Movies and Airplanes

[rayd]

Here's a category of potential interest, ideas, help, motivation. Feel free to add to this list. Being a resourceful group, we're likely diversified with many interests. I like films, and learned/enjoy much about aircraft ...thru books, and movies. There are many movies we can enjoy, and provide inspiration/ideas for our model building. Granted, historical accuracy can be questionable, but there many enjoyable films out there. Allow me to start. Do add and comment as necessary. Include warbirds, general aviation, bipes, monoplanes, piston, jet, we'll see how/if it....flies. Content/details can be found at IMDb site and others. (An asterisk * denotes a favorite to me.)

-1930 Howard Hughes' Hells Angels *
-2006 Flyboys *
-1971 Von Richthofen and Brown *
-1966 The Blue Max *
-1942 Flying Tigers
-1942 Spitfire *
-1960 Sink the Bismarck
-1982 Firefox
-1990 Air America
-1943 Air Force *
-1964 633 Squadron
-1969 Battle of Britain
-1970 Tora! Tora! Tora!
-1949 Twelve O'clock High
-1990 Memphis Belle
-1975 The Great Waldo Pepper *
-2009 Amelia
-1957 The Spirit of St. Louis *
-1990 The Tuskegee Airmen *
-1927 Wings
-1938 The Dawn Patrol *
-1938 Test Pilot
-1942 Captains of the Clouds
-1952 The Sound Barrier
-1991 The Rocketeer

[Arlo DiPasquale]

Here's a neat one from 1953: Sabre Jet. The movie isn't the greatest but the really funny part is that for the MiG-15s, they use F-86s painted with a red star on them and an Asian guy in the cockpit.

[rayd]

Very good Arlo....I kinda remember that. Think they had on TCM not long ago, but oldies tough to find. In my notes, I forgot 2 flicks of a title, and there's even one from 1929. Movie is The Aviator. Ones I had in mind :1985 story with the late Chris Reeve, and the other, a different one portraying Howard Hughes with L.DiCaprio. There are many more, re bombers, etc. Got any more, send 'em on in. Oh, a good one that's easy to find on the cheap or rent for a buck. Has some CG, but minimally and beautifully done, it's 2006 Flyboys. Triplanes galore, Nieuports, a truly interesting and colorful movie, but cold reality of the parachuteless days of WWI fighters. Dirigible scene great there also. Saw in a theater with super pix/sound. Was most impressed, and ending will stun you.

[Xanadu]

The Red Baron, 2008

[Pulsepilot]

The Right Stuff-1983
Dam Busters- 1955
Pearl Harbor- 2001
The flying leather Necks-1951
The Flying Tigers- 1942
Mosquito Squadron-1969
Plus the upcoming Red Tails-2012

and Im sure there are a few more I cant remember right now

[joecrouse]

God is my co pilot
Wing and a prayer
Ladies courageous

There's a list on Wiki.

[Bargle]

Here's a few from me.

Flying Fortress
Midway
Colonel Kato's Falcon Squadron (Kato hayabusa sento-tai)
I saw that last film once about 30 years ago. A well done Japanese war time production. It seemed so strange seeing it on American TV. ETA: Falcon Squadron wasn't the movie I saw, it was something else.

[joecrouse]

Dr Strangelove.
Or How I learned to stop worrying and Love the bomb.