Recluse
01-20-2011, 10:08 PM
http://www.airshowbuzz.com/videos/view.php?v=1bf99434&br=500
This link will take you to a preview of a film called "Gray Eagles" and it is about a WWII ace, Major Jim Brooks, who was actually a double-ace, and almost a triple-ace in the war, and his reuniting with the airplane, February, he flew in missions across Europe.
It turns out that a neighborhood boy that Jim took under his wing years after the war became a pilot as well as a successful businessman and unknowingly bought the very P51 Mustang that Brooks flew in the war.
Throughout the film, there are excerpts with Brooks' three grandchildren and they tell just how much their grandfather and that great generation means to them.
The thing is about 30-minutes long and from the first sixty-seconds until the conclusion, you simply cannot take your eyes off the screen.
The photography is stunning, as is the music and it is narrated by Peter Coyote. There are a few other goodies in the film as well, but I'm not gonna spoil it for you.
It is a fantastic tribute to a member of the greatest generation who put it all on the line so that we have what we have today.
I could think of no better place on this forum to post this than right here. It's that good and that defining of the American spirit.
:coffee:
This link will take you to a preview of a film called "Gray Eagles" and it is about a WWII ace, Major Jim Brooks, who was actually a double-ace, and almost a triple-ace in the war, and his reuniting with the airplane, February, he flew in missions across Europe.
It turns out that a neighborhood boy that Jim took under his wing years after the war became a pilot as well as a successful businessman and unknowingly bought the very P51 Mustang that Brooks flew in the war.
Throughout the film, there are excerpts with Brooks' three grandchildren and they tell just how much their grandfather and that great generation means to them.
The thing is about 30-minutes long and from the first sixty-seconds until the conclusion, you simply cannot take your eyes off the screen.
The photography is stunning, as is the music and it is narrated by Peter Coyote. There are a few other goodies in the film as well, but I'm not gonna spoil it for you.
It is a fantastic tribute to a member of the greatest generation who put it all on the line so that we have what we have today.
I could think of no better place on this forum to post this than right here. It's that good and that defining of the American spirit.
:coffee: