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Lynn Matteson

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 2778
Location: Grass Lake, Michigan

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 12:10 pm Post subject: Off topic...Top Gun

What does it say about the voting aviation enthusiast that Top Gun  

was voted the "greatest aviation movie of all time"? (EAA Hotline)



It didn't get my vote...I voted for anything with pistons...



Lynn

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Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 1:10 pm Post subject: Off topic...Top Gun

I don't know if it was the greatest movie or not but that movie cost me 

almost $15K.  I had been away from aviation for a while and my divorce was 

just final.  Went to see Top Gun and started looking for an airplane to buy 

the very next day.  Bought a Cherokee 140 a few days later.  That's a true 

story.

Don Smythe

Classic IV w/582

Newport News, Va.



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Michel

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 966
Location: Norway

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 1:21 pm Post subject: Off topic...Top Gun

On May 4, 2007, at 10:13 PM, Lynn Matteson wrote:

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		   It didn't get my vote...I voted for anything with pistons...


	


Yep! I'd rather vote for The Flight of the Phoenix . That's real 

home-built aviation! ... or should I say: desert-built? 



Cheers,

Michel Verheughe

Norway

Kitfox3 - Jabiru



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Float Flyr

Joined: 19 Jul 2006
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Location: Campbellton, Newfoundland

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 3:34 pm Post subject: Off topic...Top Gun

The movie that I always wanted to see is Hell's Angels, a WW I movie

produced by Howard Hughes.  There is an epic just on the making of that

movie.



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Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 4:12 pm Post subject: Off topic...Top Gun

In a message dated 5/4/2007 5:22:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  michel(at)online.no writes:

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		  Yep! I'd    rather vote for The Flight of the Phoenix . That's real 

home-built    aviation! ... or should I say: desert-built? 



Cheers,

Michel    Verheughe

Norway

Kitfox3 - Jabiru

	


 

  

 Yes!  I am not the only guy on the planet who holds a torch for  "Flight Of The Phoenix"!  As a life-time model aircraft builder, I  like the "aircraft engineer's" lines when he is discovered to be a model  aircraft builder.  He defends his craft by pointing out that the model  aircraft must be built to exacting standards because it does not have the luxury  of a pilot to add corrective control input and counteract a warped wing.    

 John P.  Marzluf (John Z.)

Columbus, Ohio

Series V Outback (Out Back In The  Garage)

20% Complete, Not Currently Building

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Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 4:18 pm Post subject: Off topic...Top Gun

Another great movie in my opinion is:  "The Rocketeer" Set in the 30's  any character in the movie could be one of us experimenting with pistons, tubes,  wood, rags and dope!  ...Oh, and rocket power!   

 John P.  Marzluf (John Z.)

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Lynn Matteson

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Location: Grass Lake, Michigan

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 4:33 pm Post subject: Off topic...Top Gun

Yes, I'd like to see that too...maybe it's available on DVD? T'would  

be nice on the "big screen" though.



Lynn

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On May 4, 2007, at 7:33 PM, Noel Loveys wrote:



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 The movie that I always wanted to see is Hell's Angels, a WW I movie

 produced by Howard Hughes.  There is an epic just on the making of  

 that

 movie.



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kentk

Joined: 03 Jan 2007
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Location: College Station

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 6:24 pm Post subject: Re: Off topic...Top Gun

I have both Top Gun and the Rocketeer on DVD.  Look real good on a 40" LCD HDTV!  However, I would like to see that Howard Hughes movie as well.



Regards,

Kent

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Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 7:23 pm Post subject: Off topic...Top Gun

I have all 3 and prefer the Rocketeer my self.  The Howard Hughes movie

spends too much time on his mental state and not enough on his

accomplishments 



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wtmills

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Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 10:49 pm Post subject: Off topic...Top Gun

Can't beat "Jet Pilot" with John Wayne and Janet Leigh for F-80, F-86 

fun in/around the clouds.



Bill Mills

Chinook/912ul in progress

SF bay area Calif

still lurking after all these years

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		  Another great movie in my opinion is:  "The Rocketeer" Set in the 

30's any character in the movie could be one of us experimenting 

with pistons, tubes, wood, rags and dope!  ...Oh, and rocket power!



John P. Marzluf (John Z.)

Columbus, Ohio

Series V Outback (Out Back In The Garage)

20% Complete, Not Currently Building

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Float Flyr

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Location: Campbellton, Newfoundland

Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 5:57 am Post subject: Off topic...Top Gun

The Hughes movie we're thinking about is Hell's Angels, a movie he directed

and produced about the dogfights of the first world war.  I agree with you

and the Hughes Biopic.

 



Noel Loveys, RPP, AME intern

Campbellton, Newfoundland, 

Canada

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Aerocet 1100s

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Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 9:32 am Post subject: Off topic...Top Gun

Don,

Great movie? I don't know, but sometimes we do crazy things. After seeing 

the movie for the first time, my next flight was into Fairbanks I was 

carring an empty 100lb propane bottle strapped down behind me in a 

C-172.....I made it and everything was in place when I arrived.



