Launchpad McQuack

Launchpad McQuack is a character created by the Walt Disney Company who first appeared as Scrooge McDuck's pilot on DuckTales. He was a large, good-hearted, but not altogether bright pilot with a spectacular history of crashing. As one of his mottos went: 'If it's got wings I can crash it!'

Related Topics:
Walt Disney Company - Scrooge McDuck - DuckTales

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He is also known as 'Turbo McQuack'. Later on, Launchpad eventually returned to appear on Darkwing Duck as Darkwing's sidekick.

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Launchpad was voiced by Terry McGovern.

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Through the course of the DuckTales series, much was revealed about Launchpad. He came from a family of barn-storming stunt pilots known as the 'Flying McQuacks', but he left home when he was teenager because he felt his constant crashing was too much of an embarrassment to the family name.

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Not long after setting out on his own he met Scrooge McDuck when Scrooge came to the airfield looking for a cheap pilot. The plane from Scrooge and Launchpad's first adventure was a rickety bi-plane Launchpad built called 'The Sunchaser' which ultimately ended up in a museum for being the first plane to fly through the Earth.

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He serves as a scout master for the Junior Woodchucks, a youth group similar to Boy Scouts which is governed by the ever-handy Junior Woodchuck Guide Book. Launchpad holds the organization's record for earning merit badges.

Related Topics:
Junior Woodchucks - Boy Scouts - Junior Woodchuck Guide Book

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