Mick the Merciless wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:41:29 +0000, Enzo Matrix wrote:
>
>> I love the first five or so minutes of that film. It shows
>> *exactly* what carrier ops are about. However, as soon as the
>> poisoned dwarf arrives on the screen, I turn it off.
>
> I treat it precisely as it should be treated. A piece of gung ho US
> bullshit, but I like he music, I like Kelly wassername, and I rather
> like the fact that it's a stupid love story with a happy ending.
At the time, the US armed forces didn't allow women into combat posts. The
concept of a woman lecturing in Air Combat Manoeuvring - and the USN aircrew
listening - was absolutely ludicrous!
It's not so silly these days, so I'm quite willing to accept Col Samantha
Carter flying an F-16 in combat!
> Must admit, that the more times I watch it, the more holes appear in
> the thing. Some of the acting is dire and some of those flying
> sequences, initially impressive to a know nothing oik like me, begin
> to look really naff.
The compressor stall and subsequent flat spin sequence was quite accurate,
as was the bit with Goose ejecting into the canopy. What was just stupid
was the "hit the brakes and they fly right by" sequence. Just about the
first thing that a fighter pilot learns is that you *never* voluntarily
carry out a manoeuvre that reduces your kinetic energy.
> Brighton Rock. For me. Whooeee. One all, I believe.
Did you know that Brian May has a PhD in Astrophysics?
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Enzo
I wear the cheese. It does not wear me.
