Whats your favourite movie or TV show that involves flying or aircraft?
Whats Your Favourite Aircraft Themed Movie Or TV Show?
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If I mentioned Sky King or Jet Jackson would I be dating myself?
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I like the 1955 British film The Dam Busters
Fun fact. The original 1977 Star Wars final segment attacking the Death Star, was directly taken from the Dam Busters' sequences of the bombers low level runs to breach the dam walls, even down to some dialogue.
Fun fact. The original 1977 Star Wars final segment attacking the Death Star, was directly taken from the Dam Busters' sequences of the bombers low level runs to breach the dam walls, even down to some dialogue.
Airplane!
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What about...
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All of the Powell and Pressburger movies are excellent and this is no exception; released in the US as Stairway To Heaven.
As mentioned above……Airplane?
Flight of the Phoenix with Jimmy Stewart.
Top Gun.
12 O'Clock High with Gregory Peck.
Baa Baa Black Sheep with Robert Conrad.
Top Gun.
12 O'Clock High with Gregory Peck.
Baa Baa Black Sheep with Robert Conrad.
I liked Airwolf back in the day.
Airwolf was awesome - though I have no clue how it would hold up now.
Top Gun is a classic, as is Airplane. Then, of course, there was Hot Shots...
Space themed gets too vast with all the SciFi Space Operas out there. But if we stay a bit more realistic, there's The Right Stuff and Apollo 13 that are excellent.
Top Gun is a classic, as is Airplane. Then, of course, there was Hot Shots...
Space themed gets too vast with all the SciFi Space Operas out there. But if we stay a bit more realistic, there's The Right Stuff and Apollo 13 that are excellent.
The Right Stuff was good, more so for the Chuck Yeager story line than the Astronaut one.
"Dive bomber" 1941 Warner Brother's technicolor look at pre-WW2 U.S. Navy Aviation.
The story, and the acting have not aged well. The color film of the 1941 Navy just before Pearl Harbor is priceless.
Highlights include:
Pre-war high visibility yellow wings.
Grumman F3F biplane fighters (the predessor to the more famous F4F Wildcat).
Aerial shots of USS Enterprise. CV 6
Vindicator Dive Bombers (predessor to the Dauntless Dive Bomber).
Interesting facts:
While the movie was being shot, the Navy was preparing for the upcoming war. In the background, you can see many of the aircraft change from peacetime bright yellow wings and polished aluminum fuselage to sea grey camoflage.
The movie show TBD Torpedo Bombers from the Enterprise. Slightly more than one year later most of the aircrews in those planes would loose their lives at the Battle of Midway.
If you are a WW aviation buff, this is must see.
The story, and the acting have not aged well. The color film of the 1941 Navy just before Pearl Harbor is priceless.
Highlights include:
Pre-war high visibility yellow wings.
Grumman F3F biplane fighters (the predessor to the more famous F4F Wildcat).
Aerial shots of USS Enterprise. CV 6
Vindicator Dive Bombers (predessor to the Dauntless Dive Bomber).
Interesting facts:
While the movie was being shot, the Navy was preparing for the upcoming war. In the background, you can see many of the aircraft change from peacetime bright yellow wings and polished aluminum fuselage to sea grey camoflage.
The movie show TBD Torpedo Bombers from the Enterprise. Slightly more than one year later most of the aircrews in those planes would loose their lives at the Battle of Midway.
If you are a WW aviation buff, this is must see.
Youse guys have things pretty much covered.
Outstanding movie. I even have it on DVD.
A favorite from my early years:
Classic Kubrick
Memphis Belle
Sully
The Spirit of St. Louis with Jimmy Stewart.
The Tuskegee Airmen
Midway
Sully
The Spirit of St. Louis with Jimmy Stewart.
The Tuskegee Airmen
Midway
