Favorite Aviation Films

Thanks for remembering The Blue Max!

Good films with good flying scenes - Murphy's War and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

"Always"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upPHSDqj5x0

I had the privilege of getting to know Cliff Robertson a bit. He was chagrined by some of the technically inaccurate aviation stuff he had had to put up with - such as when throttles get pulled back to add power in "Always".

He was most proud of "J. W. Coop" - not an aviation film but decent. He produced it and flew his biplane for it - a Jungmann I think.

Borrowed it from Netflix years ago.

Originally Posted by Martin Gregorie[_6_]

On Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:02:14 -0700, Dan Daly wrote:

Battle of Britain.

Lost a bit of its shine for me seeing those yellow plastic Tornado props
on some the planes being shot tp pieces in the air.

Dam Busters.

Yeah, that was good.

So was "The Blue Max" - Derek Piggott was one of the stunt pilots in that.


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+1 to each of those movies

Colin

On Fri, 17 Apr 2020 10:45:57 -0700, sgs135c wrote:

Flight of the Phoenix was neat, especially as they actually built and
flew the aircraft - but a black spot is that Mantz was killed doing so.
The film wasn't worth that. Which reminds me, Scholl died doing shots
for Top Gun - jeezthis make-believe is dangerous!

I've seen the film and read the book. The book was better.


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Martin | martin at
Gregorie | gregorie dot org

The Blue Max...Â* All of the airplanes built for that movie lived at a
grass strip between Dallas and Denton, TX.Â* I landed a Stearman there in
1985 and had a tour.Â* Really nice.

On 4/17/2020 12:16 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:02:14 -0700, Dan Daly wrote:

Battle of Britain.

Lost a bit of its shine for me seeing those yellow plastic Tornado props
on some the planes being shot tp pieces in the air.

Dam Busters.

Yeah, that was good.

So was "The Blue Max" - Derek Piggott was one of the stunt pilots in that.



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Dan, 5J

On Friday, April 17, 2020 at 6:42:27 PM UTC-6, Dan Marotta wrote:
The Blue Max...Â* All of the airplanes built for that movie lived at a
grass strip between Dallas and Denton, TX.Â* I landed a Stearman there in
1985 and had a tour.Â* Really nice.

On 4/17/2020 12:16 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
On Fri, 17 Apr 2020 11:02:14 -0700, Dan Daly wrote:

Battle of Britain.

Lost a bit of its shine for me seeing those yellow plastic Tornado props
on some the planes being shot tp pieces in the air.

Dam Busters.

Yeah, that was good.

So was "The Blue Max" - Derek Piggott was one of the stunt pilots in that.



--
Dan, 5J

"Flight OF The Intruder".

If it includes Brazil b definition it’s R rated. I have to find that book.

DC

Hell's Angels 1930.
Stupid plot.
Fantastic flying by the first generation pilots.

Capricorn One.
Telly Savalas’ character is hilarious.