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We're Gonna Need a Bigger Boat
Feb. 11th, 2008 08:38 amRoy Scheider passed away yesterday.
While Jaws
and Jaws 2
were both big deals to me, Roy had an even bigger influence on me in the following decade, with Blue Thunder
.
I credit his movie-winning supposed-to-be-impossible 360 in that helicopter with my wargame-winning 360 in an F18 simulator, which was performed from the aircraft's ceiling and should not have succeeded. I'm sure the MIG pilot that had been behind me was mighty surprised... and if it hadn't been for Roy, the results of that altercation would have been much different.
While Jaws
and Jaws 2 were both big deals to me, Roy had an even bigger influence on me in the following decade, with Blue Thunder.I credit his movie-winning supposed-to-be-impossible 360 in that helicopter with my wargame-winning 360 in an F18 simulator, which was performed from the aircraft's ceiling and should not have succeeded. I'm sure the MIG pilot that had been behind me was mighty surprised... and if it hadn't been for Roy, the results of that altercation would have been much different.
