Must have aviation movies

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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Almost every movie that somebody suggests will be panned by somebody else
because of 'inaccuracies.' Here is a list of all the movies that contain
no
inaccuracies:



I never liked that one.

"Tom Sixkiller" wrote in message
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"Magic Fingers" wrote in message
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"Zero Hour". Ya gotta watch that BEFORE you watch "Airplane".
"Airplane"
takes it's entire plot from "Zero Hour"...including big chunks of the
exact
dialog. Makes "Airplane" even funnier after you see the "original".
Trust me!

Can't find that one anywhere.


The High and the Mighty...if you can find it, too.

If you look, there's a few copies on VHS that show up on E-bay every now and
then. I got one a year or so ago (was about $80!). Crappy quality, looks
like a copy of a copy of a bootleg. But, since I was born after it was last
shown to the public, that was my only chance to see it...

Now, if anyone can find a copy of Zero Hour... I hear that the studio that
mad Airplane! bought the rights to that movie before they released it. Kind
sucks to keep a classic like that under lock and key for petty reasons like
that... It would almost be better to relase the two together I would
think...

--
Mike

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"Tom Sixkiller" wrote:
"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
Hot Shots, while occasionally funny, is almost unwatchable.

You need to pay closer attention.

He has his father's eyes, y'see....

Oh, never mind.

Damn...I lost my cap! Turn around and get it.

"Only Angels have Wings" is my favorite. Good ole fashion flying by
the seat of the pants try to esablish a mail route in the middle of
nowhere. You even get to see a Ford Trimotor spin.

I recently saw "Flying Tigers" (John Wayne) and was not impressed. Too
much talking, not enough flying.

-Robert

Ian wrote in message ...
What are some "must have" movies that have an aviation theme in them? I
want to get a collection together and I was wanting some input from the
group.

Thanks

Looks like no one mentioned "Dark Blue World" which is a story about two
Spitfire pilots that fall in love with the same woman (it came out before Pearl
Harbor!). Excellent flying sequences and some great shots of the Spitfires. I
believe this movie came out in early 2001.

http://www.sonyclassics.com/darkblue...withflash.html

TooPlaneCrazy7 wrote:

Looks like no one mentioned "Dark Blue World" ....

If you try to rent this instead of buying it, be aware that some outfits put this
in the foreign language section.

George Patterson
Great discoveries are not announced with "Eureka!". What's usually said is
"Hummmmm... That's interesting...."

"Big John" wrote in message
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Tom

I hate to say it but I was in Jet Pilot.

Big John

Don't tell me that beautiful vertical scissors in the 86 was YOU John? :-)))
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"Robert M. Gary" wrote in message
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I recently saw "Flying Tigers" (John Wayne) and was not impressed. Too
much talking, not enough flying.

The three CW test pilots who did the flying for that movie were a first rate
team; Herb Fisher, Dan Reid, and Dick Griffin. Herb was a friend of mine for
many years and a charter member of the IFPF. They got a real kick out of
doing the movie, although as you have so correctly said, much of what they
actually got to do was restricted to takeoffs and landings. :-)
Dudley Henriques
International Fighter Pilots Fellowship
Commercial Pilot/ CFI Retired
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What about 405: The Movie???
http://www.405themovie.com/Home.asp

"Ian" wrote in message
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What are some "must have" movies that have an aviation theme in them? I
want to get a collection together and I was wanting some input from the
group.

Thanks

"Michael 182" wrote in message
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Never saw the movie - is Stephen Coonts Flight of the Intruder any good? I
like his books - seems like they would make good movies. Also, some of
John
Nance's books seem like natural movie fodder.

Personally, I like FOTI. They stayed truer to that book than any of the Tom
Clancy stories which were made into movies.

I walked out on Hunt For Red October. Like Sean Connery, but they shelved
too much of the original for my liking.

Regards,

Jay In AZ




"Ian" wrote in message
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What are some "must have" movies that have an aviation theme in them? I
want to get a collection together and I was wanting some input from the
group.

Thanks