Looks like something Cinemaware style for me.

Yeah. But it's not Cinemaware.
But the company behind this game is one of the oldest in the business.

New hint: here's what the game is all about...the "name" of the character is more of a "descriptive term".

New hint: the game is from 1987 and was made by the very first independent third-party video game developers.

Ok, this hint should really give the game's name away - and with it the character, we're looking for...

First hint: https://www.gog.com/upload/forum/2019/07/0caffb1244d6887338d17d7750e3130b6b0b5903.jpg
Second hint: https://www.gog.com/upload/forum/2019/08/2060b3590d6ac1c1ff330e7f4376e08de75b0aac.jpg
Third hint: the game in which our character starrs, saw release on the following systems:
- Amiga,
- Amstrad CPC,
- C64,
- ZX Spectrum.
Fourth hint: It's not Cinemaware. But the company behind this game is one of the oldest in the business.
Fifth hint: here's what the game is all about...the "name" of the character is more of a "descriptive term". https://www.gog.com/upload/forum/2019/08/77a62e1458cfdae0554061d69f222c80538f8547.jpg
Sixth hint: the game is from 1987 and was made by the very first independent third-party video game developers.
Seventh hint: https://www.gog.com/upload/forum/2019/08/0829696a7a4d3b93b9be908ba661c03764f726c7.jpg

New hint: the company behind the game was Activision.

Edit: edited in the old hints, so we have everything in one place.

Hint:

?

I truly don't know what to ask anymore...all hints that someone could need to find the game's name - and from there the searched character's "name" - are given already.

Heck, the last one even involves a "couldn't be more clearly" on-the-eyes-hint to the name of the game.
Once one has that - one can just google it and find what is looked for.

I don't consider that cheating. I consider that as either (a) "I know the game but can't remember the "name" of the character after all these years", or (b) "I never heard of this game before, but I managed to find it and the description of its main character anyway - I'm super!"

Final "hint":
The name of the game is "Gee Bee Air Rally"...the character's name/description (according to some photographer) is...?

Final final hint: at this point, I could equally well just spell the solution out...

After this I'll abandon this game...
...whoever feels like it, may ask a for a new character (whether they gave the answer to my question, or not)

*bump*

Fly-Boy?

Yep. Your turn.

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