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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. | 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. | ||
| − | == Handley Page HP70 Halifax C | + | == [[:Category:Handley Page Halifax|Handley Page HP70 Halifax C.VIII (as fictional Rutland Reindeer)]] == |
The new airliner that is the subject of the film is in fact a heavily modified Handley Page Halifax.<br> | The new airliner that is the subject of the film is in fact a heavily modified Handley Page Halifax.<br> | ||
Fake registration G-AFOH. Really G-AJNW; Serial 1369.<br> | Fake registration G-AFOH. Really G-AJNW; Serial 1369.<br> | ||
Revision as of 20:27, 8 March 2013
Movie (1951) AKA: No Highway in the Sky
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.
Handley Page HP70 Halifax C.VIII (as fictional Rutland Reindeer)
The new airliner that is the subject of the film is in fact a heavily modified Handley Page Halifax.
Fake registration G-AFOH. Really G-AJNW; Serial 1369.
Note the Bristol 170 Freighter in the background.
Scale model of the above:
Gloster E.1/44
Possible registration is TX145.
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