Oh no not another fake Ferrari
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Veeayt said:
SimonV8ster said:
And weren't loads of cars in Steve McQueens Le Mans film a load of kit cars too ?
You could tell when they all crashed and blew apart.....
They were Lola T70MKIII's in Porsche and Ferrari drag.You could tell when they all crashed and blew apart.....
The cars used in the James Garner film 'Grand Prix' were modified to look like F1 cars though.
Ari said:
More classic Daytona action in the best TV series EVER.
This is the end of an episode where a retired cop that ended up in the nut house claims to have found and apprehended a drug dealer that went missing years ago. He called Crockett to tell him he's finally caught up with the guy, and Crockett and Tubbs head out to meet him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6iK-oUDyrM
Just the coolest series ever screened...
This show the bench mark of cool in the 80's There is not that many TV programmes from the 80's that are still as watchable as this. This is the end of an episode where a retired cop that ended up in the nut house claims to have found and apprehended a drug dealer that went missing years ago. He called Crockett to tell him he's finally caught up with the guy, and Crockett and Tubbs head out to meet him.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6iK-oUDyrM
Just the coolest series ever screened...
BBC1 was it Thursday at 10pm?
Edited by Number 5 on Monday 28th January 23:46
and because it has them yellowjack said:
There WAS a Bell 222 flying out of Blackbushe that, at one point, had a similar paint scheme to Airwolf, with dark upper surfaces and a pale underside.
Airwolf - as a TV 'prop'
That same helicopter crashed in Germany in 1992, killing the pilot and a two-man medical crew.
Bell 222 based at Blackbushe.
Blue Thunder was a VERY heavily modified Gazelle:
Blue Thunder, Movie and TV star.
A rather sad end.......
The rather more familiar lines of a Gazelle.
Two Gazelle airframes were modified for flying scenes in the movie. One was later broken for spares by an American aviation salvage company, whilst the other lived on at the MGM studios in Florida, albeit in VERY poor condition, stored in the open. Latest info suggests that the MGM studio survivor was in fact one of the two mock-ups used for ground shots and studio stuff, and was itself scrapped by MGM, sometime around 2009.
(I was a member of a 2-man recce team just after the first Gulf War, tasked with finding and assessing many of the captured Kuwaiti vehicles for recovery from Iraq. We were 'delivered' to various sites by an AAC Gazelle, and the Sgt pilot who flew us out was determined to show off his, and the helicopter's, abilities. A bit of sick MAY have leaked out
while we were thrown around the rear cabin, as he flew virtually sideways with the rotors almost hitting the ground.)
firstly full respect to you, troops should get more, secondly is it me of has airwolf been lowered? look like the suspensions been tweaked by the croydon massive Airwolf - as a TV 'prop'
That same helicopter crashed in Germany in 1992, killing the pilot and a two-man medical crew.
Bell 222 based at Blackbushe.
Blue Thunder was a VERY heavily modified Gazelle:
Blue Thunder, Movie and TV star.
A rather sad end.......
The rather more familiar lines of a Gazelle.
Two Gazelle airframes were modified for flying scenes in the movie. One was later broken for spares by an American aviation salvage company, whilst the other lived on at the MGM studios in Florida, albeit in VERY poor condition, stored in the open. Latest info suggests that the MGM studio survivor was in fact one of the two mock-ups used for ground shots and studio stuff, and was itself scrapped by MGM, sometime around 2009.
(I was a member of a 2-man recce team just after the first Gulf War, tasked with finding and assessing many of the captured Kuwaiti vehicles for recovery from Iraq. We were 'delivered' to various sites by an AAC Gazelle, and the Sgt pilot who flew us out was determined to show off his, and the helicopter's, abilities. A bit of sick MAY have leaked out
while we were thrown around the rear cabin, as he flew virtually sideways with the rotors almost hitting the ground.)
no effort said:
What about all the cars featured in the Cannonball Run films? Were they fake.
What about when the girl goes to get her licence from between her boobs, were they fake too?
I think they were real. There was nothing that exotic doing anything that dangerous (ie the Lambos just went very fast and did the occasional burn out, most of the mad stunt stuff was done by the more prosaic metal).What about when the girl goes to get her licence from between her boobs, were they fake too?
