He did most of the flying in "Six Days, Seven Nights." If I remember the article from "Flying" magazine, he owns a DeHavilland Beaver like the one he flew in the movie. According to the article, tha was the first time a major actor did his own flying in a major movie.

Clint Eastwood is a helicopter pilot.

I've never met any of the Hollywood celebrities who are pilots. Of course, the kind of celebrities I've met over the years are people most people know nothing about.

Burt Rutan - designer extraordinare. Met him at Oskhosk ' 77.

Greg "Pappy" Boyington - talked to him at Oshkosh in 1981.

Dick Rutan and Jenna Yeager - talked to both of them at Oshkosh ' 81. Dick showed me the first drawings of the "Voyager" before they'd been released to the press. We discussed the planned flight for almost an hour. Great guy.

George Gay - sole survivor of Torpedo Squadron 8 during the Battle of Midway. Talked to him at Oshkosh.

Molt Taylor - crusty engineer who designed and built several planes, among them the Aerocar. Oshkosh, of course.

C. G. Taylor - former head of Taylorcraft, man who designed what became the Piper Cub. Oshkosh. Mr. Taylor was a man of character. A devout pascifist, he sold his company in 1942 rather than profit from selling his planes for use in war. I can disagree with his views but deeply respect his commitment to them.

Moya Lear - widow of Bill Lear, she took over his company following his death and worked to see his last plane, the Learfan, flew.

Marge Bong - widow of America's all time ace, Dick Bong. Her photo was painted on the nose of Bong's P-38.

I've seen Chuck Yeager but never had the chance to talk to him. One of my deep disappointments was that I just missed getting to meet Sir Douglas Bader back in 1980. I also never got to meet Jimmy Doolittle.

From my list, you should be able to figure out what kind of "celebrities" interest me. As for the Hollywood crowd, almost all of them rate little more than a yawn from me.