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Any suggestions on some good helicopter shows/movies? Airwolf is cool and all but I want to see some in depth documentaries. I've googled around and haven't had the best luck. Any suggestions? :)

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Any suggestions on some good helicopter shows/movies? Airwolf is cool and all but I want to see some in depth documentaries. I've googled around and haven't had the best luck. Any suggestions? :)

Well, it's not a documentary, but if you haven't seen Blue Thunder you should rent it!

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Well, it's not a documentary, but if you haven't seen Blue Thunder you should rent it!

Not a documentary

"Birds of Prey" from the 70's

History channel had the best documentary I've seen.

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Any suggestions on some good helicopter shows/movies? Airwolf is cool and all but I want to see some in depth documentaries. I've googled around and haven't had the best luck. Any suggestions? :)

 

 

Straight Up: Helicopters in Action (DVD, 2003)

Acclaimed actor Martin Sheen narrates this high-flying adventure documentary present in the IMAX film format. STRAIGHT UP follows real life of the many helicopter crews and the underrated roles they play in everyday society. Included are segments on drug busts, reconnaissance missions, humanitarian aid, and electrical high voltage repair.

 

http://www.ebay.com/ctg/Straight-Up-Helicopters-Action-DVD-2003-/3422442?_dmpt=US_DVD_HD_DVD_Blu_ray&_pcategid=617&_pcatid=1&_refkw=straight+up&_trkparms=65%253A12%257C66%253A2%257C39%253A1%257C72%253A5268&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14#

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Not a documentary

"Birds of Prey" from the 70's

History channel had the best documentary I've seen.

Birds of Prey rocked, some wicked flying in it, love the SA-315B lama chase.

 

you can find it on netflix, in fact we have cued to be sent out next.

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Birds of Prey rocked, some wicked flying in it, love the SA-315B lama chase.

 

you can find it on netflix, in fact we have cued to be sent out next.

It did. Just put a request into my library system for "Straight up"

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Straight Up: Helicopters in Action (DVD, 2003)

Acclaimed actor Martin Sheen narrates this high-flying adventure documentary present in the IMAX film format. STRAIGHT UP follows real life of the many helicopter crews and the underrated roles they play in everyday society. Included are segments on drug busts, reconnaissance missions, humanitarian aid, and electrical high voltage repair.

 

http://www.ebay.com/ctg/Straight-Up-Helicopters-Action-DVD-2003-/3422442?_dmpt=US_DVD_HD_DVD_Blu_ray&_pcategid=617&_pcatid=1&_refkw=straight+up&_trkparms=65%253A12%257C66%253A2%257C39%253A1%257C72%253A5268&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14#

 

Sweet, I'm gonna check it out. Just ordered one $6.74 and free shiping.

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I recommend you rent "Attack of the Killer Tomatoes" because it has a real helicopter crash that they decided to keep in the movie.

 

Or you can just watch that particular scene here:

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That's funny, I used to watch re-runs of 'The Man From Uncle' when I was a kid,...don't recall this movie though?

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Just ordered "Straight up"

 

I recieved my copy yesterday, it was pretty cool. The vieo quality was great too.

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I recieved my copy yesterday, it was pretty cool. The vieo quality was great too.

 

 

Awesome! I'm still waiting on my copy! Can't wait:)

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Thank you everyone for all your replies! I have seen most of them, but there are few gems that you have mentioned! Thanks!

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Watched Straight Up last night. Excellent photography. I wish it was longer.

 

 

I have to agree with you, It was way to short. Could of went into more areas in our field.

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Whale wars has a good amount of Helicopter action in its series.

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There was a really cool show for a season on TRU-TV called Maui chopper which featured MD-500s making rescue and fire missions on the "big island" you can find a DVD of the season on Amazon I believe.

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Swiss National Television produced a couple years ago a multy-part documentary about Air Zermatt in Switzerland.

This is a very cool documentary, they made a summer series and a winter series.

The Show is in German and Swiss German Dialect, so that' won't help many of you, but the visuals are stunning.

Both series have been broken in bits and pieces so it fits on youtube. Here is a link to the first one:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htuDto3y5qA

 

You will see that the same poster on youTube who put that clip up, put all the others up as well.

 

check it out.

 

Swisster

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I was sort of disappointed with Straight Up: Helicopters in Action. It was cheesy/discovery channel-ish!

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I was sort of disappointed with Straight Up: Helicopters in Action. It was cheesy/discovery channel-ish!

 

I thought the video quality was good. It was pretty short though, and I thought it would be better if it went into more detail.

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If you can find it, Deadly Encounter with Larry Hagman has some awesome helicopter scenes in it.

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