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When an expedition to the African Congo ends in disaster, a new team is assembled to find out what went wrong. | When an expedition to the African Congo ends in disaster, a new team is assembled to find out what went wrong. | ||
== [[:Category:Boeing 727|Boeing 727- | == [[:Category:Boeing 727|Boeing 727-90C]] == | ||
Registration N798AS, c/n 19170/332 built in 1966.<br> | |||
Used to fly from the States to Central Africa. | Used to fly from the States to Central Africa. | ||
[[ | [[File:2015-11-22 22h16 54.png|thumb|500px|none |Reg. N798AS Boeing 727-90C of OAX-Omni Air Express.]] | ||
[[ | [[File:2015-11-22 22h18 21.png|thumb|500px|none |Reg. N798AS Boeing 727-90C of OAX-Omni Air Express.]] | ||
[[ | [[File:2015-11-22 22h21 55.png|thumb|500px|none |Reg. N798AS Boeing 727-90C of OAX-Omni Air Express.]] | ||
[[File:2015-11-22 22h23 21.png|thumb|500px|none |Reg. N798AS Boeing 727-90C of OAX-Omni Air Express.]] | |||
[[File:2015-11-22 22h24 58.png|thumb|500px|none |Reg. N798AS Boeing 727-90C of OAX-Omni Air Express.]] | |||
== [[:Category: | == [[:Category: Boeing 727|Boeing 727-2S2F/Adv]] & [[:Category: Beechcraft King Air|Beechcraft King Air]] == | ||
King Air registration looks like N821DM. | |||
[[ | [[File:2015-11-22 22h18 46.png|thumb|500px|none|Boeing 727-2S2F/Adv of [[:Category: Federal Express|Federal Express]] and Beechcraft King Air.]] | ||
[[File:2015-11-22 23h06 32.png|thumb|500px|none|Beechcraft King Air.]] | |||
== [[:Category: | == [[:Category: McDonnell Douglas DC-10|McDonnell Douglas DC-10]] == | ||
[[File:2015-11-22 23h05 02.png|thumb|500px|none|]] | |||
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== [[: | == [[:Category:Boeing 727|Boeing 727-100]] == | ||
Various airplanes seen in a wide shot of the Central African airport (actually Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya). | |||
[[File:2015-11-22 22h24 26.png|thumb|500px|none |]] | |||
== [[:Category:Boeing 747|Boeing 747-121(SF)]] == | |||
Seen at the "Central African airport" as the characters disembark from the 727. No engines.<br> | |||
Registration N747PA, c/n 19639/2 built in 1969. One of Aeroposta's two 747s and the only one with this window arrangement. Seen while it was stored engineless at San Bernardino International Airport, before being purchased by a South Korean couple and moved to Hopyeong, Namyangju, South Korea to be used as a restaurant until it went out of business in 2005 and was finally scrapped in 2010. Same aircraft in other works at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing)]]. | |||
[[File:2015-11-22 22h25 19.png|thumb|500px|none|Reg. N747PA Boeing 747-121(SF) ''Juan T. Trippe'' of Aeroposta.]] | |||
== [[:Category:Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I|Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I]] == | |||
Seen at the Central African airport. | Seen at the Central African airport. | ||
[[ | [[File:2015-11-22 22h25 47.png|thumb|500px|none |]] | ||
== [[:Category: | == [[:Category:Beechcraft Super King Air|Beechcraft B200 Super King Air]] == | ||
Seen at the Central African airport. | Seen at the Central African airport. | ||
[[ | [[File:2015-11-22 23h03 19.png|thumb|500px|none |]] | ||
== [[:Category: | == [[:Category: Beechcraft Queen Air|Beechcraft Queen Air]] == | ||
[[File:2015-11-22 22h27 45.png|thumb|500px|none|]] | |||
== [[:Category:Beechcraft Model 18|Beechcraft C-18]] == | |||
Seen at the Central African airport. | Seen at the Central African airport. | ||
[[ | [[File:2015-11-22 23h04 10.png|thumb|500px|none |]] | ||
== [[:Category: Douglas DC-3 | Douglas DC-3]] == | == [[:Category: Douglas DC-3|Douglas DC-3]] == | ||
Used to cross the border into Zaire. It gets taken down by soldiers (for illegally crossing the border) firing surface-to-air heat-seeking rockets, however the characters manage to parachute out before a final rocket hits and destroys the DC-3. | [[File:2015-11-22 22h28 59.png|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
== [[:Category:Douglas DC-3|Douglas DC-3-G102A]] == | |||
Used to cross the border into Zaire. It gets taken down by soldiers (for illegally crossing the border) firing surface-to-air heat-seeking rockets, however the characters manage to parachute out before a final rocket hits and destroys the DC-3.<br> | |||
