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Matt, a former B-17 captain, is now instructor in his own flying school. But a student breaks his only plane. Then, he meets Jo, a former WAAF he loved in England in 1944; as secretary of the CEO of the Willis Aircraft Corporation, she gives him the chance to become the test pilot of the newest rocket plane.
  
 
== JA-3 (fictional aircraft) ==  
 
== JA-3 (fictional aircraft) ==  
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[[Image:ChainLightning JA-3.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
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Fictionnal rocket plane seen through a model...
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[[Image:ChainLightning_JA-3_flying.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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or through non flyable mock (built from a P-39).
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[[Image:ChainLightning_JA-3_36mn49.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:ChainLightning_JA-3_37mn44.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:ChainLightning JA-3_43mn35.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:ChainLightning_JA-3_drag-chute.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
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This fictionnal aircraft has a ejectable cabin, something rarely seen in aviation (and never at the time of the movie).
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[[Image:ChainLightning_JA-3_cockpit.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:ChainLightning_JA-3_cockpit2.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category:North American F-86 Sabre|North American F-86 Sabre]] ==
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Seen from the soil and playing the flying JA-3.
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[[Image:ChainLightning_F-86.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress]] ==
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[[Image:ChainLightning_B-17F.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:ChainLightning_B-17F_4mn32.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:ChainLightning_B-17_NaughtyNellie_4mn55.JPG|thumb|500px|none|B-17F (s/n 42-3360).]]
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Later, graveyard of Flying Fortresses (scene taken from the 1946 movie [The Best Years of Our Lives]).
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[[Image:ChainLightning_B-17_graveyard_20mn24.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category:Messerschmitt Bf 109|Messerschmitt Bf 109]] ==
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A glimpse showing an exploding Bf 109.
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[[Image:ChainLightning_Bf-109_9mn05.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category: Focke-Wulf Fw 190 | Focke-Wulfe Fw 190A]] ==
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[[Image:ChainLightning_Fw-190_JG1_9mn14.JPG|thumb|500px|none|Fw 190 A of JG1 'Oesau'.]]
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== [[:Category:Supermarine Spitfire|Supermarine Spitfire]] ==
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[[Image:ChainLightning_Spitfire_9mn09.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category:Messerschmitt Me 163|Messerschmitt Me 163 B-1 Komet]] ==
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Several scenes displaying glimpses of the german rocket fighter.
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[[Image:ChainLightning_Me-163_9mn20.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:ChainLightning_Me-163_9mn28.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:ChainLightning_Me-163_9mn32.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:ChainLightning_Me-163_9mn33.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:ChainLightning_Me-163_9mn38.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:ChainLightning_Me-163_9mn56.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category:Hawker Hurricane|Hawker Hurricane]] ==
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On the wall, a poster of Churchill  with the slogan : let us go forward together.<br>
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This displaying tanks and Hawker Hurricanes.
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[[Image:ChainLightning_Churchill-Hurricane_17mn.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== Stinson Station Wagon ==
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[[Image:ChainLightning_Stinson_21mn04.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
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[[Image:ChainLightning_Stinson_21mn14.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category:Douglas C-47 Skytrain|Douglas C-47 Skytrain]] ==
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[[Image:ChainLightning_C-47_21mn34.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category:Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star|Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star]] ==
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[[Image:ChainLightning_P-80C_21mn50.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
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Last check is done on FT-500 and FT-508.
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[[Image:ChainLightning P-80Ca.JPG|thumb|500px|none|F-80C-10-LO FT-500 (s/n 49 500).]]
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[[Image:ChainLightning P-80Cb.JPG|thumb|500px|none|F-80C-10-LO FT-500 (s/n 49 500).]]
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== Sikorsky VS-44 ==
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A desk model.
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[[Image:ChainLightning_Sikorsky_VS44.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
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== [[:Category:Unidentified Aircraft|Unidentified Aircraft]] ==
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Probably a Douglas airliner on the poster, at left.
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[[Image:ChainLightning_Douglas.JPG|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
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== [[:Category:Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star|Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star]] ==
 
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[[Image:ChainLightning P-80Ca.JPG|thumb|500px|none|F-80C FT-500 (s/n 49 500).]]
 
