Must have aviation movies

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 19:00:02 +0100 (CET), Nomen Nescio
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From: "Tom Sixkiller"

Fighter Squadron
12 o'clock High
Gathering of Eagles
Strategic Air Command
Flight of the Phoenix
The Hunters
Jet Pilot
Airplane...okay, maybe not, along with those it satirizes*.
Flying Leathernecks
*Top Gun (....barf) & Hot Shots
Bridges at Toko Ri
Tuskegee Airmen
Captain Eddie

* Not a "Must Have".

You forgot "The Right Stuff"!

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I have a couple of obscure but very good aviation specific movies no
one has mentioned yet:

"Island in the sky" from the book by the same name written by Ernest
K. Gann. Directed by William Wellman with Gann providing technical
expertise, I thought this was one of the most accurately made aviation
movies I've ever seen. John Wayne starred with Lloyd Nolan. Look for
Andy Devine in the cockpit of one of the search C-47's.

It's the story of a downed C-47 in northern Canada during winter circa
1943 or so and the search and rescue of the crew. Taken from an
incident that Gann played a small part in in real life.

"Cloud Dancer" starring David Carrodine and Jennifer O'Neil.
Carrodine portrays a competition aerobatic pilot who begins to suffer
consequences from the constant negative G's in the various
competitions.

The story goes all over the place but includes some scenes with a P-51
that has all it's machine guns being used to protect a drug route.

It was a while ago since I saw it but it was absolutely full of flying
scenes.

Corky Scott