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Title: Anyone catch the TCM aircraft movies?
Post by: Jackal1 on April 10, 2005, 08:48:49 AM
Anyone watch these?
Divebomber, Ace Of Aces, etc.
I was a little amazed at the movie Divebomber. The color had been redone and there were some awesome old aircraft scenes.
Looked it up this morning and found out the plot was written  by Frank Wead.
Pretty cool for a movie done in 1941 with Fred MacMurray and Earl Flynn.
Title: Anyone catch the TCM aircraft movies?
Post by: StarOfAfrica2 on April 10, 2005, 01:18:06 PM
Yeppers, I watched Divebomber.  I've seen it before, but its been a long time.  Gotta love the Wead!  I have Wings of Eagles on DVD, I've watched it like fifty times lol.
Title: Anyone catch the TCM aircraft movies?
Post by: Jackal1 on April 10, 2005, 05:21:26 PM
Oh yea, great classic.
" I gotta move that toe". :)
Title: What airplanes where they?
Post by: me62 on April 10, 2005, 07:49:12 PM
I think that that was the first time I saw that movie.  I can't
figure out what airplanes where.  I thought they were Douglas
TBD-1's, but the pilot's canopy was not right.  Any guesses.

Mike
AKA BTMe62
Title: Anyone catch the TCM aircraft movies?
Post by: Hajo on April 10, 2005, 07:52:26 PM
Joh Wayne starred in a Movie about Frank "Spig" Wead with Maureen O'Hara and Dan Dailey.  Good Movie.
Title: Anyone catch the TCM aircraft movies?
Post by: Jackal1 on April 10, 2005, 08:28:28 PM
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Originally posted by Hajo
Joh Wayne starred in a Movie about Frank "Spig" Wead with Maureen O'Hara and Dan Dailey.  Good Movie.


  Yea, that was Wings Of Eagles.
That`s what I was referring to with the " I gotta move that toe" comment.
  Some of the older movies still rock.
Title: Anyone catch the TCM aircraft movies?
Post by: eilif on April 10, 2005, 08:52:54 PM
the blue max rocked, so did hells angels.
Title: Re: What airplanes where they?
Post by: Oldman731 on April 10, 2005, 09:42:39 PM
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Originally posted by me62
I think that that was the first time I saw that movie.  I can't
figure out what airplanes where.  I thought they were Douglas
TBD-1's, but the pilot's canopy was not right.  Any guesses.

Been awhile (decades, in fact) since I saw that film, but weren't they SBC Helldiver biplanes?

http://www.daveswarbirds.com/usplanes/backdoor.htm

- oldman
Title: Anyone catch the TCM aircraft movies?
Post by: Jackal1 on April 10, 2005, 10:29:33 PM
Both Helldiver models and the Dauntless were used I believe.