Air Force Movie Alert!!!

[bkeske]

Strategic Air Command is on Turner Classic Movies right now....just caught it while skipping my usual channels...

 

[pbearsailor]

Saw it was coming on and had it programmed. Great movie.

All those B-36's.

cheers,
steve

 

[heywooood]

Jimmy Stewart :ernae:

 

[bkeske]

An actual pilot in the AF as well IIRC.

Not anywhere close to his best movie....but for us aviation nuts....well....

 

[Cactuskid]

I recorded it on DVD. Great aviation flick, and the only one that I know of that featured the B-36 and B-47. It's too bad that the studio has not seen fit to release it on commercial DVD yet...

By the way, our B-36 at Pima Air Museum is now ready for display. I'm hoping that they'll let me play inside!

http://www.pimaair.org/images/hires/B-36_hi-res_4152.jpg

 

[djscoo]

I watched it for a while...those B-36's were monsters!

 

[crashaz]

OMG!! If they let you play in that... you better have a digital camera and a video camera to document that journey!!

 

[redriver6]

OMG!! If they let you play in that... you better have a digital camera and a video camera to document that journey!!

check out my avatar..that i just made from taking a picture of my tv

 

[bkeske]

to that avatar


As my father piloted KC97's in SAC, one of my favorite scenes is when he gets refueled by one. Neat 'stuff'.

 

[fsafranek]

The full B-47 cockpit model they used for filming is up at the March Field museum. You can touch it all.
:ernae:

 

[aeromed202]

Made me pull out the freeware B-47 and finish the flight dynamics update. Couldn't get true 4-point gear contacts as then the wing gear wouldn't retract so managed a convincing 3-point arrangement. Only the dust on rolling gives it away.
Also caught a B-45 Tornado in the background in one movie sequence and sure enough there was one to DL. Could use a texture upgrade but the dynamics are better now.