#the concorde

[cosmonautroger]

The Concorde, Rio De Janeiro, 1976

[bunchasticks]

Pose practice with Miss Concorde

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[hellyeahgeorgekennedy]

George Kennedy and Alain Delon in a production still for Airport '79: The Concorde (1979)

[oldshowbiz]

[cantsayidont]

Except by critics. Last and silliest of the AIRPORT movies, THE CONCORDE … AIRPORT '79 (1979) adds some preposterous aerial action and amusingly cheesy model work to the usual airplane disaster movie recipe of big stars, contrived peril, and schmaltzy melodrama, as a treacherous aerospace tycoon (Robert Wagner) makes a whole series of attempts to down a Concorde airliner carrying an intrepid reporter (Susan Blakely) who has just gotten a bag of incriminating documents about him. However, he hasn't figured on the cool competence of the Concorde's new captain (Alain Delon) and his stalwart copilot (George Kennedy, who I think was the only star to appear in all four AIRPORT movies). A movie with a little bit of everything except plausibility, logic, taste, or brains — it veers so often into dopey self-parody that AIRPLANE! (1980) starts to seem like a very easy shot — but hard to dislike unless you make the mistake of taking it seriously. After all, where else will you find Cicely Tyson, Sylvia Kristel, Jimmie Walker, and Charo in the same movie?

[lockheed-martin-unofficial]

Love this airplane. The Conc

[royalpain16]

On a royal visit to Austria, Princess Diana, wearing a blue dress, boards Concorde for the journey. On the flight, she is seen signing autographs and checking her notes and itinerary. She then goes to the cockpit to have a chat with the pilots. The plane stops over in Milan where Prince Charles boards to accompany Diana for the rest of the journey.

[ulrichgebert]

Trotz Überschallgeschwindigkeit geht der Concorde und mit ihr der Airport-Reihe 1979 endgültig die Luft aus. Sind auch schreckliche Löcher drin.  Offensichtlich gibt es doch nur soundsoviel Arten von Unglücken, von denen man ein Flugzeug noch retten könnte. Und das obwohl George Kennedy diesmal sogar mitfliegt!