March 18, 20242 yr One of the advantages here in the warehouse with having virtually nothing to do is watching old TV series and movies. While gunsmoke is my favorite I had a real treat this afternoon watching and old 1941 movie titled 'Dive Bomber' starring Fred MacMurray and Errol Flynn. It was fun to watch and had some laughable moments that weren't intended to be funny. The plot of picture is the Navy is trying to find ways to fly at high altitudes. They start out by pressurizing the cabin of a Lockheed Electra and flying it to 41,000 feet on it's two reciprocatng engines. Then, at 41,000 feet in clear air it starts icing up. Great shots of the Electra's icing boots cracking a thick layer of ice off the leading edge of the wing. They scrap that idea and finally come up with flight suits with deep sea diving helmets mounted on them. That works! Ya gotta love what Hollywood came up with in those days. But how they got that Electra and those pre WW2 dive bombers got up to 40,000 feet still eludes me. Another gaff are is the footage of the Electra in flight. Sometimes it's bare metal and they switch to the cockpit and some dialog and when they go back to the outside view the aircraft is painted olive drab. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dive_Bomber_(film) Noel Edited March 18, 20242 yr by birdguy The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
March 18, 20242 yr 1 hour ago, birdguy said: Another gaff are is the footage of the Electra in flight. Sometimes it's bare metal and they switch to the cockpit and some dialog and when they go back to the outside view the aircraft is painted olive drab. Hollywood used to have a few slips with its continuity checking. There were at least a couple of old cowboy films where contrails could be seen in the blue sky. John B
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