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Weak selection of avation films in /March All times are PST,m and subject to jiggering
Mar. 12 'Air Hostess' 1933 9:15 A.M. ought to good for seeing 247's/DC-3's
Mar. 12 'Air Hawks' 1935 12:15 P.M.
Mar. 23 Don't eat first! 'Battle of the Bulge' Hennreee Fawndaw battles Robert Shaw from a very early model L-19 while Shaw leads the Panzer attack in CHAFFE tanks 2 P.M CINERAMA
Mar. 26 'Battle Taxi' Korea Helicopters 1955 11 a.m.

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Battle Taxi? If that's the same one that I'm thinking of, it's great! I think it includes a Grumman SA-16A Albatross or two as well - and my favorite scene is one in which Squadron CO Sterling Hayden test flies a Sikorsky S-55 / H-19 after maintenance by doing what comes close to low-level aerobatics with it. It's been a while since I've seen it, but there's something tickling the back of my mind that maybe some portions of that scene were created by running the original film backwards, too.

And IIRC: Shaw's "Tigers" were actually Patton tanks (probably the M48 variant) and the Allied / US Army "Shermans" were the M24 Chaffees. My favorite line was by Telly Savalas and went something like "the guy over there with the antennas coming out of his antennas* - he's MINE!" (*meaning Shaw's command tank.)

Here's to movie watching!

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In any given month, I don't necessarily think TCM puts out a great selection of aviation type movies, but every now and then they do. Wish they would show "Strategic Air Command." Not sure if it's in their catalog of movies anymore - haven't seen it on there for a long time.

And the "Tiger" tanks in the "Battle of the Bulge" movie were M-47's.

Waiting for "I Wanted Wings" (1941), starring Ray Milland, Wayne Morris, William Holden, Constance Bennett, Brian Donlevy and Veronica Lake. This movie has not been on in a good many years.

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I wish they'd do a Film Noir weekend, I love those old darkly lit thrillers almost as much as REPUBLIC'S 58 minute 'B' Westerns (mostly done @ Ray Corrigans movie ranch).

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The rarely shown Battle Taxi is a lot of fun.

Imagine a typical gung-ho aviation war film but with helicopters in Korea.

Thanks for the heads up!

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Showing my age here, I used to watch Whirly Birds every afternoon, Sky King every Sunday, and, while it was on, Captain Midnight.

I used to have a link to a site that had all 63 Sky King episodes and they were fun to watch from the perspective of time, pretty thin plots lines but Penny was still pretty cute.

WhirlyBirds cemented in peoples minds that the BELL 47 was THE light helicopter

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Ah yes indeed! Veronica Lake in her prime. Nice!!! and I'm not even that old


Veronica Lake 'I Wanted Wings' 1941


Veronica Lake 'I Wanted Wings' 1941


Veronica Lake 'I Wanted Wings' 1941

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Yeah Mark, Veronica Lake is smokin' hot.

Thanks for posting. TM

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According to

http://dawnschickflicks.blogspot.com/20 ... -lake.html

Veronica Lake was an accomplished aviatrix, took up flying in 1946 and in 48 flew her small plane from Los Angeles to New York.

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William Holden, Ray Milland and Wayne Morris were pilots as well.

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Also keep an eye out for Sunday Dinner for a Soldier and Top of the World - both have some B-17 footage (the first having been shot down at one of the training bases in Florida, second with SAR birds in Alaska) that I want to copy for Aerovin's site. Both were on TCM a while back; due for a rerun?

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

There are a couple of existing links on line that list all the Hollywood folks who either were pilots or served as aircrew members in WW2, comedian Mort Saul was a tailgunner on B-29's while cowboy actor Tim Holt worked the other end of a B-29 as a bombardier. I worked with a grumpy old silverback years ago who had Walllace Beerys SR8 STINSON up @ the airport in Concrete, WA.

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I saw a mention of Wallace Berry's aircraft awhile back.
IIRC, he ordered a top of the line Staggerwing, which at that time, was the most expensive plane they made.

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Remember the vets, the wonderful planes they flew and their sacrifices for a future many of them did not live to see.

It's not like they've gotten any cheaper!

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“To invent the airplane is nothing. To build one is something. But to fly is everything!” - Otto Lilienthal

Natasha: "You got plan, darling?"
Boris: "I always got plan. They don't ever work, but I always got one!"

Remember, any dummy can be a dumb-ass...
In order to be a smart-ass, you first have to be "smart"
and to be a wise-ass, you actually have to be "wise"