Warbird Information Exchange

[quote="Bill Greenwood"]I was surprised that Battle of Britain was second.
You got your facts wrong again bill!


Top Gun" 20.5 percent
Twelve O'Clock High" (17.7 percent)
Memphis Belle from 1990 (12.2 percent).
Battle of Britain" (1969) with 11.8 percent;
"Spirit of St. Louis" (1957) and "The Great Waldo Pepper" (1975), each with 8.6 percent;
"Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines" (1965) 7.1 percent;
The Flight of the Phoenix" (1965) 5.2 percent; and
"The High and the Mighty" (1954) with 4.0 percent

Of course I'm kidding. My daughter wouldn't go near a black & white movie!
"Oh, there so boring!"
But she sure loved "Top Gun"!
I have two copies of "Hells Angels", one of "Wings" and even a VHS of "Lilac Time" and a bunch more obscure movies too numerous to mention. Many aren't very good films, but the aircraft are neat.
Long live film history!
Blue skies, (or should I say "Black & White skies?!!!)
Jerry

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"Always remember that, when you enter the ocean or the forest, you are no longer at the top of the food chain."

I love Flight of the Intruder, too...not that it's an impressive piece of cinema or anything, but it's just fun to watch. Some funny quotes. The Skyraider scene is magnificent.

The hair on the back of my neck raises up when they show the multiple SA-2 launches at night. The AAA looks mildly realistic, too.

"Using escape and evasion techniques, sir, I was able to avoid being captured and, sir, we didn't hurt that crocodile. He was fine when we left."

"Snakes on a Plane", anyone?

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Kevin Kearney
Vice President
Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation


C-54D "Spirit of Freedom" 43-17228
C-97 "Angel of Deliverance" 52-2718 (painted as YC-97A 45-59595)
C-54E/R5D-4 "Spirit of Freedom" 44-9144 BuNo 90414 (wfu April/2020)
http://www.spiritoffreedom.org

I just don't understand how they came up with this list. Everyone knows that the best aviation movie ever made is the director's cut of "Iron Eagle III".

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Albert Stix Jr.
"Work is the curse of the drinking class"

I don't see how you can beat Waldo Pepper for 'real' flying. Pretty good story, well cast, and the actors were in the air. Best line was Axel after his short wingwalking experience: "I didn't like it much"

Steve G

Did somebody say Snakes On A Plane?

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Albert Stix Jr.
"Work is the curse of the drinking class"

Astix, you just moved to the bottom of my list with that photo! I don't care if they are rubber they are gross! Man, I hate snakes. As a kid growing up in Texas, a water moccasin actully struck at me once when I was walking near a lake. I went to summer camp at Longhorn near Burnet. Therre was a sporting goods store in town that had live rattlesnakes in the window and a bunch of skins on the wall, some of them about 7 0r 8 feet long. I think I'd rather walk through Bagdad than go in the snake exhibit at the zoo. It's one thing I don't miss about Texas.

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Bill Greenwood
Spitfire N308WK

BW, you are right( hey I never doubted you were way right) I overlooked one paragraph so BOB is 4th not 2nd.

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Bill Greenwood
Spitfire N308WK

Not tom mention the 4 second aerial refueling scene from the KC-97. That made the whole movie!

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Kevin Kearney
Vice President
Berlin Airlift Historical Foundation


C-54D "Spirit of Freedom" 43-17228
C-97 "Angel of Deliverance" 52-2718 (painted as YC-97A 45-59595)
C-54E/R5D-4 "Spirit of Freedom" 44-9144 BuNo 90414 (wfu April/2020)
http://www.spiritoffreedom.org

That's ok, you must have libraly read the articile. Better to be right than just plain wrong and give the wrong info. ! Anytime Bill!