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Old November 5th 04, 06:46 AM
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What kind of a plane is in The Gods must be crazy part II? Anyone?

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Old November 5th 04, 08:52 PM
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"Rick Pellicciotti" wrote in message
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I've never seen the movie so I can't answer your question. What I
have seen is this question come up time and time again so a search of
the archives is probably in order.


Yup. 34 times (now).

Rich S.


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Old November 6th 04, 07:30 PM
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bryan chaisone wrote:

What kind of a plane is in The Gods must be crazy part II? Anyone?


Alittle more info:

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0097443/board/nest/467131
"I saw your question and must tell you that I do know the aeroplane was
actually custom-made for the movie by the film studios. In fact, it now
hangs in the ceiling of a restaurant (owned by the company) in
Bloemfontein, South Africa. Hope that helps you.
Best regards Dr. Brendan Byrne"

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Old November 7th 04, 12:57 AM
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Richard Riley wrote:
On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 13:30:07 -0600, Darrel Toepfer
wrote:

:bryan chaisone wrote:
:
: What kind of a plane is in The Gods must be crazy part II? Anyone?
:
:Alittle more info:
:
:http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0097443/board/nest/467131
:"I saw your question and must tell you that I do know the aeroplane was
:actually custom-made for the movie by the film studios. In fact, it now
:hangs in the ceiling of a restaurant (owned by the company) in
:Bloemfontein, South Africa. Hope that helps you.
:Best regards Dr. Brendan Byrne"

I hadn't heard where it ended up. It never flew, and it was never
intended to fly. The Lazair answer pops up because it's the only twin
engine, high wing, tractor ultralight that anyone can think of.


When you mentioned the "Lazair" that threw me because it was my
understanding that the "one-off plane" never actually flew as well...

One that runs on whiskey and can be foot launched might just come back
into fashion someday...

By the way, N!xau, who appeared as the Kalahari Bushman Xixo in both
films and several spin offs (like 1994's "Fei zhou chao ren" - The
Gods Must Be Funny in China) died last year. The movies made him - in
his terms - a wealthy man, with a brick house big enough for his
family (three wives and many children) with electricity and his own
well. His real name was G!kau, but a transcription error in the
credits on the first film resulted in the unintentional stage name.


Didn't kneaux that either, thanks...
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Old November 7th 04, 04:53 PM
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Darrel Toepfer wrote:

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0097443/board/nest/467131
"I saw your question and must tell you that I do know the aeroplane was
actually custom-made for the movie by the film studios. In fact, it now
hangs in the ceiling of a restaurant (owned by the company) in
Bloemfontein, South Africa. Hope that helps you.
Best regards Dr. Brendan Byrne"


"We had a smaller airplane, but we couldn't find it."
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Old November 7th 04, 11:22 PM
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Darrel Toepfer wrote in message et...
bryan chaisone wrote:

What kind of a plane is in The Gods must be crazy part II? Anyone?


Alittle more info:

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0097443/board/nest/467131
"I saw your question and must tell you that I do know the aeroplane was
actually custom-made for the movie by the film studios. In fact, it now
hangs in the ceiling of a restaurant (owned by the company) in
Bloemfontein, South Africa. Hope that helps you.
Best regards Dr. Brendan Byrne"



Thank you Darrel.
 




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