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Agreed. I have the english subtitle german DVD version. So much better. What I really love about that movie was the many and creative ways the crew amused themselves when not on duty. It makes a great counterpoint to the stark terror they all experienced whilst being depth charged. I'm just glad TVs don't have a smell-o-vision capability (at least yet). Can't even imagine the smell of that boat after three weeks...
Fresh out of refit and overhaul, a diesel boat lives up to its reputation as....STINKPOT, never mind after three weeks underway. Kind of like a training command T-34 can't ever get the essence of puke completely scrubbed out of it, no matter how hard you try.Can't even imagine the smell of that boat after three weeks...
The film does well to portray the good, bad and truly terrifying aspects of war and life aboard a ww2 U-boat. That's one job i would not have liked, probably second only to bomber crewman.Isn't that what trainers were made for?
Guess so. Military trainers, anyway. Had a commercial/instrument student who'd been a line mech on Tweet-37s at a Primary Training base. He said cockpits on those always stank.Isn't that what trainers were made for?
It was a good enough movie that it spawned a TV series.
Trying to recall- was it actor Robert Lansing that had the starring role in "12 O'Clock High"--?
Come on, like the T Birds or Blue Angels don't push it when they take up reporters?!
Going to have remember that one!
Ops officer in the F-4 RAG squadron had done a tour in the Blues. He said giving journalists a ride is a delicate balance between giving them an impressive thrill and scaring them or embarrassing them. He said at least a couple times a year he'd get one who would "flunk" his preflight briefing, and he wouldn't let them get in the airplane. Tact and diplomacy are a necessary part of the job.Come on, like the T Birds or Blue Angels don't push it when they take up reporters?!
Guess I understand. Had the great pleasure in going up in a Dehaviland (sp?) Vampire trainer a while back. The pilot kept it under 3Gs but still felt like I was stuck in cement. Couldn't lift my head to look, but I'm sure he had a big grin on his face!
Gs are a bit of a challenge if you haven't experienced them before, especially if you're the hostage. So much better when you're the terrorist! Any time one of my students showed signs of distress, the plane was instantly theirs. Nothing like control of the situation to squelch airsickness and ease fear and stress.Guess I understand. Had the great pleasure in going up in a Dehaviland (sp?) Vampire trainer a while back. The pilot kept it under 3Gs but still felt like I was stuck in cement. Couldn't lift my head to look, but I'm sure he had a big grin on his face!
