Today’s scene that I love comes from 1979’s The Concorde …. Airport ’79.  

Under attack from a drone, George Kennedy does what any responsible pilot would do.  He opens up the cockpit window — while in flight! — and fires off a flare gun.  Meanwhile, Alain Delon does some Top Gun-style moves with a commercial airliner.  No wonder Eddie Albert and Jimmie Walker look so alarmed!  Beyond the “don’t try this at home” narrative logic, this scene is definitely worth it for the shots of the passengers reacting.