523 Flight of the Phoenix, The (1965)
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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
523 Flight of the Phoenix, The (1965)
- The plane that they leave on at the end of the film was originally a C-82
Boom aircraft. The stunt of taking off was too dangerous, and thus pilot
'Paul Mantz' (qv) was asked to merely come in low, run his landing gear
along the ground, and then take off again, simulating a take-off. On the
second take, Mantz was killed and the plane destroyed. As all main footage
had already been shot, a North American O-47A observation plane from the Air
Museum was substituted for the remaining closeups.
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