 Editor in Chief Bill   | 08 Nov 2018 8:39 p.m. PST |
Looking for your favorite film that features aircraft (not spacecraft or balloons). |
| Winston Smith | 08 Nov 2018 8:50 p.m. PST |
Blue Max Battle of Britain That should be enough to kick things off. |
torokchar  | 08 Nov 2018 8:51 p.m. PST |
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| Dave Schmid | 08 Nov 2018 8:52 p.m. PST |
Still love Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (B-25's). |
| Onomarchos | 08 Nov 2018 9:26 p.m. PST |
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| Onomarchos | 08 Nov 2018 9:27 p.m. PST |
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| T Corret | 08 Nov 2018 9:40 p.m. PST |
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| Forager | 08 Nov 2018 10:28 p.m. PST |
Blue Max is my personal favorite, but I'll add Memphis Belle and 303 Squadron to the mix, also. |
| McWong73 | 08 Nov 2018 10:52 p.m. PST |
Many for WW2, but have found Blue Max to be the only really good one for WW1. |
 Herkybird | 08 Nov 2018 11:36 p.m. PST |
Battle of Britain, closely followed by Tora, Tora, Tora. |
| Herkybird | 08 Nov 2018 11:38 p.m. PST |
Battle of Britain, closely followed by Tora, Tora, Tora…with an honourable mention to Top Gun! |
| 23rdFusilier | 09 Nov 2018 12:37 a.m. PST |
Dawn Patrol (1938)
Hells Angles
Wings
Blue Max
Fly Boys
Battle of Britian
Twelve O'Clock High |
| ZULUPAUL | 09 Nov 2018 3:21 a.m. PST |
Memphis Belle
12 O'clock high
Flying Tigers |
| langobard | 09 Nov 2018 3:28 a.m. PST |
Battle of Britain
Tora, Tora, Tora
Blue Max |
 Florida Tory | 09 Nov 2018 4:30 a.m. PST |
Dawn Patrol, either version – 1930 with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. or 1938 with Errol Flynn, Basil Rathbone and David Niven. 12 O'Clock High Battle Hymn |
| Wackmole9 | 09 Nov 2018 5:10 a.m. PST |
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| Joes Shop | 09 Nov 2018 5:48 a.m. PST |
Blue Max.
Battle of Britain.
12 O'Clock High.
Tora Tora Tora.
Dawn Patrol. |
| skippy0001 | 09 Nov 2018 6:11 a.m. PST |
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| Ragbones | 09 Nov 2018 6:13 a.m. PST |
High Road to China
Tora, Tora, Tora
Battle of Britain
The Blue Max |
| Schogun | 09 Nov 2018 6:45 a.m. PST |
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines? …and mos of the above. |
| Major Mike | 09 Nov 2018 7:36 a.m. PST |
Hells Angels
Der Stern von Africa
Target for Tonight |
| TNE2300 | 09 Nov 2018 7:36 a.m. PST |
Thunderbolt (1947)
Fighter Squadron (1948) |
| Winston Smith | 09 Nov 2018 7:47 a.m. PST |
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| 22ndFoot | 09 Nov 2018 7:56 a.m. PST |
Battle of Britain
The Dam Busters
Reach for the Sky
Target for Tonight
Dawn Patrol (1938) |
| Old Wolfman | 09 Nov 2018 7:58 a.m. PST |
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| Oppiedog | 09 Nov 2018 8:08 a.m. PST |
Wings
Hell's Angels
The Eagle and the Hawk
Dawn Patrol (both versions)
Air Force
12 O'Clock High |
| Allen57 | 09 Nov 2018 8:29 a.m. PST |
Top Gun (ducks and runs). Poor movie but the shots of the F14s are great.
