Aviation cult classic movie coming on TCM 10/15th

[Rick65]

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.

[The Inspector]

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.

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

[Jerry O'Neill]

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

[AviaS199]

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.