The Gauntlet

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The Gauntlet movie poster.

Movie (1977)

Starring:
Clint Eastwood (Ben Shockley)
Sondra Locke (Gus Mally)
Pat Hingle (Meynard Josephson)
William Prince (Commissioner Edgar Blakelock)
Bill McKinney (Constable)
Michael Cavanaugh (John Feyderspiel)

A hard but mediocre cop is assigned to escort a prostitute into custody from Las Vegas to Phoenix, so that she can testify in a mob trial. But a lot of people are literally betting that they won't make it into town alive.

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31

Registration N9338, c/n 47347/478 built in 1969. Banana yellow DC-9 of Hughes Airwest, airline company which was purchased by Republic Airlines in the late 70s, and that will merge to Northwest Airlines in the mid 80s.

Reg. N9338 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 of Hughes Airwest.
Reg. N9338 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 of Hughes Airwest.

Sud Aviation SA 341G Gazelle

Used by a mob sniper to come after Shockley and Gus on their motorcycle. Flies into some powerlines. Registration N341AH, Serial 1032.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Reg.N341AH Sud Aviation SA 341G Gazelle.
Reg.N341AH Sud Aviation SA 341G Gazelle.
Reg.N341AH Sud Aviation SA 341G Gazelle.
Reg.N341AH Sud Aviation SA 341G Gazelle.
Reg.N341AH Sud Aviation SA 341G Gazelle.
Radio command model (note the difference of the rotor's blades, now without a constant chord).

Bell 206 JetRanger

In a continuity error, the sniper's Gazelle casts a shadow of a Bell 206 in one shot. Likely, this was the camera crew's helicopter.

Gauntlet shadow.jpg

Hughes 269C

Police helicopter.

Reg.N9666F Hughes 269C.


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