Aviation Movies - your top 5?

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.

Most aviation related movies have a war theme but there must be interesting
non military movies or documentaries with realistic flying action.

The Great Waldo Pepper
The Spirit of St. Louis Jimmy Stewart
Island in the Sky
The High and the Mighty
Flight of the Phoenix [old version with Jimmy Stewart, avoid
the new version like it is the worst ever]



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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
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| 1. Top Gun.
| 2. Angels One 5.
| 3. Memphis Bell.
| 4. Air America.
| 5. The Blue Max.
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| Most aviation related movies have a war theme but there
must be interesting
| non military movies or documentaries with realistic flying
action.
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"news.ozemail.com.au" wrote:

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.

Most aviation related movies have a war theme but there must be interesting
non military movies or documentaries with realistic flying action.


12 oclock high
Tuskegee Airmen
Flight of the Pheonix
Memphix Belle
Always

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Bob Noel
Looking for a sig the
lawyers will hate

"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.

.... curiously omitting:

Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines

Remember it was made before the days of CGI, it's all real special effects!

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"Tim Ward" wrote in message
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Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines

Remember it was made before the days of CGI, it's all real special
effects!

And you can still see some of the planes used in the movie flying at Old
Warden if you're lucky 8-)

Greg

"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.

Most aviation related movies have a war theme but there must be
interesting non military movies or documentaries with realistic flying
action.


I like warbirds

1. Battle of Britain. Lots of Spitfires and Hurricanes.
2. 12 O'clock High. B17's doing what B17's do.
3. The Dam Busters. Real Lancasters, Barnes Wallis, a true story, say no
more!
4. 633 Squadron. Lots of Mosquito action, plus John Mellion. Trivia from
IMDB- Cliff Robertson, an accomplished pilot, wanted to buy one of the
Mosquitoes after filming had finished, as he was so impressed with the type.
He was not permitted to do this but he later bought a Spitfire Mk IX which
he owned until the late 1990s.
5. Con Air. Just a cool movie set on an aeroplane.

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"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.

Most aviation related movies have a war theme but there must be
interesting non military movies or documentaries with realistic flying
action.


I like warbirds

1. Battle of Britain. Lots of Spitfires and Hurricanes.
2. 12 O'clock High. B17's doing what B17's do.
3. The Dam Busters. Real Lancasters, Barnes Wallis, a true story, say no
more!
4. 633 Squadron. Lots of Mosquito action, plus John Mellion. Trivia from
IMDB- Cliff Robertson, an accomplished pilot, wanted to buy one of the
Mosquitoes after filming had finished, as he was so impressed with the
type. He was not permitted to do this but he later bought a Spitfire Mk IX
which he owned until the late 1990s.
5. Con Air. Just a cool movie set on an aeroplane.

I remember seeing another Cliff Robertson movie titled "The Pilot".
He acted the part of a respected and experienced airline pilot who was a sly
grogger.
Frank Converse was his young co-pilot who eventually refused to fly with
him.
Might be an interesting one to see again.

Cliff, if I remember correctly, was given the cold shoulder by Hollywood for
taking a stand against the establishment, and consequently was blacklisted.
Pity - always thought he was a convincing actor.

John

On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 19:09:27 +0800, "news.ozemail.com.au"
wrote:

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.

Most aviation related movies have a war theme but there must be interesting
non military movies or documentaries with realistic flying action.



not in order of merit

air america
those magnificent men in their flying machines
flight of the tiger ( a very charming australian kids movie )
the rocketeer (the extras are all competition aeromodelers)
slipstream (wierd english sci fi movie with the edgley optica)
mad max - flight of the thunderdome. (for the oddball ultralights)

heresy I know but for space flight...
flight of the navigator
wing commander
the last starfighter (just love grigg the turtle :-) )

Stealth pilot

"news.ozemail.com.au" wrote:

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.


#1 & 3 go in my *bottom* five.


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.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

"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

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.

--
Paul