Nobody's mentioned The Final Countdown, about the aircraft carrier Nimitz being zapped back to Dec. 6, 1941. Good plot, lousy script...but some of the most fun air-to-air sequences ever filmed. (In one scene, two A6M "Zeros" take on a pair of F-14A's. No models, real flying.)
Another favorite of mine is No Highway in the Sky. Jimmy Stewart plays an aeronautical engineer...the story is loosely based on the DeHavilland Comet. A new British airliner is coming apart occasionally, and Stewart thinks he knows why...but can he prove it before there's another accident?
Capricorn One, starring James Brolin, Hal Holbrook, Sam Waterston, and (?) O.J. Simpson. NASA's first mission to Mars is minutes from launch when the crew is secretly pulled out of their Apollo-type spacecraft. Why? Just go rent it. It's highly underrated. Brolin, Waterston, and Simpson actually do a pretty good job of portraying the bewildered astronauts. The movie ends with one of the most exciting aerial chases ever filmed.
Tora, Tora, Tora! Has a very few weaknesses, much better film than Affleck's P.H.
Doesn't anybody remember what ol' Ben Affleck said on Jay Leno's show after riding into town on Skywest? Regarding regional pilots in general, he quipped, "those are like the guys who couldn't make the varsity team."
A__hole.
Oh, I agree The Right Stuff was cool, but HBO's From the Earth to the Moon was lightyears more accurate and realistic...for those of you like me who have trouble suspending your disbelief! (On the other hand, I am a Trekkie...)