Grampaw

Going back to MrMulligan's mention of the John Wayne movie Jet Pilot, the aerial scenes were truly the best parts of that movie, and it was no wonder as one of those Sabres were flown by none other than Chuck Yeager himself.

JL1

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I can't believe that everyone is overlooking "Ace Eli and Roger of the skies" with Cliff Robertson.

$ircra$halot

Another over sight is Con air with Nickolas Cage. Good movie!

Happy holidays to all
Garry

Unstable

best all around airplane movie.:

airplane.
"what can you make of this?"
"well, I can make a hat, a brouch, a pteridactledthjfa;d;lksdjroi..... (how the heck do you spell it)

"Striker, listen, and you listen close: flying a plane is no different than riding a bicycle, just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes."

others:

air america
"I dont want to crash 2 times in one day"
"don't worry, I crash better then anyone I know"

"Here at Air America, what's considered psychotic behavior anywhere else is company policy."


Rat Race:
has a excelent chopper chase scene in it. the stunt work is amazing, we are talking 5 foot off the ground chasing a pickup truck amazing

raistlin12

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Two of my favorite chopper chase scenes are from Outbreak and Rambo II.

Oryx

Another vote for Battle of Britain and Tora Tora Tora.

However, I absolutely loved the flight scenes in "Dark Blue World". It really is a great movie if you love Spitfires. I must have watched the DVD 5 or 6 times already...

Fly4Fun2

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No DVD's of it. It came out in 1979. I found several VHS copies of it on eBay.

M Gill

'pushing tin', I forgot about pushing tin.

One of the few movies about air traffic control

Mace Gill
The Aeroplane Works

P-51B

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If you liked "the flight of the pheonix", what about the one where the prisoners build a glider to escape the WWII prison camp. I can't remember the name, but it was based on a true story.

Goinstraightup

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What about movies with RC planes?

There was a low budget kids movie called "Remote Control". Kind of cheezey, but if you want a night with the kids and see some planes and helicopters too, dig at the video store and get it.

Short Circuit 2 (They fly planes right in the middle of sky scrapers)

There's another kids show (maybe Disney) where the 9 year old girls flys the Cristen Eagle bipe like Chip Hyde. Anyone remember the name of that one?

mscic-RCU

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Flying Leathernecks
Flying Tigers

both with John Wayne

MrMulligan

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A few years ago there was a miniseries on PBS about a Spitfire squadron. They had gathered together about 8 Spits to make it. I can't for the life of me remember the name of the series (senior moment). Any help out there? the formation grass takeoffs were a highlight.

Taildragger

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(post # 46)

If I remeber correctly,

There were also some nice flying of a curtiss jenny in "high road to china"

And for those of you who are interested, a good recent movie is "dark Blue World"....it is another 'love story WWII aviation movie' But I promise that the love story isn't as bad as "pearl harbor'

Mace Gill
The Aeroplane Works


Sorry M Gill but those weren't Jenny's. They were Stampes. A kinda look a like Tiger Moth. I have one in my Hanger right now I'm fixin to rebuild. But you were right in one respect. It is a great movie. By the way. I'm redoing the one I have in the colors of the one Sellack flew in the movie. Bill

VoughtF4U

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What's the old movie about the P-47 squadron? It used P-51's as german fighters. It was in color I think. I remember watching it as a kid when I was staying home from school if I was sick. I can't remeber much beyond that...

JDHammer

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Mr Mulligan,

The PBS series was called "Piece of Cake". You see the tapes for sale in the mail order catalogs every once in awhile.

The part I liked in that series was when HQ decided to install gun cameras in their Spitfires. After a couple of dogfights, the pilots gathered to review the movies and were astounded to find that they were sometimes shooting at their own squadron mates. The "victim" told his buddy-"I'm glad you're such a lousy shot".

M Gill

Taildragger,

Thanks, It has been years since I saw that film.....my memory must be slipping.

P-51B....I didn't see that film, but I have heard the story....escaped from a castle, right?

Mace Gill
The Aeroplane Works

JDHammer

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Many years ago, I met the pilot who flew the triplane under the bridge in the movie "The Blue Max" (Derek Piggot from England). This stunt was accomplished using real aircraft and real people, no models or computer tricks. He said that the only aid he had doing that stunt were two sticks on the opposite side of the bridge. He steered the Fokker until the sticks were perfectly aligned with each other-this gave him the minimum wing clearance he needed to miss the bridge supports.

The scattering sheep were also his idea. :idea:

P-51B

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I think that is correct, at least in the movie. I saw a full scale reproduction of the glider in London at the British War Museum about two years ago, but dang if I can remember the name of the movie.

NCC-1701

I think the movie, with the P-47's and P-51B's incognito, was Fighter Squadron.

Anybody remember "The McConnel Story" based on the life of the Top American ace of the Korean War?


Rob

jmulder

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Since you guys are talking about alot of old movies let me ask ya'll a question. I am trying to find an old BMX Freestyle bike movie called ''RAD''. Do you guys know of any sites to search to find old titles like this one or even better yet do you know where I can get a copy? I wanted to get it for my son. I remember watching it when I was younger and thought he would enjoy it...Thanks.........John

David Cutler

I knew the author of Flight of the Phoenix personally. Elleston Trevor, the author, was my father's best friend at school in Kent, England.

He was a mad keen aeromodeller, just after WWII, and was the first person I ever heard of mounting a camera to a free flight model. That was not only pre-proportional, but pre anything except single channel radio control, and the 'Galloping Ghost'.

Anybody remember those?

David C.

amelia-air

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mc connell story ? probably spelled it wrong--alan lad as a F86 jock over korea,,, loved the flying could smell the jp-5

David Cutler

Wasn't that 'Colditz'?

See:-

http://www.colditz-4c.com/glider.htm

David C.

WarbirdAirRacer

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30 seconds over Tokyo
MidWay
Black sheep
Airwolf

P-51B

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Thanks! I went to the website and it says the name of the movie was "The Birdmen"!!!