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Bob Fry wrote:
wmbjk wmbjk@remove_this citlink.net writes: It seems to me that this movie has one of the biggest aviation gaffes of all time, Nope, I believe I saw the biggest gaffe recently in a stinkeroo about terrorists taking over a 747 in flight. How about the movie where Ahnold kills his seatmate just before the plane takes off, then manages to sneak down to the landing gear by cutting through a flimsy plastic cover....he never seems to pass through a pressure bulkhead. Can't beat the "6 Million Dollar Man" series for really low budget effects. Ever notice no matter what aircraft he was flying they would always show B-52 gear retracting. Come to think of it, some of the 50s giant ant movies were really bad. I saw one where the aircraft changed from a T-33 to an F-84 inflight and the narrator explained the changed by saying they dropped tanks. The never did explain how they turned 2 wing root intakes into one nose intake. Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired |
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Morgans wrote:
How about the movie where Ahnold kills his seatmate just before the plane takes off, then manages to sneak down to the landing gear by cutting through a flimsy plastic cover....he never seems to pass through a pressure bulkhead. It's okay. It was aviation grade Tyvek. Rich "Running and ducking for cover" S. Question: "Know why nobody sends donkeys to school?" Answer: "Nobody likes a *smart ass*! Good carry-over from another thread, though.;-) Or a teacher who says "don't get smart." Dan "who didn't", U.S. Air Force, retired |
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Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired wrote:
Can't beat the "6 Million Dollar Man" series for really low budget effects. Ever notice no matter what aircraft he was flying they would always show B-52 gear retracting. I must say I was disappointed by the flying scenes in "The Aviator" -- not enough of them, and the XF-11 and Spruce Goose never looked like anything other than Photoshop-generated images :-( And what about the scene where Howard and someone are walking off, trying to think what kind of wood to build it out of... I mean, it's not like spruce hadn't been a standard aircraft construction material for almost 40 years at that point. Sheesh, in a movie about an aviation legend, they could at least make an effort to get the aviation facts straight. Frank (and wasn't that 737 I saw landing in 1963 in "Ray"?) |
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In article , "Morgans"
wrote: Question: "Know why nobody sends donkeys to school?" Answer: "Nobody likes a *smart ass*! nobody likes an educated mule or donkey... -- Bob Noel looking for a sig the lawyers will like |
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"Frank van der Hulst" wrote And what about the scene where Howard and someone are walking off, trying to think what kind of wood to build it out of... I mean, it's not like spruce hadn't been a standard aircraft construction material for almost 40 years at that point. You do realize that there is very little spruce in the spruce goose, don't you? -- Jim in NC |
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In article ,
Bob Noel wrote: In article , "Morgans" wrote: Question: "Know why nobody sends donkeys to school?" Answer: "Nobody likes a *smart ass*! nobody likes an educated mule or donkey... Well, with _horses_, you don't have to worry. They may make it through arithmetic class. They may make it through basic algebra class. They may make it through solid geometry class. They *NEVER* make it through the co-ordinate geometry class. It seems there's something about "putting Des Cartes before the horse." |
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"Robert Bonomi" wrote in message ... In article , Bob Noel wrote: In article , "Morgans" wrote: Question: "Know why nobody sends donkeys to school?" Answer: "Nobody likes a *smart ass*! nobody likes an educated mule or donkey... Well, with _horses_, you don't have to worry. They may make it through arithmetic class. They may make it through basic algebra class. They may make it through solid geometry class. They *NEVER* make it through the co-ordinate geometry class. It seems there's something about "putting Des Cartes before the horse." BOOO, Hisssssss |
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It seems there's something about "putting Des Cartes before the horse." DING DING DING! You win! You win the Newsgroup Award for presenting the absolute WORST joke anyone has EVER seen on Usenet -- truly an amazing honor! Augh, that was terrible... ;-) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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I must say I was disappointed by the flying scenes in "The Aviator" --
not enough of them, and the XF-11 and Spruce Goose never looked like anything other than Photoshop-generated images :-( Actually, those were both very large R/C models, according to Air & Space magazine. We're talking in the hundreds of pounds. (And the Spruce Goose model was supposedly ELECTRIC powered, which I thought was interesting...) -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Jay Honeck opined
I must say I was disappointed by the flying scenes in "The Aviator" -- not enough of them, and the XF-11 and Spruce Goose never looked like anything other than Photoshop-generated images :-( Actually, those were both very large R/C models, according to Air & Space magazine. We're talking in the hundreds of pounds. (And the Spruce Goose model was supposedly ELECTRIC powered, which I thought was interesting...) Given Lithium Polymer batteries, electric is becoming the power of choice for scale aircraft. Look through some of last years RC mags, there is a Chinese AWACs aircraft in many of them. Interesting plane. Based on a Soviet copy of a US B-29. Even has a rotating radome. -ash Cthulhu in 2005! Why wait for nature? |
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