I just happened to catch a classic 80s movie on the tube yesterday. Although it was voted to have the most improbably movie plot of all time (yes, that means Star Trek/Star Wars has a better chance of coming true) Iron Eagle has some great flying scenes, in particular the race between the C-150 and the motorcycle.

But now to the point of this thread:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrq31J6RbgU
This is probably some of the gutsiest flying out there on film. Piloted by Art Scholl (who died shortly thereafter in an airplane crash filming the spin sequence in Top Gun). There's nothing like a C-150 with full flaps flying 5 feet off the ground with a motorcycle under its wing. The best part is 4:00 into the clip where the two meet (perfect choreography). The awesome sound track (which is very hard to find) just adds to the excitement. I get goosebumps everytime watching this race.

 

believe it or not..I love this movie. It is incredibly cheesy, but as a kid growing up it rocked. This flying scene is sweet..no video editing crap that they would do today!

 

Nope, this was all real flying. No models, no CGI, no animation. Just mad stick and rudder skills. A great movie.

Iron Eagle II wasn't too bad, but they progressively got worse as time went on. Definitely good to watch for us airplane geeks.

 

I know I'm gonna catch a lot of flack for saying this, but I've never seen that movie! I'm going to remedy that little situation this weekend...

Did they seriously roll that traumahawk? I'm very impressed with those stick and rudder skills.

 

I've never seen it either and it was on yesterday!

 

id like to see just one movie without david clarks...

 

Iron eagle I&II are freakin awesome movies! i didnt know that was Art Scholl who flew the stunts????? i started my private at the Art Scholl school in rialto, ca. his daughter was running it at the time, that was six years ago! how did he die?????

 

is that lamar from the nerds? "the music is jammin' d" I didn't know the 150 can climb that fast!

 

Air America has some non-DC headsets in it.

 

If I'm not mistaken, he was flying for the flat spin sequence in Top Gun. With a camera mounted on the tail of his airplane. Flat spin +aft CG enhanced by movie cameera on the tail.. basically he ended up in an airplane that flat spun exceptionally well, but it didn't want to recover a bit.

from http://www.check-six.com/lib/Famous_Missing/Scholl.htm: After successfully completing an upward spin in his aircraft, Scholl attempted an inverted flat spin. While descending rapidly in the spin, and at an altitude of 3,000 feet, he uttered, "I've got a problem." Shortly later,, at an altitude of 1,500 feet, he spoke his last known words... "I've really got a problem." Rescue planes recovered only some floating debris, and it was speculated that the aircraft sank to a depth of over 900 feet.

The exact cause of the fatal crash remains unknown, as neither the plane, nor Scholl's body, was ever recovered.