Same aircraft seen in other movies at[[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]]. | |||
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[[Image: Congo50lv4.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Cessna 177 Cardinal.]] | [[Image: Congo50lv4.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Cessna 177 Cardinal.]] | ||
== [[:Category: | == [[:Category:Fokker F27 Friendship|Fokker F27 Friendship]] == | ||
This plane is seen burning in the sky at night whilst attempting a crash landing after meeting the same fate as the DC-3 (a run-in with the rocket-firing Zaire soldiers), and is later found in the jungle outside of Zinj. The shot of the burning plane crashing appears to be a model or possibly CGI. | This plane is seen burning in the sky at night whilst attempting a crash landing after meeting the same fate as the DC-3 (a run-in with the rocket-firing Zaire soldiers), and is later found in the jungle outside of Zinj. The shot of the burning plane crashing appears to be a model or possibly CGI. | ||
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* [http://www.imcdb.org/movie_112715-Congo.html Congo at IMCDb] | * [http://www.imcdb.org/movie_112715-Congo.html Congo at IMCDb] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category: Beechcraft King Air]] | ||
[[Category: Beechcraft Model 18]] | |||
[[Category: Beechcraft Queen Air]] | |||
[[Category: Beechcraft Super King Air]] | |||
[[Category: Boeing 727]] | [[Category: Boeing 727]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category: Boeing 747]] | ||
[[Category: Cessna 177 Cardinal]] | [[Category: Cessna 177 Cardinal]] | ||
[[Category: Douglas DC-3]] | |||
[[Category: Fokker F27 Friendship]] | |||
[[Category: Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I]] | |||
[[Category: McDonnell Douglas DC-10]] | |||
[[Category: Federal Express]] | |||
Latest revision as of 22:05, 1 June 2025
Movie (1995)
Starring:
Laura Linney (Dr. Karen Ross)
Dylan Walsh (Dr. Peter Elliot)
Ernie Hudson (Captain Munro Kelly)
Tim Curry (Herkermer Homolka)
Grant Heslov (Richard)
Joe Don Baker (R.B. Travis)
When an expedition to the African Congo ends in disaster, a new team is assembled to find out what went wrong.
Boeing 727-90C
Registration N798AS, c/n 19170/332 built in 1966.
Used to fly from the States to Central Africa.
Boeing 727-2S2F/Adv & Beechcraft King Air
King Air registration looks like N821DM.
McDonnell Douglas DC-10
Boeing 727-100
Various airplanes seen in a wide shot of the Central African airport (actually Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya).
Boeing 747-121(SF)
Seen at the "Central African airport" as the characters disembark from the 727. No engines.
Registration N747PA, c/n 19639/2 built in 1969. One of Aeroposta's two 747s and the only one with this window arrangement. Seen while it was stored engineless at San Bernardino International Airport, before being purchased by a South Korean couple and moved to Hopyeong, Namyangju, South Korea to be used as a restaurant until it went out of business in 2005 and was finally scrapped in 2010. Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Grumman G-159 Gulfstream I
Seen at the Central African airport.
Beechcraft B200 Super King Air
Seen at the Central African airport.
Beechcraft Queen Air
Beechcraft C-18
Seen at the Central African airport.
Douglas DC-3
Douglas DC-3-G102A
Used to cross the border into Zaire. It gets taken down by soldiers (for illegally crossing the border) firing surface-to-air heat-seeking rockets, however the characters manage to parachute out before a final rocket hits and destroys the DC-3.
Same aircraft seen in other movies atIMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Cessna 177 Cardinal
Seen in a small hangar at the airstrip the DC-3 takes off from.
Fokker F27 Friendship
This plane is seen burning in the sky at night whilst attempting a crash landing after meeting the same fate as the DC-3 (a run-in with the rocket-firing Zaire soldiers), and is later found in the jungle outside of Zinj. The shot of the burning plane crashing appears to be a model or possibly CGI.
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