Aviation Movies - your top 5?

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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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.

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Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines

Remember it was made before the days of CGI, it's all real special
effects!

And you can still see some of the planes used in the movie flying at Old
Warden if you're lucky 8-)

Greg

"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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My top 5:

1) 12 O'clock High
2) Flight of the Phoenix (the original with Jimmy Stewart)
3) The Dam Busters
4) Memphis Bell (the documentary)
5) Island in the Sky

Hmph...all B&W films except M B. It's been a damned long time since anyone
made an aviation movie I really liked, I guess.

It's been a long time since you've seen Flight of the Phoenix too - it isn't in
black & white

1. The Dambusters
2. Tora! Tora! Tora!
3. Battle of Britain
4. Dark Blue World
5. Apocalypse Now (for the helicopter scenes)

Actually, I wish I'd voted for The Right Stuff and Flight of the Phoenix, but I
compiled my list without reference to the rest of the thread Must admit that
I like Strategic Air Command too, despite it being a dreadful flag-waving
exercise.

--
Paul

"Paul Catley" wrote:
"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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My top 5:

1) 12 O'clock High
2) Flight of the Phoenix (the original with Jimmy Stewart)
3) The Dam Busters
4) Memphis Bell (the documentary)
5) Island in the Sky

Hmph...all B&W films except M B. It's been a damned long time since
anyone made an aviation movie I really liked, I guess.

It's been a long time since you've seen Flight of the Phoenix too - it
isn't in black & white

I'm almost 60; my memory is in black and white--what's left of it.