Airport 75 trivia

[Idlewild]

In the scene where Murdoch and Petroni de-board their Lear 21 (?) in Salt Lake City there are some DC-8's in the background. They're white bodied with two tone blue cheat lines. The titles are a bit blurry but I believe they read "Air Caledone". I couldn't find anything related to them on the net. Does anyone know if Air Caledone was a legit airline or were they Eastern's with patched on titles?

[LGA777]

I don't recall the titles but they where in an EA scheme for sure, probably stored at SLC, as the early-mid 70's is when EA retired many of their DC-8's. I have not seen this great movie in many, many years.

Cheers

LGA777

[hiss srq]

Not to be nit picky but there is no Lear 21. There is however a Lear 23/24 which is pretty much seperated by what kind of fuel system and autopilot it has.

[Delta777LR]

I was waonderin if that Boeing 747-100,former American Airlines that was used as Columbia FLT 409 is still flying, Someone told me that the aircraft is with UPS as N675UP and still flying.

[Matt Molnar]

I was waonderin if that Boeing 747-100,former American Airlines that was used as Columbia FLT 409 is still flying, Someone told me that the aircraft is with UPS as N675UP and still flying.

Looks like UPS is trying to sell it, and it's been in storage at Roswell, NM since 2005 according to Airfleets.net. Just Google the reg.

[FlyingColors]

I don't recall the titles but they where in an EA scheme for sure, probably stored at SLC, as the early-mid 70's is when EA retired many of their DC-8's. I have not seen this great movie in many, many years.

Cheers

LGA777

That's correct.

Really Ron? Well then your just going to have to come over and I'll crank up the DVD player