Favorite Aviation Films

I should explain. Memphis belle was released in 1991 and I was competing in the Hang Gliding East Coast Championships in the Sequatchie Valley. It was a fun contest that had colorful characters from a group called the “Green Team� (pun intended). I was staying in a hotel with some flying buddies and on one of the rain days and we rented this movie. -

DC

Dennis- If you haven't had heard of it, I highly recommend a book by Erik Kaye called "Eagles In The Flesh," about the wild adventures of the Green Team. Erik was one of those crazies from Day One, and his account is absolutely hilarious. He includes a chapter on the East Coast Champs, as well as the US Nationals at Dinosaur, Sandia Classic, Telluride, flying in Brazil and other spots. Not a book for children or your Mom.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FO90FE8...ng=UTF8&btkr=1

Available on Kindle ($3.99) but the paperback is worth having ($14.95). I recognized almost everybody in the book, despite the use of aliases to disguise the perpetrators. I'm not in the book, but I was there for a lot of the stories.
In fact, Erik stopped by my house in Moriarty just a few days ago. Hadn't seen him in 20 years!

How about Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines. Great Waldo Pepper. Twelve O'clock High.

On Friday, April 17, 2020 at 1:50:20 PM UTC-4, wrote:
How about Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines. Great Waldo Pepper. Twelve O'clock High.

Battle of Britain. Dam Busters.

On Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:02:14 -0700, Dan Daly wrote:

Battle of Britain.

Lost a bit of its shine for me seeing those yellow plastic Tornado props
on some the planes being shot tp pieces in the air.

Dam Busters.

Yeah, that was good.

So was "The Blue Max" - Derek Piggott was one of the stunt pilots in that.


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Martin | martin at
Gregorie | gregorie dot org

Thanks for remembering The Blue Max!

Good films with good flying scenes - Murphy's War and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

Originally Posted by Martin Gregorie[_6_]

On Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:02:14 -0700, Dan Daly wrote:

Battle of Britain.

Lost a bit of its shine for me seeing those yellow plastic Tornado props
on some the planes being shot tp pieces in the air.

Dam Busters.

Yeah, that was good.

So was "The Blue Max" - Derek Piggott was one of the stunt pilots in that.


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Martin | martin at
Gregorie | gregorie dot org

+1 to each of those movies

Colin

The Blue Max...Â* All of the airplanes built for that movie lived at a
grass strip between Dallas and Denton, TX.Â* I landed a Stearman there in
1985 and had a tour.Â* Really nice.

On 4/17/2020 12:16 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:02:14 -0700, Dan Daly wrote:

Battle of Britain.

Lost a bit of its shine for me seeing those yellow plastic Tornado props
on some the planes being shot tp pieces in the air.

Dam Busters.

Yeah, that was good.

So was "The Blue Max" - Derek Piggott was one of the stunt pilots in that.



--
Dan, 5J

On Friday, April 17, 2020 at 6:42:27 PM UTC-6, Dan Marotta wrote:
The Blue Max...Â* All of the airplanes built for that movie lived at a
grass strip between Dallas and Denton, TX.Â* I landed a Stearman there in
1985 and had a tour.Â* Really nice.

On 4/17/2020 12:16 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:02:14 -0700, Dan Daly wrote:

Battle of Britain.

Lost a bit of its shine for me seeing those yellow plastic Tornado props
on some the planes being shot tp pieces in the air.

Dam Busters.

Yeah, that was good.

So was "The Blue Max" - Derek Piggott was one of the stunt pilots in that.



--
Dan, 5J

"Flight OF The Intruder".

On Friday, April 17, 2020 at 7:42:27 PM UTC-5, Dan Marotta wrote:
The Blue Max...Â* All of the airplanes built for that movie lived at a
grass strip between Dallas and Denton, TX.Â* I landed a Stearman there in
1985 and had a tour.Â* Really nice.

It's listed on the Abandoned Airfields website: http://www.airfields-freeman.com/index.htm

Hartlee Airfield was the best grass strip in Dallas. http://www.airfields-freeman.com/TX/...NE.htm#hartlee

I owned a J3 in the early 90's and we could still land there.

If you have endless time, look up abandoned airstrips in your area.

Bob