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[tidla]

I know there's a few aero buffs on here so here goes.

I the film "True Lies" with good old Arnie, it was a harrier jump jet the had the final honours in the film.

I thought the idea of vertical take off was ditched, however in  "Die hard 4.0 , stationary flight is alive and kicking, different plane.

fiction ?

Great film

[symes]

no doubt someone will mention Dam Buster's

[albitz]

Top Gun has to be the ultimate aviation film.
Despite that little tawt Tom Cruise being the star in it.

[BazaJT]

I believe the Americans were developing one/did develop one,if I remember rightly it had twin fins and a single exhaust nozzle at the rear which swivelled from the horizontal to vertical.Can't recall the model designation though.

[jerry]

no doubt someone will mention Dam Buster's

Or Battle of Britain , Memphis Belle or 639Squadren etc and what was that one with William Holden and the jets (Sabre's?) set in Korea ?
Nah, forget the CG of Red Tails, the most realistic movie starring a plane has go to be Airforce One

[Terbs]

I like 'The Dam Busters'

PS.. jerry.....did you meam '633 squadron'

[Terbs]

Being an aircraft/aviation buff.....I really hate aircraft films with super-imposed planes

Really stupid at times, and can spoil an otherwise good film

[TheBoy]

American DoD put out a tender for aircraft able to hover, and 2 consortiums designed and built prototypes (from memory, Boeing and Lochheed/Douglas?).  I think the Die Hard one was the Lockheed design?

[TheBoy]

I the film "True Lies" with good old Arnie, it was a harrier jump jet the had the final honours in the film.

And flew away, after destroying its arse in a building 

in  "Die hard 4.0 , stationary flight is alive and kicking, different plane.

And that sequence ruined what was already a dire film...

[Kevin Wood]

The most cringeworthy aviation appearance in a film I've seen has to be Pierce Brosnan in The Thomas Crown Affair flying from the rear seat of a Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus and teaching his student to fly by reaching over her shoulders and guiding her on the stick.

I've flown the aircraft type in question. Not in a million years, especially when not strapped-in yet performing manoeuvres that would have sent him straight through the canopy!

Here's the view the rear pilot has:

[78bex]

Arnie was in a harrier, it could only happen in the us now anyway.

Your right the idea of vertical take off & landing is now ditched in the UK

Previous defence cuts grounded our harrier fleet & now I think they`re flogged off to the US marine Corp at a bargain price. I think they only wanted certain bits so they now sit in a breakers yard.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2153741/Languishing-Arizona-mighty-fleet-Harriers--sold-price-just-ONE-US-replacements.html#axzz2JqiI58ZH

[Lizzie_Zoom]

no doubt someone will mention Dam Buster's

Or Battle of Britain , Memphis Belle or 639Squadren etc and what was that one with William Holden and the jets (Sabre's?) set in Korea ?
Nah, forget the CG of Red Tails, the most realistic movie starring a plane has go to be Airforce One

Both tremendous films made with real aircraft!

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Apocalypse Now, with the scene of The Ride of the Valkyries involving Hewies.

It some how highlights, as the whole film does, the craziness of the Vietnam war and American attitudes, that are still prevalent today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz3Cc7wlfkI

 

[acope]

Apocalypse Now, with the scene of The Ride of the Valkyries involving Hewies.

It some how highlights, as the whole film does, the craziness of the Vietnam war and American attitudes, that are still prevalent today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz3Cc7wlfkI

 

Thats a good one... but the best is The Battle of Britain an absolute classic...

[05omegav6]

I believe the Americans were developing one/did develop one,if I remember rightly it had twin fins and a single exhaust nozzle at the rear which swivelled from the horizontal to vertical.Can't recall the model designation though.

Indeed, tis the F22 Raptor...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_Martin_F-22_Raptor

Tipped to be used on our new carriers IIRC