Iron Eagle review

What I don't get to this day is how a Dougie Masters' mixtape of classical/rock allows Chappie and him to make up something like 10-15mins of being behind on scheduled waypoints? Also after the Air Force knew these two banditos stole two F-16s, how the "eff" did they allow them to get mid-air refueled several times?
 
Soul Brotha' said:
What I don't get to this day is how a Dougie Masters' mixtape of classical/rock allows Chappie and him to make up something like 10-15mins of being behind on scheduled waypoints? Also after the Air Force knew these two banditos stole two F-16s, how the "eff" did they allow them to get mid-air refueled several times?
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Obviously the music allows them to fly a more efficient route and power setting.
As for the fuel, they clearly didn't break from their flight plan until they were just outside this country. This allowed them to carry enough fuel to do a low level ingress, attack two bases, all while dogfighting, a touch and go and afterburner take-off. Hats off to General dynamics.
 
USMCmech said:
At least he was flying a Viper which is well known for carrying a lot of fuel. Right @Hacker15e?
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not in the realm they fly in during the movie, but the thing can sip gas pretty well at 300 knots, maybe 500#/100 NM or so, at least without a bunch of stores/tanks hanging off of it........IMO surprisingly so. That said, without tanks, the thing starts up with like a 7k lbs of gas.
 
Between this and Top Gun, I was ruined forever.

I just realized that's an 152 Aerobat in the race. At least flying with the Cessna "barn doors" out made the race close for the movie. And they didn't have to edit like mad to make it more believable.

Normally, "silly" airplane things in movies make me angry. This does not. Law of Primacy? Once you love Iron Eagle you'll always love Iron Eagle?
 
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I was actually contemplating renting this on amazon before even seeing this post a couple days ago. Made my answer for tonight. Chappy!!!
 
RDoug said:
If that got to you, then you should definitely skip the "MiG" F-4 flyovers in Ice Station Zebra. ;)
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Oh, c'mon...you haven't seen nuttin 'til you've seen Spanish license-built ME-109s dressed up with fake belly scoops and playing P-51s in a movie!

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And here's the obligatory P-51s dressed up as 109s just to complete the circle of life...

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Hacker15e said:
Oh, c'mon...you haven't seen nuttin 'til you've seen Spanish license-built ME-109s dressed up with fake belly scoops and playing P-51s in a movie!
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So is no one here going to gripe about the T-6s turned into Japanese planes for Tora Tora Tora, Midway, The Final Countdown, and Pearl Harbor?
 
MikeD said:
So is no one here going to gripe about the T-6s turned into Japanese planes for Tora Tora Tora, Midway, The Final Countdown, and Pearl Harbor?
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Those looked plausible replicas of the real Zeros and considering the lack possible alternatives I can't complain.
 
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