The times this bring back - the simple timeless story of man standing up and saying 'Hell no, i won't go". As I grow older, and remember these movies and these times, I almost cannot watch without crying. I know, it's just an old movie and I know sound maudlin. When I look at my 17 year old son and think what his future holds in this deteriorating country, I cannot help but weep.
Airport 75 fast fact: There was actually a UFO caught on film while shooting this scene, look at 2:26, in the top part of the frame you'll see a really fast object shoot by from left to right leaving a vapor trail.
PS, I said from LEFT TO RIGHT, that means I'm not talking about the small plane in the upper right hand corner.
It can be done providing that the airspeed and altitude are within certain parameters. of course if your Mr. Heston this would be much easier than parting the Red Sea.
Probably with a light fuel load and no passengers. I know they shot this for real so what you see is no trickery. The helicopter is there and so is the plane. They actually flew a stuntman to within 20 feet of the 747 windshield. Joe Canutt who did it wanted to actually transfer into the 747 in flight but the producers would not allow it. Don't know how that would have been shot seeing as the "hole" in the cockpit in reality was just blacked out with black fabric or something.
Though this is not an overly great film i do admit having a soft spot for it. I love commercial aircraft and this is has beautiful aerial photography in it. The best of the series IMO. But yes!! the slip stream coming through the window would be a 200mph blast. In reality it would be so loud she probably could not hear a thing on the radio. They should have made it a little more chaotic. Its like she is driving a car on the expressway!!
There's a true story happened over the UK a decade ago.
A part of the windscreen ran away!
The captain was caught....legs in and the rest of the body outside twisted by the blast...burned too!...he 's alive!...let me check it out and I ll find you the name of the film.....
@xocolida Yeah, that's a true story. Unfortunately it's a maintenance failure. The fasteners to hold the windshield in were supposed to be 3/16ths in diameter....the guy installing the window reached into the wrong bin and pulled out the next smaller size fasteners. They tightened down to the specified torqure, but the window blew out after being pressurized. Captain lived to fly again, if I'm not mistaken.
@xocolida I remember that story. The flight crew were holding the pilot's legs for dear life while the co-pilot had to do an emergency landing procedure. The flight crew were thinking of letting the pilot go but didn't. I don't think it was a movie. It was a National Geographic series called Air Emergency.
@xocolida: I'm not an expert at all or even a piliot, but I have flown the 747 full motion flight simulator. The 747 final approach speed is something like 140 knots with touchdown (stall to landing) around 130....125 or so depending on weight. To do that scene safely, at that altitude, I would guess that they were faster than 150 knots....more like 160 to 180. That's my guess. At that altitude up in the mountains and all.....probably kept it around 180 knots.
@JetMechMA I have read about them shooting this scene. Shot over the Heber canyon. All the plane visuals for this film were shot in 2 days at a rental cost of $52,000/day!! The 747 was slowed to its lowest safe speed to match the speed of the helicopter. Which i believe was about 180mph. A stuntman is actually on the line there and was lowered to within 20 feet of the 747. They wanted to do it for real but Boeing would not allow the stuntman to touch the aircraft
@roquefortfiles Totally fascinating story. Thanks. They were right not to try it. There is a boundry layer of airflow, I think. I think the stuntman would have been beat up pretty bad. Airplanes push a bow-wave of air in front of them. I'm surprised he made it to within 20 feet. Some of the best air-to-air footage though. ;)
@JetMechMA Apparently Universal wanted to do the pilot transfer for real. A mock up cockpit or actually make a hole..or something. And have the stunt guy really climb inside while shooting it in flight. For 1975 a tough thing to shoot. They could do it for real today no problem. They also wanted to have a real guy fall (1st pilot dude). It would be a great sequence to see done for real. Apparently the stuntman on the line had ice forming on his nose, it was so cold up there.
@roquefortfiles Ice forming on his nose. I didn't think about that, but when you come to think of it, look at those mountains in the background. Yikes. Brave guys all around.
@xocolida I am betting the 747 had a minimal fuel load and no passengers. Ya ain't doing this fully loaded and fueled. They had that baby light as possible, big time flaps. Then you could get it down to min speed. The chopper is a Jolly Green giant i believe. Its probably all at about 180kts. That's doable for both aircraft.
Get me out of here before I change my mind!
baldbrad 1 month ago
If I was one of the passengers, I would've been praying (and I'm an atheist!) "please don't let me die in a plane with purple and red seats!"
jerico641 2 months ago
The times this bring back - the simple timeless story of man standing up and saying 'Hell no, i won't go". As I grow older, and remember these movies and these times, I almost cannot watch without crying. I know, it's just an old movie and I know sound maudlin. When I look at my 17 year old son and think what his future holds in this deteriorating country, I cannot help but weep.
bslmbslm 4 months ago
Well, Nancy knew how to set the jets flap settings for this.
newalm 8 months ago
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newalm 8 months ago
Woah, wait a second, a twin engine Beechcraft Baron caused a hole only that big? (eg 1:04)
Not flippin' likely...It'd have torn the nose clean off and the whole kaboodle would have broken up.
This movie has absolutely no grounding in reality AT ALL...
wahaya2 8 months ago
Airport 75 fast fact: There was actually a UFO caught on film while shooting this scene, look at 2:26, in the top part of the frame you'll see a really fast object shoot by from left to right leaving a vapor trail.
