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Video: Ex Cathay Pacific 747 Deliberately Crashed Into Hangar
Simple Flying ^ | 12 Nov 2020 | Linnea Ahlgren

Posted on 11/12/2020 12:59:57 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT

Most of these days, spectacular movie sequences are created by an army of visual effects specialists. However, every now and then, a director prefers to go the more traditional, analog route.

Cheaper than CGI Christopher Nolan is described as “doing nothing by halves.” Meanwhile, in the age of computer-generated images and green screens, even for him, crashing an actual 747 into a building is unexpectedly real and hands-on. However, it turned out to be cheaper to buy an actual jumbo jet rather than construct miniatures and use CGI for the scene.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Travel
KEYWORDS: 747; aviation; boeing; movies
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...a treat for aviation enthusiasts. Or, perhaps not, depending on how sensitive you are to airplanes getting hurt.<

After crunching the numbers, he and the production team decided the only sensible thing to do was to blow up an actual plane rather than an intended miniature.

1 posted on 11/12/2020 12:59:57 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

There appears to be a virus at the link. Do not go here.


2 posted on 11/12/2020 1:03:26 PM PST by Steven Scharf
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To: dfwgator

Now arriving Gate 13...
Gate 14...
Gate 15...


3 posted on 11/12/2020 1:03:40 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

The engine on the left wing blows before it gets near the building. But still a pretty cool video.


4 posted on 11/12/2020 1:06:41 PM PST by Veggie Todd (Religion. It's like a History class. Without the facts.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Sum ting wong with this.


5 posted on 11/12/2020 1:08:30 PM PST by Meatspace
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To: DUMBGRUNT

6 posted on 11/12/2020 1:08:39 PM PST by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Another view.....
ping
7 posted on 11/12/2020 1:15:13 PM PST by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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To: minnesota_bound

Christopher Nolan Blew Up a Real 747 in His New Movie
https://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/airlines/a32755100/christopher-nolan-tenet-747-crash/


8 posted on 11/12/2020 1:15:40 PM PST by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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To: Steven Scharf

“There appears to be a virus at the link.”

Could you tell us a bit more about you virius experience?


9 posted on 11/12/2020 1:19:32 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: minnesota_bound

I saw a BMW video where they use computers to model car crashes. You may have a 2 core or 4 core cpu in your computer. They have the equivalent of 120,000 core. I do not know how many pc’s they are using but the graphics were realistic.


10 posted on 11/12/2020 1:22:27 PM PST by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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To: minnesota_bound
Da plane boss da plane.🤭
11 posted on 11/12/2020 1:26:26 PM PST by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: Steven Scharf

“...a virus at the link...”
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It’s just you.


12 posted on 11/12/2020 1:27:48 PM PST by Repeal The 17th (Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
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To: minnesota_bound

Nice find.

Still curious about how it was implemented?

The aircraft windshield shattering?

Fun stuff.


13 posted on 11/12/2020 1:28:22 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

An odd thing (other than the obvious) is that there’s a play-by-play, narrated, handheld video of the incident.


14 posted on 11/12/2020 1:41:45 PM PST by Ken Regis
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To: DUMBGRUNT

In the BBC show Cobra, it was cheaper to buy a plane and cut it apart for a crash than to build a fake plane.


15 posted on 11/12/2020 1:48:20 PM PST by KarlInOhio (The greatest threat to world freedom is the Chinese Communist Party and Joe Biden is their puppet.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

They’ll probably buff it out and put ‘er back in the air


16 posted on 11/12/2020 1:50:45 PM PST by bigbob (Trust Trump. Trust the Plan)
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“They’ll probably buff it out and put ‘er back in the air”

In the gif in #6 there does not appear to be a scratch on it after busting through the window frame and glass.

The window shattered, but many in the boneyard have usable glass.
Just pull the locking strip and they come right out, I think?


17 posted on 11/12/2020 2:02:09 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: SaveFerris; Gamecock; PROCON
I'm sure the Captain was annoyed.


18 posted on 11/12/2020 2:18:29 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: Steven Scharf
There appears to be a virus at the link.

You know the drill, put your mask on!

19 posted on 11/12/2020 2:56:59 PM PST by BlackbirdSST (Is it time Claire?)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tpx6o4gvmXE


20 posted on 11/12/2020 2:58:21 PM PST by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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