This is hilarious! How is it 2010 and I just now find out about this?
Many of the scenes set up for the gags were directly cribbed from 1957’s Zero Hour! It’s a movie about an ex fighter pilot named Stryker, who… well, see for yourself.
via: Airplane! is a Remake of an Old Fifties Flick
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