Aviation Movies - your top 5?

"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.

"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

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
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"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


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

"Steve S" wrote in message
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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.

Oh *now* you tell me! I didn't record it. C'mon, spill the beans: what were
the poles for?


He also regaled us with stories from "Those Magnificent Men..." etc., etc.
What a guy!

I wish they still used real aircraft in films today.

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Paul

"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.


Bird of prey. (I love Lamas!)
Starwars
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (I saw some of the machines
fly into Oxford - They really flew them!)
The Dam Busters.

And for the best ever aerial shot: Where the Lama breaks through the roof in
the opening secquence of Bird of Prey 2.

Slatts

"Sla#s" wrote:

The Bridges at Toko-Ri

Ooh, good one! Should've been on my list.

1) 12 o'Clock High
2) Fighter Squadron
3) Tuskegee Airmen
4) Flight of the Intruder
5) Fire Birds (okay..crappy plot but awesome helicopter footage)


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Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO

Sla#s wrote:


Bird of prey. (I love Lamas!)
...

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!

--

FF

wrote:
Sla#s wrote:


Bird of prey. (I love Lamas!)
...

And for the best ever aerial shot: Where the Lama breaks through the
roof in the opening secquence of Bird of Prey 2.
...

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!

Slatts