Difference between revisions of "Blue Thunder"

From The Internet Movie Plane Database
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Line 42: Line 42:
 
[[Image:bluethunder16.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:bluethunder16.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
  
==F-15==
+
==McDonnell Douglas F-15==
 
Two fighter jets are dispatched to shoot down Murphy after he steals Blue Thunder.
 
Two fighter jets are dispatched to shoot down Murphy after he steals Blue Thunder.
 
[[Image:bluethunder23.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]
 
[[Image:bluethunder23.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]]

Revision as of 05:18, 3 January 2011

Blue Thunder movie poster.

Movie (1983)

Starring:
Roy Scheider (Officer Frank Murphy)
Warren Oates (Capt. Jack Braddock)
Candy Clark (Kate)
Daniel Stern (Officer Richard Lymangood)
Paul Roebling (Icelan)
David Sheiner (Fletcher)
Joe Santos (Montoya)
Malcolm McDowell (Col. F.E. Cochran)

Vietnam veteran Frank Murphy is a police helicopter pilot chosen to test out an experimental military helicopter. When he discovers that corrupt government officials (including his former commanding officer from 'Nam) intend to use it to incite civil unrest, Murphy steals it and goes on the run.

Aérospatiale Gazelle

The title aircraft is a heavily modified Aérospatiale Gazelle designed "The Special."

Bluethunder1.jpg
Bluethunder6.jpg
Bluethunder7.jpg
Bluethunder14.jpg
Bluethunder15.jpg
Bluethunder21.jpg
Bluethunder26.jpg

Bell 206 JetRanger

Several are seen throughout the film. Most are police helicopters although Murphy and Lymangood fly a civilian one in one scene.

Bluethunder3.jpg
Bluethunder4.jpg
Bluethunder9.jpg
Bluethunder17.jpg
Bluethunder19.jpg

Bell Iroquois

Seen on the police station helipad. One is seen (interior only) in Murphy's traumatic flashbacks to Vietnam.

Bluethunder10.jpg

Eurocopter AS350 AStar

Seen used as a news helicopter.

Bluethunder16.jpg

McDonnell Douglas F-15

Two fighter jets are dispatched to shoot down Murphy after he steals Blue Thunder.

Bluethunder23.jpg
Bluethunder24.jpg
Bluethunder25.jpg

Hughes Little Bird

Cochran comes after Murphy personally in a Little Bird equipped with machine guns.

Bluethunder27.jpg

Back To: