# The High and the Mighty on DVD **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 4, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-high-and-the-mighty-on-dvd/306821 "2005-06-04T02:00:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-high-and-the-mighty-on-dvd/306821/1 "2005-06-04T02:00:03Z")
[Finally](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0009ML2KQ/ref%3Dpe%5Fian%5Ft%5Fth%5Fem%5Fpo/104-0017457-2169576). Excuse me, whilst I go pre-order. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-high-and-the-mighty-on-dvd/306821/2 "2005-06-04T02:36:53Z")
Wow. I’ll be getting that too. Have you read Ernest K. Gann? If not, I highly recommend **The High and the Mighty** and **Fate is the Hunter**. I also liked “Gentlemen of Adventure”, although it’s not quite up to the standard of the other two. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-high-and-the-mighty-on-dvd/306821/3 "2005-06-04T02:37:55Z")
Oh, and also **Band of Brothers**. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-high-and-the-mighty-on-dvd/306821/4 "2005-06-04T03:05:47Z")
> [@Sam Stone](#): > > Have you read Ernest K. Gann? If not, I highly recommend **The High and the Mighty** and **Fate is the Hunter**. I also liked “Gentlemen of Adventure”, although it’s not quite up to the standard of the other two. I’ve never read any of his stuff. I do, however have a 1940s-vintage (first printing?) edition of _God Is My Co-Pilot_. IIRC, it has ‘approved by the censors’ stamps on it. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-high-and-the-mighty-on-dvd/306821/5 "2005-06-04T03:09:18Z")
Man, you’ve got to read Fate is the Hunter. Essential reading for pilots. How about Richard Bach? I’m not a fan of his new-agey stuff, but **A Gift of Wings** is a great collection of aviation writing. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-high-and-the-mighty-on-dvd/306821/6 "2005-06-04T03:21:02Z")
> [@Sam Stone](#): > > How about Richard Bach? I liked _Jonathan Livingston Seagul_ when I was like, ten. I don’t think I could stomach it now. My first girlfriend gave be _Reflections_ just before she dumped me. (I guess it was a hint.) I found it amusing. Did you ever see the documentary of Richard Bach and some friends barnstorming through the American Midwest in vintage biplanes? ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-high-and-the-mighty-on-dvd/306821/7 "2005-06-04T04:34:08Z")
I missed that documentary, but I’ve wanted to see it. **A Gift of Wings** is nothing like **Jonathan Livingstone Seagull** or **Illusions**. It’s a straight up set of short stories and historical anecdotes about aviation that are just beautifully written. After I read that I thought that Bach, Gann, and Antoine Ste. Exupery were the three best aviation writers in the 20th century. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2005, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-high-and-the-mighty-on-dvd/306821/8 "2005-06-04T04:58:25Z")
> [@Sam Stone](#): > > and Antoine Ste. Exupery were the three best aviation writers in the 20th century. Of course, I love St. Ex. 😉 || || || || **V**