PS, I said from LEFT TO RIGHT, that means I'm not talking about the small plane in the upper right hand corner.
SunsetSupermanRMB 1 year ago
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traindc 1 year ago
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@SunsetSupermanRMB holy that is cool i saw it to
traindc 1 year ago
Mission: Impossible
DictatorRoB 1 year ago
So bad it's good......note Ms. Black's use of her tongue at 1:19 to lure Chuck into the plane.........
rjddurhamnc 1 year ago
Is this true in real life? Has a pilot ever been transferred to another plane while in flight?
caroleargo 2 years ago
It can be done providing that the airspeed and altitude are within certain parameters. of course if your Mr. Heston this would be much easier than parting the Red Sea.
HuasoPodrido 2 years ago
@caroleargo
200 kts is the maximum chopper speed, but the very very maxi one!
747 with 5 degres flaps out get more than 200 kts..
decrease 747 speed below 200 expecting more flaps and slats...I m not sure about it...747 expert could tell you better than me!
xocolida 2 years ago
@xocolida
Probably with a light fuel load and no passengers. I know they shot this for real so what you see is no trickery. The helicopter is there and so is the plane. They actually flew a stuntman to within 20 feet of the 747 windshield. Joe Canutt who did it wanted to actually transfer into the 747 in flight but the producers would not allow it. Don't know how that would have been shot seeing as the "hole" in the cockpit in reality was just blacked out with black fabric or something.
roquefortfiles 1 year ago
Imagine the blast of the wind at that speed!..amaizing it could be!
xocolida 1 year ago
@xocolida
Though this is not an overly great film i do admit having a soft spot for it. I love commercial aircraft and this is has beautiful aerial photography in it. The best of the series IMO. But yes!! the slip stream coming through the window would be a 200mph blast. In reality it would be so loud she probably could not hear a thing on the radio. They should have made it a little more chaotic. Its like she is driving a car on the expressway!!
roquefortfiles 1 year ago
There's a true story happened over the UK a decade ago.
A part of the windscreen ran away!
The captain was caught....legs in and the rest of the body outside twisted by the blast...burned too!...he 's alive!...let me check it out and I ll find you the name of the film.....
xocolida 1 year ago
@xocolida Yeah, that's a true story. Unfortunately it's a maintenance failure. The fasteners to hold the windshield in were supposed to be 3/16ths in diameter....the guy installing the window reached into the wrong bin and pulled out the next smaller size fasteners. They tightened down to the specified torqure, but the window blew out after being pressurized. Captain lived to fly again, if I'm not mistaken.
JetMechMA 7 months ago
@xocolida I remember that story. The flight crew were holding the pilot's legs for dear life while the co-pilot had to do an emergency landing procedure. The flight crew were thinking of letting the pilot go but didn't. I don't think it was a movie. It was a National Geographic series called Air Emergency.
DC322 2 months ago
@xocolida: I'm not an expert at all or even a piliot, but I have flown the 747 full motion flight simulator. The 747 final approach speed is something like 140 knots with touchdown (stall to landing) around 130....125 or so depending on weight. To do that scene safely, at that altitude, I would guess that they were faster than 150 knots....more like 160 to 180. That's my guess. At that altitude up in the mountains and all.....probably kept it around 180 knots.
JetMechMA 1 year ago
@JetMechMA I have read about them shooting this scene. Shot over the Heber canyon. All the plane visuals for this film were shot in 2 days at a rental cost of $52,000/day!! The 747 was slowed to its lowest safe speed to match the speed of the helicopter. Which i believe was about 180mph. A stuntman is actually on the line there and was lowered to within 20 feet of the 747. They wanted to do it for real but Boeing would not allow the stuntman to touch the aircraft
roquefortfiles 7 months ago
@roquefortfiles Totally fascinating story. Thanks. They were right not to try it. There is a boundry layer of airflow, I think. I think the stuntman would have been beat up pretty bad. Airplanes push a bow-wave of air in front of them. I'm surprised he made it to within 20 feet. Some of the best air-to-air footage though. ;)
JetMechMA 7 months ago
@JetMechMA Apparently Universal wanted to do the pilot transfer for real. A mock up cockpit or actually make a hole..or something. And have the stunt guy really climb inside while shooting it in flight. For 1975 a tough thing to shoot. They could do it for real today no problem. They also wanted to have a real guy fall (1st pilot dude). It would be a great sequence to see done for real. Apparently the stuntman on the line had ice forming on his nose, it was so cold up there.
roquefortfiles 7 months ago
@roquefortfiles Ice forming on his nose. I didn't think about that, but when you come to think of it, look at those mountains in the background. Yikes. Brave guys all around.
JetMechMA 7 months ago
@xocolida I am betting the 747 had a minimal fuel load and no passengers. Ya ain't doing this fully loaded and fueled. They had that baby light as possible, big time flaps. Then you could get it down to min speed. The chopper is a Jolly Green giant i believe. Its probably all at about 180kts. That's doable for both aircraft.
roquefortfiles 7 months ago
@roquefortfiles Sounds right to me.
JetMechMA 7 months ago
nancy, you are an angel
zgandarici 2 years ago
take over the plane, bitch...fly to cuba....
ronn52 2 years ago
I wonder why you want her to fly to Cuba?...lo
xocolida 1 year ago
Go Nancy!!! You fly that plane girl!!!
ronnykmarshall 2 years ago