Best all time fly boy pictures

One of the most memorable bits of aviation film that I've every seen was
only 30 seconds long. It was a black and white movie theater commercial
about a World War II scrap drive. I think I saw it on PBS. A group of Boy
Scouts are seen rolling assorted scrap into a scap pile. They leave and the
most beautiful biplane I've ever seen lands next to the pile. At that point
I started talking to the TV. "No, don't do that." The Boy Scouts returned
and started pushing this most beautiful biplane towards the pile. "NO, no,
no, no, Don't Do That!" They pushed it all the way upside down onto the
pile to my scream of "Noooo ...".

Well, my scream was about fifty years too late to save that plane and I've
never figured out what make and model it was but it's amazing how much
passion a bit of film can raise.

Rich

Dale,

You gotta have "Those Magnificant Men and their Flying Machines" in
your collection. Haven't seen that flick in decades... kinda like
"the great race."

I remember a scene after the pilot of the crout entry to the race
get's taken out and the military political officer grabs the
how-to-fly-book: "There is nothing a German Officer can not do!"

cheers

pacplyer










"Dale Alexander" wrote in message .com...
Hi all,

I'm trying to put together some kind of plan to increase our EAA chapter
membership. To that end, I would like to pick everyone's brains for their
favorite big screen movie that involves airplanes, either main to the plot
or of any background significance. Examples would be like "Flying Tigers"
with John Wayne or "Indiana Jones and the Search for the Holy Grail".

Thanks in advance,

Dale Alexander
"Birds of Paradise" EAA 735
Paradise, Ca.

"Dale Alexander" wrote in message .com...
Hi all,

I'm trying to put together some kind of plan to increase our EAA chapter
membership. To that end, I would like to pick everyone's brains for their
favorite big screen movie that involves airplanes, either main to the plot
or of any background significance. Examples would be like "Flying Tigers"
with John Wayne or "Indiana Jones and the Search for the Holy Grail".

Thanks in advance,

Dale Alexander
"Birds of Paradise" EAA 735
Paradise, Ca.


"The Road Warrior", starring Bruce Spence as the The Gyro Captain.
Mel Gibson had a part in it too. :-)

"Midway", Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, and everyone else in
Hollywood, except Mel Gibson.

"Memphis Belle", Matthew Modine loses his tomato soup to AAA.

"Dr. Strangelove", B-52's and Slim Pickens riding a 'noo-kler' weapon.

"Dale Alexander" wrote in message
. com...
Hi all,

I'm trying to put together some kind of plan to increase our EAA chapter
membership. To that end, I would like to pick everyone's brains for their
favorite big screen movie that involves airplanes, either main to the plot
or of any background significance. Examples would be like "Flying Tigers"
with John Wayne or "Indiana Jones and the Search for the Holy Grail".

"Bridges at Toko-Ri"

Most everyone has listed the majority of my collection, or the ones on
my short list to purchase. However...

One film I highly recommend is the recent Czech flick "Dark Blue
World". Excellent film, some re-hashed clips from "Battle of Britain"
and "Memphis Belle", but some great new footage too.

Other flying films (or films with flying clips) that I can think of
include:

Tora, Tora, Tora
Forever Young
Fighter Squadron
Dragonfly Squadron
Apocolypse Now
Blue Thunder
Flight of the Intruder
Men with Wings
Dawn Patrol
Empire in the Sun
Air Force

-j-


On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 23:53:31 GMT, "Dale Alexander"
wrote:

Hi all,

I'm trying to put together some kind of plan to increase our EAA chapter
membership. To that end, I would like to pick everyone's brains for their
favorite big screen movie that involves airplanes, either main to the plot
or of any background significance. Examples would be like "Flying Tigers"
with John Wayne or "Indiana Jones and the Search for the Holy Grail".

Thanks in advance,

Dale Alexander
"Birds of Paradise" EAA 735
Paradise, Ca.

A few more for the roster.......

High Road to China - Tom Selleck
Jet Pilot - John Wayne
The High & the Mighty - Ditto
Island in the Sky - Ditto
Strategic Air Command - Jimmy Stewart

Rich S.

On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 23:53:31 GMT, "Dale Alexander"
wrote:

Hi all,

I'm trying to put together some kind of plan to increase our EAA chapter
membership. To that end, I would like to pick everyone's brains for their
favorite big screen movie that involves airplanes, either main to the plot
or of any background significance. Examples would be like "Flying Tigers"
with John Wayne or "Indiana Jones and the Search for the Holy Grail".

Thanks in advance,

Dale Alexander
"Birds of Paradise" EAA 735
Paradise, Ca.


Skyward...Bette Davis and Clu Gallagher

How about

The Sunship Game
Airshow
Piece of Cake

And thatmovie about the Radio Station guy in a Hughes 500
chasing the Bank robbers in the Alouette 2.

Scott.

On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 18:18:20 -0600, "plasticguy"
wrote:


And thatmovie about the Radio Station guy in a Hughes 500
chasing the Bank robbers in the Alouette 2.

"Birds of Prey" with David Janssen.

Ron Wanttaja

Ron Wanttaja wrote:

On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 18:18:20 -0600, "plasticguy"
wrote:

And thatmovie about the Radio Station guy in a Hughes 500
chasing the Bank robbers in the Alouette 2.

"Birds of Prey" with David Janssen.

Ron Wanttaja

There was a Cliff Robertson film about an alcoholic airline pilot
that I saw once.

Great story AND great flying.

Somebody remember it for me?

ichar