Culture: Movie: Plot: Action
Blind Gun   (+3, -4)  [vote for, against]
Disney feel-good movie about a blind fighter pilot.

This would be a family-oriented feel-good movie in which a blind man, through sheer grit and determination, and against the nay-saying of naysayers, becomes the top fighter pilot in the US air force.

To make the plot believable, the pilot would rely in his seeing-eye dog, Orville, who would sit on his lap during flights, and yelp and whine to communicate what's happening in the air. To enhance the cuteness factor, the dog would be outfitted with a helmet and goggles.

At the climax of the movie, the hero would single-handedly save America from terrorists, to the tune of "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey.
-- AntiQuark, Dec 24 2010

Color-blind pilot http://dreamschoone...17/flying-in-color/
Color-blindness shouldn't keep a dog from commandeering a plane. [AntiQuark, Dec 24 2010]

Air Bud 2 : Golden Receiver [1998] Trailer http://www.youtube....watch?v=YVsaKG_KcDU
In which a dog achieves the impossible! [AntiQuark, Dec 24 2010]

Maybe not modern aircraft but bi-planes fer sher. http://media.gamere...ed-baron-snoopy.jpg
[2 fries shy of a happy meal, Dec 24 2010]

"Tin-legs" Bader http://en.wikipedia.../wiki/Douglas_Bader
True grit [8th of 7, Dec 24 2010]

Ryan McGuire http://www.laughlin...ry.asp?id=123228681
[DIYMatt, Dec 25 2010]

//dog's colorblindness//

See link.
-- AntiQuark, Dec 24 2010


// I can't suspend my disbelief that much, sorry.//

So I take it you didn't like the "Air Bud" series? (See link). How very tragic!
-- AntiQuark, Dec 24 2010


"The airliner of the future will have a crew of three - a Pilot, a Man, and a Dog."

"The Man is there to feed the Dog."

"The Dog is there to bite the Pilot if he tries to touch the controls ..."
-- 8th of 7, Dec 24 2010


In other news, the USAF has just let the first pilot missing a leg return to flying.
-- DIYMatt, Dec 24 2010


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-- 8th of 7, Dec 24 2010


That's nothing. In England we used to have a prime minister with no balls.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Dec 24 2010


Oh, hang on. We still do.
-- MaxwellBuchanan, Dec 24 2010


Older than the _RAF_ pilot Douglas Bader? Nope.
-- DIYMatt, Dec 25 2010



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