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This is a classic, but beware. As cheesy as this film is, it's not all innocent.
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Ted messes up his relationship with Elaine, an airline stewardess, and wants to convince her that he can change. He boards a flight which she is working on in order to continue his plea with her. Later in the flight, many of the passengers realize they received food poisoning from eating fish prior to the flight. It gets worse as they discover that both the pilots also ate fish and soon become unable to fly the plane. Ted, being an ex-fighter pilot, is the only one on the plane who has a chance to get it back on the ground safely. As he is landing the plane, Elaine is impressed and decides she can give him another chance.
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Ted messes up his relationship with a Elaine, an airline stewardess and tries to convince her that he can change. He boards a flight which she has been assigned to continue his plea with her. Later in the flight, many of the passengers realize they received food poisoning from eating fish prior to the flight. It gets worse as they discover that both the pilots also ate fish and soon become unable to pilot the plane. Ted, being an ex-fighter pilot, is the only one on the plane who has a chance to get it back on the ground safely. As he is landing the aircraft, Elaine is impressed once again and decides she can give him one more chance. There are several shots of the plane, as well as other aircraft, however the entire movie is set during the evening making it hard to get good shots.
 
  
  
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== Messerschmitt Bf 110 & British Supermarine Spitfire ==
 
== Messerschmitt Bf 110 & British Supermarine Spitfire ==
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[[Image:Airplane!_TedFlashback.png|thumb|500px|none|Ted has several flashbacks from being a fighter pilot during the war.]]
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[[Image:Airplane!_TedFlashback.png|thumb|500px|none|Ted has several flashbacks from his time in the war as a fighter pilot.]]
  
 
== Douglas DC-6 ==
 
== Douglas DC-6 ==

Revision as of 10:11, 17 June 2010

Airplane! DVD cover.

Movie (1980)

Starring:
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Roger Murdock)
Lloyd Bridges (McCroskey)
Peter Graves (Captain Oveur)
Julie Hagerty (Elaine)
Robert Hays (Ted Striker)
Leslie Nielsen (Dr. Rumack)


Ted messes up his relationship with Elaine, an airline stewardess, and wants to convince her that he can change. He boards a flight which she is working on in order to continue his plea with her. Later in the flight, many of the passengers realize they received food poisoning from eating fish prior to the flight. It gets worse as they discover that both the pilots also ate fish and soon become unable to fly the plane. Ted, being an ex-fighter pilot, is the only one on the plane who has a chance to get it back on the ground safely. As he is landing the plane, Elaine is impressed and decides she can give him another chance.


Boeing 707

Loading the Trans American plane.
Lightning striking all around the plane lighting it up.
End scene where the "auto pilot" (blow-up dummy) takes off after the crash landing.

Messerschmitt Bf 110 & British Supermarine Spitfire

Ted has several flashbacks from his time in the war as a fighter pilot.

Douglas DC-6

The "in-flight" movie.
The Douglas crashing in the "in-flight" movie.


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