The movie "flubs" are easier to spot when you've been down the same path - the acting sucks, and the uniforms are wrong, and the aircraft could never do what is shown.
But, the movie crowd around us cheers, and they go home feeling safe - we go home wondering who the technical adviser was that came up with that scene sequence...
I remember all the other kids in school with their bomber jackets when the original movie came out. I think my dad took up to see it twice. The catch phrases, overacting, and fake-tech were what gave it charm and turned it into a classic. Was "wingman" even a bar term before 1986?
Dunno about bars but it was common vernacular in my crowd, even though none of us had "wings" in a manner of speaking. "Rotorman" just wasn't a catchy phrase.
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
Sure enough "In March, filming was completed at NAS Whidbey Island in Oak Harbor, Washington. "
So the low level footage through the Cascades is the VR-1355. Truly the best Low level training route in the lower 48 and this will be filmed better than anyone ever did it with a handheld. I see these days it's 500' AGL route. Back in mine it was a 200' AGL bottom structure.
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We had Firebirds - couldn't get much more material to mock than that...
I Remember that movie. What a stinker.
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I saw it with a young lass right after an airshow featuring a Tomcat and the Blue Angels. FC, sack time is spot on. Even Birdwatcher (with all due respect) in his biking outfit woulda got laid.
We had Firebirds - couldn't get much more material to mock than that...
You clearly didn't see Flight of the Intruder. Such a great book, such an awful movie (other than the flying scenes).
They went to great lengths to get that right and were filing it when I got to NAS Whidbey with a bunch of Intruders painted in VN era paint schemes and TRAM turrets removed and just paired with a crappy script.
Buddy of mine, Brad Johnson, was in the movie. Hell of a nice guy. Builds/restores old Winchesters and used to guide elk hunts. Also in Left Behind, Crossfire Trail.
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