What is the best aviation movie?

[Dieterly]

Top Gun

 

[mar]

The dog-fight at the end....

of The Great Waldo Pepper!

All time favorite.

 

[singlespeed]

The right stuff

 

[ratings:all]

worst?

Im fond of Memphis Belle and Flight of the Phoenix. Wish they'd make some of Dale Brown's book's into movies, though. The flight scenes in Behind Enemy Lines are awesome-especially on HD plasma with surround sound and a massive woofer-when those flares light off, shakes the roof.

What about the worst aviation movie?

My vote goes for Broken Arrow

 

[Stifler's Mom]

Airplane!!!!!!!!!!!

Here's an idea, let's take a list of movies from this post and make another poll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[TonyC]

Re: worst?

Wish they'd make some of Dale Brown's book's into movies, though.

I've read a couple of Dale Brown's books. After the first, I was convinced he was incapable of writing decent aviation fiction. I gave him a second chance, and affirmed my conviction. Pure hogwash.

Delusions of Buff grandeur.

 

[Typhoon1244]

On the other hand, Stephen Coonts' work is pretty good...if only someone had actually read The Flight of the Intruder before they made a movie out of it...

If they decide to turn another Coonts novel into a movie, it should be Minotaur, a really great book about the military aircraft procurement process.

 

[jn99_2000]

I second "Top Gun" Airplane isa good movie too!

 

[JayDub]

"The High and the Mighty" starring John Wayne

Holy Shnikees, Dragionass and I agreeing on something?? OMG, the sky must be falling!

I really wish I could find a copy. Man, what an awesome movie.

Second choice has to be "Fandango". Truman Gates, Where are you????

Respectfully,

JayDub

 

[snoopy_1]

Baa Baa Black Sheep television series .


A couple good ones that haven't been mentioned.

Black Hawk Down

Air America

The Spirit of St. Louis

 

[empenage]

"The Blue Max" #1

"The Great Waldo Pepper"

"Airplane"

"Always"

 

[LR25]

Always, it had its moments

Midway,

Bridge at Toka Ri, (sp)

12 O'Clock High

Allthough not an aviation movie, Where Eagles Dare

 

[Typhoon1244]

Where Eagles Dare. Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood. Does it get any more kickass than that?

Speaking of Burton, anyone ever seen The Wild Geese? Really good movie about mercs in Central Africa. (Aviation content: one C-130, the Concorde, and a really mean Cessna 310 carrying napalm.)

 

[Smoking Man]

Airplane,

Dr. Strangelove

Flight of the Intruder

 

[GogglesPisano]

The original AIRPORT.