Airplane! Airplane! Airplane! (alternatively titled Flying High!) is a 1980 American satirical disaster film written and directed by David and Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams, and produced by Jon Davison. It stars Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty and features Leslie Nielsen, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Lorna Patterson. The film is a parody of the disaster film genre, particularly the 1957 Paramount film "Zero Hour!", from which it borrows the plot and the central characters, as well as many elements from "Airport 1975" and other films in the "Airport" film series. The film is known for its
Montreal Light Airplane Club use of the aerodrome at St. Hubert, Quebec which, at the time, was projected to be Canada's main airport. It is now the site of Air Richelieu - Montreal Flying Club - Aeroclub Montreal. Montreal Light Airplane Club The Montreal Light Airplane Club was one of the first airplane clubs founded in Canada in 1928 under a Canadian Government scheme to promote the development of the light airplane movement in Canada. it was eEstablished at Cartierville Airport, Montreal, Quebec, but expanded quickly and was moved to St. Hubert. The club took delivery of its first plane, a De Havilland "Moth"