Your Favourite Aviation Movie?

[Major Biggles]

Originally posted by Bodhi
Dark Blue World

yep, it's a gem




i'm quite looking forward to peter jackson's dambusters, but hoping he doesn't do a king kong with it...

[palef]

Originally posted by Major Biggles
i'm quite looking forward to peter jackson's dambusters, but hoping he doesn't do a king kong with it...

He will. Plus the dog won't even be called ******. Stupid history revisionists.

[palef]

Lol. "******". You guys can figure that one out, right? Lol.

[Ghastly]

Always

[DblTrubl]

Tora! Tora! Tora!

I agree with Gloves. Airplane! has to be an honorable mention. Saw it in the theater when I was a kid (probly too young at that) and it had me in stitches.

[Major Biggles]

Originally posted by palef
He will. Plus the dog won't even be called ******. Stupid history revisionists.

i'm in agreement there, it's a historic fact, no need to go PC on history, pretty stupid if you ask me, although i do understand that some people would be offended...

[JimJones]

Midway
Flight of the Intruder
Iron Eagle 4
The Final Countdown

[Fianna]

Memphis Belle... 50% because of the movie and 50% because of the music.

[dtango]

(1) 12:00 High - they don't make 'em like they used to .

(2) The Right Stuff

(3) Memphis Belle

(4) Always - story was ok, the flying sequences and special effects were outstanding

(5) Battle of Britain - great aerial cinematography before the days of CGI

(6) By Dawn's Early Light - not a well known HBO movie about a B-52 crew

(7) NOVA: Battle of the X-Planes - NOVA documentary on the "LocMart" and Boeing competition for the JSF - I know, not a movie but very well done

(8) 633 Squadron - yeah, a little cheesy but still a classic in my book

(9) Bridges at Toko-Ri

(10) Apollo 13 - not quite an aviation movie and is higher up on my list of all time fave movies but Jim Lovell's true story about his impossible carrier night landing when everything went SNAFU always get's me

Honorables - I lump films like Top Gun, Air Force One, Iron Eagle (no 1), Behind Enemy Lines into the same category

Tango, XO
412th FS Braunco Mustangs

[SGT. SHLITZ]

12:00 High
Thunderbolt (documentary)
Dr. Strangelove (Maj. Kong scenes)
Flyboys
Apocolypse Now (do helos count?)
Catch 22
Tora, Tora, Tora. (much better than Pearl Harbor)
Midway

[RedTop]

Midway
Tora Tora Tora
12:00 High
Flying Leathernecks
Flying Tigers
Flyboys
Dark Blue
Battle of Britain
Blue Max
Tuskegee Airmen

Few more that escape my old brain right now.

[dtango]

Originally posted by RedTop
Midway
Tora Tora Tora
12:00 High
Flying Leathernecks
Flying Tigers
Flyboys
Dark Blue
Battle of Britain
Blue Max
Tuskegee Airmen

Few more that escape my old brain right now.

Aww - redtop, Tuskegee Airmen - good one that I forgot off my list!

Tango, XO
412th FS Braunco Mustangs

[Phil]

Did anyone see TUSKEGE AIRMAN !
Racial discrimination....
P51's !!!!!

What's that movie DARK BLUE WORLD ?
Is that movie where 2 polish pilots fall for the same girl...?
At the end he throws out his "may west" to his leader and kills himself when ditching in channel ?
I want to see that movie ! Can't find it !!

Phil

[kamilyun]

Nice list I found Googling aviation films.

Dr. Strangelove?  I guess it did have a significant airplane theme in it...  I like Kubrick's films.

I'd be interested in tracking down some of these movies produced before and during WWII

[JB88]

Originally posted by Gloves
Airplane!  

You've got clearance Clarence.  Roger Roger.  What's the vector Victor?



Glove