Ron Natalie writes:

That movie is pretty accurate for the day (the PAR approach at the
end seems pretty word for word right0.

Does PAR predate ILS? Watching the movie I wondered why they didn't
use ILS, so I presume it simply didn't exist in 1971 (?).

The book it's based on is fabulous as well, you should dig it up.
Arthur Hailey writes "insider" books for a number of fields. This
is perhaps his best.

I did read the book (while actually on a TWA plane to St. Louis, in
fact), and it was excellent ... better than the movie. The movie
wasn't too bad, either, at least for the aviation parts. Times have
changed, though!

The sequels were pretty much all wacko however.

I thought _Airplane_ was funny.

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