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I like Octboer Sky also. Has anyone seen it?
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The cool thing about "October Sky" is: it's an anagram for "Rocket Boys" the name of the book. Pretty cool, eh?
I heard they're doing a remake of Flight of the Phoenix -- hard to think they could improve on the original.
Airplane - who can forget Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the FO, and unable to hear because of his headset.
Tower : Flight 2-0-9er, you're cleared for take off.
Capt. Oever : Roger!
Murdock : Huh?
Tower : L.A. departure frequency 1-2-3 point 9er.
Capt. Oever : Roger!
Murdock : Huh?
: Re-quest Vector, over!
Capt. Oever : What?
Tower : 2-0-9er clear for vector 2-3-4.
Murdock : We have clearance Clarence.
Capt. Oever : Roger, Roger. What's our Vector Victor?
Tower : Tower's radio clearance, over!
Capt. Oever : That's Clarence Oever! Oever.
Tower : Roger.
Murdock : Huh?
Tower : Roger, over.
Murdock : Huh?
Capt. Oever : Huh?
BTW, all you Airplane fans, you can find the entire script at:
http://www.eecs.tufts.edu/~rkogan/humor/airplane.html