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After more than thirty years of service as a top naval aviator, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a courageous test pilot. Yet, Maverick must confront the ghosts of his past when he returns to TOPGUN to train a group of elite graduates and comes face to face with Lt. Bradshaw (Miles Teller), the son of his former wingman "Goose". Bitter rivalries ignite as the pilots prepare for a specialized mission...
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
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An astronaut-in-training has to leave NASA (to save the family farm) but just can't give up on his dream of shooting into space, even if he has to do it all by himself. And that will of course get everyone up in arms, from his wife to his banker to the town gossips to the media and the Department of Homeland Security.
Series
Weapons of war volume 03
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
This DVD traces the rise of the biggest warships in the world as the United States air power went from early biplanes landing on converted battleships to the huge modern supercarriers of today.
5) Airplane!
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English
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In this spoof of disaster movies, Ted Striker, an ex-Navy pilot, just got dumped by his long-time girlfriend Elaine Dickinson, who works as a stewardess. In his wish to get her back, he follows her aboard a plane, although he has had a deep aversion against anything winged since he lost several men in the war. During flight, he tries to make up with her again and again, but a crisis looms as the crew and many passengers get seriously ill due to a...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of two passenger steamships that were converted into makeshift aircraft carriers in order to train more than 15,000 pilots and 40,000 deck crew in the safety of Lake Michigan, where today, more than one hundred World War II aircraft still rest on the lake bottom.
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English
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Three US Navy airmen crash land their torpedo bomber in the South Pacific and find themselves on a tiny life raft, surrounded by open ocean. Against incredible odds, these three virtual strangers must survive storms, sharks, starvation, and each other, as they try to sail more than a thousand miles to safety.
Series
Big picture volume episode 343
Pub. Date
1956.
Language
English
Description
From the U.S. Army's The Big Picture television series, 1950-1975.
"Spotlights the growth and military importance of aviation in the Army. In a half hour TV documentary filmed on location at Fort Rucker, Alabama, home of the Army Aviation School, viewers will see the story of air mobility in today's Army. The flexible, modern Army bears a family resemblance to the Army of 1918 and 1942, but that is where the similarity ends. Today, we must have a...
10) Hot shots!
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A team of crack (or is it cracked?) jet jockeys led by an incompetent commander spend their nights carousing and their days training for secret operation "Sleepy Weasel"--A lightning strike against a desert kingdom.
Series
U.S. Air Force lithograph volume set number 33
U.S. Air Force lithograph volume set number 31
U.S. Air Force lithograph volume set number 32
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U.S. Air Force lithograph volume set number 31
U.S. Air Force lithograph volume set number 32
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English
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Contains 9 lithographs of aircraft used by the air force and 3 miscellaneous illustrations.
13) Top Gun
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A daredevil Navy pilot, striving to be the best at a Top Gun flight school, doubts his abilities when his best friend is killed in training.
14) Called to duty
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A top all-female fighter pilot squad was the best of the best and could run circles around the guys in dog fights while training. Little did they realize that their advanced airborne capabilities would come with a price when they are called to duty to go into combat behind enemy lines. This time it's for real, and they must serve their country and protect it with their lives.
16) Sky king
Series
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
aWorking from the Flying Crown Ranch in Arizona, "Sky" King and his niece Penny use their expert airborne skills and the latest technology, helping their friends and the sheriff whenever trouble arises. Based on a popular radio program, Sky King first aired on NBC-TV in 1951.
17) Bombers B-52
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Ever since a run-in during the Korean War, grizzled airplane mechanic Sgt. Chuck Brennan has disliked hotshot pilot Col. Jim Herlihy. Brennan has a new reason to be ticked off: Helihy is dating his daughter. Central to Cold War-era preparedness is the new airship they're putting through a key test run: the 200-ton B-52 Stratofortress. There is no room for animosity, because on this flight, danger rides the skies.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Hot Shots! is a 1991 comedy spoof of Top Gun which stars Charlie Sheen, Cary Elwes, Valeria Golino, Lloyd Bridges, Jon Cryer, Kevin Dunn, Kristy Swanson, and Bill Irwin. It was directed by Jim Abrahams, co-director of Airplane!, and was written by Abrahams and Pat Proft. It was followed by a sequel, Hot Shots! Part Deux. [Wikipedia]]
Hot Shots! Part Deux is a 1993 comedy/parody film, and a sequel to the 1991 comedy Hot Shots!. The sequel primarily...
20) Top Gun
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A daredevil Navy pilot, striving to be the best at a Top Gun flight school, doubts his abilities when his best friend is killed in training.
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