[yarddog]

I can’t remember the title but Jimmy Stewart was the pilot. The plane crashed in the desert and they made a working plane from the parts and flew out.

[Spruce]

Flight of the phoenix. Love that one!

[Charles Martel]

Ah, The Flight of the Phoenix.

Yes, the original with Jimmy Stewart was quite good. I believe there was a lackluster remake.

[saganite]

Flight of the Pheonix. Excellent movie. Great book too.

[reg45]

flight of the phoenix

[Conspiracy Guy]

Flight of the Phoenix

[19th LA Inf]

“Flight of the Phoenix”. Originally made in the 60s, using the remains of a C-82 or C-119 with tail booms (essential to the plot), then I believe it has been remade recently as a real turkey.

The original is somewhat notable in that Paul Mantz, one of the great old Hollywood stunt pilots, was killed during the filming of the final scene.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Flight of the phoenix. Paul Mantz died in the filming of that movie and was one of the greats in aviation film making from back in the day. Great movie to boot.

[PhiloBedo]

The Flight of the Phoenix (with James Stewart) has to be one of the best as well. It really holds up. I still get a lump in my throat when Townsend gets the big ol’ round engine running.

Actually it’s my personal favorite, but as I once read somewhere, the Flight of the Phoenix about flying as about as much as Moby Dick is about fishing.

[redangus]

Flight of the Phoenix

[octex]

I can’t remember the title but Jimmy Stewart was the pilot. The plane crashed in the desert and they made a working plane from the parts and flew out.
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Wasn’t it Rise of the Phoenix? Hilarious when they found out that the guy designing the rebuild had only designed toy airplanes! Very good movie!

Foxfire (?), with Clint E., about stealing a new Soviet jet was great for the suspense and flight scenes.

[MasterGunner01]

The Jimmy Stewart movie about the C-82 Packet crashed in the desert and its resurrection was “Flight of the Phoenix”. The great pilot Paul Mantz was killed making this film.

[Excellence]

The Phoenix, which was remade, and not very well.

[Excellence]

Flight of the... Forgot that! Still badly remade.

[freedumb2003]

>>. The plane crashed in the desert and they made a working plane from the parts and flew out.<<

“Flight of the Phoenix”

Also (SPOLIER ALERT) the kicker was that...

The guy who designed the Phoenix was a model airplane maker (not real planes but DON’T CALL THEM TOYS!)