Flying Scenes From The Movies
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From: Ireland
Capricorn One.
Capricorn One wasn't too bad. It has a good cast, a pretty reasonable story line and gave all the conspiracy theory types their first taste of "Black Helicopters".
Telly Savalas steals the show though with his portrayal of a slightly angry crop duster pilot. His initial encounter with Elliot Gould's character is one of the highlights of the film and is brilliantly funny. Perverts!
500 Fan.
Telly Savalas steals the show though with his portrayal of a slightly angry crop duster pilot. His initial encounter with Elliot Gould's character is one of the highlights of the film and is brilliantly funny. Perverts!
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From: New Zealand
"Shaker Run", anyone?
Basically a car chase around New Zealand with a Pink Firebird (I think). Has a few good helicopter clips in it. Its from about mid 80's, there was a bit where a whole lot of police/bad guys? cant remember, disembarke AS350s in the hover at the top of the Queenstown Gondola, and then the end of the movie they hook it onto a 214 and fly the car, driver and pax off a cliff in Wellington.
The original plot just had the helicopter appear with a line, hook on and go, but once the producer heard a 214 coming from 20 miles away and then do a standard Ag turn, he decided to add that into the movie.
From memory most of the helicopter flying in it was live, and quite realistic, quite a change from most movies...
Basically a car chase around New Zealand with a Pink Firebird (I think). Has a few good helicopter clips in it. Its from about mid 80's, there was a bit where a whole lot of police/bad guys? cant remember, disembarke AS350s in the hover at the top of the Queenstown Gondola, and then the end of the movie they hook it onto a 214 and fly the car, driver and pax off a cliff in Wellington.
The original plot just had the helicopter appear with a line, hook on and go, but once the producer heard a 214 coming from 20 miles away and then do a standard Ag turn, he decided to add that into the movie.
From memory most of the helicopter flying in it was live, and quite realistic, quite a change from most movies...
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From: Melbourne, Australia
The Gauntlet
I watched The Gauntlet on the weekend, great classic film with Clint Eastwood as a good cop trying to survive being taken out by other corrupt cops.
There's a Gazelle flown by the same guys from Blue Thunder which comes along and pursues him and his protected witness on a bike through canyons until they come to grief in a most dramatic ending.
Looks like they used an old Gazelle airframe or built an entire mockup to do the crash. They got the sound right, too!
There's a Gazelle flown by the same guys from Blue Thunder which comes along and pursues him and his protected witness on a bike through canyons until they come to grief in a most dramatic ending.
Looks like they used an old Gazelle airframe or built an entire mockup to do the crash. They got the sound right, too!
Race for the Yankee Zepher
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From: The Alps
RAF Pumas have a starrring role :)
Eat your heart out, Tom Cruise fans 
if anyone was around Trafalgar Square the other day
http://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/ce...e-8351710.html
Cheers
if anyone was around Trafalgar Square the other day http://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/ce...e-8351710.html
Cheers
