Mad mad mad mad world-flying scenes.

[demorier]

I just gotta get a dvd of this movie somewhere...what fun it is. Just love the old Col. Wilberforce bit trying to talk the Beechcraft down from the tower.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ir-3VxEjvo&feature=related

 

[Willy]

Loved the Beech 18 scenes!

 

[TARPSBird]

demorier,
If you want your own copy, try here:
http://www.dvdwarehouse.com.au/dvd-...vds/its-a-mad-mad-mad-mad-world-1963-dvd.html

 

[PeteHam]

I love that movie , one of my all time favorites

Pete.

 

[wiltzei]

Brilliant. Very impressive knowing it´s not CGI. What would insurance companies think about that nowadays...

 

[norab]

probably revealing what an old codger I am but I recall an atricle when the film came out that showed how they flew the Beech through the billboard. They constructed the frame with a small amount of clearence all around and made a lightly constructed panel to cover it. They painted a large "X" on the back at dead center and it was the pilot's(Paul Mantz IIRC) job to put the nose on the X. You see the results on screen

 

[Wiens]

I love that movie!!!!


Kevin