Battle of Britain and Tora,Tora,Tora for similar reasons. |
| Major Mike | 09 Nov 2018 9:37 a.m. PST |
Flight of the Phoenix (with Jimmy Stewart). |
| Gunfreak | 09 Nov 2018 10:25 a.m. PST |
Battle of Britain
Top Gun. |
| JimSelzer | 09 Nov 2018 1:55 p.m. PST |
Blue Max
12 O'clock high
Memphis Belle |
| foxweasel | 09 Nov 2018 2:26 p.m. PST |
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| USAFpilot | 09 Nov 2018 3:10 p.m. PST |
Dr. Strangelove As a former military pilot, I think this movie has the most realistic aircrew interactions I have ever seen in a movie. |
| Old Contemptibles | 09 Nov 2018 9:24 p.m. PST |
633 Squadron
The Dam Busters
The Right Stuff
Spirit of St. Louis
The Aviator
Flight of the Intruder
Air America
Flyboys
Mosquito Squadron
Hell's Angels
Bat*21
Airport
Empire of the Sun
Fail Safe
Good Kill
Battle of Britain
Blue Max
Airplane!
Midway
Dunkirk
Memphis Belle
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
Strategic Air Command
The Hindenburg
Catch 22
Tora Tora Tora
Top Gun
Dawn Patrol
Drone
Bombers B-52
Zeppelin |
| BuckeyeBob | 10 Nov 2018 5:04 p.m. PST |
Strategic Air Command
Jimmy Stewart and co-staring the big, beautiful
Convair B-36 with supporting roles by B47 Stratojet and June Allyson. |
| Chuckaroobob | 10 Nov 2018 11:03 p.m. PST |
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 Parzival | 11 Nov 2018 4:02 p.m. PST |
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| genew49 | 12 Nov 2018 7:25 a.m. PST |
1938 Dawn Patrol
Air Force
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo |
| Toy Soldier Green | 12 Nov 2018 9:59 p.m. PST |
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| 14Bore | 13 Nov 2018 3:24 p.m. PST |
Battle of Britain
12 O'clock High
Dam Busters |
| Old Contemptibles | 13 Nov 2018 7:39 p.m. PST |
The scene in Strategic Air Command of the B-36 taking off, takes my breath away. |
| Ferozopore | 15 Nov 2018 4:07 p.m. PST |
Battle of Britain
Sink the Bismarck…. I just love the Swordfish.
It was customary pre-war for Boeing bombers to be photographed with Mt. Rainier in the background. Having recently moved to Seattle, I enjoy the shot in Strategic Air Command of Jummt Stewart's B-47 flying past Rainier.
12 O'clock High, the sheer courage of what the B-17 crews did day after day is awesome.
Blue Max. |
| Elenderil | 11 Dec 2018 4:34 p.m. PST |
Can I add Angels one five and The way to the stars to the list. |
| NavyVet | 11 Dec 2018 11:07 p.m. PST |
Island in th Sky, with John Wayne. Transport pilots flying C47 trying to survive a forced landing in the far north just after WW 2. Any movie with the Duke is good.
This gives you an idea what it was like flying in the days before advanced navigation systems became common. |
| joedog | 23 Dec 2018 5:58 p.m. PST |
"Strategic Air Command
Jimmy Stewart and co-staring the big, beautiful
Convair B-36 with supporting roles by B47 Stratojet and June Allyson." Have to agree that this has great aircraft scenes, as well as being a darn good film. Twelve O'Clock High doesn't have a lot of aircraft scenes, but is a great "air power" film, as well as being a textbook film about leadership.
Piece of Cake, while technically a TV miniseries, has some great Spitfire scenes (and yes, I know that they should have been Hurricanes).
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 Mserafin | 31 Dec 2018 9:59 a.m. PST |
Having recently moved to Seattle, I enjoy the shot in Strategic Air Command of Jummt Stewart's B-47 flying past Rainier.
12 O'clock High, the sheer courage of what the B-17 crews did day after day is awesome. This is kind of a weird juxtaposition to me, because General James Stewart led about 20 daylight bombing raids over Germany during the war (but I think he was in B-24s by that time). Look up "Jimmy Stewart, bomber pilot" on YouTube. |
| GGouveia | 08 Jan 2019 9:13 p.m. PST |
Battle of Britain
Blue Max |
| SeattleGamer | 13 Jan 2019 2:25 p.m. PST |
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