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[[Image:ChainLightning P-80Cb.JPG|thumb|500px|none|F-80C FT-500 (s/n 49 500).]]
 
  
  
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_Lightning_%28film%29 Chain Lightning at Wikipedia]
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chain_Lightning_%28film%29 Chain Lightning at Wikipedia]
  
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[[Category:Unidentified Aircraft]]
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[[Category:Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]]
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[[Category:Douglas C-47 Skytrain]]
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[[Category:Focke-Wulf Fw 190]]
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[[Category:Hawker Hurricane]] 
 
[[Category:Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star]]
 
[[Category:Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star]]
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[[Category:Messerschmitt Bf 109]]
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[[Category:Messerschmitt Me 163]]
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[[Category:North American F-86 Sabre]]
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[[Category:Supermarine Spitfire]]

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Chain Lightning movie poster.

Movie (1950)

Starring:
Humphrey Bogart (Lt. Col. Matthew "Matt" Brennan)
Eleanor Parker (Joan "Jo" Holloway)
Raymond Massey (Leland Willis)
Richard Whorf (Carl Troxell)


Matt, a former B-17 captain, is now instructor in his own flying school. But a student breaks his only plane. Then, he meets Jo, a former WAAF he loved in England in 1944; as secretary of the CEO of the Willis Aircraft Corporation, she gives him the chance to become the test pilot of the newest rocket plane.

JA-3 (fictional aircraft)

Fictionnal rocket plane seen through a model...

ChainLightning JA-3 flying.jpg

or through non flyable mock (built from a P-39).

ChainLightning JA-3 36mn49.JPG
ChainLightning JA-3 37mn44.JPG
ChainLightning JA-3 43mn35.JPG
ChainLightning JA-3 drag-chute.JPG

This fictionnal aircraft has a ejectable cabin, something rarely seen in aviation (and never at the time of the movie).

ChainLightning JA-3 cockpit.JPG
ChainLightning JA-3 cockpit2.JPG

North American F-86 Sabre

Seen from the soil and playing the flying JA-3.

ChainLightning F-86.JPG

Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress

ChainLightning B-17F.JPG
ChainLightning B-17F 4mn32.JPG
B-17F (s/n 42-3360).

Later, graveyard of Flying Fortresses (scene taken from the 1946 movie [The Best Years of Our Lives]).

ChainLightning B-17 graveyard 20mn24.JPG

Messerschmitt Bf 109

A glimpse showing an exploding Bf 109.

ChainLightning Bf-109 9mn05.JPG

Focke-Wulfe Fw 190A

Fw 190 A of JG1 'Oesau'.

Supermarine Spitfire

ChainLightning Spitfire 9mn09.JPG

Messerschmitt Me 163 B-1 Komet

Several scenes displaying glimpses of the german rocket fighter.

ChainLightning Me-163 9mn20.JPG
ChainLightning Me-163 9mn28.JPG
ChainLightning Me-163 9mn32.JPG
ChainLightning Me-163 9mn33.JPG
ChainLightning Me-163 9mn38.JPG
ChainLightning Me-163 9mn56.JPG

Hawker Hurricane

On the wall, a poster of Churchill with the slogan : let us go forward together.
This displaying tanks and Hawker Hurricanes.

ChainLightning Churchill-Hurricane 17mn.jpg

Stinson Station Wagon

ChainLightning Stinson 21mn04.JPG
ChainLightning Stinson 21mn14.JPG

Douglas C-47 Skytrain

ChainLightning C-47 21mn34.JPG

Lockheed F-80C Shooting Star

ChainLightning P-80C 21mn50.JPG

Last check is done on FT-500 and FT-508.

F-80C-10-LO FT-500 (s/n 49 500).
F-80C-10-LO FT-500 (s/n 49 500).

Sikorsky VS-44

A desk model.

ChainLightning Sikorsky VS44.jpg

Unidentified Aircraft

Probably a Douglas airliner on the poster, at left.

ChainLightning Douglas.JPG


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