<![CDATA[The Phoenix: The Plane, The Legend]]>Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Flight of the Phoenix

Fox_the_Pirate — 14 years ago(October 13, 2011 05:43 AM)

Upon watching this movie for the first time in a long time, I began to wonder to what degree did the film makers "build" the Phoenix. Obviously they engineered some sort of actual aeroplane (to use Dorfmann's parlance) for use in the taxi and fly-by shots at the end, however the plane seen buzzing the oilfield is not the same as the Phoenix we see being constructed throughout the film.
If anyone can answer the following questions, I would be most happy: did the Phoenix truly consist of hobbled-together parts? Did the Phoenix as we see it in most of the film ever fly? And. . .
am I crazy or do two of the shots (at the end of the film, one from beneath the plane as it takes flight and another showing the profile) alternatively reveal a Lockheed Electra (judging from the wing geometry in the former parenthetical shot), and a Grumman F6F Hellcat with the canopy chopped off (judging from the fuselage shape, wing shape, and tail position evident the the latter parenthetical shot)?
Thus Conscience does make Cowards of us all. . .

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Sounds like a job for Mythbusters.

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Get this Mister!; that engines rated at 2000 horsepower. And if I was ever fool enough to let it get started it would shake your patched up pile of junk into a thousand pieces, and cut us into mincemeat with the propeller 😜
For who would bear the whips and scorns of Hollywood (;-p)

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I've often wondered if this kind of thing would even be possible.
In order to make this contraption, they'd have to remove one boom and wing structure, and merge it with the other wing. The engine has to function, but they can't test it because they only have so many charges. However, they might be able to clear out the sand, and keep more sand from getting into the carburetors, fuel manifolds, and other intakes. Evidently, they had a rudimentary hoist system in play.
I'd like to see some show do this just to see if it would really work.

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Huh. . . Why yes it does. Thank you!

Thus Conscience does make Cowards of us all. . .

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Wikipedia has all the answers:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flight_of_the_Phoenix_(1965_film)
🙂

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