Aviation Films

[stevelup]

Don't call me Shirley!

[richtyler]

My recommendation would be "The Right Stuff"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086197/

[Vince C]

Cloud Dancer is not bad, about aerobatics flying, if you can get hold of it. Very 70's but not irrelevant

Tried Googling, but no luck except a couple of obscure possible US suppliers. Anyone know where a copy can be obtained from?

[Lefty]

I like
Iron Eagle (1 and 2)
Top Gun
Air America
Bat 21
The Great Waldo Pepper
Frank Spencer's flying lesson

[Paul_Sengupta]

My recommendation would be "The Right Stuff"

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086197/

Indeed, and Chuck Yeager himself appears in the film as the barman!

[markpodbery]

Good stuff people!! This list is looking good!

Thanks i also looked back at the flyer FB page all very interesting!! Wanting slightly newish stuff around Air America when that was made!!

Any suggestions are still great tho!!

Rgds

MArk

[Paul_Sengupta]

Cloud Dancer is not bad, about aerobatics flying, if you can get hold of it. Very 70's but not irrelevant

Tried Googling, but no luck except a couple of obscure possible US suppliers. Anyone know where a copy can be obtained from?

Piratebay?

I see VHS tapes are now $30 on Amazon, second hand, or $90 for one in "collectable" condition.

So, old VHS collections that were going to be made into bondage material may be worth something!

VHS tapes from the US will be NTSC though. And DVDs from the US will be region 1, so will only play here if you have a multi-region player.

[Rob P]

Frankly the bondage option sounds more fun

Rob P

[eharding]

Cloud Dancer is not bad, about aerobatics flying, if you can get hold of it. Very 70's but not irrelevant

Tried Googling, but no luck except a couple of obscure possible US suppliers. Anyone know where a copy can be obtained from?

Piratebay?

I see VHS tapes are now $30 on Amazon, second hand, or $90 for one in "collectable" condition.

So, old VHS collections that were going to be made into bondage material may be worth something!

VHS tapes from the US will be NTSC though. And DVDs from the US will be region 1, so will only play here if you have a multi-region player.

Certainly scope for whoever holds the copyright to re-issue it, and frankly, huge scope for a re-make.

I would suggest some enterprising UK film company make it, but I understand the Inland Revenue now view anyone who invests in UK film production as a tax-dodging war-criminal, and try and throw them in jail.

Great scope for some cameo appearances from forumites though.

Bags I get the Arrow vs. Mustang gig - we'll ditch the Arrow, re-script it as a Yak attempting to bring contraband pasties in across the Tamar, following the introduction of a swinging prohibition-by-tax on pasties by the UK government, and the subsequent UDI by Cornwall.

Human Factor gets the Mustang (great in a straight line, no good whatsoever at going round corners).

Delta Juliet plays the carbon-wing Wundastunta pilot who gets pipped to the post in the competition by the Pitts pilot.

Uncle Alan gets the role of irascible-but-genius aerobatic Yoda figure.

Casting the absolutely-from-nowhere-to-unlimited-champion Pitts driver might prove tricky...but this is the movies. Miracles happen. So the chap I have in mind has that it-would-take-a-miracle quality...and a Fish Finder GPS.

[Paul_Sengupta]

I just have one question. Where can I get these pasties?

[ROG]

Most entertaining--"the great waldo pepper".

[Rob P]

Was "Flight of the Intruder" on the FB list?

If not, add it to yours immediately Mark

Vietnam War movie featuring lots of cool A6 flying. Better than Top Gun and without the homo-erotic sub text (Or Tom Cruise)

Rob P

[aerial]

What about Magnificent Men - none of your CGI stuff in those days, they actually built and flew them then (well most of them)

and there is always 'G-Men'. Does anyone remember watching that?

[Paul_Sengupta]

What about Magnificent Men - none of your CGI stuff in those days, they actually built and flew them then (well most of them)

Not entirely modern up to date aviation I would have thought! But yes, it's a good one! I would suggest going to visit Brooklands museum before watching it, and looking at the old site plan and seeing where the sewage works was! (the film is set in fictional "Brookley"...)

[berbles]

The bridges at Toko Ri
The battle of Britain
Apocalypse Now

So when are they going to film "Chickenhawk" ?
That would be worth seeing.