Favorite aviation (moves) movies???

Also "Three Guys Named Mike", (1951) which was basically an hour and a half long advertisement for American Airlines. http://www.amazon.com/Johnson-Sulli...1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1329412525&sr=1-1



Is this the one where the pilots in the movie decide to bone the pilots of another airline...say TWA...and then they give concessions to management to avoid BK...while management pays themselves millions in bonuses and then they have to declare BK anyway, to cut into their already pay-concession-pay?
 
Favorite move? When the other crewmember is struggling for an opportunity to interject "I'm a pilot!" at the TGI Fridays bar.
 
Favorite move? When the other crewmember is struggling for an opportunity to interject "I'm a pilot!" at the TGI Fridays bar.
Man, if he has to SAY he's a pilot he's doing it wrong. If he had epaulets, spiky hair, and aviators, everyone would just KNOW.
 
Man, if he has to SAY he's a pilot he's doing it wrong. If he had epaulets, spiky hair, and aviators, everyone would just KNOW.

Don't guys generally pull off the epaulets from their leather jacket or (aaaaaaaaugh!!!) epaulet sweater when they go out? :)
 
Is this the one where the pilots in the movie decide to bone the pilots of another airline...say TWA...and then they give concessions to management to avoid BK...while management pays themselves millions in bonuses and then they have to declare BK anyway, to cut into their already pay-concession-pay?

No, you're thinking of "How to Turn a Once Proud Carrier Multiple Once Proud Carriers Into Nothing But Memories." Several remakes of this film have been made over the decades.



On an unrelated note is "Stewardess School" (1986). It's a totally cheese-filled 80's B-movie, and it is HILARIOUS. Get a six-pack, put a few away and watch this. It's no masterpiece of cinema, but it's just such an over-the-top silly movie. http://www.amazon.com/Stewardess-Sc...8999/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1329413611&sr=8-1 It is, again, hard to find a copy of. The one I have is an old VHS copy, I don't think Netflix has it available and I don't know if it's ever even made it to DVD.

I can't find a YouTube trailer to post here of "Stewardess School", there are some short clips on YouTube but I can't post them here, lest I have to give myself an infraction for posting inappropriate content. Go to YouTube yourself and put stewardess school in the search bar.
 
The only movie about airplanes that doesn't suck is The Right Stuff. I can't believe we're even having this conversation.

Wrong. The Blue Max is awesome. A naked Ursula Andress as well as several non-CGI'd flying scenes.

Twelve O'Clock High is good.

Tora Tora Tora has been a favorite movie since watching it for the first time since I was five. Awesome flying scenes.

The final scene in The Great Waldo Pepper is amazing. And Susan Sarrandon falling to her death from the wing of a Jenny while naked makes me warm and fuzzy. Because she's a pinko and all.
 
Okay, I just watched Sky Fighters. Probably some of the best aerial cinematography in a modern movie. Absolutely stunning.

The story and dialogue (dubbed from French) is downright retarded. That being the case, I'd highly recommend you get a copy of the DVD and watch it on mute.

 
Surely without a doubt anyone over the age of 40 would say the following:

The High and the Mighty. John Wayne! Nuff said.

Airport (the original). The scene with Petroni trying to get the 707 out of the snowbank. "The 707 can handle anything except a BAD pilot"

Airplane-Absolutely the best of all time. Just google best aviation movie and it comes right up

Midway-You're being paid to fly fighter planes, not sit in your bunk and cry over your girl's picture! You better shape up, Tiger, or some hotshot Jap pilot's gonna flame your ass!
 
Bah! Watching the more recent Red Baron on Netflix right now. What crap. It's a shame too because it seems like there was some effort to get technical and historical details right, but then Hollywood (or whoever) had to inject typical cliches and fiction into the story. Thumbs down.
 
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