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 |
Mooseworks8 | 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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