Concorde Affaire '79
Movie (1979)
Also known as: The Concorde Affair
Italian title: Affare Concorde
French title: SOS Concorde
German title: Das Concorde inferno
Starring:
James Franciscus (Moses Brody)
Mimsy Farmer (Jean Beneyton)
Venantino Venantini (Forsythe)
Fiamma Maglione (Nicole Brody)
A reporter tries to stop the crash of an aircraft after uncovering an airline's plot to save their business by sabotaging Concorde flights and have them decommissioned.
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 101
Despite the Guest Star of this movie, the supersonic airliner is seen only during short scene in fictitious colors.
The landing scene during the credit shows F-BVFC. First flight on 9 July 1976 and last one on 27 June 2003. Since January 2015, she is on display outside the Aeroscopia museum near the Toulouse factory.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Maybe F-WTSA?
Takeoff from Heathrow Airport?
The cockpit is not correct although the joysticks are compliant. And the cabin is a set much more roomy the real one (real internal width of 8 ft 7 in (2.62m)):
Which airframe?
Includes some shot on the assembly line (1h24)
Overfly of Rio by one of the prototypes, 1974?
...and last landing filmed with toys!
Douglas DC-8
Seen at 6 min 02, an airliner seen through the tower's window.
Hughes 269C
Registration F-OGHT, c/n 1170643.
Unidentified Aircraft
Seen at 17 min 09, an airliner perhaps wearing TWA colors. Boeing 707/720 (or Convair 880 from some archive footage)?
At 52 min, a light aircraft used by Moses Brody for reconnaissance of the yacht. Maybe a high wing type.
British Aerospace 125
Seen at 1h30.
Vickers Super VC10
East African Airways Vickers Super VC10 is bypassed by a fire truck.
Boeing 737-247
Mimsy Farmer is boarding in this Boeing 737 (christened Antilles) at 1h33 to leaves the Martinique Island.
Boeing 737-247 N4522W c/n 20126 operated by Air France between 1973 and 1980. Later registration: N470AC and N302VA.
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