Best Hollywood Aviation scene of all time?

[Leo]

Re: Best Hollywood Aviation scene of all time?

Jarrod and I were typing at the same time....

[T J Johansen]

Re: Best Hollywood Aviation scene of all time?

Definately Tallman's rendez-vous with the billboard!

T J

[MustangFan]

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The whole sequence with Mickey Rooney and Buddy Hackett in MMMW, some great lines!
"You down there on the ground, this is us up here in the air!"
"I gotta fly and handle the radio? What are you, the hostess?"

Don't forget Jim Backus:

"Shut up and fix us some drinks.."
"We'll make some old fashioneds the old fashioned way.."

[TWD]

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Now I'm gonna duck, but..

What was the name of that film with Lee Majors in the Porsche 917-30 and Burgess Meredith in the F-86?

TWD

As long as I'm in such esteemed company, there was a movie I saw about a T-6 training base. It was in black and white, probably had Jimmy Stewart in it. Great flying scenes. They go out dusting fields. There is a hunting stand or something like that in the middle of the field. T-6 flies straight at it, rotates just prior and gains enough altitude for the front half of the airplane to clear it and the empenage (tailwheel) hits it and knocks it over. Great stuff. Anyone know the title?

[lowpasskid]

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final countdown? when the f14's tangle with the zeros.
"splash two!"

[Strega Fan]

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The Cessna 150 flying in Fandango was really cool and just plain nuts.
B

[Warren_C]

Re: Best Hollywood Aviation scene of all time?

Now I'm gonna duck, but..

What was the name of that film with Lee Majors in the Porsche 917-30 and Burgess Meredith in the F-86?

TWD

As long as I'm in such esteemed company, there was a movie I saw about a T-6 training base. It was in black and white, probably had Jimmy Stewart in it. Great flying scenes. They go out dusting fields. There is a hunting stand or something like that in the middle of the field. T-6 flies straight at it, rotates just prior and gains enough altitude for the front half of the airplane to clear it and the empenage (tailwheel) hits it and knocks it over. Great stuff. Anyone know the title?

I want to say it was called the "last Chase" will have to look up on imdb. Classic when Burgess is howling, they flash back to his youth in the -86 as he drives it into the ground.

Folks, with Don Ameche. Flying the cessna, classic chase/dogfight ends with the what a ride

Second Hand Lion, opening scene Stearman under the overpass, cop records speed on radar.

Blue Max, under the bridge contest.

Could go on for days

[Tosg]

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Slim Pickens riding the nuke dropped from a B-52 in "Dr. Strangelove".

[Race5]

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Scene from The Defender when Lefty straps on that old POS CAF Zero.....big brass ones.

[MustangFan]

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Slim Pickens riding the nuke dropped from a B-52 in "Dr. Strangelove".

"Hey, where's Major Kong?"

"YAAAHOOO!! YAAHOOO!!"

[Leo]

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How about the E&E equipment check? Probably my favorite scene in ANY movie.
"Fella could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all this stuff"
Slim Pickens made his part in that film a great one.

[ramp mouse]

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any of the scenes form the great waldo pepper, not a flying scene but the dinner table where waldo says im not the best flyer in the world " i'm # 2 and the dad about chokes

[64chrysler300]

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BOB...tackatackatacka
Deep Blue Sky (I think) they fly a Spit under a bridge....I don't think that was CGI. With that movie it's hard to tell sometimes.
Just about all the flying scenes in "Reach for the Sky"

The final dog fight in "Waldo Pepper"

[RGRSTNDGBY]

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Well, 2nd post in about 4 years.. Dont want to wear it out

My vote. the take off and climb out near the end of "Radio Flyer".. Dreamed that dream myself, well, almost that one..rgr...

[T. Adams]

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From "The Right Stuff", when Yeager climbs into the F-104, taxis out, takes off, and ejects sequence. It sounds just freakin awesome in Dolby Digital 5.1.