Flying movies

200hr Wonder · Post by **200hr Wonder** » Sun May 15, 2005 11:45 am

No one has mentioned a few of my favorites....

1. The Memphis Belle
2. Tora Tora Tora
3. The Bridge at Toko-Ri
4. The Great Waldo Pepper
5. Hot Shots

Go Guns · Post by **Go Guns** » Sun May 15, 2005 11:50 am

Memphis Belle is a great one. Has anyone mentioned Midway?

Navajo-dude · Post by **Navajo-dude** » Sun May 15, 2005 3:10 pm

The Ghost of Flight 401

Beaver Driver · Post by **Beaver Driver** » Mon May 16, 2005 7:26 am

Twelve O-Clock High

I want to see "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo"

Not a flying movie, but I like the airplane in Mad Max: Beyond Thunder Dome. It's an Australian spray plane called a "Truckie"

ZLIN 142C · Post by **ZLIN 142C** » Tue May 17, 2005 9:29 am

There are quite a few aviation movies I like, but my favourites are Always, Memphis Belle, and The Final Countdown. The last is a really neat movie, the premise being that the USS Nimitz accidentally goes back in time to the day before the attack on Pearl Harbour. I won't give any more away, other than the fact that it contains a great dogfight sequence between a pair of F-14 Tomcats and a pair of Zeroes.

Mach1 · Post by **Mach1** » Tue May 17, 2005 9:35 am

Hot Shots

Redneck_pilot86 · Post by **Redneck_pilot86** » Tue May 17, 2005 11:12 am

PT6-114A wrote:Same as the guy that did the flying for top gun the filming of the flat spin was done by Art Shole and it was in a pits the camara was to heavy it was mounted to the rudder and could not get out of the spin.

Is this true? I'd never heard it...unfortunate if it is.

I forget the movie, but TC has shown us a video about 3 million times of a beaver on floats crashing on a lake in BC...not sure what movie, I have only seen the clip...if anyone knows the movie this is from, let me know.

Beaver Driver · Post by **Beaver Driver** » Tue May 17, 2005 12:37 pm

Is this true? I'd never heard it...unfortunate if it is.

Yup, it's true

I forget the movie, but TC has shown us a video about 3 million times of a beaver on floats crashing on a lake in BC...not sure what movie, I have only seen the clip...if anyone knows the movie this is from, let me know.

I think that movie was "The Edge". When ever a passenger asks "What movie is playing on this flight?" I tell them it's The Edge, you know the one where the plane crashes and everyone gets eaten by a bear. That shuts them up.

fougapilot · Post by **fougapilot** » Tue May 17, 2005 6:56 pm

Tora Tora Tora

The original Pearl Harbour movie. Made with actual airplanes flying, not computer generated stuff

Midway

Or how the US Navy was lucky in finding the Japeneese fleet and sinking their flat top.

12 o'clock high

Good old black and white movie. Made in the late 40s this movie tells the story of a US Army Air Corp B17 squadron' fight over Germany. Best leadership lesson one can take.

And finally Cloud Dancers

Made in the 70s, it is the story of a couple of aerobatic pilot engaged in a pissing contest. The story is typical US movie stuff, but the images are great. Filmed using Pitts special flown by the now defunct "Eagle Aerobatic Team" (Gene Soucy, Charlie Hillard and Tom "EAA" Poberezny) who thrilled airshow audiances for 25 years.

Cheers,

D

PT6-114A · Post by **PT6-114A** » Wed May 18, 2005 7:43 pm

I forget the movie, but TC has shown us a video about 3 million times of a beaver on floats crashing on a lake in BC...not sure what movie, I have only seen the clip...if anyone knows the movie this is from, let me know.

The movie is called the "Mother load" The lake was lake lovely water just out side of Squwamish BC I think Kim Basinger was in it as well.The crash was not ment to happen the bever pilot was a low time guy and was just doing a test run and they had the crew there so they just got it on film so the made it work into the movie. Hope that is the one you are talking about. The Edge was filmed in alberta and the plane was on cables for that one.

PT6

flyinhigh · Post by **flyinhigh** » Wed May 18, 2005 8:35 pm

ahhh, I was going to mention hot shots.
well how about iron eagle, I like how secure those F-16's where

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Wed May 18, 2005 8:47 pm

My favourite is " When In Doubt " by Transport Canada, simply rivitting stuff that really gets your heart pumping.

