Six Days, Seven Nights
Dennis Sandow
Would someone who is going to see "Six Days, Seven Nights" please check
out 2 items of "continuity" for me. These are items I wasn't looking
for, but, after I saw/heard them the second time, I had trouble with
what I think I saw/heard the first time.
If they are really "continuity" goofs, I'll report them to IMDB.
1. Flaps. After the plane crashes, the next morning he wakes up on the
right side of the plane, tussles with her, then walks around the nose to
the left side of the plane.
a. I have a vague recollection that the left flap is UP.
b. A few minutes later, the right flap is DOWN.
c. Half hour later, as they repair the plane, the left flap is DOWN.
?? Was the left flap UP the first morning after ??
2. IAS. When she is landing the floatplane, she repeats out loud the
'Pinch Hitter' instructions he gave her: '65 knots' There is a quick
cut to an airspeed indicator which is (I think) calibrated (only?) in
MPH.
I am not questioning the 'reality' goofs - that is the subject for some
other thread, which I won't start.
Thanks
Herman L. Price
of my favorite airplanes). I saw it before I saw your question so I did
not specifically look for these points but I do recall the left flap is
up when he goes around the left wing after she manages to inflate the
raft inside the cabin. I also specifically remember the right flap was
down. I just remember liking the fact that a movie actually showed
flaps, the pilot working the flaps and the flap indicator. They even
got a clue as to how much fun it is to work flaps on a Beaver.
As to your second question, I too remember it being in MPH. However,
I'm willing to give that one to them. I tend to think in terms of
knots. As a result, if I had just been wounded, nursed a juryrigged
float plane with 50 year old floats and bamboo rigging through an open
water takeoff and would now apparently have to talk a non-pilot through
an ocean landing, I would probably say knots without even thinking about
it.
H. L. Price
"Seaplanes: The ultimate sport utility vehicle"
Michael Majors
I haven't seen it yet either, but if there are some aviation continuity
goofs then that's pretty sad - my hero Harrison Ford is a pilot and
supposedly flew some of the aerial scenes himself. He apparently has
somehow scrounged up the money to get an instrument and multi and purchase 4
or 5 aircraft.
Dennis Sandow wrote in message <358ABFD5...@garden.net>...
SOLOdlp
> if there are some aviation continuity goofs then that's pretty sad - my hero
Harrison Ford is a pilot and supposedly flew some of the aerial scenes himself.
He apparently has somehow scrounged up the money to get an instrument <
Hey all...hope you don't mind a lurker posting a dumb question...but what's an
"instrument rating"?
Also, as another Harrison Ford fan, I understand that he's in the June issue of
AOPA magazine. He wrote an article, I believe? Is there anyone on this ng
who's a member of this organization and who'd be willing to part with their
magazine? I'll be more than happy to reimburse you any postage. Thanks for
your help!! Dana
Jeff Meeker
I think the _AOPA PILOT_ article written by Harrison Ford is available
on the AOPA web page. http://www.aopa.org
I THINK I read it there, and you don't have to be a member to read it.
Jeff
Trevor Fenn
SOLOdlp wrote:
> > if there are some aviation continuity goofs then that's pretty sad - my hero
> Harrison Ford is a pilot and supposedly flew some of the aerial scenes himself.
> He apparently has somehow scrounged up the money to get an instrument <
>
> Hey all...hope you don't mind a lurker posting a dumb question...but what's an
> "instrument rating"?
