Old school vintage with the right notes... A4, this one is for you...
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Best Naval Aviation movies
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Apollo 13 had the most H-3 footage, so it gets my vote!
But what about The Final Countdown? Several SARs, and in a way, they even make history right!
Not as much total time, though. Interestingly (for me, at least, I know no one else cares and my kids are certainly tired of hearing about it!) I was in both of those squadrons. Final Countdown was about two years before I got there, and Apollo 13 was filmed while I was in the squadron. (Which was a giant pain-in-the-ass for the maintenance department, by the way!)
What..."Prop Gun" doesn't count? Lord knows it had better acting than the movie it was spoofing.:icon_tong
It's been forever since I've seen Apollo 13, so don't remember how much Sikorsky love is in that. We also can't forget the H-3 in Hunt for Red October and it's 15 minutes of extra "wartime" fuel.
As for maintenance and movies... I hear you. Tears of the Sun had quite a bit of -60 love from my first squadron while I was there. Unfortunately, they didn't seem able to fly a part out to us on the boat during a workup. But at least it was a good movie. Oh wait...
Redux
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I just noticed the fine print about:
Extra Added Attraction
Quonset Officers' Glee Club
Wonder if that was on the sign outside the club
Guess those old-school guys weren't as tough as they make themselves out to be!:icon_tong
That tagline alone makes me want to see this movie. No delusions about their purpose in the grand scheme there.
Could you imagine a modern movie trying to get away with "A ship with a mission, men in the mood-to kill Hajis!"? Just thinking about the backlash from the ACLU, NOW, and AMC makes me shudder. . .
??? They were just "gleeful", happy and "gay" while killing "Japs" ... not that there's anything wrong w/ that ...
Srp7286
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http://www.hulu.com/watch/49206/speed-and-angels
really amazing in depth documentary about some of the last junior officers in the navy flying F-14.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/49206/speed-and-angels
really amazing in depth documentary about some of the last junior officers in the navy flying F-14.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/49206/speed-and-angels