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During a coup attempt in 1972, four Moroccan pilots intercepted a Boeing 727 carrying the Moroccan King and fired on it. The King (himself a pilot), grabbed the radio and told the rebel pilots, "Stop firing! The tyrant is dead!" Fooled, the rebels broke off their attack and the coup failed.

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Despite US denial for 26 years, eight members of the Alabama Air National Guard volunteered to pose as Cuban rebel pilots during the Bay of Pigs invasion. Of these 8, 4 were killed when promised air cover never arrived, with two of the pilots dying in a firefight after being shot down.

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1. The King of Morocco, Hassan II grabbed the radio during an assassination attempt and told the rebel pilots who were firing at Hassan's Boeing 727; "Stop firing! The tyrant is dead!" Which made the assassins break off their attack.

2. Han Solo was once an Imperial TIE fighter pilot before rebelling against his chain of command when his commanding officer was about to beat Chewbacca with a neuronic whip.

3. A failed coup lead by pilots of King's Hassan II of Morocco attacked his Boeing 727 jetliner using four Northrop F-5 jets. Damaging the fuselage, the king himself grabbed the radio and shouted "Stop firing! The tyrant is dead!" Fooling the rebel pilots to break off their attack.

4. Denis Lawson, the actor who played rebel pilot Wedge Antilles in the original Star Wars trilogy, is Ewan McGregor's uncle.

5. The first skyjacking occurred in 1931 in Peru. Two rebel soldiers forced the pilot to fly them over Lima so they could drop propaganda pamphlets onto the city.

6. In Episode IV A New Hope the fat rebel pilot attacking the Death Star was named "Porkins"

7. When his plane was being shot at during a coup attempt in 1972, King Hassan II of Morocco grabbed the radio himself and told the rebel pilots, "Stop firing! Your tyrant is dead!" Believing that their mission had been successful, the rebel pilots broke off their attack.