AW139 Posted July 7, 2011 Posted July 7, 2011 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? Quote
Goldy Posted July 7, 2011 Posted July 7, 2011 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! Quote
Karl Posted July 7, 2011 Posted July 7, 2011 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'sHistory channel had the best documentary I've seen. Quote
AngelFire_91 Posted July 7, 2011 Posted July 7, 2011 Of course you have the IMAX movie: "Straight Up: Helicopters in Action" Quote
helistar Posted July 7, 2011 Posted July 7, 2011 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# Quote
Dreamin of a Commuter 2B Posted July 7, 2011 Posted July 7, 2011 Not a documentary"Birds of Prey" from the 70'sHistory 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. Quote
Karl Posted July 7, 2011 Posted July 7, 2011 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" Quote
gary-mike Posted July 7, 2011 Posted July 7, 2011 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. Quote
cherminator Posted July 9, 2011 Posted July 9, 2011 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: 1 Quote
cherminator Posted July 9, 2011 Posted July 9, 2011 Or if you like old B-movies like I do, how about "The Helicopter Spies"?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PBRHZQveMw I actually have the movie poster in my hangar right beside "Blue Thunder" . Quote
r22butters Posted July 9, 2011 Posted July 9, 2011 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? Quote
gary-mike Posted July 15, 2011 Posted July 15, 2011 Just ordered "Straight up" Â I recieved my copy yesterday, it was pretty cool. The vieo quality was great too. Quote
FutureHeliDriver Posted July 16, 2011 Posted July 16, 2011 Don't forget Deadly Encounter. I have both Birds of Prey and Deadly Encounter and watch them both from time to time. 1 Quote
AW139 Posted July 18, 2011 Author Posted July 18, 2011 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:) Quote
AW139 Posted July 18, 2011 Author Posted July 18, 2011 Thank you everyone for all your replies! I have seen most of them, but there are few gems that you have mentioned! Thanks! Quote
Karl Posted July 18, 2011 Posted July 18, 2011 Watched Straight Up last night. Excellent photography. I wish it was longer. 1 Quote
EYW-MIA Posted July 18, 2011 Posted July 18, 2011 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. 1 Quote
swisster Posted July 18, 2011 Posted July 18, 2011 Whale wars has a good amount of Helicopter action in its series. Quote
Auto-Rotation-Nation Posted July 18, 2011 Posted July 18, 2011 (edited) 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. Edited July 18, 2011 by Auto-Rotation-Nation Quote
swisster Posted July 18, 2011 Posted July 18, 2011 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 Quote
AW139 Posted July 21, 2011 Author Posted July 21, 2011 I was sort of disappointed with Straight Up: Helicopters in Action. It was cheesy/discovery channel-ish! Quote
gary-mike Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 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. 1 Quote
ADRidge Posted July 21, 2011 Posted July 21, 2011 If you can find it, Deadly Encounter with Larry Hagman has some awesome helicopter scenes in it. Quote
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