Roger Murdock: Huh? FC: LA departure frequency 123.9. Clarence Oveur: Roger. Roger Murdock: Huh? Victor Basta: Request vector, over. Clarence Oveur: What? FC: Flight 209 clear for vector 324. Roger Murdock: We have clearance, Clarence. Clarence Oveur: Roger, Roger, what's our vector,...
Airplane!: Directed by Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker. With Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Julie Hagerty. After the crew becomes sick with food poisoning, a neurotic ex-fighter pilot must safely land a commercial airplane ful
“I was looking over the old scripts, and there’s nothing — it was just, ‘No, I am Roger Murdoch, I’m an airline pilot.’ That was it,” says David Zucker. “At the time, there wasn’t any controversy (around Pete Rose). If it had been after the whole gambling thing, we...
1926 - possibly the first fixed-wing aircraft with a heated, soundproof cabin, electric starter, and wheel brakes. Powered by either a Wright J-5 (SB-1) or Wright J-6 (SB-1D), the Detroiter became an overnight success with a number of airlines including Florida Airways, Wien Alaska Air...
This was the straw that broke the camel's back, as the ensuing row saw Crosby sacked from The Byrds by Roger McGuinn. Crosby duly bequeathed the song to the Airplane and Grace Slick characteristically took up the libertarian cause. 'This is 1968, what do you mean you don't want me to...