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NASA feigns a Mars landing using a real (empty) space shuttle, ''Capricorn One'', sent into space, and its three astronauts, Brubaker, Willis and Walker, filmed on a soundstage at an Air Force base. When the shuttle burns up on re-entry, Brubaker and his men, realizing now NASA will have to produce three corpses to make the hoax complete, escape from the base and are pursued by the government that betrayed them. | NASA feigns a Mars landing using a real (empty) space shuttle, ''Capricorn One'', sent into space, and its three astronauts, Brubaker, Willis and Walker, filmed on a soundstage at an Air Force base. When the shuttle burns up on re-entry, Brubaker and his men, realizing now NASA will have to produce three corpses to make the hoax complete, escape from the base and are pursued by the government that betrayed them. | ||
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| + | Seen all along the movie on the launching pad, then taking off a often in the background as a model. | ||
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[[Category:McDonnell F2H Banshee]] | [[Category:McDonnell F2H Banshee]] | ||
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Revision as of 16:44, 15 January 2013
Movie (1978)
Starring:
Elliott Gould (Robert Caulfield)
James Brolin (Charles Brubaker)
Brenda Vaccaro (Kay Brubaker)
Sam Waterston (Peter Willis)
O.J. Simpson (John Walker)
Hal Holbrook (Dr. James Kelloway)
NASA feigns a Mars landing using a real (empty) space shuttle, Capricorn One, sent into space, and its three astronauts, Brubaker, Willis and Walker, filmed on a soundstage at an Air Force base. When the shuttle burns up on re-entry, Brubaker and his men, realizing now NASA will have to produce three corpses to make the hoax complete, escape from the base and are pursued by the government that betrayed them.
Saturn V Apollo
Seen all along the movie on the launching pad, then taking off a often in the background as a model. (screenshot coming soon)
Bell 206 JetRanger
NASA helicopter which flies the astronauts to the airstrip after their removal from the shuttle prior to liftoff.
Douglas C-133 Cargomaster & Beechcraft Model 18
Various planes seen near where the JetRanger takes off from. These include Two Douglas C-133 Cargomasters and an unknown DC-3 variant on the flightline, and a possible Beech 18 variant next to the hangar
Learjet 24
NASA jet which flies Brubaker and the others to the top secret desert hangar where they stage the fake Mars landing. Later, they escape in it, but it runs out of fuel over the desert and crashlands.
Grumman F9F Panther
Archive footage as the Panther was retired from the US Navy in 1958. Probably the same shot seen in The Bridges at Toko-Ri.
McDonnell F2H Banshee
The banshee has been phased out in the beginning of sixties, so it's a archive footage or re-use of scene from The Bridges at Toko-Ri.
Hughes OH-6 "Loach" (Model 500)
These two helicopters are sent to track down Brubaker, Willis and Walker. The behave eerily like living things despite being piloted by people, as they often stop and turn to face one another as though conversing. Both crash into a cliff during the final chase sequence.
Boeing-Stearman Model 75
Caulfield rents this biplane from a crazy pilot named Albain, and the pair use it to find and rescue Brubaker. The Hughes helicopters pursue it, but Albain outflies the Army pilots and the trio escape.
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