gliders in movies

Has anyone compiled a list of movies in which gliders appear? I tried
googling, and it turned up some of the obvious names, such as _The
Thomas Crown Affair_ and _The Boy Who Flew With Condors_, but nothing
like a comprehensive listing.

Johan Larson (whose interest in soaring was triggered by a brief scene
in the movie _Wind_)

UK Smokin Vid 2004...thats the best one

JR

At 17:00 17 March 2006, wrote:
Has anyone compiled a list of movies in which gliders
appear? I tried
googling, and it turned up some of the obvious names,
such as _The
Thomas Crown Affair_ and _The Boy Who Flew With Condors_,
but nothing
like a comprehensive listing.

Johan Larson (whose interest in soaring was triggered
by a brief scene
in the movie _Wind_)

Jono Richards wrote:
UK Smokin Vid 2004...thats the best one

JR

I'm not quite sure what you mean. Was there a movie titled "Smokin'"
that was released direct-to-video in the UK in 2004?


At 17:00 17 March 2006, wrote:
Has anyone compiled a list of movies in which gliders
appear?

Johan Larson

"Freefall: Flight 174" . Not a glider per se, but the true story of the
"gimli glider" , the 767 which ran out of fuel over Canada and "landed out"
in an abandoned strip safely, using slip for landing . It is available on
DVD. Just rented it from Netflix. Worth watching.

Ramy

wrote:
Has anyone compiled a list of movies in which gliders appear? I tried
googling, and it turned up some of the obvious names, such as _The
Thomas Crown Affair_ and _The Boy Who Flew With Condors_, but nothing
like a comprehensive listing.

Johan Larson (whose interest in soaring was triggered by a brief scene
in the movie _Wind_)

Assuming you mean more or less mainsream movies: Both Thomas Crown
Affair versions, Wind (which featured a terrible tail first crossed up
landing of a Grob), Escape from New York. Others?
IIRC, there's an old Polish, Romanian, Czech (?) film featuring gliders.

Shawn

A Bridge Too Far, Saving Private Ryan

I know I know, he probably meant only sailplanes, but what the hell.

Homebuilts count?

Eagle's nest (I think, but I'm not sure)

WW-II Pow's in a castle in the mountians make a two place glider to escape
from an escape proof prison and fly to Switzerland.

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Eagle's nest (I think, but I'm not sure)
WW-II Pow's in a castle in the mountians make a two place glider to escape
from an escape proof prison and fly to Switzerland.

"The Birdmen" (1971, TV). Doug McClure, Chuck Connors.

Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe wrote:
WW-II Pow's in a castle in the mountians make a two place glider to escape
from an escape proof prison and fly to Switzerland.

Wasn't the real story of the 'Colditz Cock', the building of the
replica, and the reunion, a very recent documentary on public TV?

"John H. Campbell" jhpc@greeleynet-dot-com wrote in message
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Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe wrote:
WW-II Pow's in a castle in the mountians make a two place glider to
escape from an escape proof prison and fly to Switzerland.

Wasn't the real story of the 'Colditz Cock', the building of the replica,
and the reunion, a very recent documentary on public TV?

WOW! I had no idea there was anything real behind the movie!!!

http://www.colditz-4c.com/glider.htm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/st...237060,00.html

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