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Joe Patroni ( George Kennedy) dead at 91

thats "Chief Engineer" to young Kid Wanna' be Pilots out there

Joe has Officially taken the Boeing 707 into The Wild Blue Yonder

From Hollywood : http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/george-kennedy-oscar-winner-for-cool-hand-luke-dies-at-91-report/ar-BBqaBRc?li=BBnbcA1&ocid=mailsignout

He was truly a great Actor in many of his films, everything from Cool Hand Luke to Airport 1970 to the Eiger Sanction


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn04jBhpKkw[/youtube]



[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vn8uX4_hI8[/youtube]

A great actor, I loved him in everything he did from The Dirty Dozen to Eiger Sanction, through The Naked Gun. Just a brilliantly talented actor. RIP.

From the movie, Airport (1970):

Cockpit qualified young man: [after the plane gets out of the ditch] The instruction book said that was impossible.

Joe Patroni: That's one nice thing about the 707. It can do everything BUT read.
[throws his chewed and soggy cigar over his shoulder]

RIP.