Possible Clues:

• Excellent fighter over land and sea meets an aviator
• Sounds as if this plain fellow is more than a windbag
• He might get wind of being in flight
• Marina's tipsy pilot
• Barnstormer, e.g.
• As hurricane hit marina - pilot needed
• He's great gas as a pilot
• Flighty sort?
• Sky pilot displaying a bit of religious mania
• Tuskegee group member