Close Encounters of the Third Kind

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind movie poster.

Movie (1977)

Starring:
Richard Dreyfus (Roy Neary)
François Truffaut (Claude Lacombe)
Teri Garr (Ronnie Neary)
Melinda Dillon (Jillian Guiler)
Bob Balaban (David Laughlin)
J. Patrick McNamara (Project Leader)

(Synopsis needed)


Grumman TBF-3 Avenger

Lacombe's team find these World War II era airplanes in the Mexican desert. A Grumman TBF Avenger torpedo bomber. Supposedly the infamous Flight 19, reported missing in 1945.

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Bell 206 JetRanger

Seen several times in the film in use by the US Army, notably in a sequence set in Mongolia which was only included in the director's cut. Army JetRangers are seen at Devil's Tower in Wyoming in all versions of the film, however.

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Bell 214

Used by the US Army at Devil's Tower. One is used to transport trespassers away from the mountain. Several pursue Roy, Jillian and Larry after they escape.

Notice the unusually large exhaust distinguishing it as a 214 variant.
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