aviation movies...

[RightBettor]

Doesn't it end with an evacutaion where he returns for the flask in his coat?

Then shows him crop dusting in the end?

Yeah, he takes early retirement (pensions were guaranteed... hmmmmm) and returns to flying for fun. When he resigns, he says something like his heart wasn't in it anymore... and this was back in the day before sexual harrasment suits and the TSA!!

 

[FutureTEDpilot]

Cloud Dancer (david Carridine)

1980 release...

CLOUD DANCER. Awesome flying with Pitts Specials in aerobatic competition, drug running etc. I have one copy on DVD and VHS. Great flying flick. David Carradine the "Kong Fu" guy is in it.

Also:

THE WAR LOVER
BRIDGES OVER TOKO RI
THE HUNTERS
BAA BAA Blacksheep season 1 on DVD (I love the Corsair)

 

[FutureTEDpilot]

Yeah, he takes early retirement (pensions were guaranteed... hmmmmm) and returns to flying for fun. When he resigns, he says something like his heart wasn't in it anymore... and this was back in the day before sexual harrasment suits and the TSA!!

THAT IS A GREAT MOVIE!

Esp. when he takes his daughter up in the Pitts S-2A, that was filmed out in Homestead right at Curtis Pitts's place. And the reference to "Skeeter" is actually a National pilot. I was told a lot of National guys flew the DC-8 for the film.

I am trying to find a copy on DVD, my VHS one is getting old.

 

[SWA/FO]

Ha, National didn't fly DC-8s....only B757s, gotcha!!!:beer:





Only kidding

 

[FutureTEDpilot]

Ha, National didn't fly DC-8s....only B757s, gotcha!!!:beer:





Only kidding

I HOPE YOU ARE "ONLY KIDDING" Or you will be buying ME a LOT of beer!

(For those of you confused, w are talking about the OLD NATIONAL based in MIA that was bought by Pan-Am)

 

[Keydet]

Iron Eagle: ridiculous plot and overall crappy movie; kickin' soundtrack.

 

[lowlycfi]

Tuskegee Airmen, The Right Stuff, Flight of the Intruder

 

[Morning Wood]

"The Battle of Britain". I found it in the discount bin at Walmart for $5.88.

 

[sandman2122]

The Battle of Britain is one of my favorites - you don't see that many Hurricanes and Spitfires flying anymore.

Wasn't there a mini-series on PBS years ago about an American who flew with the RAF - even had a scene of a Spitfire flying under a bridge......??

 

[airbrush]

sandman,

You're referring to "Piece of Cake", a British miniseries from the late '80s. Oustanding flick; lots of great flying sequences (all Spitfires, no Hurricanes) and a lot more character development than most aviation films. I have the 6-tape VHS set (it's about 12 hours long) that I ordered from Armchair Aviator or some other such place. I break it out once ina while when I can wrestle the TV away from the kids. Highly recommended.

I've got a long list of others that I'll have to sit down and figure out. Dittos on the Blue Max, Bridges at Toko Ri.

By the way, nice avatar. I may have to go home and wake up the wife now.....

 

[K. Marx]

Wonderwoman!

 

[Rythm3]

How about Executive Decision. Kurt Russell was a student pilot about to solo, and in the end lands a 747 that was hijacked.

 

[ground stop]

How about Executive Decision. Kurt Russell was a student pilot about to solo, and in the end lands a 747 that was hijacked.

almost as good as Turbulence with ray liotta and lauren holly.

 

[Keydet]

Tuskegee Airmen, The Right Stuff, Flight of the Intruder

"Lay it in on me Sandy....I'd do it for you."

 

[lowlycfi]

"Lay it in on me Sandy....I'd do it for you."

"Look man, I hate SAMs....I get all worked up just thinkin' about them."

 

[Jeff Helgeson]

Taht was lame, but

How about Executive Decision. Kurt Russell was a student pilot about to solo, and in the end lands a 747 that was hijacked.

I laughed my butt of when Kurt Russel went around at Dulles to plow it in at FDK, Frederick because he learned there. A Hollywood plane flick!

