The Expendables 3 - 13 Easter Eggs & References You Need To Know

8. Harrison Ford Is A Real Pilot

Drummer eventually takes off his suit and becomes a pilot for The Expendables during their last stand against Stonebanks, and though this might just seem like a reference to his time aboard the Millennium Falcon as Han Solo in Star Wars, it also holds the mirror up the fact that Ford is a real-life pilot. That's right, he can fly both fixed-wing aircraft and, as in the movie, helicopters, and has even assisted emergency services in rescuing troubled hikers. The cast of the Expendables pretend to do a lot of things, but Harrison Ford? He's the real deal, even if he might not usually have his buddies firing machine guns out the back of his copter...
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