Best Aviation Movie of All Time?

[RTHolmes]

the bit in Dark Blue World where the fuel is pouring into the cockpit of the spit gave me shivers, I could almost smell the avgas. horrible and realistic.

[DREDIOCK]

If i have enough time i'll upload that movie on youtube  without all the luv scenes.

here's what you'll only see:

1. Yamamoto & the japanese navy
2. Washington DC HQ
3. US base and fleet in Hawaii and Pacific
4. TORA TORA TORA!

And Tora tora Tora Beats Pearl Harbor in spades hands down no contest

[ToeTag]

Cessna flight instruction videos by John and martha......."Just a scoche of throttle"

[RoGenT]

There as been lot of decent movies out there but I would have to say its close tie between Battle Of Britian and Tora, Tora, Tora: At least it was the real planes in the air (minues a few cheesy special effects) instead of CGI planes.

[mthrockmor]

I respect that many like Pearl Harbor with Ben Afleck though I think it was a terrible abuse of history. Tora, Tora, Tora beats it hands down.

I agree with Memphis Belle, being a Tennessean and all. I would throw in 12 O'clock high is a must. I would also go with Flying Leathernecks with John Wayne.

12 O'clock High with Gregory Peck has some tremendous lessons in leadership, on a very serious level.

Boo

[Guppy35]

Don't forget "Air Force", "Wing and a Prayer" and "A Guy Named Joe".

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Thanks for the back up on Air Force Widewing.  Where else can you join the crew of a B-17B, fly into the Pearl Harbor attack.  Then drop in on Wake Island on the way to the Phillipines, where you lose your pilot and bail the crew except for the pilot training washout, who somehow one hands the damaged 17 in.  And where  else would you find a crew that determined to rebuild said B17B in time to take off as the Japanese are shooting at them near the strip.  They then, on thier way to Australia sight the Japanese fleet and lead the attack that destroys it!

throw in the P39s and the battle between bomber and pursuit pilots and it's the movie of all time!  We had a long debate on another forum where we were finally able to identify the actual B17B used to play the "Mary Ann"  Love that movie!

[Angus]

Dark Blue world, flat out.
But since the parameter is "aviation movie", the old "flight of the Phoenix" with Jimmy Stewart is IMHO a very good movie.

[Cheese]

Too many to list...but really, best ACM in the past couple of years was in "How to Train Your Dragon."  Perfect example of a rope maneuver.

HAH!  That is so TRUE!  Good one Muzzy!

[TOMCAT21]

I would like make honorable mention of the original " Flight of the Phoenix " with Jimmy Stewart

[WWhiskey]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlQT6m7StAY

Waldo pepper

and the blue max
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efc6Y6LCuuc

[Tyrannis]

I respect that many like Pearl Harbor with Ben Afleck though I think it was a terrible abuse of history. Tora, Tora, Tora beats it hands down.

I agree with Memphis Belle, being a Tennessean and all. I would throw in 12 O'clock high is a must. I would also go with Flying Leathernecks with John Wayne.

12 O'clock High with Gregory Peck has some tremendous lessons in leadership, on a very serious level.

Boo

if it didnt have the love triangle in it, it would of been a good movie.
earl the mechanic, is one of my most favorite guys ever in a movie. (love the part where he takes his shotgun off the back of his motorcycle and starts shooting at the zeros  )

[Babalonian]

eh, i thought the scenes of him fighting in britain were pretty cool from that movie.

I agree, I though it was just a little short.  And then there's the little matter of whatever good came from that first dogfighting scene was then brutaly bent over and worked hard in a wrong way during the last dogfighting scenes with the P-40s and Zeros.

[Dichotomy]

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=dark+blue+world+trailer&aq=1

A little obscure but a pretty good watch.

Bit of humour, bit of sex, bit of flying.

I think the air duels are CGI, but it's pretty well done.

Thank you... just added to my 'to watch' list <S>

[Dichotomy]

if it didnt have the love triangle in it, it would of been a good movie.
earl the mechanic, is one of my most favorite guys ever in a movie. (love the part where he takes his shotgun off the back of his motorcycle and starts shooting at the zeros  )

watch the unedited version.  Earl has a few spicy extra lines in that scene

[rpm]

Forgive me if someone already mentioned it, but Howard Hughes' Hell's Angels was a masterpiece of WW1 aviation.
Jean Harlow wasn't bad either...