+Muesli 2,161 Posted February 12, 2008 I see nobody mentioned Jet pilot!!!! I mean, it is not the most effective airplane movie aroud (being a John Wayne love story in disguise) but it is certainly a classic! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050562/ I mean, the story is a bit cheesy, but you get to see all kinds of 1950 birds flying around nicely! And that in a time most cineasts only dreamed of using derelict WW2 planes! Thank you Howard Hughes!!! Muesli PS: for fun http://forum.combatace.com/index.php?autoc...p;showfile=5940 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maverickHR 0 Posted February 12, 2008 Iron eagle 3 NNNNAAAATTTT! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
echoco 0 Posted February 12, 2008 Top Gun and flight of teh Intruder was good as well as By Dawn's Early Light but I really liked HotShot above them all. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MigBuster 2,884 Posted February 12, 2008 Tactical Assault lol http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0127917/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roberto Skylord 2 Posted February 12, 2008 Well it's difficult but let's go: Flight Of Intruder The Tuskegee Airmen Memphis Belle The Right Stuff Tora Tora Tora Midway Air America Top Gun Those is only because the planes: Iron Eagle (1 & 2), The Flight Of Black Angel, Bridges Of Toko-ri, Bat 21. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JediMaster 451 Posted February 12, 2008 Has anyone mentioned Stealth yet?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SayethWhaaaa 245 Posted February 12, 2008 Has anyone mentioned Stealth yet?? There was one... but should we remind ourselves of that film...?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+starfighter2 117 Posted February 12, 2008 (edited) Flight Of The Intruder The Right Stuff The Bridges at Toko-Ri Edited February 12, 2008 by starfighter2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MigBuster 2,884 Posted February 12, 2008 Has anyone mentioned Stealth yet?? Anyone mentioned True Lies yet - so so film - but love the Harrier sequence when they take out those bridges!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MigBuster 2,884 Posted February 12, 2008 Independance day anyone - F-18s galore Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mppd 16 Posted February 12, 2008 Final Countdown is probably number one. The DVD version is great - special features include several pilots of VF-84 talking about making the movie is one not to miss - the story of how Kathryn Ross refused to have a drink with the pilots in a local bar during the filming at Key West, then they went out the next day during filming and the Tomcat front seater held up a sign in flight to the camera plane saying "F..You Kathryn" for her viewing pleasure the next morning when they all viewed footage shot the previous day! Not to be missed!! Mike D. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GhostFighterBRASIL 0 Posted February 12, 2008 Hard kill 4.0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
speedbump 0 Posted February 12, 2008 Strategic Air Command and Jet Pilot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+hgbn 91 Posted February 12, 2008 I cant remember the name of the movie, but it is with Tommy Lee Jones and lot of Apache Gunships that's a very good movie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MigBuster 2,884 Posted February 12, 2008 I cant remember the name of the movie, but it is with Tommy Lee Jones and lot of Apache Gunships that's a very good movie Was called "Wings of the Apache" in the UK - If you mean the one with Sean Young and Nicholas Cage in it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+hgbn 91 Posted February 12, 2008 Was called "Wings of the Apache" in the UK - If you mean the one with Sean Young and Nicholas Cage in it. Thats the one Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
speedbump 0 Posted February 12, 2008 Firebirds. http://imdb.com/title/tt0099575/ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ironroad 218 Posted February 12, 2008 (edited) I will have to go part 2 of the list.... SAC (Strategic Air Command) was also very well done. A lot of the Actors in the movie were actual vets or servicemen "Well gee there...orr errr...gosh...I want to live Clarence....orr err...and uh..." Blue Thunder did rock, very well made, just sadistic. Bridges of Tok-ri, that we little Irish lad was full of piss and vinegar...oh toy toy toy.. Air America was pretty well made and had a good story line, I just wonder, did the plane actually need fuel or did Richard Downy Jr. get high enough for him and the entire crew. *The Worse Airplane movies ever I can't remember the name of it (it came out a year after Iron Eagle and used the same footage, but this time the CIA sponsored the mission.) it was like watching low budget porn. Fire Birds The Iron Eagle series is just cheesy. Stealth Pearl.. (I won't even mention the rest) Edited February 12, 2008 by ironroad Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wrench 9,848 Posted February 12, 2008 You guys REALLLY are behind the curve here...so far, of the classic Aviation War films, the only ones mentioned are 12 o'Clock High 30 Seconds Over Tokyo Dambusters Bridges of Toko-Ri You've totally forgotten... Air Force (1944) Wing and a Prayer (1943?) One of Our Aircraft is Missing Yank in the RAF Hells Angels Dawn Patrol (both versions) Wings Come on people...get with the program. You're stuck with the 'modern' stuff...look further back for the real classics For a partial listing (not updated for a while) go here -->Wrench's Genre Movie Page <-- I know that Dambusters is available in PAL format across the Pond, anyone know if it's out here in NTSC?? Supposedly there's a better version of BoB, with the movie released soundtrak (not the unused original closing theme that's on the US edition, plus it's supposed to be a 2-disc) Wrench kevin stein Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
+Gocad 26 Posted February 12, 2008 Hells Angels The Dambusters Battle of Britain Tora! Tora! Tora! Final Countdown Top Gun / Hot Shots Iron Eagle II (no annoying kid & Phantoms as MIGs = perfect!) Flight of the Intruder Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JediMaster 451 Posted February 12, 2008 Stealth had some redeeming features--an Su-35 in flight was one, Jessica Biel in a bathing suit was the other! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PIGHUNTA69 0 Posted February 12, 2008 You guys REALLLY are behind the curve here...so far, of the classic Aviation War films, the only ones mentioned are 12 o'Clock High 30 Seconds Over Tokyo Dambusters Bridges of Toko-Ri You've totally forgotten... Air Force (1944) Wing and a Prayer (1943?) One of Our Aircraft is Missing Yank in the RAF Hells Angels Dawn Patrol (both versions) Wings Come on people...get with the program. You're stuck with the 'modern' stuff...look further back for the real classics For a partial listing (not updated for a while) go here -->Wrench's Genre Movie Page <-- I know that Dambusters is available in PAL format across the Pond, anyone know if it's out here in NTSC?? Supposedly there's a better version of BoB, with the movie released soundtrak (not the unused original closing theme that's on the US edition, plus it's supposed to be a 2-disc) Wrench kevin stein Dang wrench, i wasn't even a sperm yet when most of those movies came out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lazboy 1 Posted February 13, 2008 Dang wrench, i wasn't even a sperm yet when most of those movies came out. Well I will add to the list the following golden oldies: A Gathering of Eagles - Rock Hudson B-52 - Karl Malden Bat-21 Gene Hackman The Hunters - Robert Mitchum and Ice Station Zebra the first time ever that as a kid I saw Migs in a film and probably the film that started my interest in aircraft. In the UK there is a a 2 disc boxset of BOB available with the secound disc crambed full of extras and which is readily available for less than a Tenner. Lazboy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MigBuster 2,884 Posted February 13, 2008 BAT 21 was ace! "The Blue Max" - is such a great film - has George Peppard who plays an evil WW1 fighter Ace - tru classic IMO Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
