Let’s not forget the Tora Tora Tora; I would lists it as the second best after the Battle of Britain (as an aviation movie), only because the latter has some actual famous actors, and more stories revolving around them. Both of them are not movies that would seriously engage your brain like some other, more dramatic…
But, hands down, the best aviation movie of all times is this:
Muffled Cheeki Breeki incoming.
YES! Snake Plissken on a plane!
What does that tell you about the quality of those episodes?
It was a counterpoint to your silly battleships argument. USN has 22 cruisers and it is 21st century right now. And one cruiser was actually sunk during the Falklands war.
You are seriously mistaken/ignorant. One of the foremost things that USN lacks are the new anti-ship missiles, something that was seriously neglected since the end of the Cold war.
Who cares about battleships, cruisers were the most important surface combatants for much of the 20th century. Cruisers have done most of the fighting in WW2.
There were only minor engagements (the one I can remember is RN warships chasing an Argentinian supply ship). However, Belgrano was sunk while prepositioning for a possible pincer attack on the Royal Navy task force. Belgrano was leading a task group with Exocet-armed destroyers while the other was built around their…
I put all of them in the same category - useless showpieces for the uninformed.
Is DERPa correct.
So after years of hype, false rumours and allegations, this is the Aurora we are going to get? I am a bit disappointed, although impressed.
As a dirt bike rider, I hate all things Harley Davidson. I see them as a stance nation of the bike world.
Is Ryan Reynolds bike-curious?
In what decade does it belong? And how much of the fuel is converted into power instead of noise?
In this case, most likely an air-sea battle, but in all fairness, everything is a possibility.
Dear Porsche, will you ever unleash the Cayman GT3 upon us mortals?
Sing me up for one! I’d use it as a daily driver.