ArgInMIA From Argentina, joined Nov 2001, 487 posts, RR: 6 Posted (7 years 7 months 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 16208 times:
I bought the DVD of the movie "Contac" with Jodie Foster.. And to my surprise.. She hapends to board a 5 tail mounted engines aircraft.. What kind of aircraft it this one? It looks Russian.. I've seen 4 tail mounted before.. But never 5 !!.. Can someone identify it? I took a screenshot here
Ikramerica From United States of America, joined May 2005, 21041 posts, RR: 60 Reply 4, posted (7 years 7 months 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 16124 times:
Yeah, those outboard engines don't even look real.
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VirginFlyer From New Zealand, joined Sep 2000, 4502 posts, RR: 49 Reply 6, posted (7 years 7 months 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 16010 times:
I think the idea was that Mr Hadden built all his own things - I don't think it was supposed to be a basic 727 in the movie, but something different...
V/F
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Jwenting From Netherlands, joined Apr 2001, 10213 posts, RR: 21 Reply 7, posted (7 years 7 months 2 days 6 hours ago) and read 16003 times:
yup. These days a movie without computer effects doesn't get a decent ranking from the reviewers.
You don't even have to see it, but you need the term in the titles or the punters won't like it.
QFA380 From Australia, joined Jul 2005, 2042 posts, RR: 1 Reply 9, posted (7 years 7 months 2 days 4 hours ago) and read 15811 times:
Do all 727's have stairs in the rear fuselage or is it only a select few? I saw on The Apprentice the 1st series, 'The Donald' was talking about how he got his plane and he was standing by the stairs at the back. Is it just VIP ones because that sure does look like a private jet.
AirEMS From United States of America, joined May 2004, 684 posts, RR: 3 Reply 16, posted (7 years 7 months 1 day 20 hours ago) and read 14132 times:
You have to love Hollywood... My favorite plane from Contact is the AV-8B looking transport they fly on when they land at the second machine thingie.. I would love to ride in a vertical take off and landing aircraft... Ohh Ohh maybe Northwest will buy some and use them as replacements for their DC-9's
Dw747400 From United States of America, joined Aug 2001, 1245 posts, RR: 1 Reply 18, posted (7 years 7 months 1 day 19 hours ago) and read 12867 times:
Interestingly... I've seen pictures of 727s used as engine test platforms with a fourth engine. Unfortunatly, I can't remember much more about it.
Jwenting From Netherlands, joined Apr 2001, 10213 posts, RR: 21 Reply 19, posted (7 years 7 months 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 12095 times:
Quoting QFA380 (Reply 9): Do all 727's have stairs in the rear fuselage or is it only a select few? I saw on The Apprentice the 1st series
Initially yes. Maybe some later models were created without and a lot of them had the stairs removed at a later date after one guy used them to leave a hijacked 727 in mid flight (apparently they could be opened in flight) using a parachute.
FutureUApilot From United States of America, joined May 2004, 1365 posts, RR: 4 Reply 20, posted (7 years 7 months 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 11793 times:
Ikramerica From United States of America, joined May 2005, 21041 posts, RR: 60 Reply 21, posted (7 years 7 months 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 11673 times:
Quoting Jwenting (Reply 19): Initially yes. Maybe some later models were created without and a lot of them had the stairs removed at a later date after one guy used them to leave a hijacked 727 in mid flight (apparently they could be opened in flight) using a parachute.
They weren't removed. They just had a lock put on them that didn't allow them to be opened while the cabin was pressurized.
I believe all 727s had them, except maybe the F. Anyone know if later 727-200Advanced were available without stairs?
I do not think "all" MD80s have them, do they?
Of all the things to worry about... the Wookie has no pants.
Aerokiwi From New Zealand, joined Jul 2000, 2441 posts, RR: 4 Reply 22, posted (7 years 7 months 1 day 17 hours ago) and read 10869 times:
If anyone has a shot of the inside of the plane. I think the cabin windows are also a different shape - more Russian looking than anything you'd find on a 727.
Treebeard787 From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 506 posts, RR: 1 Reply 23, posted (7 years 7 months 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 10409 times:
This might be off topic but here it goes. How about the movie Flightplan's job with remakeing the A380 the bomb in the end looked fake it all blew out of the bottom of the plane the whole front of the plane should have blown up too oh well.
PillowTester From United States of America, joined Nov 2004, 243 posts, RR: 0 Reply 24, posted (7 years 7 months 1 day 16 hours ago) and read 10149 times:
Why do people insist on posting without reading other people's posts?
...said Dan jubilantly.
25 Ilovenz: Supposing that is an actual 727. It looks like a -100 series, but with 5 727 engines, what do we think the range would be? maybe, maaaybe 1000 nm? Mos
26 Jetmek319: Why do some people insist on criticising other posters?? Just let it slide...It wasn't worth pointing out.
27 Sideflare75: All of the DC-9's did not have ventral stairs. The -10's did not have them except for one that I know of that YX used to fly. I heard it was the only
29 Aloges: Ugh... and I thought we'd finally get to know what the offspring of a VC-10 and a 727 looks like.
30 MakeMinesLAX: Actually, the outbound looks real, and the inboard appears to be fake
31 Ikramerica: I didn't think the 717 had them, but I thought later MD-80s didn't have them. All AA seatplans have a hallway for the rear stair. What about the MD-8
32 L-188: And kids, this is what happens when a 727 and a IL-62 have sex. That airplane in the movie is the result.
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