Celebrities Take On The Sky

Morgan Freeman: Serious Actor and Serious Pilot

Morgan Freeman’s love of flying is as great as his love of acting. As a young man, Freeman received a partial drama scholarship from Jackson State University, which he turned down to enlist in the United States Air Force. He worked as an Automatic Tracking Radar Repairman for four years.

Despite this, Morgan Freeman didn’t get his pilot’s license until the age of 65! He has owned three aircraft: a Cessna Citation 501, a Cessna 414 twin-engine prop, and a long-range Emivest SJ30. He is licensed to fly all three aircraft. In December 2015 a plane Freeman was a passenger in had to make an emergency landing after blowing a tire. Everyone was fine.

David Lee Roth: Stagecraft and Skycraft

David Lee Roth is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame for his years of rock and rolling, both with Van Halen and solo. He was in and out of Van Halen with famous problems arising between him and the other band members, especially frontman Eddie Van Halen.

David Lee Roth has been a helicopter pilot since 2006. In 2005, Roth went to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, where Army medics in Iraq are trained, for military emergency medical technician (EMT) training. Roth was trained to transport patients to military helicopters, supporting his work as an EMT back home.