Bad Aviation Films

Yes, there were two TV series (one in the sixties, one in the eighties, if memory serves) based on the original comics. One of the sixties' episodes is famous because they filmed the "touch-roll-touch" of a F-104G Starfighter of the Belgian Air Force: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyBDEG9dg-Q

Unfortunately, Sus Jacobs, one of the two Belgian pilots who performed these stunts on a semi-regular basis (the other was "Bill" Ongena) was killed in a subsequent demonstration...


Le mercredi 22 avril 2020 09:30:05 UTC+2, Kevin Neave a écritÂ*:
Pretty sure there was something along the lines of this on TV during the
school holidays (Mid-Late 70s UK)


At 18:53 19 April 2020, stephanevdv wrote:
My vote goes to "Les Chevaliers du Ciel" ("Sky Fighters" in the English
ver=
sion), a 2005 film by G=C3=A9rard Pir=C3=A8s. Very good airplane scenes,

The picture was based on a comics series, "Tanguy et Laverdure", more or
less the French equivalent of "Steve Canyon". But for reasons unknown, the
principal characters were changed, and their replacements were very dull,
the actors below average. "Tanguy et Laverdure" without Tanguy nor
Laverdure..=
..=20

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sky_Fighters

Fire Birds. Nicholas Cage does Top Gun with helicopters.

The Starfighters (with MST3000 commentary)

highlights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5cEpoHLFOk

T8

I stumbled upon this rather odd movie and I have no idea why YouTube thought I would like it.

It seems to be a cross between the Right Stuff, the genre of Steam Punk and hokey comedy of Airplane! with special effects at about "Thunderbirds" quality - all from the famous (cough, wheeze) British movie making colossus of "ANGLO AMAGAMATED". Catchy name, huh?

The title of this academy award ain't-never-gonna-win epic is "Iron Maiden".. No it has nothing to do with the rock group nor a torture device. You just can't make this stuff up.

But it does have an airplane theme running through it and a few shots of a jet military-like airplane (right after the credits) that looks real but I have no clue what it is. The ship is seen landing at 9:09.

WAIT A MINUTE, the Skipper from "Gilligan's Island" (played by Allan Hale) is in it! Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

Enjoy...maybe...

https://youtu.be/Rf8XQPKgbq4

On Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at 9:40:28 PM UTC-5, John DeRosa OHM Ω http://aviation.derosaweb.net wrote:
I stumbled upon this rather odd movie and I have no idea why YouTube thought I would like it.

It seems to be a cross between the Right Stuff, the genre of Steam Punk and hokey comedy of Airplane! with special effects at about "Thunderbirds" quality - all from the famous (cough, wheeze) British movie making colossus of "ANGLO AMAGAMATED". Catchy name, huh?

The title of this academy award ain't-never-gonna-win epic is "Iron Maiden". No it has nothing to do with the rock group nor a torture device. You just can't make this stuff up.

But it does have an airplane theme running through it and a few shots of a jet military-like airplane (right after the credits) that looks real but I have no clue what it is. The ship is seen landing at 9:09.

WAIT A MINUTE, the Skipper from "Gilligan's Island" (played by Allan Hale) is in it! Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

Enjoy...maybe...

https://youtu.be/Rf8XQPKgbq4

I think the aircraft is a handley page valiant

On Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at 10:28:52 PM UTC-5, Scott Williams wrote:
On Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at 9:40:28 PM UTC-5, John DeRosa OHM Ω http://aviation.derosaweb.net wrote:
I stumbled upon this rather odd movie and I have no idea why YouTube thought I would like it.

It seems to be a cross between the Right Stuff, the genre of Steam Punk and hokey comedy of Airplane! with special effects at about "Thunderbirds" quality - all from the famous (cough, wheeze) British movie making colossus of "ANGLO AMAGAMATED". Catchy name, huh?

The title of this academy award ain't-never-gonna-win epic is "Iron Maiden". No it has nothing to do with the rock group nor a torture device. You just can't make this stuff up.

