The Gods Must Be Crazy

[MajorOz]

A movie I dearly love.

A small a/c figured prominently in the film. It was a small, boxy,
high wing twin, whose engines looked like 5hp lawnmower engines.
[ Perhaps made in South Africa, where the movie was made ]
It also had a chute that popped out to soft land in an emergency.
Can anyone lead me to what, where, etc. about this craft?

thanx

cheers

oz

[Archaeopteryx]

It was a Lazair ultralight.

http://www.airplane-and-aircraft.com/lazair-ultralight.html

[MajorOz]

Thank you

cheers

oz

[MajorOz]

On Feb 3, 5:05 pm, Archaeopteryx <archae...@gmail.com> wrote:

Wait.........

That ain't it.
The one in the movie was an enclosed two-place craft, with a cargo
compartment behind the seats. Looked like a teeny-tiny C119.

cheers

oz

[MajorOz]

I finally got off my ass and did some research.

YOU ARE CORRECT --- MY APOLOGIES

Here is some more info:

Subject: Re: Name the Twin Engine Ultralight and maker in the Movie,
The Gods Must Be Crazy 2
From: pinkfreud-ga on 20 Jun 2005 13:12 PDT

A post on the Internet Movie Database forum for "The Gods Must Be
Crazy II" says that the plane was custom-made for the movie:

"I happened to be looking up about Lena Farugia (who played Dr. Ann
Taylor) in the movie as she is a friend of mine. Anyway, I saw your
question and must tell you that I do know the aeroplane was actually
custom-made for the movie by the film studios. In fact, it now hangs
in the ceiling of a restaurant (owned by the company) in Bloemfontein,
South Africa."

http://imdb.com/title/tt0097443/board/flat/467131

Subject: Re: Name the Twin Engine Ultralight and maker in the Movie,
The Gods Must Be Crazy 2
From: shan883-ga on 02 Oct 2005 19:19 PDT

The "flying" airplane is a customization of an original factory 2-seat
Lazair II aircraft made by Ultraflight of Port. Colbourne, Canada
(Lazairs are no longer being produced). In the movie they used a real
flying plane, a mock-up of the fuselage, and a flying RC model.

Thank you, again

cheers

oz

[John]

On Feb 3, 5:55 pm, MajorOz <Majo...@centurytel.net> wrote:

I will have to go rent the movie and see what other airplanes there
may be, but the plane that the bottle falls from ( yes, THE bottle) at
the beginning of the movie is a Beech Baron.

Take care . . .

John

[Archaeopteryx]

No problem...

To make a long story short, got to fly one way back in the day. They
were memorable for a number of reasons, but at the time, they featured
a very efficient mylar-covered rib wing design, a generation ahead of
the dacron and tube types that were common in the era.

[Rob Arndt]

FWIW, the helo in The Gods Must Be Crazy was an early version of
A�rospatiale's heavy transport SA-321 Super Frelon.

http://www.rotaryaction.com/images/godcrazy.jpg

Rob