This is as much a parody as Airplane any day.

Airplane uses a lot more from the plot of "Zero Hour" than "Crowded Sky" for parody. The close-up while a character thinks is a major contribution from this movie. Dana Andrews plays a pilot in "Zero Hour" too, he is the passenger forced to fly the plane when the crew gets sick. Actor Sterling Hayden picked the wrong day to quit smoking. I loved that movie as a child and now I can't watch it with a straight face.

I didn't find this movie funny. I don't think it was meant to be either. I think it was pretty bad. The sound was horrible. The entire movie seemed to be dubbed after the fact. There were many characters I didn't like. I just found it lacking.

If it had been funny that would have been better but it was just a lot of bad acting and forced, contrived stories in my opinion.

Woman, man! That's the way it should be Tarzan. [Tarzan and his mate]

Oh. My. Gosh! This is hilariously awful! I'm laughing at this almost as much as I did with "Airplane!"