Marty_d Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 I just happened to flick the channel and saw the scene in the movie Face/Off where Nicholas Cage is trying to escape in a Lockheed L1329 JetStar. After John Travolta knocks one of the elevators off with his helicopter's skid (weak hinges there!!) young Nick shoots the pilot then, STANDING in the cockpit, steers the plane off the runway and into a hangar by turning the control column... Good luck with that one!! (Obviously leaving out the whole premise of being able to swap faces with another person to infiltrate their criminal enterprise and even fool their brother). 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboplanner Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 It's called dramatic license - 695 million people think to turn an aircraft like a car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rgmwa Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 I guess he couldn't reach the pedals from a standing position, so just had to do his best with what was available. rgmwa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandit12 Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Secondary effect of ailerons in ground effect on the Lockheed must have been really effective 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motzartmerv Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Yep, it works just fine, but in the opposite direction:).. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Reality. Don't bother no one will notice. Nev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lark Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 yeah , saw that too. Always amazes me how long the take-off run is in movies when an a/c is being pursued down the runway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facthunter Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Be funny chasing a747 and getting your vehicle behind an engine on max power. Turn your hummer into a b#mmer. nev 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hongie Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Yep they are clever so and so's. I watched "Parker" last night. Jewel thievery and what not.the unbelievable part is 'hotwiring' brand new transponder equipped cars in less then 2 seconds. Not. Possible. Other then that pretty good movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulh Posted June 2, 2013 Share Posted June 2, 2013 Ok my turn, In movies they still refer to and show "blue prints" of technical drawings or plans of buildings etc., even in a so called high tech show and the actor is viewing plans on an iPad the drawings are still shown as blue prints. The process was superseded some time after WW2, even ammonia prints and dye line prints were dinasaurs in the 1980's, still remember cleaning out the dyeline machine every Friday afternoon. Maybe an image from a microfilm of a blue print if the bad guys are hiding some old warehouse Must be getting to be a grumpy old man when useless cr..p irritates!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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