"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
09/23/2014 at 09:48 • Filed to: planelopnik
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
09/23/2014 at 09:48 • Filed to: planelopnik | 2
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I was flipping channels last night and came across the film !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (195 7 ) starring Charles Boyer and Brigitte Bardot. I just happened to catch a scene with Bardot as a passenger in a two-seat jet I'd never seen before, so I noted the registration (F-WZRS) and Googled it. I discovered that, just like !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! and the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! (Internet Movie Car Database), there is also a database for movie planes, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . Who knew? Well, somebody did, just not me. This looks like it will be a fun site to poke around.
The plane is a Morane-Saulnier MS.755 Fleuret, a two-seat prototype of the !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
ACESandEIGHTS
> ttyymmnn
09/23/2014 at 09:53 |
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Chromed-out jets were such a cool 50s-60s thing.
Jayhawk Jake
> ttyymmnn
09/23/2014 at 09:54 |
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That site is okay, but I've noticed there's a lot of incorrect identifications
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Jayhawk Jake
> ACESandEIGHTS
09/23/2014 at 09:54 |
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Ah, bare aluminum. Looks good until it corrodes away
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ttyymmnn
> Jayhawk Jake
09/23/2014 at 09:59 |
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That's too bad. Still might be fun to surf, though. And that MS is pretty awesome. Click the link for the MS.760. Neat concept for the time, and seems to share many lines with the Hawker Hunter tandem seater, at least in profile. This jet also strongly reminds me of the SAAB 105.
McMike
> ttyymmnn
09/23/2014 at 10:11 |
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There's also a
Internet Movie Firearms Database
that I found by accident while looking for an A-Team photo once
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KatzManDu
> ttyymmnn
09/23/2014 at 10:35 |
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Some guy in Florida has bought up all the MS760s and is rebuilding them and selling them. People could find the jets for $250-$500k before-hand, now they're a $2M investment.
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ttyymmnn
> KatzManDu
09/23/2014 at 10:50 |
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I saw this picture on Wiki. Looks nice. Also, this .
StingrayJake
> McMike
09/23/2014 at 11:49 |
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I knew about IMFDB before I knew about the cars and plane one. Heat is still the best gun movie ever. And it's amazing how much Hollywood screws up the basics of firearms (let alone getting the right weapons in the right hands in war movies).
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Jayhawk Jake
> ttyymmnn
09/23/2014 at 12:17 |
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The MS 760 is one of those ideas I can't believe has never caught on: a private fighter jet. ATG tried with the Javelin and it was a total failure. The only remotely successful private fighter is the BD-5J
burntartichoke
> KatzManDu
09/23/2014 at 13:31 |
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Maybe someday...
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ttyymmnn
> Jayhawk Jake
09/23/2014 at 13:39 |
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What was the cost of operating those back in the day, though? Fuel consumption was probably pretty voracious, but then again, fuel prices were probably much lower.
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Jayhawk Jake
> ttyymmnn
09/23/2014 at 13:56 |
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It probably wasn't THAT much worse than other aircraft. The Javelin was fairly recent (mid 2000's I think), so that one is probably more economy driven than operating costs.