Cat

Hun IN the SUN · Post by **Hun IN the SUN** » Wed May 18, 2005 11:54 pm

WHat about IRON EAGLE, that was one chorny show there were 3 i think. That kid couldnt dog fight unless he was listening to Van Halen on his cassette player in the F-16 bad bad bad

LostinRotation · Post by **LostinRotation** » Thu May 19, 2005 3:55 am

Memphis Belle

Prety damn good aviation movie

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Mach1 · Post by **Mach1** » Sat May 21, 2005 8:35 am

Iron Eagle.

Ahhh, the quality acting. The father, upon climbing into the rescuing F-16, utters such show-stopping dialog as:

What are you doing here… Doug? Nice flying… Doug.

He must have gone to the “William Shattner School of Pause Dialog Acting.”

wasYKnowFJ · Post by **wasYKnowFJ** » Sat May 21, 2005 10:40 pm

Remember "Firefox"

"You must not think in English and then translate. You must think in Russian"

LostinRotation · Post by **LostinRotation** » Sun May 22, 2005 4:55 am

LOL !
I can't believe I forgot about that movie...it was a favoite when I was a kid....
It looked like a cross betweenan SR-71 and a Mig Foxbat
One of Clint's finest movies

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peeelot · Post by **peeelot** » Sun May 22, 2005 7:14 am

I feel the greatest flying movies are

Memphis Belle
Top Gun
Airplane
Airport ( read the book as well i'ts great)
Pushing Tin

Any movies about airplanes are great these are the ones that stand out.

swede · Post by **swede** » Sun May 22, 2005 4:10 pm

PT6-114A wrote:Same as the guy that did the flying for top gun the filming of the flat spin was done by Art Shole and it was in a pits the camara was to heavy it was mounted to the rudder and could not get out of the spin.

And not long before that Art flipped a Beaver on floats during the filming of "Mother Lode". It was supposed to look like a hairy landing by Scholl, unfortunately for him it got a little too hairy and they flipped it on glassy water. They then used shots of the crash and numerous of the plane upside down under water for the film even though it was not in the original script. . Heston was in it, you might find it in a library..

ps. I also believe it was in the filming of the same movie, they leased a 206 from some guy in YVR, then proceeded to go out and do barrel roles in it and showed it in the film. The owner was some pissed when he saw the movie

swede · Post by **swede** » Sun May 22, 2005 4:43 pm

PT6-114A wrote:
I forget the movie, but TC has shown us a video about 3 million times of a beaver on floats crashing on a lake in BC...not sure what movie, I have only seen the clip...if anyone knows the movie this is from, let me know.

The movie is called the "Mother load" The lake was lake lovely water just out side of Squwamish BC I think Kim Basinger was in it as well.The crash was not ment to happen the bever pilot was a low time guy
PT6

gEE PT6, didnt know Art Scholl was a "low time guy" - The actual title was Mother Lode - referring to a gold find...

oldebloke · Post by **oldebloke** » Sun May 22, 2005 5:54 pm

The convenient aspect was that after they swam out of the Beaver,the pilot acquired a 'copy' of the film/tape to show the TSB on the monday morning..."hello I've just had an accident-watch this"apparently he had a slight yaw on touchdown a dug in a float

Powell887 · Post by **Powell887** » Sun May 22, 2005 7:29 pm

best movie ever watched aviation related was an old porno from the 1980's called "Bush Pilots." awww....cheezy memories from high school!

swede · Post by **swede** » Sun May 22, 2005 8:21 pm

Aaaw - I thought maybe bush pilots was about george's war time flying record, was ranked as the shortest movie in history.

PT6-114A · Post by **PT6-114A** » Sun May 22, 2005 8:23 pm

Sorry Swede I did not know it was art in that movie as well. So simmer down a little. I was told it was a guy with very little float time. I have been to that lake with a guy in a DHC2T and it looked REAL short and it is real high lake and is one way in one way out. We did not land. So for a standard beaver it would have been a hard trip.

Who · Post by **Who** » Sun May 22, 2005 8:23 pm

Firefox dialogue sample;

Nameless European character actor: "Gant, can you fly dat plane, reelly fly it".

Clint: "Ya, I can fly it. I'm the best there is."

That, ladies and gentlemen, is writing.

By the way, in my very unhumble (sic) opinion, most of the movies named above are garbage. Especially bad is Memphis Belle ("Lets fly in a circle around this heavily defended target because I'm afraid we're aiming a little too close to that hospital"...bullshit).

How about 'Piece of Cake'? Its a Brit made for tv mini-series based on the book and is quite good.