Starflight One
TV Movie (1983)
Also Known As:
Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land
Airport 85
Starring:
Lee Majors (Captain Cody Briggs)
Hal Linden (Josh Gilliam)
Lauren Hutton (Erica Hansen)
Ray Milland (Q.T. Thornwell)
On the maiden flight of the first hypersonic commercial plane which can make the flight from New York City to London in four hours, a minor disaster occurs resulting in the plane actually leaving the Earth's atmosphere and orbiting around the globe. A lack of heat-resistant tiling prevents the plane from simply re-entering the atmosphere. With oxygen (and therefore time) running out, the crew of the plane and the crew on the ground must figure out a way to return the plane and its passengers to safety.
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar & Boeing 707-131B
Reg. N6723 Boeing 707-131B c/n 18989/492 of TWA-Trans World Airlines.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Fictional Space Liner
Rockwell Space Shuttle Enterprise OV-101
Enterprise was mated with the white external tank and boosters for testing prior to the first Space Shuttle mission using Columbia. Only Columbia actually flew with the external tank painted in white (and only for the first two missions in 1981) but feature a different tail and chin thermal protection tiles. Seen just through stock shot on the launch pad; otherwise, a model is used throughout the film.
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rockets, Missiles & Space Capsules).
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