Whirlwind
Fling-wing pilot
- Joined
- Nov 21, 2002
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Originally posted by Typhoon1244 I'm surprised nobody mentioned Die Hard II.
Remember when the where the evil villains "reset the ground level" on the ILS, causing the British DC-8-73 to crash on the overrun.
Hey, when I first saw that movie, I really thought you could do that! Wasn't a pilot at the time however.
Oh, and how did you like the way the same DC-8, carrying almost no gas, burned like a blowtorch?
Now THAT I did question. I wrote it off to the "Hollywood Factor".
How about the fact that all the pilots had to do was talk to center and go somewhere else...and the whole movie would never have happened?
Hmm, never thought of that either. Again, not a pilot back then. I suppose I did wonder why they couldn't just fly somewhere else, but then again, the "Hollywood Factor" takes care of that stuff.