favourite aviation film?
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favourite aviation film?
see a few threads on here with an aviation film theme, questions and such like, got me thinking.
just what is your favourite ever aviation based movie film?
mine is Air America.
or maybe Top Gun?
or Always?
cant make my mind up now.
just what is your favourite ever aviation based movie film?
mine is Air America.
or maybe Top Gun?
or Always?
cant make my mind up now.
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Battle of Britain
Catch 22
Aces High
Blue Max
Catch 22
Aces High
Blue Max
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The Pursuit of DB Cooper - the plot is so so but the Stearman sequence is superb!
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I could say something obvious here like some of the films mentioned before and maybe some that will be mentioned after, so I won't. Instead I'll come in at a weird tangent and suggest this:-
Porco Rosso.
No, seriously, set between the wars to a background of the rise of fascism in Italy, it's got everything.
Flying boats!
Air pirates of the Adriatic!
Dogfights!
Romance!
Comedy!
Just, whatever you do, don't watch the dubbed version.
Original soundtrack version with subtitles is far better.
A pig's got to fly.
Porco Rosso.
No, seriously, set between the wars to a background of the rise of fascism in Italy, it's got everything.
Flying boats!
Air pirates of the Adriatic!
Dogfights!
Romance!
Comedy!
Just, whatever you do, don't watch the dubbed version.
Original soundtrack version with subtitles is far better.
A pig's got to fly.
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Hi all,
I think Whiskey Romeo Zulu was exceptional.
Also a personal favorite is Blue Max. Airplane is just a simple classic...
Anybody seen The Great Air Race?
Best to you all, PE
I think Whiskey Romeo Zulu was exceptional.
Also a personal favorite is Blue Max. Airplane is just a simple classic...
Anybody seen The Great Air Race?
Best to you all, PE
Undoubtedly, Twelve o' Clock High.
There was another excellent film (b&w, 40s vintage), starring Richard Attenborough as a RAF wannabe pilot who gets washed out of the Arnold Scheme after pranging a PT17, unhappily remusters as navigator and ends up on a Lancaster squadron. His aircraft gets shot down and he manages to plot its position before they ditch. Anyone remember what it was called?
Angels One-Five with John Gregson.
The original Memphis Belle.
The original Flight of the Phoenix.
There was another excellent film (b&w, 40s vintage), starring Richard Attenborough as a RAF wannabe pilot who gets washed out of the Arnold Scheme after pranging a PT17, unhappily remusters as navigator and ends up on a Lancaster squadron. His aircraft gets shot down and he manages to plot its position before they ditch. Anyone remember what it was called?
Angels One-Five with John Gregson.
The original Memphis Belle.
The original Flight of the Phoenix.
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stevef,
The Richard Attenborough film you remember is called "Journey Together".
My own favourites, in no particular order:
Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines
Battle of Britain
Twelve O'Clock High
Memphis Belle (the original WW2 documentary)
Airplane!
Dambusters
The Richard Attenborough film you remember is called "Journey Together".
My own favourites, in no particular order:
Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines
Battle of Britain
Twelve O'Clock High
Memphis Belle (the original WW2 documentary)
Airplane!
Dambusters
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Interesting list here. Brought back some memories:
http://faculty.dwc.edu/Nicosia/apcm_...ion_movies.htm
http://faculty.dwc.edu/Nicosia/apcm_...ion_movies.htm
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I love the short, non commercial films by the Swiss. Mix fast jets with the Alps and you have a stupendously beautiful piece of aviation footage.
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