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* It was established in the first ''[[Transformers Film Series|Transformers]]'' movie that Mikaela had a criminal record for helping her dad steal cars. In the climax she demonstrated the knowledge of how to hot wire a tow truck when Bumblebee was injured. Interestingly enough, this turns into a [[Chekhov's Skill]] in the sequel, where she has to hotwire another vehicle in a hurry.
* In ''[[Independence Day]]'' they made mention that the President was a fighter pilot during the Gulf War. In the climax he decided against reason and took control of an aircraft in their [[Last Stand]]. "I'm a pilot. I belong up in the air."
* In ''[[Star Wars]]'' Episode 4: ''[[A New Hope]]'', [[Farm Boy]] [[Star Wars|Luke Skywalker]] is actually a [[Ace Pilot|hot-shot bush pilot]] who used to bullseye wompratswomp rats with his T-16 back home. SurelyThe theExpanded wackyUniverse adventuresexplains LukeT-16 mustis havecommon hadcivilian whilecraft growingthat, upbeing onbuilt Tatooineby hadthe muchsame toshipyard, dohas withalmost flyingthe asame militarycontrol spacescheme fighteras atan extremelyX-Wing. highHow speedshe inadjusts ato tunnel[[Space whileFriction|the evadinglack fireof fromair thefriction mostin skilleda pilotsvacuum]] ofis, theby galacticcontrast, [[Thenever Empire|empire]]explained.
** T-16s are, as explained in the Expanded Universe, common civilian craft, the equivalent of a Cessna. The advantage it gave Luke to have flown a T-16 is the fact that the T-65 X-Wing has almost the same control scheme, being made by the same shipyard. And T-16s have a low-power (by Star Wars standards) laser. Luke wouldn't have had to evade the Empire chasing him down just for flying around in his legally-owned civilian-grade aircraft.
* In ''[[Angels & Demons]]'', McKenna (the priest) mentions that he knows how to fly helicopters. Guess what happens later in the movie? He volunteers for a suicide mission to take a ticking bomb up in the air so it couldn't hurt anyone when the job could only be done by flying a helicopter (there was another pilot there but it wasn't his heroic moment).
* [[Zoe Bell]]'s ability to always land on her feet in [[Death Proof]]. It is mentioned in a funny way when the girls talk, but when attacked by the [[Big Bad]], it becomes very important.
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