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Old April 29th 20, 11:57 PM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Monday, April 20, 2020 at 1:37:01 AM UTC+10, Dan Marotta wrote:
Since we've had favorites, how about bad ones?

Someone mentioned Top Gun.Â* I thought that was horrible.Â* Yeah, there
was eye candy for both of the only two real genders, and there were a
bunch of great shots of aircraft, but the story line was total crap.

So for one of my favorite bad aviation films, I nominate:Â* Jet Pilot
with John Wayne, Janet Leigh, and believe it or not, Mamie Van Doren.

Dan, 5J


Top Gun was a favourite film to show if there was a rainy day at an aerobatic competition in Australia. Many of us pilots knew the dialogue by heart and would chime in on the lines. The favourite line was "He's in a flat spin and heading out to sea!" We all know that when you are in a flat spin, there's only one way you are heading - and that's DOWN!
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Old April 30th 20, 12:36 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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The favourite line was "He's in a flat spin and heading out to sea!" We all know that when you are in a flat spin, there's only one way you are heading - and that's DOWN!

I think the Director was thinking of all those Frisbees he heaved into the surf as a teenage beach bum. Thought it would make a good movie scene, but substitute an F-14. In Hollywood, anything is possible.

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Old April 30th 20, 11:28 AM posted to rec.aviation.soaring
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On Wed, 29 Apr 2020 16:36:01 -0700, markmocho53 wrote:

The favourite line was "He's in a flat spin and heading out to sea!" We
all know that when you are in a flat spin, there's only one way you are
heading - and that's DOWN!

I think the Director was thinking of all those Frisbees he heaved into
the surf as a teenage beach bum. Thought it would make a good movie
scene, but substitute an F-14. In Hollywood, anything is possible.


I'm a little surprised that "Hot Shots" and the "Airplane" series haven't
been mentioned, or don't spoofs count?

BTW, I thought "The Right Stuff" (the movie - the book is great) was
pretty much a spoof too - especially the scene where Ole Chuck, on a
horse, ambles round the X-1, which is sitting in the desert with nobody
else around, with flames coming out its rear end. Such a likely scene.


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