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Airplane/Aviation Movie DVDs

AKelley728 From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 2101 posts, RR: 6
Posted (11 years 3 months 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1130 times:

Hey all, I just got a new DVD player, and want to start building up a nice collection of GOOD Airplane/Aviation themed movies.

So far I have:

Pushing Tin
Airport

Top Gun
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What else should I add to the collection?

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Arsenal@LHR From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2001, 7791 posts, RR: 23
Reply 1, posted (11 years 3 months 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1073 times:

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Air force one
Executive decision
Passenger 57 are a few reccommendations.

In Arsene we trust!!

Gmonney From Canada, joined Jan 2001, 2158 posts, RR: 22
Reply 2, posted (11 years 3 months 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1070 times:

Do you like war ones, Memphis Bell is a good one....let me think about it....I have to get both TG and PT in DVD, have almost worn out the VHS versions!!!!

Grant

Drive it like you stole it!

Zahid From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 10 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (11 years 3 months 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1057 times:

Con Air
Pearl Horbor
Tora! Tora! Tora!

YWG From Canada, joined Feb 2001, 1140 posts, RR: 2
Reply 4, posted (11 years 3 months 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1051 times:

Turbulence 1, 2, and 3

Contact Winnipeg center now on 134.4, good day.

Dufo From Slovenia, joined May 1999, 752 posts, RR: 4
Reply 5, posted (11 years 3 months 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1046 times:

Air force one is a GOOD movie?
come on Smile

Check out Spielberg's "The Langoliers" .. lots of L-1011 action + some fiction.

Jernej

I seriously think I just creamed my pants without any influence from any outside variables.

FredT From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2002, 2184 posts, RR: 26
Reply 6, posted (11 years 3 months 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1045 times:

Flight of the Intruder
The original Memphis Belle documentary
The Battle of Britain

Man, I should really be able to think of a few more...

I have to veto Con Air and Air Force One though!

Cheers,
Fred

I thought I was doing good trying to avoid those airport hotels... and look at me now.

CactusA319 From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 2918 posts, RR: 29
Reply 7, posted (11 years 3 months 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1039 times:

AIRPLANE!!!

Jared From United States of America, joined May 2001, 685 posts, RR: 0
Reply 8, posted (11 years 3 months 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1042 times:

Mercy Mission: The Rescue of Flight 771!

Hah, did anyone see that other than me?

I like the main idea that he had to fly an old Piper Cub type plane from San Francisco to Sydney Australia, heh.

Arsenal@LHR From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2001, 7791 posts, RR: 23
Reply 9, posted (11 years 3 months 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 1038 times:

Air force is a quite a decent movie except for the end when harrison ford overtakes everyone and becomes a hero. Big grin

In Arsene we trust!!

YHU From Canada, joined Jun 2000, 426 posts, RR: 1
Reply 10, posted (11 years 3 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 1031 times:

The Rescue of Flight 771 is my favourite aircraft movie. And a true story too. Can't find it in North America on either DVD or VHS so I'll have to continue watching my time-shift copy. Aircraft in the movie was some kind of Ag Truck crop sprayer.

AKelley728 From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 2101 posts, RR: 6
Reply 11, posted (11 years 3 months 1 day 12 hours ago) and read 1006 times:

Thanks so far for the suggestions...

I think I'll be getting Airplane! (along with Airplane! 2) next. I laugh every time I see those.

I also just bought The Right Stuff... I know it's not an "airplane" movie, but it has alot of great history about the test flights in the 50s (Chuck Yeager and stuff).

I saw Air Force One in the theatres... it was okay, but not something I would watch over and over. I also saw ConAir in the theatre... what a waste of money!

Dash8King From Canada, joined Nov 2001, 2742 posts, RR: 12
Reply 12, posted (11 years 3 months 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 999 times:

Pushing Tin is awesome, I liked con air though.

Jamesag96 From United States of America, joined Nov 2001, 2095 posts, RR: 8
Reply 13, posted (11 years 3 months 1 day 11 hours ago) and read 995 times:

How about Air America?

Why Kate, You're not wearing a bustle. How lewd.

Critter_592 From United States of America, joined Jun 2000, 279 posts, RR: 0
Reply 14, posted (11 years 3 months 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 990 times:

I'd rather have Air Force One than Pushing Tin. I was very dissatisfied when I saw that movie come on HBO....I had waited 6 weeks for that. Realism was only about 20% in my oopinion, as far as how they portrayed the Air Traffic Control system to work.

Jared From United States of America, joined May 2001, 685 posts, RR: 0
Reply 15, posted (11 years 3 months 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 976 times:

Heh.

How was The Rescue of Flight 771 a true story? I think they just made it seem that way.

A crop duster does not fly from San Fransisco to Sydney Australia..unless it runs on air.

HAL From United States of America, joined Jan 2002, 2467 posts, RR: 53
Reply 16, posted (11 years 3 months 1 day 10 hours ago) and read 977 times:

For a change of pace, how about "The Great Waldo Pepper". It's all WWI aircraft, but it was all shot in flight, not in a studio. Great script, and lots of fun to watch. Good performances by Redford, Sarandon etc.

HAL

One smooth landing is skill. Two in a row is luck. Three in a row and someone is lying.

FredT From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2002, 2184 posts, RR: 26
Reply 17, posted (11 years 3 months 1 day 5 hours ago) and read 965 times:

There's also Blackout, but that one makes Pushing Tin seem like a documentary. A good flick to watch none the less, every once in a while.

Cheers,
Fred

I thought I was doing good trying to avoid those airport hotels... and look at me now.

AKelley728 From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 2101 posts, RR: 6
Reply 18, posted (11 years 2 months 4 weeks 18 hours ago) and read 946 times:

FredT:

I've never heard of that one.

I do know there's a novel called 'Blackout' by aviation writer John Nance; was it made into a movie?

Hurricane From United States of America, joined Feb 2002, 1440 posts, RR: 1
Reply 19, posted (11 years 2 months 4 weeks 17 hours ago) and read 946 times:

Speaking of John Nance, did any of you see Pandora's Clock? It was a made for TV movie on NBC a few years back. I just read the book (a really good book Smile

) and I want to get the movie, but I can't find it anywhere...Any suggestions? Big thumbs up

AKelley728 From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 2101 posts, RR: 6
Reply 20, posted (11 years 2 months 4 weeks ago) and read 920 times:

Hey Hurricane,

I just found a DVD copy on eBay!

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1519179172

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