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What is your favorite aviation movie?
one man's opinion...

Posted on 07/06/2013 4:42:52 PM PDT by ken5050

Well, the cable news networks are non stop with their coverage of the air crash in San Francisco. Looking at the pictures, it seems a miracle that the number of fatalities is so low. If there is one unintended consequence of this crash..at least we will be spared talk about Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman for the next few days. As the networks are talking aviation and nothing but, I thought it would be a slight diversion to discuss our favorite aviation themed movies.


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Chit/Chat; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: aviation; cinema; film; movies
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To: rlmorel

Every time I’ve seen it in the last decade or so, they silence the dog’s name..


141 posted on 07/06/2013 5:25:19 PM PDT by ken5050 (Due to all the WH scandals, MSNBC is changing its slogan from "Lean Forward" to "BOHICA")
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To: al baby
We just watched “Zero Hour” the other night it was a serious film but its what the movie airplane was based on it was hilarious to watch after watching airplane a gazillion times

I had the same reaction. You can't help but make the comparisons and laugh. Same sound effects, too. That was a hoot.

142 posted on 07/06/2013 5:25:47 PM PDT by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: Conspiracy Guy
in it’s a mad mad mad mad world

Stunt Pilot Frank Tallman, one of the greatest..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Tallman

143 posted on 07/06/2013 5:25:51 PM PDT by taildragger (The E-GOP won't know what hit them, The Party of Reagan is almost here, hang tight folks.....)
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To: yarddog

Yes, three left.

Was it a recent interview?


144 posted on 07/06/2013 5:27:58 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it. Their minds have been stolen.)
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To: ken5050

The original “The Fly”.


145 posted on 07/06/2013 5:28:13 PM PDT by count-your-change (you don't have to be brilliant, not being stupid is enough)
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To: ken5050
Tom Sellick's aviator swashbuckler.:


146 posted on 07/06/2013 5:28:36 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (All that is required for evil to advance is for government to do "something")
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To: Hoodat

I can’t believe I forgot Fandango!


147 posted on 07/06/2013 5:28:37 PM PDT by pops88 (Geek chick standing with Breitbart for truth)
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To: Doogle

Great film..I think it soon after it came out that I first heard that Rock Hudson was gay.. and “don’t ask, don’t tell” was born...


148 posted on 07/06/2013 5:28:44 PM PDT by ken5050 (Due to all the WH scandals, MSNBC is changing its slogan from "Lean Forward" to "BOHICA")
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To: ken5050

Heh, never saw your limitation on war movies...sorry if I contributed to ruining the thread...

There was a movie “Pushing Tin” that had a great scene in it...Billy Bob Thornton’s character thought he could stand on the runway as a 747 landed right in back of him...they showed his body bouncing up and down being blown like a rag doll down the runway!

I was watching it with three aviation enthusiasts, and we all laughed and replayed the scene over and over until we had tears running down our faces...


149 posted on 07/06/2013 5:28:58 PM PDT by rlmorel (Silence: The New Hate Speech)
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Does Chitty Chitty Bang Bang count?


150 posted on 07/06/2013 5:29:08 PM PDT by Hoodat (BENGHAZI - 4 KILLED, 2 MIA)
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To: laplata
Strategic Air Command Corny, but I love all of the old SAC scenes. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

My Dad was a B-36 crew member from 1951 to 1955. His B-36 Peacemaker crew was stationed in Texas at that time. I saw the movie a few times. They called them "six turning, four burning". They were larger than B-52's. They scared the living daylights out of Russians with the bomb load. The Russians had a re-engineered B-29 rip off at the time.

151 posted on 07/06/2013 5:29:18 PM PDT by dancusa (Molon Labe)
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To: ken5050

I watched it off Netflix...it was still on there. Interesting story...


152 posted on 07/06/2013 5:29:55 PM PDT by rlmorel (Silence: The New Hate Speech)
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To: laplata

Yes, they interviewed him in Ft. Walton Beach just before that last reunion.


153 posted on 07/06/2013 5:30:07 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)
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To: Joe 6-pack
Firefox...that movie was the biggie in our brand new neighborhood (all new homes), when I bought a corded electric lawnmower - to be quicker and different from the neighbors.

Said mower quickly became known as "Firefox" throughout the 'hood due to the whine it'd emit when I fired it up every Sattidy morning.

154 posted on 07/06/2013 5:30:26 PM PDT by ErnBatavia (Piffle....)
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To: Sirius Lee

Never saw it.. My library has it..will pick it up on Monday..many thanks..


155 posted on 07/06/2013 5:31:36 PM PDT by ken5050 (Due to all the WH scandals, MSNBC is changing its slogan from "Lean Forward" to "BOHICA")
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To: rlmorel
I forgive you..LOL...

Thread is a blast..

156 posted on 07/06/2013 5:32:17 PM PDT by ken5050 (Due to all the WH scandals, MSNBC is changing its slogan from "Lean Forward" to "BOHICA")
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To: Textide

Why? IMHO, it is because we have lost our souls to political correctness run amok and empowerment of progressive goons. It is even hard to write a novel now adays that delves into the vagaries of the better angels in the human soul. Apparently there is too small a market for things not loaded with sex and degeneracy. I am a fan of the BBC mysteries, like Inspector Morse and Midsomer Murders. The newer offerings are degenerating as a reflection of different, more ‘tolerant’ writers. Even the Dr. Who series is overly influenced by the sexual preferences of the writers and directors who are ‘gay’.


157 posted on 07/06/2013 5:32:31 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: Hoodat

Dude, it must be cocktail hour where ever you are..


158 posted on 07/06/2013 5:32:58 PM PDT by ken5050 (Due to all the WH scandals, MSNBC is changing its slogan from "Lean Forward" to "BOHICA")
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To: Pollster1

Re: Post#4
“Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?”

I love this movie!!!


159 posted on 07/06/2013 5:33:42 PM PDT by Exeter (A government that doesn't trust its people is a government that shouldn't be trusted.)
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To: JimSEA

Exactly. A very powerful movie. I heard that there were elements of it based on the life of Curtis Lemay.


160 posted on 07/06/2013 5:33:43 PM PDT by rlmorel (Silence: The New Hate Speech)
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