The Concorde... Airport '79
Movie (1979)
Starring:
Alain Delon (Captain Paul Metrand)
Susan Blakely (Maggie Whelan)
Robert Wagner (Kevin Harrison)
Sylvia Kristel (Isabelle)
George Kennedy (Captain Joe Patroni)
Also from this series:
Airport
Airport 1975
Airport '77
When journalist Maggie Whelan discovers that her lover Kevin Harrison has been selling arms illegally she tells him that she will go public with the news. He decides that she and the documents that prove his guilt must be destroyed and the perfect way for him to do this is by taking down the Concorde she is going to be flying on.
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde
The star of the film is this Concorde owned by the fictional Federation World Airlines. To celebrate it being the first US owned Concorde it undertakes a celebratory flight from Dulles to Moscow via Paris. Along the way it suffers various misfortunes. It is targeted by an attack drone, shot at by a mercenary in an F-4 and suffers explosive decompression when the cargo hold door opens due to sabotage.
Registration F-BTSC and serial 203 this Concorde saw real life service for Air France and as a test bed for Aérospatiale. It crashed in 2000 over Gonesse, France killing all on board.
Dassault Mystère Falcon 20 GF
This jet is used by the villainous tycoon and arms dealer Kevin Harrison. Only the scenes with the plane on the runway at Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport depict a real aircraft with a CGI model being used for scenes in the air.
Registration F-BPJB. Construction Number 145.
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
Mercenary jet sent by Harrison to shoot down the Concorde. In the end it is shot down by the French Air Force. Seems to be CGI rather than a real aircraft.
McDonnell Douglas F-15E Eagle
USAF jets which shoot down the Harrison Technologies Buzzard drone that attacks the Concorde.
Unidentified Aircraft
French Air Force jets sent to shoot down the mercenary F-4.
Unidentified Aircraft
Seen in a demonstration of the Buzzard attack drone's capabilities.
Gates Lear Jet 25A
Executive transport of Federation World Airlines used by Joe Patroni to fly to land at Dulles where he is to fly the Concorde from.
Registration N564CL. Serial 25-060.
Agusta-Bell 206 JetRanger II
Used to transport a donor organ that was on board the Concorde.
Registration F-BUIA. Serial 8353.
Raven S-50A
Hot air balloon used by environmentalists to protest against Concorde. As part of the protest it rises in front of the Concorde but Mertrand takes evasive action to avoid hitting it.
Registration N401AA. Serial S50A-257.
Airbus A300B2-101
Seen on the run way when the police chase the mechanic who sabotaged the Concorde.
Registration F-BVGC. Construction number 007.
Various Aircraft
Unidentified Aircraft
The KLM jet.
Unidentified Aircraft
On the right.
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