Awesome / Airport

• When they're trying to clear the runway so the stricken plane can land, there's a 707 blocking the runway. After many attempts, Patroni says to his younger assistant: "Better strap yourself in kid, I'm giving her all she's got." He then rams the throttles all the way to their stops and. THE. PLANE. MOVES. And this is right after the airport manager gets his moment of awesome by making it clear that the airplane will be cleared from the runway, even if that means pushing it with snowplows, if the attempt fails.
• The priest slapping the Unsatisfiable Customer. Not just that he slaps him, but slapping him in the process of crossing himself without a second's hesitation.
• The brief scene in Airport '79 of Joe Patroni admiring the Concorde he is tasked to fly. Not only is it a great show of a legendary aircraft, it also shows just how large it is despite it's slim hyperaerodynamic design.