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Wow! Very cool info, MikeD, thanks. The footage of that trainer, along with the 747 and the rescue helicopter, is pretty spectacular.
Well, now when I sit down to watch Airport '75 with my friends I can tell them your story. Wait, none of them will watch it with me...
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You know, that would've been cool to be one of the IPs in the 96th at Willie when the USAF tagged them with the movie assignment. Wonder how they selected who got to do it? Draw straws?
Also in the movie, at the end when Charleton Heston lands the stricken 747, there's a scene where George Kennedy is seen hanging on to the Airport Crash Truck that's speeding down the runway chasing the 747, and he exclaims "he can't stop her" referring to Heston. Now, why Kennedy couldn't just ride in the cab of the crash truck is beyond me.
Also, did you notice Erik Estrada as the FE? Guess he quit the airlines prior to joining CHP
Additionally, did you notice that in the film, the Beech Baron is referred to by ATC as "Baron 232Z" even though it's N-number is N9750Y.
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**An interesting fact about Charlton Heston in this movie. He was sent to the American Airlines Simulator in Fort Worth, TX, to practice in the 747, then he really flew the jumbo for an hour and a half.
**N9675, a Boeing 747-123 (msn/ln 20390/136), delivered on May 7, 1971, was operated at the time by American Airlines and later became an all-freight plane. It temporarily had the registry OD-AGM for a lease. When American Airlines disposed of its 747 fleet, it was sold to UPS which now flies it as N675UP.