Top 5 Aviation Movies

[322Sqn_Dusty]

Pearl Harbour.. wasn't that the movie that could be compiled into about 45 mins? Eagle Squadron, attack on Pearl Harbour and Doolittle, the end?

[flyingbullseye]

Island in the Sky
Fighter Squadron
Behind Enemy Lines

Flyingbullseye

[fireflyerz]

Originally Posted by proton45

This is not "strictly speaking" a war movie...but its got some nice combat flying...

* The Great Waldo Pepper *

Awsome, id totally forgot about this film, havent seen it since I was a kid, stuff all ya fake cg , this is proper cinima.

[bf-110]

Oh yes,that video of a spaceman going out of the ship in moon and giving the salute while the nazi flag is flyig behind.What is that?
Is it a commercial or a "homemade" movie?

I forgot about a few greats there too, like Catch 22 and Waldo Pepper!

[JG52Uther]

Battle of Britain
Dark Blue World
Aces High
Blue Max
Dambusters

I would love to see a good realistic film about Hartmann,or Rudel, but politics probably says no.

[Spudkopf]

Personally I do not like many of the WWII 50/60's era movies for their cavalier distortion of history, which is sad because the naive think these movies as factual, when really they are no more than comic book stories. One such example is Mosquito Squadron, which badly mixes the unrelated experimental Highball squadrons missions with those of the Amiens prison raiders, as such an actual movie about the many exploits of the Prison raiders may never be told.

However there are some brilliant exceptions like the classic “The Dam Busters” and of course the iconic “The Battle of Britain” and “Tora Tora Tora”.

Some other favourites include:
No highway in the sky (Jimmy Stewart, not as a pilot but IMO a great aviation movie)
Strategic Air Command (Jimmy Stewart)
30 Seconds Over Tokyo
Air America
Both versions of Flight of the Phoenix
Catch 22
....just to name a few.

[JG27_PapaFly]

These get my vote:

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines

The Great Waldo Pepper

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[Friendly_flyer]

My votes (in no particular order):

Battle of Britain - For bringing together a classic fleet of planes for a classic drama
Dark Blue World - For the sheer beauty
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines - For the films obvious love of aviation

[major_setback]

Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines

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