Aviation Movies - your top 5?

"Paul Catley" wrote in message
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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.

Can I change my vote? The Blue Max was on telly this afternoon. I hadn't seen
it before. The flying sequences are marvellous, particularly the "under the
bridge" scene, in what were no doubt very valuable Fokker Triplane replicas

--
Paul

It isn't a flying movie, but always crack up when I see the flying
scenes in Fandango.




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.

Twelve O'Clock High
The High and the Mighty
Rise(Return) of the Phoenix (someone will know the real name)
Catch 22
Young Eagles

In rec.aviation.piloting 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.





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What about Conair lol

"Paul Catley" wrote in message ...
"Paul Catley" wrote in message
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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.

Can I change my vote? The Blue Max was on telly this afternoon. I hadn't seen
it before. The flying sequences are marvellous, particularly the "under the
bridge" scene, in what were no doubt very valuable Fokker Triplane replicas

--
Paul

"Paul Catley" wrote in message
...
"Paul Catley" wrote in message
...

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.

Can I change my vote? The Blue Max was on telly this afternoon. I hadn't
seen it before. The flying sequences are marvellous, particularly the
"under the bridge" scene, in what were no doubt very valuable Fokker
Triplane replicas


I did a gliding course at Lasham back when Derek Piggott was CFI. On a wet
afternoon with no flying he got the video out and showed us how he did it.
Look carefully for poles stuck in the river bed. He also regaled us with
stories from "Those Magnificent Men..." etc., etc. What a guy!

Steve S

"news.ozemail.com.au" wrote in message
...
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.



Are there no good German ones ?
If they could make a superb submarine epic like 'Das Boot' they must have
had the potential to make some good aviation stuff.

Jim Hawkins

Marty wrote:
Tuskegee Airmen (shows how "bleached" my history books were)

I'm glad somebody mentioned this. Perhaps not as much great footage
as some of the others, but a story that's worth being told.

On Tue, 2 May 2006 16:44:03 +0000 (UTC), Roy Smith wrote:

Marty wrote:
Tuskegee Airmen (shows how "bleached" my history books were)

I'm glad somebody mentioned this. Perhaps not as much great footage
as some of the others, but a story that's worth being told.

There was a recent BBC documentary about these Airmen. Incredible men, all
of them. Determined not just to be capable, but to be the absolute best.
Their war record speaks for them, it's a shame that the society they lived
in at the time was so racist that the mainstream press and the armed forces
could not bring themselves to honour these men as they deserved.

It has resonances with the story of Carl Brashear. The Navy didn't want to
see a black diver succeed. The film history of his life was overplayed and
somewhat distorted, but the "oral history" that Brashear himself recorded
shows the essential truth of what it was like to be black, talented and in
the armed forces during WWII and the subsequent cold war.

"Jim Hawkins" wrote in message
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"news.ozemail.com.au" wrote in message
...
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.



Are there no good German ones ?
If they could make a superb submarine epic like 'Das Boot' they must have
had the potential to make some good aviation stuff.

Jim Hawkins

Good point Jim. I am sure the German film makers of the era had the
capability and talent. Just that during the war any film had to be
propaganda and afterwards there was neither the money nor the inclination.
Now would be a good time but props (aircraft) are very scarce, so model
aircraft and CGI may be the only option.

John

"Jim Hawkins" writes:
"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.

Are there no good German ones ?
If they could make a superb submarine epic like 'Das Boot' they must have
had the potential to make some good aviation stuff.

You mean like "Quax, der Bruchpilot"? :-)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034076/

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