Blue max film aircraft

This is a list of the blue max movie aircraft that were purchased in the early 1980s by the fighting air command. Iiis and an assortment of converted tiger moths representing generic ww1 aircraft. The screenplay was written by david pursall, jack seddon, and gerald hanley, based on the novel of. A reprint of the boxed version was released in 1992. When you break in a hirth they tell you to use regular 2 stroke oil for a while and then after the break in you can use the blue max. In the midst of a tragic war, wwi fighter pilots fought bravely in a modern version of the medieval joust, much like the gallant knights that preceded them. Hunter, the blue max is a world war i aviation drama, told from the german point of view.

It was directed by john guillermin, stars george peppard, james mason and ursula andress, and features karl michael vogler and jeremy kemp. Dedicated to identifying aircraft throughout movies, television, and video games. While the kit is several leaps and a bound beyond what has been offered in 148 in earlier years, its not the perfect kit. In the blue max, when the film starts they are flying worn out pfalz diiis and fokker dviis. The blue max is a 1966 war film directed by john guillermin and starring george peppard, james mason, ursula andress, karl michael vogler, and jeremy kemp. Hunter in his 1964 novel the blue max, or the movie version of the plane as seen in the blue max, the 1966 film adaptaion starring george peppard, james mason, and ursula andress. Iii replica aircraft was built for the 1966 motion picture the blue max, and was reportedly flown by actor george peppard. In may, charles lindbergh made the first solo flight across the atlantic. Original pilots notes for wwi replica aircraft used in the movie the blue max. The design that ultimately became the sopwith snipe was created in response to an rfc request for a next generation fighter forwarded to the british aircraft industry in the wake of the disastrous bloody april of 1917. The blue max airmen series is the real story of the german airmen awarded the pour le merite during the great war. The blue max genii gep arf patrol the skies using glow or electric power. By january 1917 the requirements had been raised to sixteen victories.

The blue max was really almost 40 years in the making. Filmed 50 years ago, long before the advent of cgi, the world war i aviation epic. This svelte but durable world war i german fighter kit comes with optional parts to build your choice of three versions historical, literary as described by jack d. I was browsing on ebay and i noticed that the actual moranesaulnier trainer that featured in the final scenes of the movie the blue max was up for sale. It stars brad pitt as a canadian intelligence officer and marion cotillard as a french resistance fighter and collaborator who fall in love while posing as a married couple during a mission in casablanca. The blue max is a 1966 british war film in deluxe color and filmed in cinemascope, about a german fighter pilot on the western front during world war i. The blue max 1966 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. In reality the pfalz diiis and the fokker dris entered service about the same time in the fall of 1917, they would have been the old and worn out planes in 1918 with the new aircraft being the fokker dvii, this. As a guy born in the 60s, i gotta say hands down blue max real piloted aeroplanes vs computer generated onesno offense to our rof. I had already built the encore models 172 scale blue max pfalz d. These are behind the scenes during the filming of the blue max movie at baldonnel during the summer of. Filmed 50 years ago, long before the advent of cgi, the world war i aviation epic required two air forces built from scratch and stunt pilots willing to risk it all.

Nevertheless, the blue max is still a great world war 1 film that has some fantastic aerial sequences and aircraft. Whether you are a recreational flyer or a racer, blue max is the best in two stroke airplane engine oil. Blue maxs 148 raf se5a by tom cleaver history if the sopwith camel was the spitfire of the first world war, the royal aircraft factorys se5a was the hurricane of that conflict. The aircraft being tailed is in the front arc of the tailing aircraft a plane cannot tail if it is on fire or smoking. Hunter was taken by his mother, who couldnt find a babysitter, to. The number of the berlin hotel room bruno stachel stays in the night before he is to be awarded the blue max is 22, which equals the number of planes he has shot down. The producers could not get a hold on actual ww1 aircraft almost all had been scrapped. The announcement that 20th century fox had purchased the film rights of jack d hunters the blue max sent shivers of anticipation through the world war i aviation community. Blue max 148 sopwith snipe by bucky sheftall historical background.

If you recall the film, it played the mysterious unnamed silver fighter that was only referred to as the new monoplane and was meant to be a new. Iii with the entire fuselage covered in the lozenge decal. Stachel earns his blue max not from 20 victories, but by. This plane has quite a history, having been stolen and recovered a couple of times. This scene is filled with drama and the best air to air engagement ever filmed.

The producers could not get a hold on actual ww1 aircraft almost all had been scrapped or had fallen apart but they did a great job of fitting out current biplanes to look like pfalz diiis and dr 1 triplanes. Travel back to the spirit of yesteryear when barnstorming was the airshow event of the time, monoplanes were a new concept, and when aviation was young, spirited and adventurous. I like the blue max because it runs a little cooler and the tail did not get all oily like it did with the regular oil. The first pilot to receive the award had to have 8 aerial victories. With george peppard, james mason, ursula andress, jeremy kemp. Meanwhile, the blue max kept chugging along, going through scores of hard and softcover printings in the u. Original pilots notes for wwi replica aircraft used in. The plot is about a german fighter pilot on the western front during world war i. The film was made in deluxe color and filmed in cinemascope.

