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Lou wrote:
I have an impressionable young daughter that doesn't seem to have an interest in flying. However she has an interest in successful women. Does anyone have a recommendation of movies that spotlight women who fly? Remember, this is a pre-teen, so it has to be family oriented. I'm hoping this will spark an interest. Here's a documentary I found but have no idea of the quality: "Wings of their Own" 2004 Summary: "This unique documentary provides a history of women's aviation in the 20th century. Through vintage black-and-white photographs and interviews with over 150 women pilots, film director Mary Scott chronicles how women (who have consistently held 6 percent of U.S. pilots' jobs) started in early aviation (Amelia Earhart, African-American aviation pioneer Bessie Coleman, the Ninety-Nines) and continue to blaze new trails in commercial aviation (Delta Airlines' Captain Terry London Rinehart), the armed forces (U.S. Air Force pilot Terry Van den Dolder), and race competition (pilot Julie Clark). The documentary also covers aviation history, such as the World War II-era WASP fliers (founded by Jackie Cochran) and the Mercury 13 women astronauts-in-training." Summary quoted (and DVD available) from he http://www.makebelievetv.com/WingsOfTheirOwn.html Lastly, Susan Nicosia, a professor who teaches psychology, has compiled a long list of aviation-related movies on this web site: http://faculty.dwc.edu/nicosia/apcm_...ion_movies.htm Of those, these two definitely deal with women fliers (some others may also): "Ladies Courageous" 1944 Plot: "The story of the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, a unit of female pilots during WW II who flew bombers from the factories to their final destinations." From: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036529/ "Women in the Wind" 1939 Plot: "A pilot enters an aviation race in order to win enough money to pay for her brother's medical treatment, and encounters difficulty with a rival pilot." From: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032142/ |
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Jim Logajan wrote:
Here's a documentary I found but have no idea of the quality: "Wings of their Own" 2004 Found a trailer for the above: http://blip.tv/file/49188 |
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On Aug 5, 2:45*pm, Jim Logajan wrote:
Jim Logajan wrote: Here's a documentary I found but have no idea of the quality: "Wings of their Own" 2004 Found a trailer for the above: http://blip.tv/file/49188 Looks like a good movie but I don't think it will do it for a 13 year old. |
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On Aug 6, 4:33*am, Lou wrote:
I have an impressionable young daughter that doesn't seem to have an interest in flying. However she has an interest in successful women. Does anyone have a recommendation of movies that spotlight women who fly? Remember, this is a pre-teen, so it has to be family oriented. I'm hoping this will spark an interest. Mary Poppins? LOL Cheers |
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Lou wrote:
I have an impressionable young daughter that doesn't seem to have an interest in flying. However she has an interest in successful women. Does anyone have a recommendation of movies that spotlight women who fly? Remember, this is a pre-teen, so it has to be family oriented. I'm hoping this will spark an interest. Lou "Always" is a great flying movie with Holly Hunter as pilot, air traffic controller, and in a love "triangle". |
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"Always" is a great flying movie with Holly Hunter as pilot, air traffic
controller, and in a love "triangle". Thanks everyone, I've ordered a couple different movies from the library. I think I'll wait on the love triangle movie, I'm her dad, I only want her to start certain interest. Dudley, please apologize to Patty for me, I realized what I wrote after I hit send. Lou |
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![]() Consider "High Road to China" Look at IMDB.com for more info. Take care . . . John |
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On Aug 5, 12:33 pm, Lou wrote:
I have an impressionable young daughter that doesn't seem to have an interest in flying. However she has an interest in successful women. Does anyone have a recommendation of movies that spotlight women who fly? Remember, this is a pre-teen, so it has to be family oriented. I'm hoping this will spark an interest. Lou Somebody else suggested High Road to China, and i used to love to watch this movie when i was younger. I don't that one movie did it for me, I think I was born loving flying, but I did love to watch Bess Armstrong fly her Tiger Moth and I never thought that there was anything wierd or strange about it Now I'm at the end of my 2nd year at ERAU. I hope she catches the love of flying too. Hannah |
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, hannah wrote: On Aug 5, 12:33 pm, Lou wrote: I have an impressionable young daughter that doesn't seem to have an interest in flying. However she has an interest in successful women. Does anyone have a recommendation of movies that spotlight women who fly? Remember, this is a pre-teen, so it has to be family oriented. I'm hoping this will spark an interest. Lou Somebody else suggested High Road to China, and i used to love to watch this movie when i was younger. I don't that one movie did it for me, I think I was born loving flying, but I did love to watch Bess Armstrong fly her Tiger Moth and I never thought that there was anything wierd or strange about it Now I'm at the end of my 2nd year at ERAU. I hope she catches the love of flying too. Hannah Hannah, when are you coming out to Spruce Creek? We have ahd a lot of ERAU students out here to fly with us (the proper way). -- Remove _'s from email address to talk to me. |
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Thanks everyone, we watched "Fly Away Home" and it was a great start.
Now I just have to spread out the times. Lou |
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