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Gisele Bundchen was spotted today at Marshfield Airport in Massachusetts checking out a helicopter before her lesson.
The guy with her, on the other hand, looks like he's checking out something else.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Tom & Gisele
We've just learned law enforcement has launched a plan to escort Michael Jackson's body from Forest Lawn to the Staples Center.
The plan calls for a "heavy motorcade" with the LAPD's SWAT team as part of the escort.
There is also a contingency plan to helicopter the body to Staples if there's an issue of safety.
We're also told approximately 100 people will attend the private memorial at Forest Lawn -- mostly family members. After the service the plan is to follow the body to Staples.
Filed under: Michael Jackson
UPDATE: Correction: Wick tells us the chopper is NOT meant to carry Michael's body and is just there for "emergency purposes only."
Law enforcement tells us their contingency plan to get Michael Jackson from Forest Lawn to Staples Center has some danger associated with it.
L.A. City Fire Captain William Wick says if a processional on the freeway is too dicey, a fire dept. chopper will take Jackson's body to downtown L.A. But he says "I'm concerned for our pilot's safety," because of the 20 news choppers hovering around in a tight air space.
Capt. Wick says he's considering calling the FAA to restrict the airspace.
Again, the plan is to take Jackson's body by motorcade -- the helicopter plan is the contingency, but they're getting ready for it.
UPDATE: Captain Wick told us the FAA has granted permission to clear a one mile area of airspace -- called a "temporary flight restriction" -- and says he's "highly considering" using the grant.
Filed under: Michael Jackson
Unlike most other Earth children, Suri Cruise's third birthday party is a media event -- but Tom and Katie had to call the cops when the paparazzi crashed the shindig ... in a helicopter.
Tom's camp called Beverly Hills police around 3:00 PM yesterday to complain about the helicopter overhead. We're told the LAPD airship did a flyby, but the helicopter was gone by the time they arrived.
Cake, party games, and birthday audits went on as planned.
Filed under: Tom & Katie
Oral sex doesn't fly with the FAA. TMZ just found out helicopter pilot David Martz's pilot's license has been pulled.
An FAA spokesperson tells us they issued an "emergency revocation" of his license.
A statement from the agency says they reached the decision based on video that, "showed Martz receiving oral sex while flying his helicopter over San Diego." He was flying with a porn star at the time of the incident.
Martz, who's flown rockers Tommy Lee and Slash, has already appealed and there will be a hearing in the next 30 days.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
TMZ has obtained an explosive videotape -- well, a prematurely explosive videotape -- showing the extremely graphic and dangerous activities inside the chopper of celeb pilot David Martz... and let's just say they don't call it the cockpit for nothin'.
The tape proves Martz -- who's currently being investigated by the FAA -- was undeniably distracted by his porn star passenger Puma Swede ... for 47.5 seconds anyway ... while his chopper was flying high above San Diego and his pants were flying down around his ankles. And there were many minutes of foreplay, where at least one hand -- in particular, several fingers -- was definitely not on the controls.
While Martz recklessly buzzed over crowded freeways and residential neighborhoods, his passenger took off her clothes and orally took control of Martz' other joystick ... if you catch our drift.
The camera rolled for 45 minutes, though the flight was longer. It begins with Puma topless on the tarmac at Montgomery Field. Puma says the in-flight entertainment was a way to "compensate" Martz for allowing his chopper to be used for a porno shoot in a nearby hangar.
Martz has had his pilot's license suspended twice and revoked twice, but he's still flying -- at least for now.
Tommy Lee ain't the only star travelin' around in a whirlybird these days -- seems every celebrity who can afford it is usin' a chopper ... topless chicks included. 
"Ruuuuun! Go!!!!! Get to the choppah!!!!" -- Arnold in "Predator"
Filed under: Celebritoyz, Photo Galleries
Okay, the best story of February. The helicopter pilot who flew Tommy Lee underneath an LAPD chopper yesterday tells us he flunked a field sobriety test after landing because he picked his nose rather than touched it.
David Martz tells us he was flying Tommy Lee back from Palm Springs when he saw a house fire over the Glendale area. He says he noticed an LAPD chopper about 800 feet over him but it was no big deal.
Martz says when he landed, he and Tommy celebrated with a bottle of Grey Goose vodka mixed with lemonade -- a bottle they carried in Tommy's luggage.
Martz says the cops arrived 15 minutes after he landed and accused him of flying under the influence. They gave him a field sobriety test which Martz claims anyone would flunk -- alleging the whole "toe-to-toe" maneuver was impossible, and one time he accidentally picked his nose when he was supposed to touch it.
Martz claims the cops were hostile and took him to the station, where he blew a .01 and .02. When they finally released him, he didn't have a ride so the cops took him to Tommy Lee's pad -- and let him take his Grey Goose along for the ride.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Exclusives
UPDATE: 4:20 PM ET Law enforcement sources tell TMZ they first noticed Tommy Lee's helicopter around Glendale, when it flew underneath and "too close" to an LAPD chopper. After the pilot was ordered to land at the Van Nuys Airport, the LAPD went searching for the pilot. Sources say approximately 10 minutes later, they found him at a nearby hotel and he said he'd been drinking after he landed.
We're told he was taken to the LAPD in Van Nuys where he was given a blood alcohol test.
UPDATE: 5:40 PM ET It just gets weirder. Now law enforcement tells us the pilot went to an aviation facility at the airport right after he landed and someone gave him vodka before cops arrives. By the way, as for Tommy Lee, when cops arrived he was no where to be seen.
This is a first.
Tommy Lee's helicopter pilot may be in big trouble today after he and Lee were literally pulled over mid-flight by the LAPD.
Cops tell us at around 10:45 AM Lee's helicopter was forced to land at Van Nuys airport after an LAPD chopper saw it flying erratically.
Tommy, who was riding shotgun, was let go -- but the pilot was detained, investigated and then released without being charged.
We're told the FAA will still conduct an investigation.
Aw cute. Maddox has a big booboo on his cheek, and daddy Brad stops at a street vendor in Pune, India to buy him a toy copter. 
Brad paid 200 rupees ($4.50) for the toy; about half a day's pay for the average Indian.
A kiss from daddy would make us feel better.
Filed under: Paparazzi Photo, Kids, Brad & Angelina
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