In the 1940s this singing cowboy took his animal co-star Champion on airplane flights
[DOC] [TLE] Gene Autry - Wikipedia [PAR] Orvon Grover "Gene" Autry (September 29, 1907  October 2, 1998) was an 
American ... His singing cowboy movies were the first vehicle to carry country 
music to a .... Buttram would co-star with Gene Autry in more than 40 films and in 
over 100 ... in June 1944, serving as a C-109 transport pilot with the rank of flight 
officer.