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[[Image:NHITS.jpg|thumb|right|350px|none|''No Highway'' movie poster in the US title ''No Highway in the Sky''.]] | [[Image:NHITS.jpg|thumb|right|350px|none|''No Highway'' movie poster in the US title ''No Highway in the Sky''.]] | ||
| − | <b>Movie (1951)</b> | + | <b>Movie (1951)</b><br> |
| − | <b> | + | AKA: <b>No Highway in the Sky</b><br> |
| + | French title : <b>Le voyage fantastique</b><br> | ||
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| − | An aerospace engineer predicts that a new aircraft the Rutland Reindeer will suffer a catastrophic failure when its | + | An aerospace engineer predicts that a new aircraft the Rutland Reindeer will suffer a catastrophic failure when its tail falls off due to metal fatigue at a certain number of hours. |
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| − | + | == [[:Category: De Havilland DH100 Vampire| De Havilland DH100 Vampire]] == | |
| − | Fake registration G-AFOH. | + | [[Image:NoHighwayInTheSky_Vampire.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] |
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| + | == [[:Category: Saunders-Roe SR.45 Princess|Saunders-Roe SR.45 Princess]] == | ||
| + | This British flying boat maiden flight occured the next year (1952). A model during fluid dynamics trials. | ||
| + | [[Image:NoHighwayInTheSky_flyingBoat.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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| + | == Gloster E.1/44 == | ||
| + | Possible registration is TX145.<br> | ||
| + | The test programme reached an end during 1949 and prototypes were scrapped in ... 1951 ! | ||
| + | [[Image:NHITS Un 4.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[Image:NHITS Un 2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[Image:NHITS Un.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[Image:NoHighwayInTheSky_A3.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | [[Image:NHITS Un 3.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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| + | == [[:Category: Douglas DC-3|Douglas DC-3]] == | ||
| + | Douglas DC-3 of [[:Category: Air France|Air France]]. | ||
| + | [[Image:NoHighwayInTheSky_tarmac.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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| + | == [[Category: Made for Movie]] [[:Category: Made for Movie | Rutland Reindeer]] == | ||
| + | A heavily modified [[:Category: Handley Page Halifax|Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax C.VIII]] to act as the new airliner that is the subject of the film.<br> | ||
| + | Fake registration G-AFOH. This airframe was really c/n 1369, serial PP296 then G-AJNW once on the civil registry. | ||
| + | Was scraped on Decembre 1950, not long after the filming's end.<br> | ||
[[Image:NHITS Halifax 2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:NHITS Halifax 2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
[[Image:NHITS Halifax 3.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:NHITS Halifax 3.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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[[Image:NHITS Halifax 5.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:NHITS Halifax 5.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| − | == | + | == [[:Category: Bristol 170 Freighter| Bristol 170 Freighter]] == |
| − | + | In the background. | |
| − | [[Image: | + | [[Image:NHITS_Halifax.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] |
| − | [[Image: | + | [[Image:NoHighwayInTheSky_B170.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] |
| − | [[Image: | + | |
| − | [[Image: | + | == [[:Category: Douglas DC-6|Douglas DC-6A]] == |
| + | In the background. By night. | ||
| + | [[Image:NoHighwayInTheSky_DC.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| + | |||
| + | == [[:Category: Avro Lancaster|Avro Lancaster B MkVII]] == | ||
| + | Avro Lancaster B MkVII serial NX636 served at Royal Aircraft Establishment ([[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Locations|Farnborough]]) October 1948-September 1955. | ||
| + | [[Image:NoHighwayInTheSky_Lanc.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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| + | == [[:Category: Supermarine Spitfire|Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb]] == | ||
| + | Famous picture reputedly of Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb of No. 92 Squadron, 19th May 1941. | ||
| + | [[Image:NoHighwayInTheSky_Spit.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Highway_in_the_Sky No Highway at Wikipedia] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Highway_in_the_Sky No Highway at Wikipedia] | ||
*[http://imcdb.org/movie_43859-No-Highway.html No Highway at IMCDb] | *[http://imcdb.org/movie_43859-No-Highway.html No Highway at IMCDb] | ||
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| + | [[Category: Avro Lancaster]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Bristol 170 Freighter]] | ||
| + | [[Category: De Havilland DH100 Vampire]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Douglas DC-3]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Douglas DC-6]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Handley Page Halifax]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Saunders-Roe SR.45 Princess]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Supermarine Spitfire]] | ||
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| + | [[Category: Air France]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:47, 22 March 2019
Movie (1951)
AKA: No Highway in the Sky
French title : Le voyage fantastique
Starring:
James Stewart (Theodore Honey)
Marlene Dietrich (Monica Teasdale)
Glynis Johns (Marjorie Corder)
Jack Hawkins (Dennis Scott)
Janette Scott (Elspeth Honey)
An aerospace engineer predicts that a new aircraft the Rutland Reindeer will suffer a catastrophic failure when its tail falls off due to metal fatigue at a certain number of hours.
De Havilland DH100 Vampire
Saunders-Roe SR.45 Princess
This British flying boat maiden flight occured the next year (1952). A model during fluid dynamics trials.
Gloster E.1/44
Possible registration is TX145.
The test programme reached an end during 1949 and prototypes were scrapped in ... 1951 !
Douglas DC-3
Douglas DC-3 of Air France.
Rutland Reindeer
A heavily modified Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax C.VIII to act as the new airliner that is the subject of the film.
Fake registration G-AFOH. This airframe was really c/n 1369, serial PP296 then G-AJNW once on the civil registry.
Was scraped on Decembre 1950, not long after the filming's end.
Scale model of the above:
Bristol 170 Freighter
In the background.
Douglas DC-6A
In the background. By night.
Avro Lancaster B MkVII
Avro Lancaster B MkVII serial NX636 served at Royal Aircraft Establishment (Farnborough) October 1948-September 1955.
Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb
Famous picture reputedly of Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb of No. 92 Squadron, 19th May 1941.
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