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• High Flight doesn't soar very high.

  • Dan Waskes
  • 10/24/11

  A likeable movie. It's not academy award material unfortunately. Ray Milland and the supporting cast do an OK job, but the story is too much like a soap opera. In a word, boring. Ray Milland is a credible training pilot which mirrors his experience as a real training pilot in WWII. Anthony Newly is supposed to provide some comic relief as the cadet who's always tinkering with his radio controlled flying saucer. The comic relief is too sophomoric to be very funny. Fortunately Newly went on to better roles later in his career. That was the bad part. Now for the good part. The film has some really great flying footage using the Dehaviland "Vampire" fighter, the Percival "Provost" trainer, and the Hawker "Hunter" fighter supplying the aerial action. All of these British aircraft served the RAF admirably for decades and they are rarely found in film. The Hawker "Hunter" is the iconic British fighter plane from the fifties and it doesn't disappoint the viewer. If you're an aircraft buff, I guarantee you'll like watching this movie. I only gave this movie three stars because of the great flying sequences using rare aircraft. The plot? Enjoy the snooze.

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