Favorite Aviation Scene from a Film.

bdk · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11330

Most definately the takeoff scene in "The Defender" starring your friend and mine, Mr. Robert Diemert. The best quote of the film, "It was a great idea, it just didn't work."

The defender. [Canada] : National Film Board of Canada, 1988. 1 videocassette (55 min.). Directed and written by Stephen Low ; produced by Charles Konowal ; executive producers, Michael Scott, Ches Yetman ; film editor, Alfonso Peccia ; music, Eldon Rathburn. SUMMARY: This program is about Bob Diemert of Carman, Manitoba and his dream of building the world's next great fighter plane. His worldwide reputation as a genius at restoring "warbirds" enables him to finance his dream. Shows Diemert working to perfect his design of "The Defender" and restoring a Japanese Zero to flying condition.

RickH · **Posted:** Sat Jul 23, 2005 9:41 pm

Would that be the zero that had PVC pipe and Bondo for leading edges and the skin that was held on with pop rivets ? Oh yeah it was brush primed with rustoleum ! What a role model for other restoration shops to aspire to ! :lol:

DazDaMan · **Posted:** Sun Jul 24, 2005 5:27 am

Jiggersfromsphilly wrote:

How about the 1942 movie Spitfire, which tells aboput RJ Mitchell and Mutt Summers. David Niven Played Mutt and Leslie Howard played RJ Mitchell.

This sounds like th eone you describe.

That's the American title for "First of the Few". :wink:

Jiggersfromsphilly · **Joined:** Fri Jun 17, 2005 3:15 pm **Posts:** 951

bdk wrote:

Most definately the takeoff scene in "The Defender" starring your friend and mine, Mr. Robert Diemert. The best quote of the film, "It was a great idea, it just didn't work."

The defender. [Canada] : National Film Board of Canada, 1988. 1 videocassette (55 min.). Directed and written by Stephen Low ; produced by Charles Konowal ; executive producers, Michael Scott, Ches Yetman ; film editor, Alfonso Peccia ; music, Eldon Rathburn. SUMMARY: This program is about Bob Diemert of Carman, Manitoba and his dream of building the world's next great fighter plane. His worldwide reputation as a genius at restoring "warbirds" enables him to finance his dream. Shows Diemert working to perfect his design of "The Defender" and restoring a Japanese Zero to flying condition.

How could it be without David Niven ?

Don Martin · **Posted:** Wed Aug 24, 2005 10:12 pm

I just picked up the old Jimmy Stewert movie, "Thunder Bay" and it has a nice scene in it of a PBY landing and taxiing on the water. I hadn't seen the movie for a lot of years and forgot about that scene.

Ollie · **Posted:** Thu Sep 22, 2005 7:15 pm

What was the movie about a C-47 escorted by P-51s that crashes on Easter Island?

Ya know the one, the C-47 was ferrying gold, and they went after it with a hull amphib of some sort...

:?:

tom d. friedman · **Posted:** Thu Sep 22, 2005 11:04 pm

the

finger from alan arkin in catch 22, explosive decompression from airport with dean martin, the start of top gun, just about anything from tora tora tora, bridges of toko ri, bat 21, the war lover, and yes...... some scenes from midway :oops:

band aids & all!!!! :lol:

Greg Schneider · **Posted:** Thu Sep 22, 2005 11:18 pm

So many good ones listed already.

Old time favorite "Battle of Britain" open attack for sure.

A few of the combat sequences from "Dark Blue World" did the trick for me.

And who could forget the trench run in STAR WARS. classic...

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Thu Sep 22, 2005 11:42 pm

Rafe and Danny colliding at the beginning of Pearl Harbor and spareing all of us 3 hours of complete BS. I'm sorry that's my favorite aviation movie fantasy.
BTW anyone figure out how you get from New York to England by train?

Dan Johnson II · **Joined:** Tue May 04, 2004 1:49 am **Posts:** 659

Jack Cook wrote:

Rafe and Danny colliding at the beginning of Pearl Harbor and spareing all of us 3 hours of complete BS. I'm sorry that's my favorite aviation movie fantasy.
BTW anyone figure out how you get from New York to England by train?

Still haven't seen that movie and don't plan on it

Still like some of the old 30s movies, Dive Bomber and the like with all those old birds.

Air Force with John Garfield and "Mary Ann" that sharkfinned B17D is a favorite too. You have to really suspend your disbelief, but the shots of the 17s are worth it.

Dan

DazDaMan · **Posted:** Fri Sep 23, 2005 2:31 am

Oooh, I haven't seen Air Force in a while - managed to VHS it last time it was on TV

If I haven't already mentioned it, the last scramble/dogfight in Piece of Cake - fantastic! Hoof Proudfoot barrelling that Spitfire Mk1 over the White Cliffs, and heading straight for the camera! :shock:

Ollie · **Posted:** Fri Sep 23, 2005 7:39 am

No one has answered me question I see.

:cry:

Lynn Allen · **Posted:** Fri Sep 23, 2005 8:33 am

Rafe and Danny colliding at the beginning of Pearl Harbor and spareing all of us 3 hours of complete BS. I'm sorry that's my favorite aviation movie fantasy.

On the money Jack, but could you squeeze in the BOB part and then roll the credits.

Cheers,

Lynn

krlang · **Posted:** Fri Sep 23, 2005 8:34 am

Hmmm,

I think a few of my favorites are not warbird related.

Larry Hagman was a helicopter pilot in a movie I had caught on TV just once. The movie opened up with him starting and flying a Hughes 500 out of a hangar and hitting a tuna can into a coffee can like a hockey puck with a skid.

And I still like the line from the Rocketeer:

"Basic aviation Mr. Hughes"

Eric Rogers · **Posted:** Fri Sep 23, 2005 2:41 pm

think a few of my favorites are not warbird related.

Larry Hagman was a helicopter pilot in a movie I had caught on TV just once. The movie opened up with him starting and flying a Hughes 500 out of a hangar and hitting a tuna can into a coffee can like a hockey puck with a skid.

The name of that movie was Birds of Prey starring David Jansen

Eric

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