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New oral history of "Airplane!" traces the making of the beloved parody of 1970s disaster movies. ... basketball legend Kareem Abdul Jabbar took on the role of co-pilot Roger Murdock (and pulled ...
Airplane! (alternatively titled Flying High! ) [ 5 ] is a 1980 American disaster comedy film written and directed by Jim Abrahams and brothers David and Jerry Zucker in their directorial debut , [ 6 ] and produced by Jon Davison .
Roger E. Murdock (1909–1995), police chief Roger Murdock, drummer for the band King Missile Roger Murdock, the character played by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the film Airplane!
The new book “Surely You Can’t Be Serious: The True Story of ‘Airplane!,’” on sale Oct. 3, is an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at how the iconic 1980 movie was made.
Airplane II opened in the United States the same weekend as The Toy and 48 Hrs. and finished second for the weekend behind The Toy with a gross of $5,329,208 from 1,150 screens. [ 2 ] [ 8 ] Grosses dropped 45% [ 9 ] the following week and the film went on to earn only $27.2 million in the United States and Canada, [ 2 ] compared to the original ...
The RW11 was designed for the US experimental homebuilt aircraft category or as a US FAR 103 Ultralight Vehicles two-seat ultralight trainer and first flown in 1996. [1] [2] [3] The airframe is constructed entirely from wood and covered with aircraft fabric. The landing gear is of conventional configuration with bungee suspension.
The aircraft in question, operating for Trans Mediterranean Airways Airport 1975 used a Boeing 747-123 (s/n 20390. Registration N9675), rented from American Airlines when it was temporarily taken out of passenger service at the start of American's restructuring away from the fleet of Boeing jumbo jets in mid-1974. [ 5 ]
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