Aviation Movies - your top 5?

Sla#s wrote:
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Sla#s wrote:


Bird of prey. (I love Lamas!)
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And for the best ever aerial shot: Where the Lama breaks through the
roof in the opening secquence of Bird of Prey 2.
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http://www.imdb.com lists several movies with the title _Bird of Prey_
and one _Bird of Prey 2_, but none with Lamas.

I (barely) remember _Birds of Prey_ with David Janssen from 1973.

In particular there is a scene in which he is riding on the wing of
a biplane while it banks over and dives into a canyon. Fantastic!

In BOP 1 the Lama was N13583 and the 500 N9103F
The Lama crashed and was destroyed the next year with water in the fuel
causing a flame out!


LOL! I thought you meant Lorenzo Lamas...

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FF

news.ozemail.com.au wrote:
I want to stock up on some aviation themed videos. Would anyone want to
volunteer their top five aviation movies? Mine a

1. Top Gun.
2. Angels One 5.
3. Memphis Bell.
4. Air America.
5. The Blue Max.

Most aviation related movies have a war theme but there must be interesting
non military movies or documentaries with realistic flying action.

How could you all forget Clint Eastwood's Firefox! Oh .. Ok then!

Battle of Britain for sure number one

Doctor Strangelove really enjoyed the flying sequences in that!

'Pop Gun' can't beat that desert action, sensational.

Strategic Air Command sticks in my mind, old US propaganda flick and all
those related flicks including Bridge @ Toko Ria.

So many English and US movies too many to remember or name

Memphis Belle, great flick.

Con Air/Air America/Apocalypse Now, remember the Flight of the
Valkeries!!!! scene? da da da daa daaaaa!!

Hmm! Seems like that's more than five .. oh well!

Ooroo, elZee

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Memphis Belle? Rubbish. The older Stephen Spielberg spoof was MUCH better!

1. battle of Britain.
2. Topgun
3. Dambusters
3.Starwars episode 4. The hangar scene is brill.
4.Starwars episode 5. The fighter sweeps are brill.
5Almost any Thunderbirds episode! I flew TriStars and if they weren't
modelled on T2 I'm a Dutchman!

David


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"david" wrote in message
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3.Starwars episode 4. The hangar scene is brill.
4.Starwars episode 5. The fighter sweeps are brill.

Well, by that aviation criteria I would suggest Aliens. I love the scene
where the transport ship drops from the mother-ship onto the planet. Then
there is Serenity when the ship is deorbiting for the raid and the camera
pans around the ship and then into the bridge window. Great shot.

"news.ozemail.com.au" wrote in message
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I want to stock up on some aviation themed videos. Would anyone want to
volunteer their top five aviation movies? Mine a

1. Top Gun.
2. Angels One 5.
3. Memphis Bell.
4. Air America.
5. The Blue Max.

Most aviation related movies have a war theme but there must be
interesting non military movies or documentaries with realistic flying
action.

Just the Dambuster - the best ever.

("news.ozemail.com.au" wrote)
I want to stock up on some aviation themed videos. Would anyone want to
volunteer their top five aviation movies?


1. Wings (1927) ....Silent Movie - Mel Brooks?
2. The Aviator (2004)
3. Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines (1965)
4. Fly Away Home (1996) ...Ultralight and orphan geese
5. Airplane! (1980)
6. Empire of the Sun (1987) ....Spielberg

H.M.
Airport (1970) ...Scenes are of Minneapolis/St Paul (MSP)
Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
The Blue Max (1966)
Flight Command (1940) ...Not a good movie, but fun to watch!
Midway (1976)
The Great Waldo Pepper (1975)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)


Montblack

On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 19:09:27 +0800, news.ozemail.com.au wrote:

I want to stock up on some aviation themed videos. Would anyone want to
volunteer their top five aviation movies? Mine a

1. Top Gun.
2. Angels One 5.
3. Memphis Bell.
4. Air America.
5. The Blue Max.

Most aviation related movies have a war theme but there must be interesting
non military movies or documentaries with realistic flying action.

1. Catch 22
2. The Dam Busters
3. Battle of Britain
4. The Right Stuff
5. The Sound Barrier (1952) Not any of the later films with the same name.
6. The Spirit of St. Louis

Sorry, couldn't get it down to five.

Steve Firth wrote:

On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 19:09:27 +0800, news.ozemail.com.au wrote:


I want to stock up on some aviation themed videos. Would anyone want to
volunteer their top five aviation movies? Mine a

1. Top Gun.
2. Angels One 5.
3. Memphis Bell.
4. Air America.
5. The Blue Max.

Most aviation related movies have a war theme but there must be interesting
non military movies or documentaries with realistic flying action.


1. Catch 22
2. The Dam Busters
3. Battle of Britain
4. The Right Stuff
5. The Sound Barrier (1952) Not any of the later films with the same name.
6. The Spirit of St. Louis

Sorry, couldn't get it down to five.

Still trying to make my list make 5 but was wondering how long it would
take for The Right Stuff to show up.

"Chris Ehlbeck" wrote in message
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Still trying to make my list make 5 but was wondering how long it would
take for The Right Stuff to show up.

Or "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo"