Must have aviation movies

on the same topic i just saw "6 days 7 nights" on cable last night.

pretty lame romantic comedy, but it portrayed the pilot as a off beat yet
responsible character - who even started to turn back before getting trapped in
bad weather.

i wonder if harrison ford (a pilot) had anything to do with it - i can see
him in a meeting saying "that's ridiculous" when a writer proposes a wing falls
off.

Not seen much and so far not mentioned from the early 80s, "The Pilot" with
Cliff Robertson. Story line of a drunk airline pilot with some decent flying in
a Pitts thrown in.

Best line in the move, "There I was in the Sea of Cotez, floating on a bunch of
titties". You have to see it too understand. Mentioned the movie to Cliff at
OSH about 10 years ago and he said he had a blast making it.
Walt

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(B25flyer) wrote:

Not seen much and so far not mentioned from the early 80s, "The Pilot" with
Cliff Robertson. Story line of a drunk airline pilot with some decent flying
in
a Pitts thrown in.

Best line in the move, "There I was in the Sea of Cotez, floating on a bunch
of
titties". You have to see it too understand. Mentioned the movie to Cliff at
OSH about 10 years ago and he said he had a blast making it.
Walt

Yep, a good one. What about the cockpit scene where Robertson pulls a
cover plate off a control of some sort, briefly looks at the underside
of the cover, and then replaces it. How many of you know what that was
about? ; )

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on the same topic i just saw "6 days 7 nights" on cable last night.

pretty lame romantic comedy, but it portrayed the pilot as a off beat yet
responsible character - who even started to turn back before getting
trapped in
bad weather.

i wonder if harrison ford (a pilot) had anything to do with it - i can
see
him in a meeting saying "that's ridiculous" when a writer proposes a wing
falls

He actually did some flying for the movie (wing mounted camera shots), and
liked the D-H so much he bought one for himself shortly thereafter.

Tom Sixkiller wrote:

He actually did some flying for the movie (wing mounted camera shots), and
liked the D-H so much he bought one for himself shortly thereafter.

That's the one where they're carrying on a conversation without headsets in a
normal tone of voice in a Beaver while in the air, right?

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Tom Sixkiller wrote:

He actually did some flying for the movie (wing mounted camera shots),
and
liked the D-H so much he bought one for himself shortly thereafter.

That's the one where they're carrying on a conversation without headsets
in a
normal tone of voice in a Beaver while in the air, right?

Can you imagine how that scene would play out on a THX sound system in the
theater?

"Forever Young" (1992), with Mel Gibson, has a terrific "flight training"
scene set in a tree house.

"Zero Hour". Ya gotta watch that BEFORE you watch "Airplane". "Airplane"
takes it's entire plot from "Zero Hour"...including big chunks of the exact
dialog. Makes "Airplane" even funnier after you see the "original".
Trust me!

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"Forever Young" (1992), with Mel Gibson, has a terrific "flight training"
scene set in a tree house.

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"Zero Hour". Ya gotta watch that BEFORE you watch "Airplane".
"Airplane"
takes it's entire plot from "Zero Hour"...including big chunks of the
exact
dialog. Makes "Airplane" even funnier after you see the "original".
Trust me!

Can't find that one anywhere.

The High and the Mighty...if you can find it, too.

In a previous article, "Tom Sixkiller" said:

The High and the Mighty...if you can find it, too.

Rod Machado's web site has a clip showing the fine CRM in that movie.


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