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Interesting article about filming of "The Final Countdown"

I did too, Zippy. Enjoyed it thoroughly.
Got a laugh out of the "Zeros". They'd been using the T-6 as a Zero for a long time. When the movie Pearl Harbor first came out, long ago, I went to see it in a theatre. My father had been an Navy instructor in the T-6, and he would rant about the movies using them. How I learned the "secret".
Really kinda cool, it was advertised as being in SenSurround, a new kind of sound system. When the explosions started during the Japanese attack, the whole theatre was booming and rumbling. Really awesome! Then, we found ound out a really powerful thunderstorm had moved in, matching the timing of the movie perfectly. No wonder the theatre was rattling and booming so well!

By the way, the Nimitz, or Numb-Nutz if you prefer, has been the Navy's "show boat" for a long time. They also had the worst accident and injury record in the Navy for a long time. Don't know if they still do... :indecisiveness:

Still enjoyed the flying in the Final Countdown. Just me, I guess :biggrin-new:
The article sounds like Hollywood's usual unrealistic expectations. Just put a helicopter there, and fly past it, really slow, but with the wings back. Doesn't matter the real aerodynamics, it would look "cool"!
Ummmm...yeah...:dizzy:
The Tomcat appearing behind the zero out of the clouds DID look awesome, though. They got that shot right!

Have fun, all!
Pat☺
 
Filmed in 04, not sure how I missed this one. Great movie and even as a young lad not knowing how Hollywood did things, I remember seeing the visor reflection of an A-6 cockpit and thinking I caught an editing error!
 
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