*** 'Blue Max' was full of flying action,remember the scenes where they flew through that bridge ? they actually did this by flying along poles positioned on the ground,most of the flying was done in Ireland and the WW1 airfield scenes looked very realistic,as you say some of the story is a bit naf but the flying and aeroplanes make up for that,the end is both tragic and dramatic where the French Morane 230 posing as a German experimental parasol monoplane breaks up in a dive.
Look out for 'Fly Boys' a WW1 flying drama filmed at R.A.F Halton earlier this year,4 Nieuport 17 Scouts were made in 52 days by Robert Baslee,due for UK release in 2006.
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Originally Posted by crashgate4 Hey Barry, glad someone else liked "Waldo Pepper". As you say it captured the spirit of the times.
For flying scenes how about "The Blue Max" ? Naf story in parts though. and as usual didn't stick to the book.
No.3 has to be the "Dam Busters"
And talking of "Memphis Belle" ? Living in Binbrook as I do, it was at what was RAF Binbrook that alot of the flying sequences were shot, and the sight of five B-17s in the air together was heaven. If you remember one of the French Fotresses crashed on take off and burned out, without casualties, I still have all the press cuttings from the Grimsby Telegraph. I also remember that Ray and Mark Hanna flew 2 Mustangs and they used to beat up the airfield on returning from Duxford on Sundays. Great days.
A recent film which I found on DVD is "Dark Blue World", about a couple of Czech pilots in the RAF. As usual a naf love story, but excellant flying. |