Spirit of St. Louis scene

Lindy flies his Crate into Army air field

[@davidreed3357]

I can see Jimmy Stewart actually flying a jalopy like that onto an Army AirField. Lol. R.I.P. General. Till Valhalla

[@arthouston7361]

There was no one else who could play Lindbergh the way Jimmy played him.

[@tomcurda4203]

He WAS a flyer; A Bgen after WWII.

[@arthouston7361]

@@tomcurda4203 I know. His movie "strategic air command" was a reflection of his real life.

[@steveowen5143]

And no one wanted to play him more.

[@flyinhawaiian5848]

Brooks Field was actually Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria, California, where I studied aerospace mechanical technology in those white buildings in the background. I've always loved this movie, and the story of The Spirit of St. Louis.

[@ghogue3953]

If that doesn't make you want to fly, I don't know what does! Love that movie.

[@jamesphilip6737]

The real Brooks Field eventually became Brooks AFB and part of Aerospace medicine which helped the manned space program. The base was offically closed in 2011.

[@deepseadirt1]

I wonder how many of those guys(Lindy's fellow cadets) didn't even know how to fly; and here comes Lindbergh with his own though beat up airplane making a first impression. To them he probably made it look 'easy'. The after hours barracks talk they all must've engaged in.😊

[@deepseadirt1]

this incident would've probably given Lindbergh's fellow cadets something humorous to tell their grandkids.

[@commonsenseisntcommon1776]

Back when we had a Country!

[@thomastarwater2989]

I played this scene three times, and it keeps getting funnier every time I see it. The irate Army Captain with the swagger stick was played by an uncredited Carleton Young. The scene that took place at Brooks Field near San Antonio, Texas was actually filmed at a regional airport in Santa Maria, California.

[@chipwright6193]

That's one of my favorite scenes from the movie! 🤣

[@starguy2718]

Lindbergh graduated first in his class, at flight school.

[@pushpindermann4139]

Jimmy...👌💯💎✍️📽️😎⚡💥

[@squatchpnw2331]

LOL his airplane was a complete death trap

[@cipherthedemonlord8057]

His Jenny is like my car when I bought it. That sergeant sure isn't like modern ones or the chief.

[@deepseadirt1]

He was a precursor to Jack Webb(The DI, 1956) and the great Lee Ermey(Boys in Company C, 1978 and Full Metal Jacket, 1987). However all of them owe a nod to Lon Chaney(Tell it to the Marines, 1927)

[@scottybell7661]

Harvey Korman was in this scene

[@marttimattila9561]

For the Pilots eye bit too exagerated condition but for the American movie you ned to be.

[@deepseadirt1]

I always thought so too, the wing actually broke at the spar so he wouldn't have been able to fly the Jenny away. I've seen this movie with a large audience and the scene always illicits laughs so go figure.

[@johannesnicolaas]

Lindberg, first a great hero, then a proto nazi.

[@deepseadirt1]

i don't think so. Roosevelt in 1936 sent him to Germany to observe what kind of Air Force they had(they weren't suppose to be building airplanes per the Versailles Treaty). Lindbergh reported back that they had the best Air Force in the world, ..which was true at the time. Lindbergh later flew dangerous missions in WW2 in the South Pacific showcasing his expertise to pilots how to conserve fuel and get home after a mission, all after Roosevelt for political reasons dropped his Colonel's rank. Lindbergh should never have tried to be a politician in 1940 with his speeches. It cost him a lot of his popularity. His father had been politician but he was a flyer and it's stated nicely in this movie in the Bud Gurney scene.

[@chrispile3878]

How do you tell us you're full of crap, without saying you're full of crap?

[@georgehare2915]

total crock

[@belleriffraff]

A 50year old James Stewart playing a 25 year old Charles Lindberg????? As bad as the part he played in The Man who shot Liberty valance., who supposedly was a 30year old.

[@kpantibawang2634]

Stewart as Stodard also was much older at times in that film.

[@1990pommie]

insult to ones intelligence

[@desklamp1175]

Lousy audio.

[@ethanwhitham2022]

that plane is garbage and I am not sure if likes it here

[@derekpierkowski7641]

Wow! What are the odds a racist playing a racist in a movie!?

[@tomcurda4203]

What in God's Green Earth are you talking about?

[@derekpierkowski7641]

@@tomcurda4203 just alittle research on your part will make you a wiser man .

[@chrispile3878]

Another wretch showing off his lack of intelligence. Way to go, dork.

[@ToyKingWonder]

@@derekpierkowski7641 You mean what Woody Strode said about him? "Well, he was always nice and professional with me, but I always got the FEELING that he was uncomfortable around me. And he hung around with white men." Yeah, that Jimmy Steward, a real racist he was...../s