> Also, as another Harrison Ford fan, I understand that he's in the June issue of
> AOPA magazine. He wrote an article, I believe? Is there anyone on this ng
> who's a member of this organization and who'd be willing to part with their
> magazine? I'll be more than happy to reimburse you any postage. Thanks for
> your help!! Dana
Don't know about the AOPA mag but he's definitly in the June issue of "FLYING" and
no I won't part with my copy, it would break up my set :)
Trevor Fenn
trev...@erols.com
SOLOdlp
>Also, as another Harrison Ford fan, I understand that he's in the June issue
of AOPA magazine. He wrote an article, I believe? Is there anyone on this ng
who's a member of this organization and who'd be willing to part with their
magazine? I'll be more than happy to reimburse you any postage. Thanks <
Or if you don't want to part with your copy, maybe just scan & e-mail the pics
since the article is available online. Thanks again. Dana
TheAirBear
SOLOdlp asks:
>Is there anyone on this ng
>who's a member of this organization (AOPA) and who'd be willing to part
with their
>magazine?
If you've never been a member of AOPA and you've never hassled them for a
sample
copy before, why don't you send them some E-mail and with whatever
piliteness you
can muster into an E-mail message ask for this particular copy from them?
Their E-mail adx is aop...@aopa.org
Website is www.aopa.org
I don't think that AOPA would deny a nonmember pilot an opportunity to
sample
the magazine and perhaps send you a pile of letter mail about the services
they
provide pilots.
Try it.
Joiner Cartwright, Jr.
>
> Would someone who is going to see "Six Days, Seven Nights" please check
> out 2 items of "continuity" for me.
>
You're right. Immediately post crash the flaps were down. In a
subsequent scene they were up. But then at some point, they came down
again. Maybe it was trying to fly.
> 2. IAS.
Damn, didn't catch this one. Sorry.
But other than the above, everything about this highly believable film
was right on and righteously realistic.....especially the emergency kit
our hero carries: five hundred yards of rope, a cable ratchet,
hacksaw....a flare....That's ONE (as in "1") flare. I guess I'm
paranoid. I carry six hundred yards of rope and TWO flares.
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Leonard Wojcik
> Dennis Sandow wrote:
> >
> > Would someone who is going to see "Six Days, Seven Nights" please check
> > out 2 items of "continuity" for me.
> >
> > 1. Flaps.
Yup.... right flap down, he walks around to the other side and left flap is
up.... later both are down.
> > 2. IAS.
> IAS had only one scale, didn't get whether it said Knots or not
However one even bigger one..... how the hell do you crash a plane, tear one
landing gear off, end up with it setting on its belly on the sand.... and not
turn the prop into a pretzel? Not a wrinkle on that baby! And if the plane
had to come down due to loss of power, just how was it that it started up so
easily and made a breakneck dash for the sea at just the right instant?
All that aside, I really enjoyed the movie, would recomend it. Lots of good
clean sex and violence!
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Leonard Wojcik Leo...@dontspamme.wojciktech.com
David Dorman
Much has been written about the technical aspects of this movie, but now the
trivia question:
Did anyone spot one of Harrison Ford's airplanes during the movie?
Hint - At least one was clearly seen - good hunting.
David Dorman
Moscow, ID
PS: It was a much better movie than I expected from the commercials.
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Joiner Cartwright, Jr. wrote:
> Dennis Sandow wrote:
> >
> > Would someone who is going to see "Six Days, Seven Nights" please check
> > out 2 items of "continuity" for me.
> >
> > 1. Flaps.
>
Brad Benson
David Dorman <dorm...@uidaho.edu> wrote:
] Much has been written about the technical aspects of this movie, but now the
] trivia question:
]
] Did anyone spot one of Harrison Ford's airplanes during the movie?
]
] Hint - At least one was clearly seen - good hunting.
]
] David Dorman
] Moscow, ID
]
] PS: It was a much better movie than I expected from the commercials.
] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
How could you miss it? I wondered he asked them to fit it in
somehow or if it was just convienient - "Hey Harrison, can you pull
your ***** over here so we don't have to find another aircraft for
this shot?".
Cheers,
Brad
replace "spamtrap" with "benson" in my reply address
Larry Tubbs
Hello Everyone,
I too saw and enjoyed Six Days and Seven Nights, but I have a question.
