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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> | <b>Movie (1951)</b><br> | ||
<b> | AKA: <b>No Highway in the Sky</b><br> | ||
French title : <b>Le voyage fantastique</b><br> | |||
<font color="blue"> | <font color="blue"> | ||
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</font> | </font> | ||
An aerospace engineer predicts that a new aircraft the Rutland Reindeer will suffer a catastrophic failure when its | 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. | ||
== | == [[:Category: De Havilland DH100 Vampire| De Havilland DH100 Vampire]] == | ||
[[Image:NoHighwayInTheSky_Vampire.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | |||
Fake registration G-AFOH. | |||
== [[: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 == | |||
Possible registration is TX145.<br> | |||
The test programme reached an end during 1949 and prototypes were scrapped in ... 1951 ! | |||
[[Image:NHITS Un 4.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | |||
[[Image:NHITS Un 2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | |||
[[Image:NHITS Un.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | |||
[[Image:NoHighwayInTheSky_A3.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | |||
[[Image:NHITS Un 3.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | |||
== [[:Category: Douglas DC-3|Douglas DC-3]] == | |||
Douglas DC-3 of [[:Category: Air France|Air France]]. | |||
[[Image:NoHighwayInTheSky_tarmac.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | |||
== [[Category: Made for Movie]] [[:Category: Made for Movie | Rutland Reindeer]] == | |||
A heavily modified [[:Category: Handley Page Halifax|Handley Page H.P.70 Halifax C.VIII]] to act as the new airliner that is the subject of the film.<br> | |||
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.<br> | |||
[[Image:NHITS Halifax 2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:NHITS Halifax 2.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
[[Image:NHITS Halifax 3.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:NHITS Halifax 3.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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[[Image:NHITS Halifax 5.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:NHITS Halifax 5.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
== [[Category: | == [[:Category: Bristol 170 Freighter| Bristol 170 Freighter]] == | ||
[[Image: | In the background. | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:NHITS_Halifax.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
[[Image: | [[Image:NoHighwayInTheSky_B170.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
[[Image: | |||
== [[:Category: Douglas DC-6|Douglas DC-6A]] == | |||
In the background. By night. | |||
[[Image:NoHighwayInTheSky_DC.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | |||
== [[: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|]] | |||
== [[:Category: Supermarine Spitfire|Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb]] == | |||
Famous picture reputedly of Supermarine Spitfire Mk Vb of No. 92 Squadron, 19th May 1941. Seen again ten years later in <i>Wings of Death</i> ([[Scotland Yard (film series)]]). | |||
[[Image:NoHighwayInTheSky_Spit.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | |||
{{footnote}} | {{footnote}} | ||
= See also = | = See also = | ||
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043859/ No Highway at IMDb] | *[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043859/ No Highway at IMDb] | ||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Highway_in_the_Sky No Highway at Wikipedia] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Highway_in_the_Sky No Highway at Wikipedia] | ||
*[http://imcdb.org/movie_43859-No-Highway.html No Highway at IMCDb] | *[http://imcdb.org/movie_43859-No-Highway.html No Highway at IMCDb] | ||
[[Category: Avro Lancaster]] | |||
[[Category: Bristol 170 Freighter]] | |||
[[Category: De Havilland DH100 Vampire]] | |||
[[Category: Douglas DC-3]] | |||
[[Category: Douglas DC-6]] | |||
[[Category: Handley Page Halifax]] | |||
[[Category: Saunders-Roe SR.45 Princess]] | |||
[[Category: Supermarine Spitfire]] | |||
[[Category: Air France]] | |||
Latest revision as of 03:32, 26 November 2024
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. Seen again ten years later in Wings of Death (Scotland Yard (film series)).
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