 

[yaks]

"The Great Waldo Pepper" is an excellent story covering the post WW1 development of aviation and another called "Spitfire" covers the development of the Spit (imagine that) and the 30's air racing scene.

 

[fox51ramprat]

There was a Disney Movie that centered around a soaring club. There was a scene where the glider on tow does a roll and is being towed inverted. I can't remeber the title.

 

[Phaedrus]

Executive Decision was awful. Good entertainment right up until Russell has to get into the left seat and have an FA read him checklists out of the AOM. Hilarious. Ruined an otherwise suspenseful if not slightly entertaining flick.

 

[Spooky 1]

Fighter Pilot

Forget all that pablum aviation stuff you have been watching. Go see Fighter Pilot in an IMAX theater. Simply the best, no BS flying you will ever get to see on screen. Almost like being there. Really awsome photography and sound. To compare this movie with something like Top Gun would be like comparing a Ferrari F1 car to some Honda Hybrid. I guess you can tell I liked it!

 

[ATRCAPT]

BAT 21 is a pretty good movie although more of a survival story. Another film is an old Disney movie with Elliot Gould called The Last Flight of Noah's Ark. Gould is ferrying a B-29 somewhere in the south pacific, gets lost and crashes on an island inhabited by two Japanese soldiers who haven't heard that war ended. It's a typical cheesy Disney movie from the '70's, but there are some GREAT scenes of the B-29 in flight. I also read somewhere that Ernest K Gann came up with the original story idea. A film I would like to see is the one "Airplane's" story line was taken from. I believe it's called Zero Hour or Ceiling Zero or something like that. Anyone heard of it?

 

[Sluggo_63]

A Gathering of Eagles

Great Cold War SAC movie. I can't find it on DVD yet, but great scenes of B-52's and KC-135's. If you ever sat alert or endured a SAC ORI, you need to see it.

 

[lowlycfi]

Great Cold War SAC movie. I can't find it on DVD yet, but great scenes of B-52's and KC-135's. If you ever sat alert or endured a SAC ORI, you need to see it.

That made me think of a couple with Jimmy Stewart:

Strategic Air Command and
Spirit of St. Louis

 

[Keydet]

"Look man, I hate SAMs....I get all worked up just thinkin' about them."

"When ya fire the Shrike, don't look at it...it'll blind ya!!"

 

[skiav8tor]

I laughed my butt of when Kurt Russel went around at Dulles to plow it in at FDK, Frederick because he learned there. A Hollywood plane flick!

The problem is...FDK was actually SMO...recognize that tower from any angle...you would think the producers of most of these aviation movies would actually consult...aviators!! I know...the general public doesn't know the difference, and then when there is some aviation event, it's up to the media to straighten it all out...and of coarse they learned from the movies!! Ok...I'm done now...

 

[Keydet]

I know...the general public doesn't know the difference, and then when there is some aviation event, it's up to the media to straighten it all out...and of coarse they learned from the movies!! Ok...I'm done now...

You mean going on a bombing mission doesn't simply involve hopping in an F-16, with the dreaded "Hades bomb" strapped to it and rocking out to Queen and Dio on a 1985 era walkman? Sorry, I can't leave Iron Eagle alone on this issue.

 

[skiav8tor]

The original Iron Eagle was at least somewhat believable...but 2-8 were outta control!!??

JB newbie? What class?

 

[aeronautic1]

First, put in AIRPANE and laugh your arse off. Then follow that up with The High and the Mighty. Oh My God!! You will see the light and the light shall set your free!!

Gregory Peck and Twelve O'Clock High.
Mathew Modine and Memphis Bell
Ernie Gann's and
The Blaze of Noon
Alan Arkin and Catch 22
Janet Leigh (zoom) and Jet Pilot

Charlie Sheen and Hot Shots (1)

 

[FutureTEDpilot]

"Look man, I hate SAMs....I get all worked up just thinkin' about them."

And don't forget "Yawn....lets go home!"

BUT THE BEST IS THE WAR LOVER:

B-17 crew and the F/O remarks about the sun coming up, the Capt says "DAWNS ARE FOR CO-PILOTS"


I love that one......."Dawns are for Co-pilots"

 

[Hamburgler]

Conair