This trilogy spotlights the daring aviators of World War I and the 1920s, whose larger-than-life exploits fascinated the public. First, trace the aerial career of Manfred von Richthofen, aka the Red Baron, who downed 80 Allied planes in World War I. Then, join Charles Lindbergh as he makes history with the first solo trans-Atlantic flight in 1927. Finally, meet the daredevils who formed the backbone of the fledgling U.S. Air Mail Service.
This trilogy spotlights the daring aviators of World War I and the 1920s, whose larger-than-life exploits fascinated the public. First, trace the aerial career of Manfred von Richthofen, aka the Red Baron, who downed 80 Allied planes in World War I. Then, join Charles Lindbergh as he makes history with the first solo trans-Atlantic flight in 1927. Finally, meet the daredevils who formed the backbone of the fledgling U.S. Air Mail Service.
A biplane pilot and WWI veteran takes up barnstorming and later a movie career in his quest for the glory days he misses.
In 1927, Charles Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing.
Spend time on both sides of World War I, partly with German flying ace Baron Manfred Von Richthofen (John Phillip Law), aka "The Red Baron," and his colorful "flying circus" of Fokker fighter planes, during the time from his arrival at the war front to his death in combat. On the other side is Roy Brown of the Royal Air Force, sometimes credited with shooting Richthofen down.
At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history brings momentous challenges.
The adventures of the Lafayette Escadrille, young Americans who volunteered for the French military before the U.S. entered World War I, and became the country's first fighter pilots.
Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps fighter pilots and, eventually, heroic flying aces during World War I. Devoted best friends, their mutual love of the girl eventually threatens their bond. Meanwhile, a hometown girl who's the lovestruck lifelong next door neighbor of one of them pines away.
Colonel Franz Ritter, a former hero pilot now working for military intelligence, is assigned to the great Hindenburg airship as its chief of security. As he races against the clock to uncover a possible saboteur aboard the doomed zeppelin he finds that any of the passengers and crew could be the culprit.
In the 1930s, once-great World War I pilot Roger Shumann performs as a daredevil barnstorming pilot at aerial stunt shows while his wife, LaVerne, works as a parachutist. When newspaper reporter Burke Devlin arrives to do a story on the Shumanns’ act, he quickly falls in love with the beautiful--and neglected--LaVerne.
A young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills.
The first World War is in its third year and aerial combat above the Western Front is consuming the nation's favored children at an appalling rate. By early 1917, the average life-span of a British pilot is less than a fortnight. Such losses place a fearsome strain on Gresham, commanding officer of the squadron. Aces High recreates the early days of the Royal Flying Corps with some magnificently staged aerial battles, and sensitive direction presents a moving portrayal of the futilities of war.