[Fiji Hill]

My favorite aviation movies that are not war films include:

• Dirigible (1931)--a dirigible must rescue stranded explorers in Antarctica--directed by Frank Capra

• Flying Down to Rio (1933)--a musical with some great production numbers featuring aircraft

• Lost Horizon (1937)--passengers aboard a plane fleeing Japan's invasion of China find themselves headed for a strange lamasery in Tibet.

• The Wizard of Oz (1925)--This film features some aviation scenes, as when the infant Princess Dorothea, the rightful heir to the throne of Oz, is flown to a Kansas farm to escape the evil junta that rules the country, when agents of the junta fly to Kansas to get her, and when one of the good guys uses an airplane to try to rescue the Scarecrow.

• The High and the Mighty (1954)--drama aboard an airliner.

• The Crowded Sky (1960)--a Navy plane and an airliner are on a colliion oourse.

[greene66]

How about “13 Hours by Air” (1936)? That was a really enjoyable aviation-themed flick. One of the earliest in regards to passenger service. Used to be a commonly encountered flim on the late-shows of the 60s/70s, but has long since disappeared from view. Fred MacMurray and Joan Bennett.