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Mitchell Holman[_2_]
October 28th 08, 11:15 PM

JR[_2_]
October 29th 08, 06:58 PM
On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:15:47 -0500, Mitchell Holman
> wrote:

Why is it that every time I see these old cockpits I think "wow that
would be great for a SciFi B-movie"?...

Mitchell Holman[_2_]
October 29th 08, 11:49 PM
JR > wrote in :

> On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:15:47 -0500, Mitchell Holman
> > wrote:
>
> Why is it that every time I see these old cockpits I think "wow that
> would be great for a SciFi B-movie"?...


What was the name of the movie showing the British
being the first to break the sound barrier?

Andrew B
October 30th 08, 12:24 AM
"Mitchell Holman" > wrote in message
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> JR > wrote in :
>
>> On Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:15:47 -0500, Mitchell Holman
>> > wrote:
>>
>> Why is it that every time I see these old cockpits I think "wow that
>> would be great for a SciFi B-movie"?...
>
>
> What was the name of the movie showing the British
> being the first to break the sound barrier?
>
>

The Sound Barrier (1952) a fictionalised story that won an Oscar, check out
the Fun Stuff section of trivia in the link below.

http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0044446/

Hope this helps.

I would like to add that I am enjoying very much this series and am awaiting
with bated breath the remaining parts.

--
Andrew B (Cheshire, England)

"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible."
(Lord Kelvin, president Royal Society, 1895.)

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