The Great Waldo Pepper

The Great Waldo Pepper is a 1975 drama film about a discontented pilot played by Robert Redford. Waldo Pepper (Robert Redford) feels he has missed out on the glory of aerial combat in World War I after being made a flight instructor. When the fighting ends, Waldo has taken up barnstorming to make a living. He soon tangles with rival barnstormer Axel Olsson (Bo Svenson). The two eventually wind up flying for the traveling air show owned by Dillhoefer (Philip Bruns). In an effort to attract bigger crowds, Dillhoefer introduces several young ladies into the show, including Mary Beth (Susan Sarandon) and Patsy (Kelly Jean Peters). As the show moves from town to town, and the crew practices new stunts, they experience problems, errors, and crashes. As a result of the death of a woman during a wing walking stunt, Waldo is grounded by a federal aviation inspector, a man from Waldo's past named Newt (Geoffrey Lewis). Waldo ultimately loses his pilot's license, but this doesn't stop him from... full article at wikipedia