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Though Jonz is considered one of the best of Alaska's bush pilots, he has gained a reputation of being something of a daredevil during his 15 years of flying. He lost his license in 1966 for flying an overweighted airplane in Florida, but was back in good standing with the FAA in 1968. There may still be some questions about his judgment, although flying in Alaska is a dicey enterprise. When the Jonz plane took off from Anchorage, cloudy, turbulent flying conditions were forecast...
...massive, two or three-hour briefings from colonels with seven overlay charts, then dine with the ambassador or the commanding general, those tall noble Anglo-Saxons who emanated all the confidence of surgeons to their patients. The next day they would be issued green fatigues and flown around by daredevil helicopter pilots to spend (but for the air trip) an unalterably boring day visiting hamlets with pig farms, maternity clinics, 'miracle rice' plots, and children washed, scrubbed and smiling, lining the streets and waving GVN flags... The VIPs would return to announce that progress was being made. How could they...
Roaring down a race track in Atlanta, Motorcycle Daredevil Robert "Evel" Knievel took a practice jump over four panel trucks, overshot the landing ramp, and broke his back-for the third time in his career. Determined to ride the next day, broken back and all, Knievel asked the doctor, "If I were to jump so I'd land on the balls of my feet, not on my behind, so I wouldn't jar anything -what do you think?" The doctor didn't think much of it, so Knievel set off for the track in an ambulance, just...
...skiing with seven of her eleven children, Ethel Kennedy landed on her back. Her acrobatics caused boot-top fractures of two bones in her right leg, which were set by doctors at the lodge infirmary. Hardly worth mentioning, however, compared to the snap, crackle and pop of Motorcycle Daredevil Evel Knievel, who, by rough count, broke his 101st, 102nd, 103rd and 104th bones at the Michigan State Fairgrounds last week. The latest fracture of his collarbone and ribs will not, of course, deter Knievel from his scheduled motorcycle leap this week in Sacramento, Calif., where he aims to soar over...
Almost anyone, however, might mildly enjoy Evel Knievel, a cheerfully silly motorcycle saga based on the life of a professional daredevil and his wife Linda (Sue Lyon). The movie is best when dealing with Knievel's early exploits: harassing the small-town Montana cops, riding into a dormitory full of giggling co-eds in pursuit of his girl friend, and stunt driving in a rundown local rodeo. Soon Knievel (played improbably but ingratiatingly by George Hamilton) begins to build quite a reputation for himself, and even becomes a sort of folk hero. Crowds turn out from all over...