"TOP GUN" picked as best movie for EAA theater?

Dudley Henriques wrote:
Actually I liked 12'oclock high for a reason not directly related to
airplanes.
The opening segway with Dean Jagger from the present into the past and the
closing segway returning again to the present are in my opinion some of the
finest creative film work ever shot.

I didn't know that rode Segway's back then! :-)

Matt

"Matt Whiting" wrote in message
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Dudley Henriques wrote:
Actually I liked 12'oclock high for a reason not directly related to
airplanes.
The opening segway with Dean Jagger from the present into the past and
the closing segway returning again to the present are in my opinion some
of the finest creative film work ever shot.

I didn't know that rode Segway's back then! :-)

Matt

Isn't this the machine that was "going to revolutionize transportation by
man on earth? :-)
Dudley Henriques

I second 12'oclock high. I hear the USAF still uses it as a training film.

On Fri, 4 May 2007 19:57:43 -0400, "Dudley Henriques"
wrote:


"John T" wrote in message
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Which of you clowns voted for top gun??

Would have voted for 12'oclock high. One of the finest films I've ever seen.
Dudley Henriques


GeorgeC

"GeorgeC" wrote in message
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I second 12'oclock high. I hear the USAF still uses it as a training film.

I've been away from things for awhile, but I believe that is true. The film
was also used by civilian fortune 500 companies to aclimate their executives
to the management stress issue if I'm not mistaken.
Dudley Henriques

Which of you clowns voted for top gun??

Not me -- but I might have. Even after a year of showing aviation-
themed movies every Tuesday night, Top Gun (the movie we started Movie
Night at the Inn with) is in our top five.

The music and flight sequences are by far the best of any aviation
movie ever made. The plot is...enough to keep the women interested.
(The volleyball scene never fails to get the women worked up...)

For some fun Top Gun trivia, see:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092099/trivia
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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The music and flight sequences are by far the best of any aviation
movie ever made. The plot is...enough to keep the women interested.
(The volleyball scene never fails to get the women worked up...)

Man, if there EVER was a case for a guy just taking his shirt off, hitting
the damn ball and keeping his mouth shut to attract women it's ole Tom
Cruise!! :-))
Dudley

("Richard Riley" wrote)
I had to. In high school I dated Kelly's little sister Kathy.


That "Tops" my sitting next to (The Brady Bunch) Cindy Brady's first cousin,
in elementary school.


Montblack

On May 5, 12:51 pm, Richard Riley wrote:
On Sat, 5 May 2007 12:12:29 -0500, "Montblack"



The McGillises were very much into theater. Their mom, Joan, still
directs local stage productions.

Kelly McGillis, last I was in Key West was running a theatre/resturant
there...still a "hottie" and all of the character she played in
TGUN....which is more or less based on a real woman...who is a hottie
as well.. KM is very kind, including possing for some photos...

The alure of a smart woman...

Robert

On May 5, 1:56 pm, Richard Riley wrote:
On 5 May 2007 11:18:12 -0700, Luke Skywalker
wrote:


My old test pilot, Rick Fessenden, took the first f-18 through Fighter
Weapons School (Top Gun) - he told me that everything about the movie
was completely fake except for the stunning blond expert on Russian
fighter tactics. He never did tell me her name.

Her "nick" was the same as KM used...and the "real one" was/is
stunning...Ms. McGillis did her justice. No one was dating the real
one...she is happily married...

And everything else about the movie was "stylized"...

Robert

"Snakes on a plane".

You know, the movie about the FAA; subplot: "We're here to help..."

No doubt about it.

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