Airplane-Themed Movies to Watch on a Long Flight?
08-10-03, 09:34 PM
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The "Survival" boxed set has a nice piece re-creating (via a simulator) the Delta Airlines Lockheed L-1011 TriStar crash of August 2, 1985, at DFW International in Texas, as it tries to land in a severe thunderstorm. THAT'D be real fun to watch as your own flight hits a bit of unexpected turbulence!
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08-10-03, 09:37 PM
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...so I can scare The Wife ...
Looks like ol' gopeglegs will be bedding down in the garage and/or den for a few months after this hair-raising trip, huh?
08-10-03, 09:44 PM
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If none of the above are enough to frighten the better half, you might try running the T. Zone episode, "The Odyssey Of Flight 33" (DVD Volume 2), which features a Boeing 707 returning to the dinosaur age. The Captain of this aircraft also is the same actor who sold Janet Leigh a used car in 1960's "Psycho". (This fact, of course, has nothing to do with the price of green beans in Arkansas, I thought I'd just toss it out there as a pure bonus hunk o' trivia. 
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08-14-03, 12:38 PM
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Originally posted by davidvp
Well isn't that special!??
Looks like ol' gopeglegs will be bedding down in the garage and/or den for a few months after this hair-raising trip, huh?
Well isn't that special!??
Looks like ol' gopeglegs will be bedding down in the garage and/or den for a few months after this hair-raising trip, huh?
Thanks for all your suggestions.
08-14-03, 01:37 PM
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How about Alive? Everything you need in airplane entertainment. Maybe munch on some jerky while watching it, for added effect.
Edit: Oops, already suggested. Well, I second that suggestion (assuming it is even on DVD).
Edit: Oops, already suggested. Well, I second that suggestion (assuming it is even on DVD).
08-16-03, 02:35 AM
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Originally posted by davidvp
The "Survival" boxed set has a nice piece re-creating (via a simulator) the Delta Airlines Lockheed L-1011 TriStar crash of August 2, 1985, at DFW International in Texas, as it tries to land in a severe thunderstorm. THAT'D be real fun to watch as your own flight hits a bit of unexpected turbulence!
The "Survival" boxed set has a nice piece re-creating (via a simulator) the Delta Airlines Lockheed L-1011 TriStar crash of August 2, 1985, at DFW International in Texas, as it tries to land in a severe thunderstorm. THAT'D be real fun to watch as your own flight hits a bit of unexpected turbulence!
For me, perhaps the most memorable segment involves a frightening, detailed computer simulation of the 1977 runway collision of two 747s in Tenerife, an accident that took the lives of almost 600 people.
Another good one is the filmed Air France test flight, wherein a brand new Airbus makes a passby of a gathered crowd at too low an altitude, and ends up gliding straight into a forest at the end the runway. It disappears, as if swallowed by the dense brush, but shortly thereafter a fiery explosion arises from the treetops.
Unfortunately, Survival in the Sky has yet to make an appearance on DVD.
