View Full Version : Longer runways
Sun Who
22nd Jun 2013, 14:49
This amused me:)
BBC News - How long is the runway in Fast & Furious 6? (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-23005848)
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NutLoose
22nd Jun 2013, 16:23
26 miles long lol, still not enough to get a fully loaded Jag off though :p
Milo Minderbinder
22nd Jun 2013, 16:33
dunno about that, but I hope that Mk1 RS1600 in the still shot wasn't wrecked - there can't be many left
Or is it an Escort Mexico tarted up - even rarer if so..
Whats the white car under the tank? Looks a bit like an NSU Ro80 Wankel but I'm not sure. Strange choice of cars for a modern action movie
GeeRam
22nd Jun 2013, 16:43
but I hope that Mk1 RS1600 in the still shot wasn't wrecked - there can't be many left
Or is it an Escort Mexico tarted up - even rarer if so..
RS1600 is a much rarer car than a Mexico, Ford AVO built 10 x times as many Mexico's as they did RS1600's.
And I believe the Escort used in that hideous new film is just a build-up from an ordinary Escort, not a genuine RS or Mex.
Background Noise
22nd Jun 2013, 16:46
Good to get an expert witness involved, or perhaps to inexpertly report what he said:
...as Capt Hollingworth told me, once you land and decelerate, it's not possible to then speed the plane up and take off again - as happens in the film.
airpolice
22nd Jun 2013, 17:02
We also needed to know the take-off speed. Capt Hollingworth added: "It might take you somewhere around about a minute to get to the correct speed - again, around 150mph."
About a minute, eh? So, starting from rest as opposed to a roller, how long is he expecting a normal take off run to be?
26 miles long lol, still not enough to get a fully loaded Jag off though
I suspect that after 26 miles in reheat, the Jag would have burned off enough fuel to get off the ground. :p
Willard Whyte
22nd Jun 2013, 18:32
Whats the white car under the tank? Looks a bit like an NSU Ro80 Wankel but I'm not sure. Strange choice of cars for a modern action movie Ford Mustang. One of the most recognisable and iconic motor cars in history.
'69 model probably.
Any sound 2 door Escort shell (Type 49 or otherwise) is worth a fortune these days thanks to the growth in Historic Rallying...
Milo Minderbinder
22nd Jun 2013, 21:14
"Ford Mustang."
I must have missed out on education somewhere ...I wouldn't have realised that was one of those. The americans changed the models too often to keep up
makes me look an idiot again I guess
212man
23rd Jun 2013, 01:39
BBC News - How long is the runway in Fast & Furious 6?
About this long.......:ok: Bentwaters Parks Map (http://www.bentwatersparks.com/siteplan)
grollie
23rd Jun 2013, 06:09
I've seen a C130 land unload and takeoff on Leavesdens short Runway in 89-90.
That was before it became a film studio.
And the film budget they could probably buy any Escort they wanted or build replicas.
GeeRam
23rd Jun 2013, 07:51
Quote:
Whats the white car under the tank? Looks a bit like an NSU Ro80 Wankel but I'm not sure. Strange choice of cars for a modern action movie
Ford Mustang. One of the most recognisable and iconic motor cars in history.
'69 model probably.
It is indeed a '69 Mustang....... or was ;)
GeeRam
23rd Jun 2013, 07:56
Any sound 2 door Escort shell (Type 49 or otherwise) is worth a fortune these days thanks to the growth in Historic Rallying...
Certainley are.
I've seen rusty shells going for 3k+.
To think I sold my genuine Escort Twin Cam for £1000 back in the late 1980's.....
Worth 30k+ these days :{
I remember a mate from RAFMSA having a couple of Mk1's stored in one of the MT sheds at RAF West Drayton back then as well.
The scarcity of the Escort bodies is probably due to the number that were written of by trainee pilots during the 80's ;)