Airport!

[I.P. Freley]

The one, the only, the original... And, of course, the reason there is an "Airplane!", is on right now... 10pmEST, on AMC.

 

[I.P. Freley]

WHOOOPS!!!

It's Airport 1975.

My bad.

But still, just the first five minutes shows you where half the jokes from the beginning of "Airplane!" came from!

And this sure looks like Dulles Apt. Anyone know?

 

[T-Gates]

Yep. It's Dulles alright.

I was watching it a few nights ago in Greenville. Good Stuff!

--03M

 

[Nolife]

Airport

How many movies are there? Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Airport- original
Airport 75- Jack Lemmon, B747 underwater
Airport 77- Charleston Hesston, midair collision
Airplane- classic, part of private pilot ground school
And isn't there one with a concord. I'm trying to watch them all for nerd reasons.

 

[Booker]

IIRC, the Concorde was Airport '79, wherein George Kennedy somehow makes it into the left seat. What a career climber.

 

[ibaflyer]

Re: Airport

How many movies are there? Please correct me if I'm wrong.
Airport- original
Airport 75- Jack Lemmon, B747 underwater
Airport 77- Charleston Hesston, midair collision

Airport '75 was the midair with a Beechcraft Baron (Hesston)
Airport '77 was the #4 engine strike on an oil derrick (Lemmon)
Airport '79 was the Concorde episode. (Robert Wagner)

Gee..... Now that I look at this post, I lead a truly PATHETIC Life.

 

[Typhoon1244]

There was also a sort-of "Airport '80" called Starflight One, starring Lee Majors (as the captain, of course) and Hal Linden (as the expert on the ground). It was about a sub-orbital aerospaceliner that somehow exceeds its service ceiling and gets stranded in space.

Must've had their technical advisor locked in a closet.

You know, I was just thinking how sad it is that the most technically accurate representation of aviation technology I've ever seen in a movie was in Star Wars: Episode I. (Remember when young Anakin had to cross-bleed his engines to stay in the race...?)

 

[skyking1976]

The original is still the best. Petroni rules. The world would be a better place if there were more mechanics like him.


SK