Celebrity Pilots

Ever wonder who famous also carries a pilots license? Well you will be surprised. We decided in this post to list a few for you.

JOHN TRAVOLTA (Actor)
PRIVATE PILOT 9/6/2005 (Last Update)
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND
AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND
INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE
Type Ratings: P/B-707(SIC PRIVILEGES ONLY)
P/CE-500(VFR ONLY) P/G-1159 P/HS-125 P/LR-JET

CLINT EASTWOOD (Actor)
PRIVATE PILOT 06/06/1989
ROTORCRAFT-HELICOPTER

JAMES WILLIAM BUFFETT "Jimmy" (Singer)
COMMERCIAL PILOT 10/04/2004
AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND & SEA
INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE
PRIVATE PRIVILEGES
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND & SEA
Type Ratings: C/CE-500 C/DA-50 C/G-111

ANGELINA JOLIE (Actor)
STUDENT PILOT 06/23/2004
PRIVATE PILOT (FOREIGN BASED) 07/29/2005
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND
Limits: ISSUED ON BASIS OF AND VALID ONLY WHEN ACCOMPANIED BY UNITED KINGDOM PILOT LICENSE NUMBER(S) UK/PP433873A/A. ALL LIMITATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS ON THE UNITED KINGDOM PILOT LICENSE APPLY

JOHN FORBES KERRY (Senator)
COMMERCIAL PILOT 04/02/1986
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND & SEA
AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND
INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE
PRIVATE PRIVILEGES
GLIDER AERO TOW

MORGAN FREEMAN (Actor)
PRIVATE PILOT 03/02/2005
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND
AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND
INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE

KRISTOFFER KRISTOFFERSON (Actor)
COMMERCIAL PILOT 07/07/1967
ROTORCRAFT HELICOPTER
PRIVATE PRIVILEGES
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND

MICHAEL DORN (Actor - Star Trek)
PRIVATE PILOT 03/18/2000
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND
AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND
INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE
Type Ratings: P/N-265

DENNIS WILLIAM QUAID (Actor)
PRIVATE PILOT 06/17/1994
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND
AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND
INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE
Type Ratings: P/CE-500

CHARLES "Chuck" WOOLERY (Game Show Host)
PRIVATE PILOT 08/19/1994
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND
INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE

AARON DUPREE TIPPIN (Singer)
COMMERCIAL PILOT 6/9/2004
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND
AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND
INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE
PRIVATE PRIVILEGES
ROTORCRAFT-HELICOPTER
MECHANIC
AIRFRAME
POWERPLANT

Roy Linwood Clark (Musician) 1933-
PRIVATE PILOT 7/28/1998
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND & SEA
AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND

CLIFF PARKER ROBERTSON (Actor) 1925-
COMMERCIAL PILOT
LIGHTER-THAN-AIR FREE BALLOON
PRIVATE PRIVILEGES
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND & SEA
AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND
INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE
GLIDER AERO TOW

FESS ELISHA PARKER (Actor)
PRIVATE PILOT 7/13/1960
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND
AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND

HARRISON FORD (Actor)
PRIVATE PILOT 05/06/2005 (Last Update)
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE SEA
AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND
INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE
ROTORCRAFT-HELICOPTER
Type Ratings: P/CE-525

THOMAS CRUISE (Actor)
COMMERCIAL PILOT 04/03/1998
AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND
INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE
PRIVATE PRIVILEGES
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND

PATRICK WAYNE SWAYZE (Actor)
PRIVATE PILOT 01/15/2004
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND
AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND
INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE

GEORGE WALKER BUSH (President)
COMMERCIAL PILOT 12/08/1969
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND
AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND
INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE

GEORGE H WALKER BUSH SR. (President)
COMMERCIAL PILOT 10/09/1945
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND

KURT VOGEL RUSSELL (Actor)
PRIVATE PILOT 12/02/1992
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND
AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND
INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE

HUGH MALCOLM DOWNS (TV Host)
PRIVATE PILOT 05/18/1976
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND & SEA
AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND
GLIDER AERO TOW
LIGHTER-THAN-AIR FREE BALLOON
Limits: LIMITED TO HOT AIR BALLOONS WITH AIRBORNE HEATER

ALAN EUGENE JACKSON (Singer)
PRIVATE PILOT 03/17/1997
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND & SEA
AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND

ARNOLD DANIEL PALMER (Golfer b1929-)
PRIVATE PILOT
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND
AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND
INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE
Type Ratings: P/CE-500 P/CE-650 P/CE-750 P/LR-JET

SYDNEY POLLACK (Actor)
PRIVATE PILOT Last Update 06/23/2000
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND
AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND
INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE
Type Ratings: P/CE-750 P/LR-JET

LORENZO FERNANDO LAMAS
COMMERCIAL PILOT 12/09/2002
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND
AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND
INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE
ROTORCRAFT-HELICOPTER

LARRY DEE WILCOX (Actor Chips)
PRIVATE PILOT 09/26/1990
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND
Limits: NIGHT FLYING PROHIBITED

PHILLIP CALVIN MCGRAW (TV Psychologist)
PRIVATE PILOT 1/8/1976
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND
INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE

ROGER BARNES (Wrestler Ron Garvin) b1945-
COMMERCIAL PILOT 5/11/1993
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND
AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND
INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE
Type Ratings: DC-3

DAVID IRVING ORECK (Businessman) 1924-
COMMERCIAL PILOT 3/29/1962
AIRPLANE SINGLE ENGINE LAND & SEA
AIRPLANE MULTIENGINE LAND
INSTRUMENT AIRPLANE

DAVID LEE ROTH (Singer)
PRIVATE PILOT 12/12/2006
ROTORCRAFT-HELICOPTER

This should give you an idea of how many celebrities have done it and you can get your license too.

Cessna

The Cessna 172 is the most popular, most manufactured small light weight aircraft ever built. This aircraft is also widely used in teaching future pilots to fly. When you too decide to learn to fly this will probably be the airplane you will to end up flying.
The aircraft is a four seat passenger single engine high wing airplane. The first production models where delivered in 1956 and are still being made up to today 2007.
Even up to some of your airline pilots today that work for the major airline carriers have flown in a Cessna to start out their careers in aviation as well. It is the perfect plane to take your friends and family for a sight seeing tour or to travel to another state.
A few known facts about the 172 is that its cruising speed is between 105-125 knots depending on the engine and vintage. The older Cessnas had a 145 horsepower engine and later airplanes had a 180 horsepower engine. However the 150-160 horsepower are more common with a service ceiling of 15,100 feet.
It is also an easy aircraft to learn how to fly in which makes it ideal for schools to use in teaching their own students.