Right, here we go for some more golden oldies (and some that are a bit tarnished) I have left out films where aircraft were only incidental to the story and the list is by no means complete.
"I Bombed Pearl Harbour" (1972) Japanese. When Tora Tora Tora was filmed ,half the picture was made by Americans and half by the Japanese. This appears to be the Japanese half. Why, with all the excess Tora footage, do they rely on so many fakes and miniatures? Really bad dubbing. Have an early night instead!
"I Wanted Wings" (1941) William Holden,Ray Milland. Story of flying training and the life of a pre war air cadet. Lots of early BT-9 footage plus B-17s and AT-6s. Good one.
"International Squadron" (1941) Ronald Reagan. Remake of Ceiling Zero with stock newsreel shots. Forget it!
"Island In The Sky"(1953) John Wayne, Lloyd Nolan, James Arness. Early WW2 airline pilots on loan to the Air Transport Command. Mostly C-47s and no love interest!
"Jet Pilot" (1950, released 1957) John Wayne, Janet Leigh. Howard Hughes' last film. was supposed to be a jet age Hell's Angels. Unless your keen on F-80s you could give this a miss.
"Lady Takes A Flyer" (1958) Jeff Chandler, Chuck Connors and Lana Turner. Story of Jack Ford, pioneer ferry pilot, killed in a Pacific crash in 1951, Lana is a lady ferry pilot. B-25Js and P-51Ds
"Lafayette Escadrille" (1958) Tab Hunter,Poor done story of Americans in WW1. Several Bleriot penguins, virtually no flying.
"Last Flight of Noahs Ark" (1980) Elliot Gould Disney childrens film for which they wrecked on of the few restorable B-29s.Dumb and dumber!
"Lost Squadron"(1932) Richard Dix, Erich von Strohiem, WW1 pilots forced to find work as stunt fliers for the movies.
"The Malta Story"(1954) Alec Guiness, Jack hawkins,Anthony Steele. Some actual footage of Capronis raiding Malta and Spitfire and Hurricane intercepts.
"The McConnell Story" (1955) Alan ladd, June Alyson Story of Korean Jet Ace. Stock footage of F-86s, with F-84 as Migs.
"Memphis Belle"(1943) This the documentary (not the hokey 1990 remake) that has contributed so many stock shots to WW2 movies.Filmed on actual combat mission.Not a fake in the whole film. I picked up a video version of it. The one to see.
"Men With Wings" (1938) Ray Milland, Fred MacMurray Good pre war flight film without replicas. Buhl pups, Spads, DH4s, Boeing 247s, Boeing P-12Es, First to be shot in technicolor.
"Midway" (1975) Robert Mitchum, Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda Bashed together from leftovers from Tora,Tora,Tora and stock wartime footage. Not really worth staying up for.
"Only Angels have Wings"(1939) Cary Grant. Pre war flying in Central America. Ford Trimotors, Pilgrims but spoiled by model fakes and square turns.
That'll do for a while.
Nev