Harrison Ford slammed by Hippies!

[croatian judge]

And yes, he has done A LOT for GA! Isn't he the narrater for "16R" as well?

Nope, 16R doesn't have one (which you don't realise until someone points it out)

He has narrated/done a few other aviation shows though, I saw one about the Beaver and he was on it.

[Artoo]

The character of Han Solo changed my life forever, and no other actor I've seen could have replaced Mr. Ford in that role (Han shot first).  He's been kind of a role model of mine, knowing the back story of how he got into film and how he got cast as Han Solo let's you appreciate his character (self-reliant, hard-working). True environmentalists (read outdoorsmen) understand that carbon dioxide does not contribute to a greenhouse effect that warms the planet.  I'll tell you what warms the planet, the sun.  Don't believe me? let's just try and go a day without it.  Greenies are earthbound, concrete-walkin, city-slicker, busy-bodies that want to tell you how to live your life, and use "green" habits to replace their lack of religion.  Besides we have a great cooling system, it's called the ocean.  The greater the temperature -> the faster the lapse rate -> the more cloud cover -> reflects more sunshine -> less radiation absorbed by the surface of the earth -> cooler, more stable air masses.  If we were to feed the trees by putting more CO₂ in the air, we'd all be happier, because O₂ makes us happy? Oxygen bar anyone?

But what do I know, I'm just a country boy!

[Mike]

You would be even more impressed after you meet Harrison.

He is a great guy, loves talking shop and flying but hates talking about movies (in fact you bring up movies, he'll just turn around, walk away, and find somebody else to talk flying with....)
I have been to movie sets with him. He still remembers where he came from and never ever complains when he is working with the director. I've seen him do the same scene close to 30 times (other actress screwed up but she was the directors wife) and he said he can do this all night because it still isn't real work for what he gets paid for. Really impressed me since some of the other Hollywood actors I've worked with are not like that at all.....
He is more one of us then one of "them".....

[Artoo]

That would be a dream come true to meet him.  He'd probably think it a little silly that someone would hold him in such high regard, all the more reason he's just that awesome. 

[G-man]

You would be even more impressed after you meet Harrison.

He is a great guy, loves talking shop and flying but hates talking about movies (in fact you bring up movies, he'll just turn around, walk away, and find somebody else to talk flying with....)
He is more one of us then one of "them".....

Agree 100%...Went to dinner with him & Calista after we flew in Hawaii---he has zero interest in talking movies. The next day we had some friendly banter on the radio...and he loves it...

He was due to go flying with me in the afternoon, I was taking off in an Astar mid morning and heard him coming in on downwind in a cessna.

The tower controller warned me -- "Island 3, you have traffic 10 o' clock on down wind".

I replied "Island 3 has target in sight, switching to guns".. (as one does.. )

Harrison came back with "Gordy, I am NOT a target, besides I would win"

The controller then asked "Island 3 and Cessna 123, do you guys know each other"...to which Harrison jumped in and said...

"We know each other---but do YOU know who I am----this is Harrison"

To this day, the controllers at Lihue talk about the exchange.......Harrison is a true gentleman who knows his roots. He would always come by our office and hang there while his Plane was being serviced...he just lives and breathes aviation---and woodworking of all things---he was going to help me build a deck on my house in Hawaii...he suggested we have a big bar-b-que for all the pilots and build the deck---kind of like a "barn raising"...he just wanted to hang with pilots. He got called back to the main land early so it never happened

[Mike]

Isn't it funny G-Man, how so many people wanna be Harrison, and all he wants to be is like us?!?

(he wouldn't be able to own a Bell 407, G4, Bonanza, Cessna, and a Beaver if he actually was us though.....    )

[FlyboyGil]

Get Harrison on our forum!  It would be awsome to have him here!

[G-man]

Get Harrison on our forum!  It would be awsome to have him here!

Will work on it--I just hired a pilot who knows him also, between the three of us we can prolly get him on here. Remember though he wants to talk aviation..not movies....

[FlyboyGil]

Get Harrison on our forum!  It would be awsome to have him here!

Will work on it--I just hired a pilot who knows him also, between the three of us we can prolly get him on here. Remember though he wants to talk aviation..not movies....

What about aviation movies?

P.S. This is my 1400 post! 

[gibbo_335]

WOW imagine that .... if Harrison did join WOW!!! 

Hey congrats on the 1400th Gilly, beers  and strippers will be at your door as soon as you open it 

[Rooster Cruiser]

Let's just keep Harrison incognito except to the forum moderators.  Otherwise he'll vanish.  Methinks like most aviators he values his privacy.

My $.02

RC

[Mike]

yeah, let's give him an online name, like "Han", or "Indiana", or something....
that way nobody will know it's him....
 

[FlyboyGil]

Let's just keep Harrison incognito except to the forum moderators.  Otherwise he'll vanish.  Methinks like most aviators he values his privacy.

My $.02

RC

Ok, but I would like a warning, just in case he does show up so I can delete my criticism of "Crystal Skull" post

[Mike]

Let's just keep Harrison incognito except to the forum moderators.  Otherwise he'll vanish.  Methinks like most aviators he values his privacy.

My $.02

RC

Ok, but I would like a warning, just in case he does show up so I can delete my criticism of "Crystal Skull" post

you never know, he might feel the same way about the movie....   
(never asked him though.....because . . . .  well......see previous posts)

[G-man]

you never know, he might feel the same way about the movie....   
(never asked him though.....because . . . .  well......see previous posts)

When we flew around Kauai with Calista, where the Indiana Jones move was filmed, he had no interest in showing her the ;locations from that movie, but did want to go to all the locations of "Six days seven nights"...which I thought was an inferior movie.... Maybe that is indicative of how he feels about the Jones movies.