The Worst Aviation Movie of All Time

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On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:40:30 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip
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The thing I remember best about that movie, having seen it as a kid, is
when the nav leans over and tells the captain that they've just "passed
the point of no return". dhunh dhunh dhuuuunh!

Wasn't til years later when I actually learned what PNR meant....


Is that the same one where they talk about "the cone of silence" ?

Wasn't til years later when I actually learned what that meant...

You mean you didn't research "the cone of silence"
from the TV show "Get Smart"?

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They get him out to RCAF reunions whenever they can, for the
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Crikey! Can you imagine going to a reunion with him? It would be
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From: Mxsmanic

Apollo 13 is mostly a true story. While some details are exaggerated
or incorrect, there are other details from the real flight that were
even more harrowing than the film. It's one of my favorite movies. I
like the music, too.

And I'll bet that when Blanche Lovell says "If they could get a
washing machine to fly, my Jimmy could land it.", you say "Anybody
could land it. You just push the Autoland button".

Bwawhahwhahhwhah!


Wanna bet he's painting that over the button that says "Delicates" with
liquid paper?



Berti e

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On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:40:30 +0000 (UTC), Bertie the Bunyip
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The thing I remember best about that movie, having seen it as a kid,
is
when the nav leans over and tells the captain that they've just
"passed
the point of no return". dhunh dhunh dhuuuunh!

Wasn't til years later when I actually learned what PNR meant....

Is that the same one where they talk about "the cone of silence" ?

Wasn't til years later when I actually learned what that meant...

Can't remember that bit, bu tthe cone of silence they're talking about
is 4 way range, of course, not VOR..


Berti e

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On Mar 28, 5:28 pm, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Thank you. Sop few people "get" me.

You mean because of the killfiles?


Ahh killfiles. If only more people knew how to use 'em or actually did use
'em.

My favorties are the guys who only answer my poasts through a reply that's
been made already, since that's the only way thye can see my poasts..


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And I still like The High and the Mighty.. In fact the
clip of Wayne
smacking Robert Stack in the mouth was used in my last
CRM class!

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Anybody got a link to that scene? I could have used it
on occasion.

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photoga...hTheMighty.wmv

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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote:

I'd put "Pearl Harbor" up against anything for sheer Hollywood stupidity.
Sure, there have been plenty of crappy aviation B-movies made, but P H was
crappiness on a grand scale.


I recall much talk about the efforts at historical accuracy during
production of "Pearl Harbor".

It was absolute garbage. Navy nurses giving Army pilots physicals,
monitoring voice transmissions in Hawaii from the Doolittle raid,
misspelling Mitchel Field, and many more.

Even errors in simple physics. Remember when our heroes were trying to
rescue sailors from the overturned battleship after the attack? They're
working well above the water level in the calm harbor, they had just cut
through
a small section of the remarkably thin hull. A few sailors reached hands
through the hole, they were grasped by the rescuers as water bubbled up
through the hole, drowning the sailors.


Why is the water rising inside the ship?

That kind of stuff is what convinces me the movie business is composed of
people who flunked 8th grade science...and history...and, well, practically
everything.

What I hated most about "Pearl Harbor" was the ghastly, anachronistic dialog:
"I'm not anxious to die, just anxious to matter." What is that, a Peace Corps
volunteer?

Not for one second could I believe that these were people of the times.

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For the number of technical errors in a movie that PRETENDS TO BE
HISTORY, "Midway" is a strong contender!

The account of the battle, so far as I know, is accurate, but the
flying scenes are riddled with errors.

The errors are due, I believe, to the complete lack of any new flying scenes
shot for the movie. All the action scenes are from actual footage or other
movies. Hence, they don't match the real case very often, and you'll see a
character's plane magically change markings or even types.

Yes, that's exactly what I was referring to, Ron. But surely the
makers of that movie could have found more accurate had they made the
effort. I blame it on (a) ignorance or (b) arrogance.

vince norris

In a previous article, "Steven P. McNicoll" said:
a small section of the remarkably thin hull. A few sailors reached hands
through the hole, they were grasped by the rescuers as water bubbled up
through the hole, drowning the sailors.


Why is the water rising inside the ship?

Because the air pressure that was holding the water out was released?
Before they cut it, it was acting like a diving bell.

No, I'm not defending the movie, and I don't even remember the scene you
are describing, but when you cut through a hull it's quite possible for
the water level inside to rise because of trapped air leaving.

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It makes sense, when you don't think about it.

I have forgotten the name, but there was a movie with Steven Segal about a
high-jacked airliner. His commando team was in another plane that flew
underneath the high-jacked plane and they managed to attach a tube between
the two planes. Then the commandos went through the tube into the other
plane. Compared to what comes next, that part is plausible. Once the
commandos are on the plane they go into this attic type area above all the
seats and use it to traverse the plane. Sort of like a baggage compartment
on top of the plane, but without the baggage. Even though I love science
fiction, even I couldn't suspend belief and accept the plane in this movie.

Another one had Nicolas Cage as a prisoner being transported on a plane.
The plane was basically a flying prison with steel floors, stairs, etc. It
must have had atomic engines to power that thing off the ground.