Keep in mind, I've never had the opportunity to fly or ride in a Beaver, but
can you sit in the cockpit of one and have a conversation, in normal voice
WITHOUT A HEADSET OR INTERCOM?!? I don't think so.
Correct me if I'm wrong...Ta for now,
Larry R. Tubbs Jr., MCP, MCSD
Silverleaf Resorts Inc, NYSE: SVR
mailto:ltu...@sprintmail.com
Leonard Wojcik wrote in message
<358ED135...@dontspamme.wojciktech.com>...
>> Dennis Sandow wrote:
>> >
>> > Would someone who is going to see "Six Days, Seven Nights" please check
>> > out 2 items of "continuity" for me.
>> >
>> > 1. Flaps.
>
Terry Cooper
Larry Tubbs wrote:
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I too saw and enjoyed Six Days and Seven Nights, but I have a question.
> Keep in mind, I've never had the opportunity to fly or ride in a Beaver, but
> can you sit in the cockpit of one and have a conversation, in normal voice
> WITHOUT A HEADSET OR INTERCOM?!? I don't think so.
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong...Ta for now,
>
I've been in one and you couldn't have a conversation with yourself in a
normal voice without a headset and IC. The are a great plane, I'd love
to have one, but they are loud (nothing like a big round engine for
making airplane noises).
Terry
Herman L. Price
David Dorman wrote:
>
> Much has been written about the technical aspects of this movie, but now the
> trivia question:
>
> Did anyone spot one of Harrison Ford's airplanes during the movie?
>
> Hint - At least one was clearly seen - good hunting.
>
> David Dorman
> Moscow, ID
>
> PS: It was a much better movie than I expected from the commercials.
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
His 206 is on the ramp in the scene at the end. I also agree it was a
much better movie than I had expected. My wife, who definitely does NOT
like "Aviation" movies thought it was great. Wants to see it again.
Actually asked me a couple of questions about Beaver operations.
Herman Price
F54
J. Dutch Revenboer
Must be nice to be rich
Dutch
Falcon XP - N507AA
Stillwater, OK
Greg Boston wrote:
> Michael Majors wrote:
> >
> > I haven't seen it yet either, but if there are some aviation continuity
> > goofs then that's pretty sad - my hero Harrison Ford is a pilot and
> > supposedly flew some of the aerial scenes himself. He apparently has
> > somehow scrounged up the money to get an instrument and multi and purchase 4
> > or 5 aircraft.
> >
> > Dennis Sandow wrote in message <358ABFD5...@garden.net>...
> > >Would someone who is going to see "Six Days, Seven Nights" please check
> > >out 2 items of "continuity" for me. These are items I wasn't looking
> > >for, but, after I saw/heard them the second time, I had trouble with
> > >what I think I saw/heard the first time.
> > >
> > >If they are really "continuity" goofs, I'll report them to IMDB.
>
> He is on the cover of the June issue of Flying magazine. There is a
> pretty good article in the magazine. He acknowledges that they have to
> push the reality thing a little in the movies. He also talks about how
> the insurance company had a fit about him doing the flying scenes. After
> a 'premium adjustment'(don't you just love insurance companies), he was
> allowed to fly. Loved the plane so much that he bought one and is having
> it restored. He also just recently got his helicopter rating. A local
> news report told of him being here in DFW at Bell Helicopter getting
> instruction for his Jet Ranger.
>
> My .02,
>
> -gb-
Greg Boston
Patrick W. P. Dirks
Sure; ask anyone in this group. I bet most folks here must've been at
least fairly well off until they took up flying! :-)
In article <359168CB...@ionet.net>, "J. Dutch Revenboer"
<dut...@ionet.net> wrote:
> Must be nice to be rich
>
> Dutch
> Falcon XP - N507AA
> Stillwater, OK
>
> Greg Boston wrote:
>
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Yea, but Ford is STILL rich! More power to him!
Dutch