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Definitely love me some gratuitous aviation in movies and TV.
The Final Countdown, Top Gun and Mosquito Squadron are all worth the watching just for the flying scenes and honestly couldn't have existed without them. Catch-22 was a legit drama, but oh those B-25's.
TV's lower budgets and tighter shooting schedules generally preclude such fun but Baa Baa Blacksheep sure did a great job putting their Corsairs front and center.
I was quite surprised that Hallmark Channel, ground zero for cheesy Christmas and romance flix, came up with an aviation themed Chriistmas movie. Airing again tonight on the their Movies and Mysteries Channel, USS Christmas is their typical girl meets boy story where the boy is a naval aviator and the girl is the sister of one of his squadron mates.
Not exactly a gratuitous aviation movie, but any jets are more jets than I expect in a Hallmark movie.
Kudos to Hallmark for correct use of callsigns. Movie goers might expect fliers to have cool callsigns like "Maverick" and "Ice Man," but in the real world callsigns are awarded by peers and usually more personal and/or humorous like "Rat," "Bozo," "Mooch," "Irish," or "Organs." The romantic interest's callsign in Hallmark's flick- "Grinch"
The Final Countdown, Top Gun and Mosquito Squadron are all worth the watching just for the flying scenes and honestly couldn't have existed without them. Catch-22 was a legit drama, but oh those B-25's.
TV's lower budgets and tighter shooting schedules generally preclude such fun but Baa Baa Blacksheep sure did a great job putting their Corsairs front and center.
I was quite surprised that Hallmark Channel, ground zero for cheesy Christmas and romance flix, came up with an aviation themed Chriistmas movie. Airing again tonight on the their Movies and Mysteries Channel, USS Christmas is their typical girl meets boy story where the boy is a naval aviator and the girl is the sister of one of his squadron mates.
Not exactly a gratuitous aviation movie, but any jets are more jets than I expect in a Hallmark movie.
Kudos to Hallmark for correct use of callsigns. Movie goers might expect fliers to have cool callsigns like "Maverick" and "Ice Man," but in the real world callsigns are awarded by peers and usually more personal and/or humorous like "Rat," "Bozo," "Mooch," "Irish," or "Organs." The romantic interest's callsign in Hallmark's flick- "Grinch"