Larry Boone, Denair, CA

Building Series 5 Outback

Rotax 912 uls, IVOPROP Med



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Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 12:17 pm Post subject: Off topic...Top Gun

How about "The Great Waldo Pepper"?

    Mike

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 Can't beat "Jet Pilot" with John Wayne and Janet Leigh for F-80, F-86 

 fun in/around the clouds. 

 

 Bill Mills 

 Chinook/912ul in progress 

 SF bay area Calif 

 still lurking after all these years 

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 >Another great movie in my opinion is: "The Rocketeer" Set in the 

 >30's any character in the movie could be one of us experimenting 

 >with pistons, tubes, wood, rags and dope! ...Oh, and rocket power! 

 > 

 >John P. Marzluf (John Z.) 

 >Columbus, Ohio 

 >Series V Outback (Out Back In The Garage) 

 >20% Complete, Not Currently Building 

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Lynn Matteson

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 2778
Location: Grass Lake, Michigan

Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 12:59 pm Post subject: Off topic...Top Gun

Yes! Another very good flying movie. I've got a tape of this one, and  

watch it every now and then. I took note of the propping scene where  

Waldo bounces the prop backwards against compression, to kick the  

engine to life...I've done this with model engines many times.



Lynn

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On May 5, 2007, at 4:17 PM, skyflyte(at)comcast.net wrote:



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		   How about "The Great Waldo Pepper"?

    Mike

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 From: courierboy(at)earthlink.net



 > 

 >

 > Can't beat "Jet Pilot" with John Wayne and Janet Leigh for F-80,  

 F-86

 > fun in/around the clouds.

 >

 > Bill Mills

 > Chinook/912ul in progress

 > SF bay area Calif

 > still lurking after all these years

 > do not archive

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 > >Another great movie in my opinion is: "The Rocketeer" Set in the

 > >30's any character in the movie could be one of us experimenting

 > >with pistons, tubes, wood, rags and dope! ...Oh, and rocket power!

 > >

 > >John P. Marzluf (John Z.)

 > >Columbus, Ohio

 > >Series V Outback (Out Back In The Garage)

 > >20% Complete, Not Currently Building

 > >Do Not A rchive ======  

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Posted: Sun May 06, 2007 9:56 pm Post subject: Off topic...Top Gun

Some favorites, although I have not seen al those

mentioned.



"The Great Waldo Pepper"



Lynn Matteson noted: I took note of the propping scene

where  

Waldo bounces the prop backwards against compression,

to kick the  

engine to life...



An old pilot I knew, who learned in the 30's in an

Aeronca C-2, said that was authentic, I think he said

it was a Standard biplane with a Hispano-Suiza engine,

and that is how they were started, rather than pulling

them through.



That movie had great wing-walking scenes, and the

scene of the biplane flying down Main Street in a

prarie town was authentic, they did take down the

wires, though.  Had the wrong person as first to do

the outside loop, I think.  Good for repeated watching

from time to time.



"Battle of Britain" had many great dogfighting scenes,

using real Hurricanes and Spitfires flying off grass,

and surplus Spanish BF-109's and Heinkles from the

Spanish Air Force, also flying off grass fields.  It

also used models for the Stukas crashing in mid-air. 

It was authentic to the story. Also good for repeated

watching.



"Hells Angles" is available, but was a disappointment,

not watchable over again for a long time.  I think the

new movie, "Flyboys" looks like a remake of many of

its scenes, but with unrealistic computerized

dogfights and pilots able to yell to each other in

flight.  Have only seen it once, so don't know how

realistic the story is or about the SE-5a's,

Nieuports, and Fokkers.  Sad ending - the main guy

never flies again.



"Jet Pilot" did have beautiful F-80 & F-86 flying

scenes, courtesy of the USAF.



There are sellers of aviation movies.  Also check your

local library, ours has some of these because they are

old.



John Allen KF IV Speedster 912UL, (at) O70 CA



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Lynn Matteson

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 2778
Location: Grass Lake, Michigan

Posted: Mon May 07, 2007 11:49 am Post subject: Off topic...Top Gun

Shucks, ya ruined the ending for me, John....now when I watch it  

for the 6th time, I'll already know the ending....but wait, if I wait  

about a week, I'll have forgotten and it'll be new all over again.



Lynn Matteson

Grass Lake, Michigan

Kitfox IV Speedster  w/Jabiru 2200

flying w/275+ hrs

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On May 7, 2007, at 1:54 AM, John Allen wrote:



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		    "Flyboys" looks like a remake of many of

 its scenes, but with unrealistic computerized

 dogfights and pilots able to yell to each other in

 flight.  Have only seen it once, so don't know how

 realistic the story is or about the SE-5a's,

 Nieuports, and Fokkers.  Sad ending - the main guy

 never flies again.

 John Allen KF IV Speedster 912UL, (at) O70 CA



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