Aviation movies that we should all see...?

[Nonstop2AUH]

Iron Eagle rocks if only because Twisted Sister is on the soundtrack, or was that Iron Eagle 2 (or 3, or however many they made?)...

[nwafan20]

What was the name of that movie where a rock star holds a concert on a 747 but terrorists or somthing take over the plane and the rock star ends up having to land (with the help of an avid flight simmer at home)?

It was ok, not very good, but not terrible either.

[moose135]

Yes, they did Mario. They were A-1 Skyraiders, often called Spads, flown by both the USAF and USN. Sandy was the tactical call sign the Air Force A-1 typically used. The A-1 was used widely for the close air support, especially in escorting rescue helicopters picking up downed airmen. They would put down suppressing fire while the choppers picked up the crewmen.

Air & Space Museum has a page describing the aircraft and it's history.

http://www.nasm.si.edu/research/aero/ai ... las_a1.htm

[Nonstop2AUH]

Matt- Don't tell me you prefer Slade Craven to Twisted Sister? The movie in question was Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal. Possibly one of the worst movies ever made, but worth seeing for that reason, just like Soul Plane...

[emshighway]

Flying Leathernecks

[njgtr82]

atc type movies-
Pushing Tin (John Cusack, Billy Bob Thorton, Angelina Jolie)
Ground Control

[flyboy 28]

Never did care for Iron Eagle, even when I was younger. It was on Spike earlier this afternoon and it just reaffirmed in me how much of a low-budget film it was. :D

[lijk604]

Matt- Don't tell me you prefer Slade Craven to Twisted Sister? The movie in question was Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal. Possibly one of the worst movies ever made, but worth seeing for that reason, just like Soul Plane...

Soul Plane was worth seeing???? Sorry, I dont care how funny a purple 747 w/spinners and hydraulics looks, that's just sac-relig.

[mirrodie]

Yeah, seeing it on Spoike brought it to mind.

Top Gun got all the popularity, but INtruder and Eagle were decent for what they were, IHMO.

[Tom_Turner]

Well, theres probably a hundred of them...and Moose mentioned an excellent one above....but in no particular order, here are some of the highlights..

1> Passenger 57 - Wesley Snipes and his opponent seem as if they lept off the screen from Enter the Dragon in the final minutes. See a Tri star land at an amusement park.

2> Executive Decision - Steven Seagal's best role to date.. you'll see what I mean when you watch this one. John Leguzamo & Halle Berry round out the cast led by Kurt Russel. Alot of fun.

3> Fate is the Hunter - excellent oldie... Glenn Ford and Rod Taylor. Quoting from IMDB

If this happens to be on your cable channel it is a MUST SEE!! Ford plays Sam McBane, a VP with an airline which has just lost a plane in a crash. Taylor plays the pilot of the aircraft, who also happens to have been a war-buddy. The rest of the cast is top-notch and the story outstanding. However, it bears pointing out that YOU MUST WATCH THE FIRST 10-12 minutes and MOST DEFINITELY the finale as it brings all of the film to full circle. Watch it and enjoy!!

4> By Dawn's Early Light - HBO film not to be missed. Marred only by a hallow love story, but more than made up for by James Earl Jones chewing up the scenery, as "Alice" commander of the Strategic Air Command. in the final half hour. If you like 747s, this film delivers BIG TIME. Only about a million times better than the Sum of all Crap.
Darin McGavin has a nifty role here as well.

5> San Francisco International. - Opens with an absurd scene about a Convair 990 .... so bad that I'd have to recommend the Mystery Science Theatre 3000 version. Hard to imagine anyone not enjoying this one.

[hiss srq]

An excellent oldie is the movie Midway. It is based on the battle of midway.

[mirrodie]

Well, its' been mentioned a few times.

One of my first cousins, a true black sheep of the family, was in Passenger 57. She had a small role, where she was TSA/Security person who let him through the security gate. 15 seconds of fame.


Tom, I have to see those. I've never heard of most of them!

[T-Bird76]

Flight of the Intruder blows Top Gun away, you can't even compare the two movies. IMO Top Gun is one of the worst movies ever made. To this date I still don't know what the plot was about.

[nwafan20]

Matt- Don't tell me you prefer Slade Craven to Twisted Sister? The movie in question was Turbulence 3: Heavy Metal. Possibly one of the worst movies ever made, but worth seeing for that reason, just like Soul Plane...

No not really, but any movie with airplanes in it (Omit Soul Plane and Snakes on a Plane) IMO is worth watching once for some airplane scenes. Like I said the movie wasn't that good, but it had an airplane :D

Soul Plane is right down there with Snakes on a Plane, in the category "Movies that should have never been thought up, let alone produced"

[moose135]

Flight of the Intruder blows Top Gun away, you can't even compare the two movies. IMO Top Gun is one of the worst movies ever made. To this date I still don't know what the plot was about.

But who needs a plot when there was all that great F-14 footage :D