Warbird Information Exchange

I was channel surfing in the ads in the MotoGP practice yesterday and found "Bombers B-52".
Lots of big planes, cold war propaganda, a bit of a story line and the helmets they wore during the landing gear won't come down emergency were very special.

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Chris Mellor

Wasn't that the one that starred Rock Hudson and Karl Malden when his nose only weighed 34 lbs.?

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Don't make me go get my flying monkeys-

"Gathering of Eagles" starred Rock Hudson..
"Bombers B-52" was with Efrem Zimbalist JR., Natalie Wood and Karl Malden.

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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."

A couple of weeks ago, TCM ran "Thunder Birds," a William Wellman film about the training of American, British, and Chinese aviation cadets at Thunderbird Field in Arizona. The plot was fairly routine - yet ANOTHER love triangle - but Wellman made sure the film contained plenty of good flying scenes. The combination of Stearmans and Miss Gene Tierney, both shot in Technicolor, made for a pretty good film.

I did spot a couple of continuity errors that only an aviation would notice. Twice, during training missions, the two lead actors took off in a Stearman. The training flight sequences alternated between a Stearman and (I think) a Consolidated biplane. Have to wonder how Wellman let that get by.

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