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Angel Flight Down (1996)
Sickening portrayal of in flight emergency with poor technical reality.
As a pilot rated in both airplanes and helicopters I was appalled at the gross lack of technical accuracy in portraying the in flight emergency. I can't believe that with all the aircraft used in this film that the producers did not get any technical advice. The engine problem was never accurately portrayed and even a trainee on twin engine aircraft would have known to feather the prop so it would not be windmilling and creating more drag. An emergency locater beacon is required on every King Air aircraft of the type used in the film would have pinpointed the aircraft's location quickly. I hate it when aircraft movies feed more inaccurate information to an audience which may be fearful and unknowledgeable of aviation. The story was also unrealistic when I discussed it with friends of mine who are in the medical transportation field. The producers should be penalized for such an ignorant attempt of a film.
Airport (1970)
One of the greatest aviation movies ever.
I first saw "Airport" in 1971. I was a young aviator with about 800 hours of flight time. I had already read the novel which I also thoroughly enjoyed, and I had fallen in love with the musical score and even owned the sound track album. There has never been a movie which had more potential to disappoint me. I was ecstatic at the realism displayed in this film. I have never seen another film so technically accurate. The portrayal of the airport and aircraft operations were flawless. I was intently searching for errors. Although there were some character combinations from the book they were not disappointing and were done very well and fit into the story line and the film format extremely well. All the actors were fabulous; Dean Martin, Burt Lancaster, Helen Hayes, et al. I was moved at the entire performance. I think I have rarely been equally satisfied with a cinematic presentation.