I remember seeing this as a CCF cadet shortly after it came out. The HQ Officer who brought it down to show us was bubbling over because it was a new,
cool movie - not the usual "The cross-flange is mechanically connected to the steel widget by four 6BSF screws and...
"
I even bought the Vangelis album with the music on it.
Ten years later, I was flying sweep for 12 Sqn out of Gibraltar. Result!