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Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Where'd the planes come from that were shown at the beginning of the
movie? Where are they now? And for a question not based on reality, why wasn't the desert winds blowing them around? The aliens didn't leave them tied down or chocked. |
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Where'd the planes come from that were shown at the beginning of the
movie? Where are they now? And for a question not based on reality, why wasn't the desert winds blowing them around? The aliens didn't leave them tied down or chocked. Those were Navy TBM Avenger torpedo bombers that were supposed to represent the famous lost squadron of 5 TBMs that crashed in 1945 in the supposed Bermuda Triangle. The popular misconception is that the aircraft flew into some kind of "disturbance" and disappeared. The reality is that the flight leader became lost and disoriented and the aircraft ran out of gas at night in a storm. TBMs were used for many years as firebombers in the west and for certain kindes of crop spraying as well. Many now survive as warbirds and museum pieces. TBMs easily weigh 10,000 pounds empty and more than 17,000 full so it would take pretty hefty wind to blow them around. John Dupre' |
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Hi John,
I actually meant along the lines of who provided them for the movie, as in Planes of Fame provided for the Pearl Harbor movie. Thanks! Mark JDupre5762 wrote: Where'd the planes come from that were shown at the beginning of the movie? Where are they now? And for a question not based on reality, why wasn't the desert winds blowing them around? The aliens didn't leave them tied down or chocked. Those were Navy TBM Avenger torpedo bombers that were supposed to represent the famous lost squadron of 5 TBMs that crashed in 1945 in the supposed Bermuda Triangle. The popular misconception is that the aircraft flew into some kind of "disturbance" and disappeared. The reality is that the flight leader became lost and disoriented and the aircraft ran out of gas at night in a storm. TBMs were used for many years as firebombers in the west and for certain kindes of crop spraying as well. Many now survive as warbirds and museum pieces. TBMs easily weigh 10,000 pounds empty and more than 17,000 full so it would take pretty hefty wind to blow them around. John Dupre' |
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#82, the one that was started in the movie came from the CAF. It is IIRC now
with a CAF wing in Colorado. Matt Gunsch, A&P,IA,Private Pilot Riding member of the 2003 world champion drill team Arizona Precision Motorcycle Drill Team GWRRA,NRA,GOA |
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"Mark and Kim Smith" wrote in message ... Where'd the planes come from that were shown at the beginning of the movie? Where are they now? And for a question not based on reality, why wasn't the desert winds blowing them around? The aliens didn't leave them tied down or chocked. I didn't see the movie but a director once told me there's movies and there's real life. Were they MILITARY aircraft? Tex |
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Tex Houston wrote:
"Mark and Kim Smith" wrote in message ... Where'd the planes come from that were shown at the beginning of the movie? Where are they now? And for a question not based on reality, why wasn't the desert winds blowing them around? The aliens didn't leave them tied down or chocked. I didn't see the movie but a director once told me there's movies and there's real life. Were they MILITARY aircraft? Yes, Tex, they were. Avenger torpedo bombers, representing the 5 missing TBMs of "Flight 19" (though no sign of a Martin flying boat, which also went "missing" while searching for the missing TBMs.). A classic "Bermuda Triangle" moment, being blamed on aliens. -Marc -- Marc Reeve actual email address after removal of 4s & spaces is c4m4r4a4m4a4n a4t c4r4u4z4i4o d4o4t c4o4m |
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"robert arndt" wrote in message om... (JDupre5762) wrote in message ... Where'd the planes come from that were shown at the beginning of the movie? Where are they now? And for a question not based on reality, why wasn't the desert winds blowing them around? The aliens didn't leave them tied down or chocked. Those were Navy TBM Avenger torpedo bombers that were supposed to represent the famous lost squadron of 5 TBMs that crashed in 1945 in the supposed Bermuda Triangle. The popular misconception is that the aircraft flew into some kind of "disturbance" and disappeared. The reality is that the flight leader became lost and disoriented and the aircraft ran out of gas at night in a storm. The lost squadron was "Flight 19" and the circumstances surrounding their disappearance has never been explained despite the above "simple explanation". None of the aircraft nor any sign of survival gear have ever been found. Right, because its hard to find a bunch of relatively small aircraft in a large area of ocean after the fact. The flight leader didn't just get lost, the entire flight lost all bearing on where they were and could not establish a way back to base. It was a training flight. Only the flight leader had any real navigation experience, and the other pilots relied on his direction. If he screwed up they were screwed. The sky was reported as distorted, not making sense as well as time being lost. No, books written 3 decades later made that claim. tim gueguen 101867 |
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At least in the movie it was blamed on aliens. Real life, I guess we
won't know until they are found. Where the heck is that Titanic / Yorktown guy!! Marc Reeve wrote: Tex Houston wrote: "Mark and Kim Smith" wrote in message ... Where'd the planes come from that were shown at the beginning of the movie? Where are they now? And for a question not based on reality, why wasn't the desert winds blowing them around? The aliens didn't leave them tied down or chocked. I didn't see the movie but a director once told me there's movies and there's real life. Were they MILITARY aircraft? Yes, Tex, they were. Avenger torpedo bombers, representing the 5 missing TBMs of "Flight 19" (though no sign of a Martin flying boat, which also went "missing" while searching for the missing TBMs.). A classic "Bermuda Triangle" moment, being blamed on aliens. -Marc |
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