Flying movies

C-150Pilot · Post by **C-150Pilot** » Sat May 14, 2005 1:54 pm

What movies do you guys enjoy that is invovled with aviation?

Other then...

TopGun
Pearl Habor
Aviator

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sorry for gram

Tubthumper · Post by **Tubthumper** » Sat May 14, 2005 2:08 pm

Tuskegee Airmen

Blue Side Down · Post by **Blue Side Down** » Sat May 14, 2005 2:15 pm

Flight of the Intruder

Good Stuff

pilotbzh · Post by **pilotbzh** » Sat May 14, 2005 2:59 pm

air america

DA900 · Post by **DA900** » Sat May 14, 2005 3:05 pm

No pedicular order...

1) Pearl Necklace Harbour
2) They Flew the Bone
3) Pushing Rim
4) Firebox
5) Bush Pilot
6) Rear Gunner

desksgo · Post by **desksgo** » Sat May 14, 2005 3:52 pm

DA900 wrote:No pedicular order...

1) Pearl Necklace Harbour
2) They Flew the Bone
3) Pushing Rim
4) Firebox
5) Bush Pilot
6) Rear Gunner

And that's the end of that topic

I couldn't imagine a better answer

snowbear · Post by **snowbear** » Sat May 14, 2005 6:06 pm

Check out "The Great Waldo Pepper" from the mid 70's - great barnstormer saga.

Also, from the late 60's - "The Blue Max" - WW! German story.

greenwich · Post by **greenwich** » Sat May 14, 2005 6:26 pm

The Right Stuff

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desksgo · Post by **desksgo** » Sat May 14, 2005 6:43 pm

The right stuff was a great movie. They just don't make movies like that anymore. (see miscellaneous forum, where my head explodes all over the wall after seeing Hitchhiker!!)

Dambusters
Battle of Britain
Hells Angels
ORIGINAL Flight of the Phoenix

oldtimer · Post by **oldtimer** » Sat May 14, 2005 6:44 pm

The High and the Mighty, an old John Wayne movie.

Benwa · Post by **Benwa** » Sat May 14, 2005 7:23 pm

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes (1965)

Siddley Hawker · Post by **Siddley Hawker** » Sat May 14, 2005 7:29 pm

I'm with oldtimer and Benwa.
Also 633 Squadron. Also The High And The Mighty and The Island In The Sky. Wayne's son Michael and the producers have apparently buried the hatchet and both these films are to be released on DVD later this year I hear.

r22captain · Post by **r22captain** » Sat May 14, 2005 8:04 pm

Bat 21.....Glover doesn't spill his coffee once

oldtimer · Post by **oldtimer** » Sat May 14, 2005 9:01 pm

I forgot about "Those Magnificent Men". What a great movie. Flying magazine had a couple of articals about how they built and flew those replicas. If I remember correctly,some of those airplanes were so historically correct they ended up as museum display pieces. The British did a good job on some war movies. "Reach for the Top" - the Douglas Bader biography, ." 633 Squadron", "The Dambusters"

wallypilot · Post by **wallypilot** » Sat May 14, 2005 11:58 pm

Always....fire bombing with a26's

Jaques Strappe · Post by **Jaques Strappe** » Sun May 15, 2005 3:46 am

Airplane!

t34ag · Post by **t34ag** » Sun May 15, 2005 3:57 am

An oldie but goodie was Captain of The Clouds,staring James Cagney.Made in the early 40's at Uplands airport in Ottawa and just north of Ottawa for the bush scenes.

Rubberbiscuit · Post by **Rubberbiscuit** » Sun May 15, 2005 5:27 am

A little movie trivia for those who saw the original "Flight of the phoenix".
Did you know that the stunt pilot hired to fly the glider died in the crash right at the enfd of the movie where they disappear over the hill.

desksgo · Post by **desksgo** » Sun May 15, 2005 5:47 am

Rubberbiscuit wrote:Did you know that the stunt pilot hired to fly the glider died in the crash right at the enfd of the movie where they disappear over the hill.

I did. And that whole scene made me uncomfortable knowing that

But that's worth knowing, people should appreciate the flying that goes into some of these movies.

PT6-114A · Post by **PT6-114A** » Sun May 15, 2005 9:43 am

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.

golden hawk · Post by **golden hawk** » Sun May 15, 2005 9:58 am

1. Airport

Dean Martin lands a crippled 707 without spilling his scotch.

2. Airport '75

Charlton Heston lands a crippled 747 while still in his "Moses" character from "The Ten Commandments". This movie set the stage for Airplane!

3. Airport '77

Jack Lemmon raises a sunken 747 - very realistic premise.

d-to · Post by **d-to** » Sun May 15, 2005 10:04 am

Battle of Britain.

oldtimer · Post by **oldtimer** » Sun May 15, 2005 10:04 am

Airport 19xx? The Concorde. George Kennedy opens the cockpit DV window at altitude and M2.05 to fire off a flare from a handheld flare gun to fool the heat seeking missle fired by the bad guys. didn't even mess his hair(piece). Kept me on the edge of my seat watching that. How did they do that??? It was real quick thinking on the part of the co-pilot. YUK YUK YUK.

Jaques Strappe · Post by **Jaques Strappe** » Sun May 15, 2005 10:07 am

If you watch Airport again, there is a scene where they are cleared direct to the Klienberg VOR, then they dial in 114.50 on the radio head. Whoever was in charge of the technical editing was very detailed indeed!

golden hawk · Post by **golden hawk** » Sun May 15, 2005 11:00 am

Amazing how Geoge Kennedy went from turning wrenches to running an airline, then becoming a Concorde Captain.

Now, THAT'S upgrade!