How about "The High and the Mighty," with John Wayne, Claire Trevor, and Robert Stack? Very exciting. Or "The Crowded Sky," with Dana Andrews?

Elements of both of these were parodied, I think, in "Airplane!", so if he's seen that, he might appreciate these.
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