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[[Image:NHITS.jpg|thumb|right|350px|none|''No Highway'' movie poster in the US title ''No Highway in the Sky''.]] | [[Image:NHITS.jpg|thumb|right|350px|none|''No Highway'' movie poster in the US title ''No Highway in the Sky''.]] | ||
<b>Movie (1951)</b><br> | <b>Movie (1951)</b><br> | ||
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== [[:Category: De Havilland DH100 Vampire| De Havilland DH100 Vampire]] == | == [[:Category: De Havilland DH100 Vampire| De Havilland DH100 Vampire]] == | ||
[[Image:NoHighwayInTheSky_Vampire.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:NoHighwayInTheSky_Vampire.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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+ | == [[:Category: Saunders-Roe SR.45 Princess|Saunders-Roe SR.45 Princess]] == | ||
+ | This British flying boat maiden flight occured the next year (1952). A model during fluid dynamics trials. | ||
+ | [[Image:NoHighwayInTheSky_flyingBoat.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
== Gloster E.1/44 == | == Gloster E.1/44 == | ||
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[[Image:NHITS Un 3.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:NHITS Un 3.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
− | == [[:Category: | + | == [[:Category: Douglas DC-3|Douglas DC-3]] == |
− | + | Douglas DC-3 of [[:Category: Air France|Air France]]. | |
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== [[Category: Made for Movie]] [[:Category: Made for Movie | Rutland Reindeer]] == | == [[Category: Made for Movie]] [[:Category: Made for Movie | Rutland Reindeer]] == | ||
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== [[:Category: Bristol 170 Freighter| Bristol 170 Freighter]] == | == [[:Category: Bristol 170 Freighter| Bristol 170 Freighter]] == | ||
In the background. | In the background. | ||
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+ | [[Image:NoHighwayInTheSky_B170.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
− | == DC- | + | == [[:Category: Douglas DC-6|Douglas DC-6A]] == |
− | In the background. By night. | + | In the background. By night. |
+ | [[Image:NoHighwayInTheSky_DC.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
− | == [[:Category: Avro Lancaster|Avro Lancaster]] == | + | == [[:Category: Avro Lancaster|Avro Lancaster B MkVII]] == |
− | + | Avro Lancaster B MkVII serial NX636 served at Royal Aircraft Establishment ([[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Locations|Farnborough]]) October 1948-September 1955. | |
[[Image:NoHighwayInTheSky_Lanc.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:NoHighwayInTheSky_Lanc.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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+ | == [[:Category: Supermarine Spitfire|Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb]] == | ||
+ | Famous picture reputedly of Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb of No. 92 Squadron, 19th May 1941. | ||
+ | [[Image:NoHighwayInTheSky_Spit.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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[[Category: Bristol 170 Freighter]] | [[Category: Bristol 170 Freighter]] | ||
[[Category: De Havilland DH100 Vampire]] | [[Category: De Havilland DH100 Vampire]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Douglas DC-3]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Douglas DC-6]] | ||
[[Category: Handley Page Halifax]] | [[Category: Handley Page Halifax]] | ||
[[Category: Saunders-Roe SR.45 Princess]] | [[Category: Saunders-Roe SR.45 Princess]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Supermarine Spitfire]] | ||
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+ | [[Category: Air France]] |
Latest revision as of 23:47, 22 March 2019
Movie (1951)
AKA: No Highway in the Sky
French title : Le voyage fantastique
Starring:
James Stewart (Theodore Honey)
Marlene Dietrich (Monica Teasdale)
Glynis Johns (Marjorie Corder)
Jack Hawkins (Dennis Scott)
Janette Scott (Elspeth Honey)
An aerospace engineer predicts that a new aircraft the Rutland Reindeer will suffer a catastrophic failure when its tail falls off due to metal fatigue at a certain number of hours.
De Havilland DH100 Vampire
Saunders-Roe SR.45 Princess
This British flying boat maiden flight occured the next year (1952). A model during fluid dynamics trials.
Gloster E.1/44
Possible registration is TX145.
The test programme reached an end during 1949 and prototypes were scrapped in ... 1951 !
Douglas DC-3
Douglas DC-3 of Air France.
Rutland Reindeer
A heavily modified Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax C.VIII to act as the new airliner that is the subject of the film.
Fake registration G-AFOH. This airframe was really c/n 1369, serial PP296 then G-AJNW once on the civil registry.
Was scraped on Decembre 1950, not long after the filming's end.
Scale model of the above:
Bristol 170 Freighter
In the background.
Douglas DC-6A
In the background. By night.
Avro Lancaster B MkVII
Avro Lancaster B MkVII serial NX636 served at Royal Aircraft Establishment (Farnborough) October 1948-September 1955.
Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb
Famous picture reputedly of Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb of No. 92 Squadron, 19th May 1941.
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