Ari said:
Couldn't disagree with you more there I'm afraid. As far as 99.9% of viewers were concerned, the Daytona was a "real Ferrari", and it was certainly portrayed and referred to that way in the show.
Daytona goes bang (you just catch Crockett referring to it as a "hundred grand Ferrari" at the end).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOzuoY9Blcg
Never mind the fake Daytona saga - in a far more shocking movie spoiler, I can reveal with absolute authority that the missile used to destroy said fake Ferrari was ALSO A FAKE. Check out the video above, and at exactly 1 minute in you see the arms dealer fire his "rocket" whilst standing in front of a massive truck. Plainly speaking, anyone who's rearward safety check was so poor prior to firing such a weapon (if it were real) would need to be collected in a heavy-duty zip up bag. The back-blast would be such that it would severely damage the soft-skinned truck, and envelope the firer in a ball of flame and general unpleasantness.Daytona goes bang (you just catch Crockett referring to it as a "hundred grand Ferrari" at the end).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOzuoY9Blcg
Movie trickery, eh?
Now. Don't none of you meanies go spoilin' the Batman franchise for me. Please.
thetapeworm said:
Ari said:
thetapeworm said:
Were the black Porches in Condorman the real thing?
Condorman! 
I may or may not have just bought that on DVD from Amazon for £4.11...
yellowjack said:
There WAS a Bell 222 flying out of Blackbushe that, at one point, had a similar paint scheme to Airwolf, with dark upper surfaces and a pale underside.
Airwolf - as a TV 'prop'
That same helicopter crashed in Germany in 1992, killing the pilot and a two-man medical crew.
Bell 222 based at Blackbushe.
Blue Thunder was a VERY heavily modified Gazelle:
Blue Thunder, Movie and TV star.
A rather sad end.......
The rather more familiar lines of a Gazelle.
Two Gazelle airframes were modified for flying scenes in the movie. One was later broken for spares by an American aviation salvage company, whilst the other lived on at the MGM studios in Florida, albeit in VERY poor condition, stored in the open. Latest info suggests that the MGM studio survivor was in fact one of the two mock-ups used for ground shots and studio stuff, and was itself scrapped by MGM, sometime around 2009.
(I was a member of a 2-man recce team just after the first Gulf War, tasked with finding and assessing many of the captured Kuwaiti vehicles for recovery from Iraq. We were 'delivered' to various sites by an AAC Gazelle, and the Sgt pilot who flew us out was determined to show off his, and the helicopter's, abilities. A bit of sick MAY have leaked out while we were thrown around the rear cabin, as he flew virtually sideways with the rotors almost hitting the ground.)
I remember reading a story a few years ago that with all the weight they stacked onto Blue Thunder, it seriously buggered up the CofG and the thing could only just take off and handled like a dog.Airwolf - as a TV 'prop'
That same helicopter crashed in Germany in 1992, killing the pilot and a two-man medical crew.
Bell 222 based at Blackbushe.
Blue Thunder was a VERY heavily modified Gazelle:
Blue Thunder, Movie and TV star.
A rather sad end.......
The rather more familiar lines of a Gazelle.
Two Gazelle airframes were modified for flying scenes in the movie. One was later broken for spares by an American aviation salvage company, whilst the other lived on at the MGM studios in Florida, albeit in VERY poor condition, stored in the open. Latest info suggests that the MGM studio survivor was in fact one of the two mock-ups used for ground shots and studio stuff, and was itself scrapped by MGM, sometime around 2009.
(I was a member of a 2-man recce team just after the first Gulf War, tasked with finding and assessing many of the captured Kuwaiti vehicles for recovery from Iraq. We were 'delivered' to various sites by an AAC Gazelle, and the Sgt pilot who flew us out was determined to show off his, and the helicopter's, abilities. A bit of sick MAY have leaked out
while we were thrown around the rear cabin, as he flew virtually sideways with the rotors almost hitting the ground.)Any truth in this?
Now what I would like to know, is would Airwolf and BlueThunder been any good, beatin up the Argies, back when we had the Falklands War?Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff