"Pearl Harbor" still sucks...

Despite this fact, we had a great turnout for our second pilot's movie
night. Our invited friends included the owners of:

....a Bellanca Super Viking
....a '29 Travel Air Biplane
....a Super Cub
....a Swearingen SX-300
....an RV-10 kit (in progress...)
....a Glasair II
....a Rose Parakeet
....and one guy who (I swear) has owned one of everything, in his 80
years on this planet.

Needless to say, some serious hangar flying took place, both before and
after the flick. By popular request, our warm-up movies consisted of
30 minutes of stuff off of our aviation video website,
www.AlexisParkInn.com/aviation_videos.htm.

Everyone suffered through the movie's awful plot (without booing, I'm
glad to report) but we all reveled in the excellent P-40, Spitfire, and
Pearl Harbor battle scenes. Someone smuggled some beer into the
theater (again, dang it), and a good time was had by all!

BTW: We've only got five seats left for Bill Fox' SR-71 Blackbird talk
on Tuesday, May 30. If you're interested and can make it, email me --
first come, first served!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

It isn't an aviation film, it is really pretty terrible, but
the first minute or so of Can Hieronymus Merkin Forget Mercy
Humpy and Find True Happiness has an SR 71 in-flight scene
that is worth seeing.

Battle of Britain
Tora, Tora, Tora
The Great Waldo Pepper
Spirit of St. Louis
Dam Busters
Island in the Sky
Flight of the Phoenix [Jimmy Stewart version]
no special order


Anybody care to add to the list of good to great airplane
Hollywood movies?



--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
ups.com...
| Despite this fact, we had a great turnout for our second
pilot's movie
| night. Our invited friends included the owners of:
|
| ...a Bellanca Super Viking
| ...a '29 Travel Air Biplane
| ...a Super Cub
| ...a Swearingen SX-300
| ...an RV-10 kit (in progress...)
| ...a Glasair II
| ...a Rose Parakeet
| ...and one guy who (I swear) has owned one of everything,
in his 80
| years on this planet.
|
| Needless to say, some serious hangar flying took place,
both before and
| after the flick. By popular request, our warm-up movies
consisted of
| 30 minutes of stuff off of our aviation video website,
| www.AlexisParkInn.com/aviation_videos.htm.
|
| Everyone suffered through the movie's awful plot (without
booing, I'm
| glad to report) but we all reveled in the excellent P-40,
Spitfire, and
| Pearl Harbor battle scenes. Someone smuggled some beer
into the
| theater (again, dang it), and a good time was had by all!
|
| BTW: We've only got five seats left for Bill Fox' SR-71
Blackbird talk
| on Tuesday, May 30. If you're interested and can make it,
email me --
| first come, first served!
| --
| Jay Honeck
| Iowa City, IA
| Pathfinder N56993
| www.AlexisParkInn.com
| "Your Aviation Destination"
|

"Jim Macklin" wrote:
Battle of Britain
Tora, Tora, Tora
The Great Waldo Pepper
Spirit of St. Louis
Dam Busters
Island in the Sky
Flight of the Phoenix [Jimmy Stewart version]
no special order


Anybody care to add to the list of good to great airplane
Hollywood movies?

I'd add:

Twelve Oclock High

Found the following list, which is skewed to more modern flicks:
http://www.ducksoftware.com/movies/airplane.html

Very good choice.


"Jim Logajan" wrote in message
.. .
| "Jim Macklin"
wrote:
| Battle of Britain
| Tora, Tora, Tora
| The Great Waldo Pepper
| Spirit of St. Louis
| Dam Busters
| Island in the Sky
| Flight of the Phoenix [Jimmy Stewart version]
| no special order
|
|
| Anybody care to add to the list of good to great
airplane
| Hollywood movies?
|
| I'd add:
|
| Twelve Oclock High
|
| Found the following list, which is skewed to more modern
flicks:
| http://www.ducksoftware.com/movies/airplane.html

"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
news:w2K3g.8913$ZW3.3365@dukeread04...
Very good choice.


"Jim Logajan" wrote in message
.. .
| "Jim Macklin"
wrote:
| Battle of Britain
| Tora, Tora, Tora
| The Great Waldo Pepper
| Spirit of St. Louis
| Dam Busters
| Island in the Sky
| Flight of the Phoenix [Jimmy Stewart version]
| no special order
|
|
| Anybody care to add to the list of good to great
airplane
| Hollywood movies?
|
| I'd add:
|
| Twelve Oclock High
|
Agreed. I'd add "Strategic Air Command" if you can fast forward through
scenes with June Allyson.

I forgot that one.

AJ

I like the opening at the ball park when the B 36 flew over.
Didn't hurt anything that General James Stewart was an
active bomber pilot in WWII and flew post-war.


"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
...
|
| "Jim Macklin" wrote
in message
| news:w2K3g.8913$ZW3.3365@dukeread04...
| Very good choice.
|
|
| "Jim Logajan" wrote in message
| .. .
| | "Jim Macklin"
| wrote:
| | Battle of Britain
| | Tora, Tora, Tora
| | The Great Waldo Pepper
| | Spirit of St. Louis
| | Dam Busters
| | Island in the Sky
| | Flight of the Phoenix [Jimmy Stewart version]
| | no special order
| |
| |
| | Anybody care to add to the list of good to great
| airplane
| | Hollywood movies?
| |
| | I'd add:
| |
| | Twelve Oclock High
| |
| Agreed. I'd add "Strategic Air Command" if you can fast
forward through
| scenes with June Allyson.
|
|
|

"Jim Logajan" wrote in message "Jim Macklin"
wrote:
Battle of Britain
Tora, Tora, Tora
The Great Waldo Pepper
Spirit of St. Louis
Dam Busters
Island in the Sky
Flight of the Phoenix [Jimmy Stewart version]
no special order


Anybody care to add to the list of good to great airplane
Hollywood movies?

I'd add:

Twelve Oclock High

Amen. Best movie about military aviation ever.

--
Dan
C-172RG at BFM

In article , "Dan Luke" writes:

"Jim Logajan" wrote in message "Jim Macklin"
wrote:
Battle of Britain
Tora, Tora, Tora
The Great Waldo Pepper
Spirit of St. Louis
Dam Busters
Island in the Sky
Flight of the Phoenix [Jimmy Stewart version]
no special order


Anybody care to add to the list of good to great airplane
Hollywood movies?

I'd add:

Twelve Oclock High

Amen. Best movie about military aviation ever.

--
Dan
C-172RG at BFM


The Blue Max

--
Lee K. Gleason N5ZMR
Control-G Consultants

"Jim Macklin" wrote:
Anybody care to add to the list of good to great airplane
Hollywood movies?

Ah - a couple more I overlooked:

"No Highway in the Sky," with Jimmy Stewart
"Sky Captain & the World of Tomorrow" (Well I liked it!)