F4U in Europe

[GrauGeist]

I highly recommend "Strategic Air Command" and "Airforce" as aviation movies.

Jimmy Stewart was great in Strategic Air Command, especially since he was a former B-24 pilot and knew the ropes up in the driver's seat.

 

[SaparotRob]

Were there any F4Us in Catch 22? That was some great B-25 porn.

 

[drgondog]

I watched that as a kid, George Peppard (A Team) was in it. I need to watch it again. I think that was my first initiation into fighter pilots & babes (Ursula Andress)!

George Peppard is my 'doppelganger'. Would have liked to switch places with him when he was with Ursala Andress.. EDIT..

 

[drgondog]

Jimmy Stewart was great in Strategic Air Command, especially since he was a former B-24 pilot and knew the ropes up in the driver's seat.

Dave - IIRC he was checked out in both B-36 and B-47. I also seem to recall that he may have made a couple of trips along the Trail as an observer in the B-52.

 

[GrauGeist]

Dave - IIRC he was checked out in both B-36 and B-47. I also seem to recall that he may have made a couple of trips along the Trail as an observer in the B-52.

I believe you're right, Bill, on all counts.

I don't remember, though, if he was a Brigadier before or after his last combat ride in a Buff.

 

[special ed]

George Peppard is my 'doppelganger'. Would have liked to switch places with Ursala Andress....

As Humphry Bogart said, "She's too big for ya."

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

If you ever want to see a WWI movie with gorgeous (and fairly accurate) aircraft, then check out "Blue Max".
It does have the ever-present "love angle", however it's not thick enough to spoil the movie.

You gotta draw the wimmenfolk when the couple are discussing what movie to watch.

I highly recommend "Strategic Air Command" and "Airforce" as aviation movies.

I gotta admit, I'm a sucker for almost any Jimmy Stewart movie.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

I believe you're right, Bill, on all counts.

I don't remember, though, if he was a Brigadier before or after his last combat ride in a Buff.

I believe he starred up afterward, but don't quote me on it.

 

[special ed]

A movie with good flying, comedy, and romance for a date is "Always", a modern color remake of the 1943 "A guy named Joe".

 

[33k in the air]

Were there any F4Us in Catch 22? That was some great B-25 porn.

Don't think so.

But I can relate this story about the Joseph Heller book: originally it was titled Catch-18. But because another book with the number '18' had been published shortly before, Heller changed his book to Catch-22.

 

[SaparotRob]

I did not know that. Catch 22 is one of my favorite reads.

 

[33k in the air]

I haven't seen the film in years, but I do remember it starts with an impressively long, uninterrupted single-take shot.

 

[SaparotRob]

What I remember most from the movie is "What do you mean I can't have him shot?"

 

[Greg Boeser]

Were there any F4Us in Catch 22? That was some great B-25 porn.

Catch-22 was based on B-25 operations in the Med.

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

Catch-22 took me three tries to finish, because of its hopscotch style of writing. But once I grokked the idea, it turned out to be a fantastic read.

Never have seen the movie, and honestly, not sure I want to, given the book's fraktur approach to story-telling. In a sense it's like Pulp Fiction ( which movie I love), but trying to convert that book into a coherent movie?

 

[Greg Boeser]

I read it in 24 hours, straight.
I was a freshman in high school.

 

[drgondog]

I read it in 24 hours, straight.
I was a freshman in high school.

I was a senior in HS (63) when I read it.

 

[SaparotRob]

Catch-22 was based on B-25 operations in the Med.

Just trying to stay "in-thread".

 

[SaparotRob]

I read that book quite a few times.
Anyone think chocolate covered cotton might be good?

 

[Thumpalumpacus]

I read that book quite a few times.
Anyone think chocolate covered cotton might be good?

Yeah, if you're suffering overhydration.