It was the title of jack hunters 1964 novel which, despite changes to the books storyline, was made into a successful feature film. The last hollywood attempt at a wwi aviation movie was the dismal. And and the tailing aircraft is in the rear arc of the aircraft being tailed. Actually, the aircraft is anachronistic for a wwi story, being in fact a 1929 french morane saulnier ms. After that it became unofficially known as the blue max. Bronnenkant, phd, and aeronaut books are pleased to bring you the most detailed and graphically lavish account of these heroes ever produced, covering the men in context with the wars chronology of events. Frankly, i just did not want to do that movie version all over again, even though the. I compiled the list in 1986 and included a short description of each plane and the engines used. The blue max movie has an historical accuracy that is rarely seen, let alone truly noticed, in a war movie, and there is something about those world war 1 biplanes and triplanes that capture the imagination. These are behind the scenes during the filming of the blue max movie at baldonnel during the summer of 1965 also seen are irish air corps alouette, provost and. An updated miniatures version was released in 1995 that included early war aircraft designed by alan wright. Verdienstorden established in 1740 by king frederick ii of prussia.

Dragon rapides gakjs and ganzp were broken up to provide substance and engines for the replicas. Their survival depended greatly upon not only their skills, but also the quality of their aircraft. And on a snowy winter night in buffalo, ny, sixyearold jack d. The blue max is probably my favorite world war 1 film, hands down. Here was the moment of decision for me in this build. A young pilot in the german air force of 1918, disliked as lowerclass and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills. Stunt pilot derek piggott, who flew the fokker dr 1 under a bridge during the filming of the stachel versus willi scene, is 86 yearsold and living in the uk. However, there is no reason to doubt the german empire could have a wind tunnel. He needed only 20 to win the award, but he had to shoot down two more in order to make up for willys kills that he claimed as his own earlier in the film. The blue max the plane from the 1966 movie, the blue max. Dec 10, 2012 okayin the movie the blue max what aircraft are the germans in the movie depicted squadron flying and what type are those aircraft supposed to represent, if they are not in fact the real thing.

The way they move in the air, that makes the metaphor of knights of the air more potent. The cast is solid, the story is excellent, and the german aircraft are impressive. Vii65s to distinguish them from the originals for the. The blue max easily outpaces modern day cgi crap fests like flyboys. Additional aircraft maneuver schedules the following aircraft maneuver schedules and statistics were created with phill halls assistance and according to the designers notes provided by him. Allied is a 2016 war thriller film directed by robert zemeckis and written by steven knight. History the following notes were obtained by the fighting air command museum with the purchase of a number of the blue max aircraft. Three aircraft bult for the film the blue max and constructed by rousseau aviation, france, under contract from harold bestdevereux and company. Frankly, i just did not want to do that movie version all over again, even though the decals provided by cartograf were a work of art. The blue max, 1966 the blue max picks up the genre of world war i flying movies laid down in 1930 by the dawn patrol and hells angels, but brings a new complexity to the protagonist flying ace. Blue max has provided a boxful of very well cast parts that can be made into a reasonably accurate us dh4, but its going to take a bit of work. A wide variety of blue max protective film options are available to you, such as packaging film, glass protection.

Anachonistic and unlikely 1930 french airplane for the german air force of the wwi. Blue max aviation collection august 8 this is the flight jacket owned by lynn garrison, as it was worn during his time in the rcaf and also during the filming of the movies that these aircraft starred in. Aircraft made of wood and cloth tend to rot, and five decades after the great war the owners of the few surviving wwi warbirds werent inclined to risk them making movies. Blue max was designed by phil hall and originally released in 1983. The film differs from the book on which it is based both in the plot and the. No stinking cgi, just great camera work not mine, flying, and.

The fighting air command currently owns ten of the aircraft used in the blue max, three fokker d. Lowborn infantryman george peppard becomes a pilot, almost deliberately. The miniatures version did not include the aircraft counters or map of the boxed versions. Blue max, the famous game of world war i aerial combat, is back with new graphics and updated rules. Okayin the movie the blue max what aircraft are the germans in the movie depicted squadron flying and what type are those aircraft supposed to represent, if they are not in fact the real thing.

The last hollywood attempt at a wwi aviation movie was the dismal layafette escadrille by william wellman. Blue max 2 cycle aviation oil for two stroke airplane engines. Did germany already have a wind tunnel in 1918 for testing. They are completely compatible with both the boxed version and miniatures version of blue max and may be included in future versions of the game. Since the movie is of necessity historical fiction, we dont need to assume that anything portrayed therein is exactly true. Two more different responses to the same need could not be imagined, other than that of the spitfire and hurricane.

The high drag restricts the speed making this a safer alternative to spinning for film. On january 12,1916 max immelmann was the first to receive the pour le merite. No stinking cgi, just great camera work not mine, flying, and great story. With the exception of the twoseater reconplane, all the british aircraft featured in the movie, were of the royal aircraft factory s. Aug 21, 2015 this scene is filled with drama and the best air to air engagement ever filmed. The blue max film was to be a multimillion dollar production with an all star cast. John guillermin, who was director of the blue max, is 83 yearsold and is retired and living in the uk. Jared harris, simon mcburney and lizzy caplan also star. Original pilots notes for wwi replica aircraft used in the. The blue max inspired many modellers to direct their talents toward world war i aircraft. In this version of the aviation war film, the lead character is more antihero, dominated by thirst for personal glory at all cost and a lack of. And i kept getting letters from readers and viewers a large majority approving, but a hardnosed minority giving me blue hell.

I seem to remember that they were not easy to fly and were in store for a long time after the film was. Many of the flying scenes were shot at weston aerodrome eiwt near lucan, ireland, about 10 miles west of dublin hence the name confusion with westononthegreen. Just finished watching the blue max on bbc2 and i was wondering what happened to the aircraft used in the film, particularly the se5 replicas. Great film with some nice flying history behind it including george peppard.