"Ralph Nesbitt" wrote:

"Scott M. Kozel" wrote:
"Ralph Nesbitt" wrote:
"Scott M. Kozel" wrote:
"Ralph Nesbitt" wrote:
"Scott M. Kozel" wrote:

Really? I saw a movie in the 1960s where a guy with a .38 revolver
tried to shoot another pax on an airliner (I think it was a DC-7), and
he missed and the slug went through the cabin wall and hit an engine and
set it on fire. :-]

Was that the 1 with the promotion for "Scenic Florida Vacation Property at
+/- 2' sea level" as a "Promotional Trailer"?

It happened on a flight from San Francisco to Hawaii. :-)

Saw the movie of trip between or flt segment in movie?

This happened in the movie. Allright, someone please help me remember
the name of the movie!

I can't vouch for the exact caliber of the gun, but it looked like the
standard police special revolver of that era, which would have been a
.38 Special caliber.

After the engine fire burned awhile, the top of one of the cylinders
blew off, and then the flash of fuel detonation kept coming out with a
whomp!-whomp!-whomp!-whomp!-whomp!-whomp!-whomp!-whomp! It was at night
of course, and I'm not sure whether the crew eventually managed to
feather the prop and stop the engine.

Ah the wonders of "Hollywood"

Hee hee! If the guy had fired an M-1 service rifle, then I might think
that significant damage to the engine might have occurred.