But it does have an airplane theme running through it and a few shots of a jet military-like airplane (right after the credits) that looks real but I have no clue what it is. The ship is seen landing at 9:09.

WAIT A MINUTE, the Skipper from "Gilligan's Island" (played by Allan Hale) is in it! Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

Enjoy...maybe...

https://youtu.be/Rf8XQPKgbq4

I think the aircraft is a handley page valiant
or victor?

Originally Posted by Scott Williams[_2_]

On Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at 9:40:28 PM UTC-5, John DeRosa OHM Ω http://aviation.derosaweb.net wrote:
I stumbled upon this rather odd movie and I have no idea why YouTube thought I would like it.

It seems to be a cross between the Right Stuff, the genre of Steam Punk and hokey comedy of Airplane! with special effects at about "Thunderbirds" quality - all from the famous (cough, wheeze) British movie making colossus of "ANGLO AMAGAMATED". Catchy name, huh?

The title of this academy award ain't-never-gonna-win epic is "Iron Maiden". No it has nothing to do with the rock group nor a torture device. You just can't make this stuff up.

But it does have an airplane theme running through it and a few shots of a jet military-like airplane (right after the credits) that looks real but I have no clue what it is. The ship is seen landing at 9:09.

WAIT A MINUTE, the Skipper from "Gilligan's Island" (played by Allan Hale) is in it! Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

Enjoy...maybe...

https://youtu.be/Rf8XQPKgbq4

I think the aircraft is a handley page valiant

Handley Page Victor. The T tail is the giveaway

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley_Page_Victor

On Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at 10:40:28 PM UTC-4, John DeRosa OHM Ω http://aviation.derosaweb.net wrote:
I stumbled upon this rather odd movie and I have no idea why YouTube thought I would like it.

It seems to be a cross between the Right Stuff, the genre of Steam Punk and hokey comedy of Airplane! with special effects at about "Thunderbirds" quality - all from the famous (cough, wheeze) British movie making colossus of "ANGLO AMAGAMATED". Catchy name, huh?

The title of this academy award ain't-never-gonna-win epic is "Iron Maiden". No it has nothing to do with the rock group nor a torture device. You just can't make this stuff up.

But it does have an airplane theme running through it and a few shots of a jet military-like airplane (right after the credits) that looks real but I have no clue what it is. The ship is seen landing at 9:09.

WAIT A MINUTE, the Skipper from "Gilligan's Island" (played by Allan Hale) is in it! Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

Enjoy...maybe...

https://youtu.be/Rf8XQPKgbq4

I started this tread and forgot to mention one of the all-time greats in
bad aviation films:Â* "Iron Eagle".Â* After "An Officer and a Gentleman",
Louis Gossett, Jr. must have fallen on really bad times to take that role...

On 4/28/2020 10:45 PM, wrote:
On Tuesday, April 28, 2020 at 10:40:28 PM UTC-4, John DeRosa OHM Ω http://aviation.derosaweb.net wrote:
I stumbled upon this rather odd movie and I have no idea why YouTube thought I would like it.

It seems to be a cross between the Right Stuff, the genre of Steam Punk and hokey comedy of Airplane! with special effects at about "Thunderbirds" quality - all from the famous (cough, wheeze) British movie making colossus of "ANGLO AMAGAMATED". Catchy name, huh?

The title of this academy award ain't-never-gonna-win epic is "Iron Maiden". No it has nothing to do with the rock group nor a torture device. You just can't make this stuff up.

But it does have an airplane theme running through it and a few shots of a jet military-like airplane (right after the credits) that looks real but I have no clue what it is. The ship is seen landing at 9:09.

WAIT A MINUTE, the Skipper from "Gilligan's Island" (played by Allan Hale) is in it! Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

Enjoy...maybe...

https://youtu.be/Rf8XQPKgbq4

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Dan, 5J