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Bad Aviation Films
On Sunday, April 19, 2020 at 8:37:01 AM UTC-7, 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 Pearl Harbor. Just terrible movie. Believe it or not even a terrible plot! |
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On Sunday, April 19, 2020 at 11:37:01 AM UTC-4, 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 Family Flight starring Rod Taylor (1972). Their Navion’s prop gets bent during a forced landing in Baja. They bang it straight with a rock. Goes downhill from there. |
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Family Flight starring Rod Taylor (1972). Their Navion’s prop gets bent during a forced landing in Baja. They bang it straight with a rock. Goes downhill from there. This plot was recycled into a 6 Million Dollar Man episode called "Pilot Error". Equally bad. Steve Auston unbends the prop with his bionic arm. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0702072/ |
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Family Flight starring Rod Taylor (1972). Their Navion’s prop gets bent during a forced landing in Baja. They bang it straight with a rock. Goes downhill from there. That plot and footage were recycled into a 6 Million Dollar Man episode called "Pilot Error". It was no better than the original. Only in this episode, Steve Austin unbent the propeller with his bionic arm. Then, once airborne, he sent Morse code to the ground controllers via the ident button on the transponder. |
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Family Flight starring Rod Taylor (1972). Their Navion’s prop gets bent during a forced landing in Baja. They bang it straight with a rock. Goes downhill from there.
Actually there is some pretty fine air-air footage of the Navion and 2 Navy F-4 Phantoms. Also the footage of the Navion ditching in the drink is pretty good too. Beyond that, it is crap. |
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Bad Aviation Films
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! John |
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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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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. -- Martin | martin at Gregorie | gregorie dot org |
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