Gray Eagles

[Teebox]

Not sure if this film has been mentioned here before or not.

Filmmaker and P-51 Mustang Pilot Chris Woods has put together a wonderful film that captures the emotional reunion between a humble WWII Mustang ace (Jim Brooks) and the historic plane he thought he'd never see again.

Inspired by the flood of memories triggered by this unimaginable encounter with a long lost friend, the 88-year old pilot finally breaks his silence, sharing his stories and experiences of war with the grandchildren who never thought they'd hear them.

http://www.asb.tv/videos/view.php?v=1bf99434&sortby=score&a=search&keyword=gray eagles

[MotleyCH]

Seen this in 2008..worthy of a repost tho. 


http://www.grayeagles.org/

[Masherbrum]

An excellent video.

[themaj]

Whenever I see this post, I always think of this being made into a film:

http://www.amazon.com/Gray-Eagles-Duane-Unkefer/dp/0688049729

Knife-edge suspense, larger-than-life characters and kinky sex are the reliable ingredients in Unkefer's lengthy novel. After 31 years, members of the Luftwaffe convene in Arizona, guests of Eric Malzahn and his seductive wife Marta. Her brother (with whom she shares a hot tub) is Rudi, one of the pilots downed by the American Roger Lowen in 1944. Lowen belongs now to the Confederate Air Force where he finds the esprit that had united him and his fellow pilots during World War II. The CAF are the targets of revenge planned by the Germans whom Marta lusts after, flaunting her hero-worship, to Eric's despair. The author dwells on details of the characters' daily lives and preparations of the imported, rebuilt Messerschmitts that stun the crowd at an air show where Lowen and the other P-15 Mustang pilots are performing. The Luftwaffe airmen attack and destroy the American planes, then vanish like ghosts. The shocks increase until the finale, when Marta unburdens herself of a secret that chills her listener and the reader. 75,000 first printing; $75,000 ad/promo. U.K. rights: Macmillan/Pan; translation rights: Morrow. January 15
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.

[Grayeagle]

Excellent site and video's .. thanks for postin
Seen them before but it still *rocks*

-GE aka Frank

[Eagler]

Whenever I see this post, I always think of this being made into a film:

http://www.amazon.com/Gray-Eagles-Duane-Unkefer/dp/0688049729

Knife-edge suspense, larger-than-life characters and kinky sex are the reliable ingredients in Unkefer's lengthy novel. After 31 years, members of the Luftwaffe convene in Arizona, guests of Eric Malzahn and his seductive wife Marta. Her brother (with whom she shares a hot tub) is Rudi, one of the pilots downed by the American Roger Lowen in 1944. Lowen belongs now to the Confederate Air Force where he finds the esprit that had united him and his fellow pilots during World War II. The CAF are the targets of revenge planned by the Germans whom Marta lusts after, flaunting her hero-worship, to Eric's despair. The author dwells on details of the characters' daily lives and preparations of the imported, rebuilt Messerschmitts that stun the crowd at an air show where Lowen and the other P-15 Mustang pilots are performing. The Luftwaffe airmen attack and destroy the American planes, then vanish like ghosts. The shocks increase until the finale, when Marta unburdens herself of a secret that chills her listener and the reader. 75,000 first printing; $75,000 ad/promo. U.K. rights: Macmillan/Pan; translation rights: Morrow. January 15
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.

I thought that book was an excellent read