Bucks918 From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 68 posts, RR: 0 Posted (11 years 6 days 11 hours ago) and read 1817 times:
I would have to say that all the cockpit scenes with Fire and Rain (Delta 191) was pretty accurate. There have been some big doozy's, including accident depictions with the wrong plane etc...Just wondering everyones opinion
Planelover From United States of America, joined Dec 2001, 321 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (11 years 6 days 10 hours ago) and read 1777 times:
I haven't seen that many aviation movies , but I would agree with the above post. Executive Decision was a good movie. They did have the wrong interior for the plane, but you all know how Hollywood is. "Miracle Landing" was also a pretty decent movie and so was "Falling from the Sky" (a little unrealistic though) which was based on the Gimli glider.
Have fun.
PL
TxAgKuwait From United States of America, joined Aug 1999, 1803 posts, RR: 48 Reply 3, posted (11 years 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 1761 times:
although it betrays my age, the following were classic airplane/airline films:
John Wayne in "The High and the Mighty"
Robert Stack, Rhonda Fleming, Dana Andrews, Troy Donahue in "The Crowded Sky" (note: the plastic DC7 landing on a runway foamed with what appears to be shaving cream, supposedly in Abilene TX albeit it with mountains ??!!! in the background is great)
Airport
Airplane
Jimmy Stewart in "The Spirit of St Louis" was also good, although not about airlines per se
ThirtyEcho From United States of America, joined Dec 2001, 1634 posts, RR: 1 Reply 4, posted (11 years 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 1753 times:
Don't forget the excellent "Island in the Sky"; from the Ernie Gann book. And there is the great "Twelve O'Clock High," but that was about a freight airline.
Airlinelover From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 5580 posts, RR: 27 Reply 5, posted (11 years 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 1751 times:
Planelover- Yeah.. The cockpit in Executive DEcision was NOT for a 747-200.. It was configured for a 2-engine a/c, not a 4.. But what was wrong with the cabin?? BTW- Look at this pic :
Fanofjets From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 1895 posts, RR: 3 Reply 6, posted (11 years 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 1742 times:
My favorite is "Those Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines," circa 1965, with a humorous cast and wonderful re-created beautiful old airplanes. Rent it, if you get the chance.
The aeroplane has unveiled for us the true face of the earth. -Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Positive rate From Australia, joined Sep 2001, 2143 posts, RR: 1 Reply 8, posted (11 years 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 1738 times:
"Flight 90" was pretty accurate about the Air Florida 737-200 that crashed into the potomac circa 1982. "Miracle Landing" was also a pretty entertaining/factual film about the Aloha 737-200 incident in 1988. There was also another excellent movie i forget the name- it was about the TWA 727 hijacking in 1985, brilliant!
UA_727 From United States of America, joined Aug 2001, 215 posts, RR: 4 Reply 9, posted (11 years 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 1736 times:
~"You'd better tell the captain to land this plane; this woman must be gotten to a hospital.
~"A hospital!?, what is it?"
~"It's a big building with patients, but that's not important right now."
~"Can you fly this plane and land it?"
~"Surely you can't be serious."
~"I am..., and don't call me Shirley..."
~"Roger, Rodger, What's your vector Victor, Ouver over."
~"Jimmy, have you ever been in a turkish prison?
~" 'Passengers Certain To Die!!!' : 'Airline Negligence...' :
'THERE'S A SALE AT PENNEY'S!!!'
Exec Decision was good, The Airport series, ah, so-so, but Airplane, now this flick blows 'em all out of the water. (even airport '77...lol)
Hypermike From United States of America, joined Dec 1999, 1001 posts, RR: 5 Reply 10, posted (11 years 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 1710 times:
Maybe this is just slightly off-topic, but I was watching Titanic on a Delta Flight ATL-SFO, and I just couldn't watch it. There was something wrong about watching a movie about a sinking ship while you're on a plane.
FlightSimFreak From United States of America, joined Oct 2000, 720 posts, RR: 0 Reply 12, posted (11 years 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 1697 times:
UA_727... It's "We've got clearance, Clarence... roger, Rodger... What's our vector, Victor..." It was a play on the crewmembers' names... Captain Clarence Ouver, Rodger Unger, and Victor Dunn.
Planelover From United States of America, joined Dec 2001, 321 posts, RR: 0 Reply 14, posted (11 years 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 1688 times:
Hey all,
"The cockpit in Executive DEcision was NOT for a 747-200.. It was configured for a 2-engine a/c, not a 4.. But what was wrong with the cabin??"
Airlinelover-- One of the things I noticed was that the interior of the 742 on "Executive Decision" had a strait stairs to the upper deck. The 747-100/200 is suppose to have a spiral stairs to the upper deck and the 747-300/400 had a strait stairs. Still a great movie though.
NZ767 From New Zealand, joined Nov 2001, 1620 posts, RR: 1 Reply 15, posted (11 years 6 days 6 hours ago) and read 1677 times:
Planelover, weren't the type of stairs specified by the particular airline customer?
Anyone seen "The Langoliers"?
Saw it years ago and from what I can remember, the depiction of the aircraft cockpit (it was an L-1011) was pretty accurate as were the flight and radio procedures used by the aircrew.
B757300 From United States of America, joined Dec 2000, 4114 posts, RR: 25 Reply 16, posted (11 years 6 days 5 hours ago) and read 1665 times:
All right, lets see here.
Good true life stories
Fire and Rain (About Delta Air Lines Flight 191 in DFW) Crash (About Eastern Airlines Flight 401) Crash Landing: The Rescue of Flight 232 (Obvious Subject)
Good Fiction
Airport 1975
The Langoliers
Executive Decision
Pandora's Clock
Medusa's Child
Good Comedy
Airplane
Mediocre
Airport 77
Airport 79
Ghost of Flight 401 (This should probably go under comedy) Top Gun
SailorOrion From Germany, joined Feb 2001, 2058 posts, RR: 6 Reply 17, posted (11 years 6 days 2 hours ago) and read 1629 times:
What about the movie about the Gimli glider, I liked that one.
I agree with:
Airport being best of all
UA232 was a good one.
Poor ones:
Air Force One (the B742 remains an airliner, not a fighter jet)
All those other movies where stewardess land planes, IT professionals connecting the autopilot to their laptop's parallel port and flying the plane with a graphical Microsoft Windows interface, or airplanes being loaded tons of water on in-flight to correct CG or Apaches firing on airliners to 'repair' rudder problems, airliners locking onto various ILS (without frequency changes) hundreds and thousands of miles away from the actual runway, ... need I go on?
Planelover From United States of America, joined Dec 2001, 321 posts, RR: 0 Reply 18, posted (11 years 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 1552 times:
NZ767, from what I understand the 747-100/200 had a spiral stairs and the 747-300/400 had a strait stairs. That the way it looks on the Boeing web site, but somebody correct me if I'm wrong.
"Falling from the Sky" (based on the story of the Gimli glider) was a fairly good movie too.
Anyways, have fun.
PL
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, but I would agree with the above post. Executive Decision was a good movie. They did have the wrong interior for the plane, but you all know how Hollywood is. "Miracle Landing" was also a pretty decent movie and so was "Falling from the Sky" (a little unrealistic though) which was based on the Gimli glider. 
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