriel_volestrangler]

23. Yep!

[Beaverhausen]

16. The story of the first pilot to make a transatlantic flight

too easy...

[ForrestGump]

19. Hmmmm...

Top Gun?

[muriel_volestrangler]

21. Well, that could be

Albert Read? Alcock and Brown, for a non-stop flight?

[Beaverhausen]

26. I was thinking of The Spirit of St. Louis

guess I don't know much about history...

[Fire Walk With Me]

20. Pilot has to hear motivational stories about George Zip.

[muriel_volestrangler]

24. Airplane!

which I guess means I can't say just "Inflatable." now. :cry:

[Fire Walk With Me]

25. Sorry

:)

[Blue-Jay]

22. Guy does something dumb which leads to a hilarious serious of events.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

45. "Lt. Bush: Champagne Unit Hero" ?

Okay, they haven't made that one yet but they should.

[GCP]

27. Pilot gets thermos of tomato soup shot

And thinks he's been shot by the Luftwaffe.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

32. Crusty pilot falls for an on again, off again lesbian. nt

[Gidney N Cloyd]

34. American Pilot poses as Russian to steal secret Russian plane.

[Lautremont]

38. Firefox.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

39. Yup.

[Xipe Totec]

35. Who's the best pilot you ever saw?

[Gidney N Cloyd]

36. Top Gun?

[Xipe Totec]

37. Nope. Hint: Nickname Gordo

[Gidney N Cloyd]

40. As in 'Gordon Cooper'?

[Xipe Totec]

41. Yup, you're getting warm

[Faygo Kid]

42. The Right Stuff?

[Xipe Totec]

43. That's the one!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pflfz6uRUIw

[Gidney N Cloyd]

44. He's "The Second Greatest Pilot in the World."

[ForrestGump]

46. "The Right Stuff"

Gordon Cooper, played by Dennis Quaid.