Die Hard 2
Movie (1990)
French title: 58 minutes pour vivre
Starring:
Bruce Willis (Lieutnant John McClane)
Bonnie Bedelia (Holly McClane)
William Atherton (Richard Thornburg)
Reginald VelJohnson (Sergeant Al Powell)
Franco Nero (General Ramon Esperanza)
William Sadler (Colonel Stuart)
It's another Christmas and Lt. McClane is off to meet his wife but yet again more terrorists plan to disrupt his life. When the authorities lose control of the airport systems and with it any ability to land the aircraft, it's up to McClane to stop the terrorists and bring the planes down safely, including the one carrying his wife.
Also from this series:
Die Hard
Die Hard with a Vengeance
Live Free or Die Hard
A Good Day to Die Hard
Fairchild C-123 Provider (heavily modified)
First sen at the airport through a TV news flash.
Esperanza's Plane: this aircraft is not actually a production aircraft but a CGI/add-on composition or heavily modified airframe. The body is from a C-123 Provider, wings having four jet engines instead the usual two radial engines. The real C-123 has no ejection seat.
It has a code of 709 on the nose.
Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar 50
Seen throughout the film as Holly McClane's plane.
Registration N765BE Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar 50 c/n 193P-1105 of Hawaiian Airlines built in 1975. Was JA8511 the first ten years.
Northeast Airlines (NEA) is a fake airline created for the movie; the aircraft was actually operated by Hawaiian Airlines at the time of filming. Scrapped in 2004.
McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II
These F-4s are used to escort General Esperanza's plane. A loosely mock of the real plane (surprising for an american movie with all these F-4 stocked in Mojave or elsewhere).
North American P-51D Mustang
A desk model seen at police captain Lorenzo (acted by Dennis Franz) office of North American P-51D Mustang painted in the markings of Captain Donald R Emerson, serving with the Debden based 336th Fighter Sqn, part of the 4th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force. The other side got a giant Donald Duck on the engine cowling.
(green square) With a drawing of Charles Lindbergh in front of his Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Louis.
Later seen on a postcard (red circle background). The military air controler's head hides a high-wing light aircraft feated with a tricycle gear (for example, Cessna 15/152 or 172 or Aero Commander 100).
Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar 1
A 'Fuji Air' Tristar is seen whilst Dulles transmits its final message to approaching aircraft. This is actually N303EA, c/n 193A-1004.
Douglas DC-8-72
Also seen during Dulles final transmission.
Boeing 727-22
Boeing 727-22 of American Trans Air. Seen taking off from Washington D.C. International Airport and at various points throughout the film.
Boeing 727
Meant to be the same Boeing 727, but livery is different and must be found out.
Aérospatiale AS350B Ecureuil
First seen in the background of TV news flash reporting the crash.
McClane's ride to the terrorist. Registration N300CE, serial 1227 built in 1980.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Bell UH-1 Iroquois
These choppers deliver Major Grant's anti-terrorist team.
Various Aircraft
Shot of the safely landed airliners at the end of the film. On the left, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar of ATA-American Trans Air. In the center, a Boeing 747 of the fictional Fuji Air followed by Holly's Lockheed L-1011-385-1 TriStar 50 N765BE listed above and a McDonnell Douglas DC-10. The nose of another Boeing 747 to the right.
Boeing 747-121(A/SF)
The terrorists try to escape using this plane before McClane puts an end to their plans.
Registration N473EV Boeing 747-121A/SF c/n 19657/37 of Evergreen International Airlines until 1997. Built in 1970. Was N753PA before 1989. Broken up in 2001.
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