Another Kid's Impression

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I was about 10 when my dad and I went to see the Blue Max, when he was a boy he was really into reading about the ww1 flyers (like so many other kids of his generation) He joined the Army in 1941 (before we were in the war) he was in Flight school on December 7th 1941 and later became a co-pilot of B-24s and later B-17s he had a private pilots license for most of his life, we flew often in the 1960s and because of him and films like this one and the Battle of Britain I also became a life long airplane nut, though I do not have a pilots license (health reasons) i always wanted to be able to fly my own plane, well now i do......radio controlled ones...LOL it is a kick of a hobby, a lot of fun.

“Do not fear death... only the unlived life.” - Natalie Babbitt

I also love the way the music plays along with the action. The bit that I like the best was the scene where Stachel disobeyed the order and went to engage the British fighters. The young pilots left their commanding officer one after another, formed up with Stachel and then the dogfight began. A few cuts later(mere seconds) Stachel had a few victories with nearly half the squadron gone. There was a real build-up leading to the climax of the action and the music enhanced it so well that I tend to replay that sequence a few times before I move on to the rest of the story.