Editing Danny Kaye (section)

===Flying===
Kaye became an aviation enthusiast and pilot. His interest was sparked by his longtime friend, choreographer [[Michael Kidd]], who at the time had recently earned his private pilot's license. Kaye was an enthusiastic and accomplished golfer, but reduced golf activities in favor of flying and started training for his license in 1959.<ref name=Fly/>
<ref>{{cite news| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=gk4_AAAAIBAJ&pg=3103,2142968| title=Kaye Likes Air| last=Scott| first=Vernon| date=July 14, 1962| newspaper=[[Windsor Star]] |access-date=March 18, 2011}}</ref> The first plane Kaye owned was a [[Piper PA-23|Piper Aztec]].<ref name=Fly>{{cite journal| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CSEDAAAAMBAJ&q=danny+kaye&pg=PA76| title=If I Can Fly, You Can Fly| last=Kaye| first=Danny| date=January 1967| journal=[[Popular Science]]| access-date=March 11, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TSgmAAAAIBAJ&pg=990,3305946| title=Danny Kaye Likes Flying, TV, Dodgers| last=Thomas| first=Bob| date=September 21, 1965| newspaper=[[Gettysburg Times]]| access-date=January 15, 2011}}</ref> After this, he became qualified for many types of aircraft, from single-engined light aircraft to multiengine jets.<ref name="Star"/><ref name=Conversation/><ref name=Fly/><ref>{{cite news| url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=oKAyAAAAIBAJ&pg=1197,1151876| title=American League's a new act for Danny Kaye| last=Smith| first=Red| newspaper=[[The Miami News]]| date=June 12, 1976| access-date=January 21, 2011}}{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

Kaye received a [[type rating]] in a [[Learjet]], and he was named vice president of the Learjet Company by [[Bill Lear]] as an honorary title (he had no line responsibility at the company).<ref name="Flyingmag">{{cite journal| last1=Pope| first1=Stephen| title=The Last True Learjet| url=http://www.flyingmag.com/last-true-lear-jet| journal=[[Flying (magazine)|Flying]]| access-date=July 20, 2016| date=July 6, 2016| quote=Danny Kaye, by the way, never owned a Learjet, though he did receive a type rating ... his friend Bill Lear made him a vice president this was strictly an honorary and symbolic title}}</ref> He supported many flying projects. In 1968, he was honorary chairman of the Las Vegas International Exposition of Flight, a show that used many facets of the city's entertainment industry while presenting an air show. The operational show chairman was well-known aviation figure [[Lynn Garrison]]. Kaye flew a Learjet to 65 cities in five days on a mission to help UNICEF.<ref name=Conversation/><ref name=Flyingmag/>