All time best flying sequences

[nick heppinstall]

Final Countdown Zero v F14
Capricorn 1 500D's v Biplane

[Simpo Two]

nick heppinstall said:

Final Countdown Zero v F14

Ha, yes. 'Splash the Zeros'; excellent Tojo consternation. Sadly the Effects Department had to call off the scrap before they engaged the attack force.

In at 3'50": www.youtube.com/watch?v=gChU-mGeBaM

Quite a lot that's not sensible and it would be tricky to shoot down a Zero with an F-14 I suspect but great fun anyway.

[Skii]

Flight of the Intruder - downtown Hanoi

"Nobody would go through that again.."

[Highrisedrifter]

I quite like the opening sequence to The Shining by Stanley Kubrick. I know it's spliced together from different flying sequences but the scenery is breathtaking and it really gives the feeling of the hotel being isolated.

http://youtu.be/Iw23KM3-Ry8

[Methuselah]

Figures In A Landscape
Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttq5CLRUCMs
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bs4q1XLDA44

[DrTre]

Not a sequence as such but all from the French film Les Chevaliers du Ciel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJdK0bB7S2g

Possibly swayed by the fact I love the music too.

[Nimby]

2001 - space-station docking.

[PaulG40]

Can't believe no one has mentioned Top Gun yet and, you know, the bird? '...Yes Goose, I know the Bird!'

And the classic 'I'm going to hit the brakes, and he'll fly right by' action sequence.

[Guvernator]

I can't believe I'm going to say this but for all the sh*tness that was Pearl Harbour, some of the flying sequences were actually ace.

[Mr_B]

Guvernator said:

I can't believe I'm going to say this but for all the sh*tness that was Pearl Harbour, some of the flying sequences were actually ace.

Too CGI. Go back to the Battle of Britain and at least it's the real thing you and viewing.

[Skii]

Outbreak - Cuba Gooding Jnr and Dustin Hoffman in an MD 500 vs 2 Hueys

[Guvernator]

Mr_B said:

Too CGI. Go back to the Battle of Britain and at least it's the real thing you and viewing.

Unfortunately it would be pretty difficult to do some of that stuff for real these days, I would love to see a properly filmed modern take on the BoB (without the American's saving the day)

That is why I have to rate Top Gun very highly, none of that was CGI, most of it was filmed with proper aeroplanes (except when they were getting blown up obviously) but the logistics of filming something like that must be unreal. I don't think there are enough Spitfires or 109's still flying to film a live action BoB now though let alone the pilots who can fly them.

[FourWheelDrift]

Just to post something different how about the beautifully filmed flying sequences of Strategic Air Command, 1955 colour film. B-36 Peacemakers, B-47 Stratojets and other early cold war period birds.

Complete film is online here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Faztvu3w5AM so you can scroll through for the flying bits.

Not yee-ha type flying but some cold realistic almost documentary flying at a time when a nuclear war was thought to be a inevitable.

[nick heppinstall]

FourWheelDrift said:

Just to post something different how about the beautifully filmed flying sequences of Strategic Air Command, 1955 colour film. B-36 Peacemakers, B-47 Stratojets and other early cold war period birds.

Complete film is online here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Faztvu3w5AM so you can scroll through for the flying bits.

Not yee-ha type flying but some cold realistic almost documentary flying at a time when a nuclear war was thought to be a inevitable.

Excellent find ! I'll be watching that tonight.

[knight]

Empire of the Sun

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02BBtN-P0lc

[Zaxxon]

Shut that polish chit chat.

[AnotherClarkey]

Deadly Encounter.

[Papa Hotel]

All of Top Gun.

[weyland yutani]

Battle of Britain dogfights. A fair amount of it was airfix but they did capture some stunning shots with real war birds.

[MartG]

AnotherClarkey said:

Deadly Encounter.

This - haven't seen it for 30+ years though