Alexrey Posted April 23, 2008 Posted April 23, 2008 I thought it'd be cool to check out some fighter documentaries but I have no clue which ones are good or not. I found one about the A-10 (I know it's not a fighter) but I was SOOO boring! It was mostly just guys on the ground talking about the plane and how much they love it and stuff. I just don't wanna go through that again! So please list some good ones here, would really appreciate it.
Bwaze Posted April 24, 2008 Posted April 24, 2008 I suppose you saw the "Great planes", Discovery channel documentary. Yeah, it's old, but the A10 is much better and newer than for instance F-15 or F-16 pieces, which sound like they were made right after the test flights ended in late 1970. I am sorry, I don't have many recommendations. I only saw Great Planes, and Dogfights (which has some great moments, in between silly commentary and awful repeating graphics), and Battle 360 (same as Dogfights). There's Wings over the Gulf, another Discovery documentary (nothing special). The ones that I enjoyed were "The Sukhoi story", about the development of Su-27 and Wings of the Red Star - Mig 29 (but not because I like Russian planes). Oh, and "Modern Marvels - the F-15" and "Ultimate Strike Planes" are also quite decent.
Kifaru Posted April 25, 2008 Posted April 25, 2008 'Speed Angles' was a good one. It's about the last two pilots to train on the tomcat before it was decommissioned. 'The Real Top Guns' is about the Australian Air Force and follows 4 or 5 pilots through different operations and or training. Speaking of Australia, its ANZAC day here. (Australian and New Zealand Army Corps). It's a day of remembrance. Lest we forget. [sIGPIC]http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/4178/vaafbannerum6copyyj2.gif[/sIGPIC]
Maximus_G Posted April 26, 2008 Posted April 26, 2008 "Speed and angels" is a good film. Wish i had it in HD. There are titles which i haven't seen, so i can't judge their quality, but none the less: "Jetstream" http://www.discoverychannel.ca/jetstream/ "real top guns" - a film shown on some Australian TV channel around dec07-jan08 (found this information somewhere in web news) "Carrier", producer Mel Gibson. http://www.nypost.com/seven/04242008/tv/in_plane_sight_107838.htm It's premiere is today, if i'm not mistaken. ---added:--- There's a very beautiful footage made by Lionel Charlet: "Ice Hornet" film and more. http://www.lionelcharlet.com/EN/en_aviation.html There are also Russian films, studio and home-made, but they are harder to find, though some of them are in the torrents.
RobGordon Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 (edited) I came across Lionel Charlet's website not long ago. There's a short movie out there called Swiss Airforce - Push the Limit, I'm sure you know which one I mean. It's one of my favourite fighter jet clips. I started some research to find out if there was a High Res version available somewhere and then found out that Push The Limit was just a kind of Best Of complilation of Lionel Charlet's movies. Then I found his website and looked at some of the sample movies and I have to say that the footage is spectacular! Now I'm thinking about buying some of those movies especially ICE Hornets and Vols Blancs. Has anyone already seen one of his moveis? Here's the link: http://www.lionelcharlet.com/aviation-films.php?langue=en&id=35 Edited October 30, 2008 by RobGordon [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
nemises Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 another vote for speed and angels: http://www.speedandangels.com/
S77th-konkussion Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 "The Anatomy of" I've only seen F/A-18 [and "supercarrier"] in my area. Might be others. [sIGPIC]http://forums.eagle.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=43337&d=1287169113[/sIGPIC]
RobGordon Posted October 30, 2008 Posted October 30, 2008 :megalol::doh: Angels on Speed! :D [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Elnocho3 Posted November 9, 2008 Posted November 9, 2008 Jetstream suggested by Maximus_G is absolutely excellent. It shows the progress of six pilots during training to fly the F-18. Its on the History Channel and discovery turbo, if it were to come out on DVD i'll be the first to buy it. PC spec: i9 9900KS @ 5.1ghz, 32GB RAM, 2 TB NVME M2, RTX 3090 Peripherals: TM Warthog, Saitek Pro Flight Pedals, Rift S, Custom UFC
VMFA117_Poko Posted January 31, 2009 Posted January 31, 2009 Jetstream suggested by Maximus_G is absolutely excellent. It shows the progress of six pilots during training to fly the F-18. Its on the History Channel and discovery turbo, if it were to come out on DVD i'll be the first to buy it. ^^ Second that! Absolutely best aviation documentary I have ever watched. I've just watched the last episode today (saw every one) on polish channel (Polsat Play). Wow! I'm impressed. Anyone now if it went out on DVD?
shaggy Posted February 1, 2009 Posted February 1, 2009 Yeah i think you can buy it amazon. just saw the final episode also. Wicked documentry!. Intel Core i7-8700 3,20GHz - EVGA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti SC2 - 32Gb Ram - DCS on 500 GB SSD - Windows 10 - Thrusmaster Warthog - Thrustmaster TPR pedals - Track Ir 5 - Samsung Odyssey+ [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] http://www.virtualredarrows.com
experimental_pilot Posted February 15, 2009 Posted February 15, 2009 Nobody mentioned American Fighter Pilot http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0007XG4D2/shop/
Vekkinho Posted February 17, 2009 Posted February 17, 2009 Check this one, it comes in 8 parts, it's called Thunder at Nellis by Discovery Channel and it's not a Fighter Pilot:Operation Red Flag! http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Red+Flag+thunder+at+Nellis+Discovery&search_type=&aq=f [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
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