Flyboys

[FUS1ON]

I cannot wait to see this movie, The special effects look great and I bet the surround effects during the dog fight scenes are going to be awesome!

Check out the clip "The Battle"
http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/flyboys.html

There are a few more clips on the website, they are worth watching.
http://www.mgm.com/flyboys/

[Xeno]

:eek: looks pretty cool :thumbs:

[Mad Fox]

I read the book and it was very good. I highly reccomend it.

[NastyDawg]

Thanks for the info Sho, have to check that one out!

[FUS1ON]

Thx Mad Fox I didn't know there was book, I might have to go get that.

When I was in the 5th grade I read this book entitled "Frank Luke, Balloon Buster" and have been fascinated with WWI aircraft and stuff. Last year I was lucky enough to locate a copy of it that was for sale and got to read it again after 40 something years.

He didn't like to follow rules and constantly stayed in trouble, in fact, the day he died he was in trouble for going AWOL. Luke AFB was named in honor of him.


Luke, like Rickenbacker, was born to immigrants. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on September 25, 1917 and received his flight training in January 1918. Commissioned a Second Lieutenant, he went to France, where he was assigned to the 27th Aero Squadron. He was simultaneously admired and disliked for his tendency to fly alone. His wingman-ace Joseph Wehner was killed in action on September 18, 1918. That same day Luke shot down his 13th kill - a Halberstadt C of FA 36.

A fellow pilot warned Luke that German observation balloons were a difficult and dangerous target. Luke took that as a challenge and became known as the "Arizona Balloon Buster." Between September 12 and September 29, Luke was credited with shooting down 14 German balloons and four airplanes. See list at www.theaerodrome.com


Lt. Frank Luke, Jr. with his SPAD XIII.Luke met his fate in the Battle of Meuse-Argonne. Under threat of arrest for going AWOL, Luke took off in a SPAD XIII fighter without authorization and flew to the front. He shot down three observation balloons but was wounded by antiaircraft fire. Short on fuel, he had no choice but to land in enemy territory. Surrounded, Luke pulled out a pistol and fired at several Germans before they killed him. He was awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor.

Rickenbacker said of Luke: "He was the most daring aviator and greatest fighter pilot of the entire war. His life is one of the brightest glories of our Air Service. He went on a rampage and shot down fourteen enemy aircraft, including ten balloons, in eight days. No other ace...even the dreaded Richthofen had ever come close to that."

Luke Air Force Base, located west of Phoenix, Arizona, is named in his honor.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Luke
http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/usa/luke1.php

[OUTLAWS Dixie Chick]

Looks like a must see! Thanks for sharing. :thumbs:

[FUS1ON]

The movie was pretty good and enjoyable to watch, but not great. The characters were ok, but I just didn't connect to them. Since i'm a huge war movie fan I had hoped it might make my Top 10 all time favorites list but it fell short. At times the dialog was hard to understand, especially Jean Reno's when he spoke English with a French dialect. The special effects in the dogfight scenes were out of this world and makes this movie worth seeing.

On a 1-10 scale, I rank it about an 8

[Pure_Evil]

GM should have a movie section :)

[FUS1ON]

I think that is a excellent idea, hook us up bro

[JIMINATOR]

GM should have a movie section :)
how about a mini-reviews section? :rolleyes: