Interesting Facts
Which aircraft features in the 2016 American biographical drama film Miracle on the Hudson?
Airbus A320-200
What movie used an ex-Cathay Pacific Boeing 747-200 freighter to crash into a set of an airport building?
Tenet is a 2020 science fiction action thriller film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, who also produced it with his wife Emma Thomas.
What airplane was used in the 2009 American film: 2012 an American epic apocalyptic disaster film
Large Cargo airplane
Antonov An-225 Mriya
These actors played together in which movie about an airplane disaster?
Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore and Scoot McNairy (2014)
Non-Stop
These actors played together in which movie about an airplane disaster?
Ray Liotta, Lauren Holly and Brendan Gleeson (1997)
Turbulence
The first woman to fly the Atlantic Solo and in what year
1935 Amelia Earhart
Four decommissioned McDonnell Douglas MD80 series were used to films scenes in the cabin and flight deck to represent Alaska Airlines Flight 261, which crashed into the Pacific Ocean in January 2000
Flight 2012
In what year and which American built aircraft was the first crewed aircraft to break the sound barrier
1947 The Bell X-1 first crewed aircraft
Which aircraft does the legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart (Hilary Swank) fly over the Pacific Ocean
Lockheed L-12A Electra Junior
These actors played together in which movie about an airplane disaster?
Nicolas Cage, Lea Thompson and Cassi Thomson (2014)
Left Behind
The first woman to earn pilots license in what year
Harriet Quimby 1911
What movie produced this line: "Surely you can't be serious!, I'm very serious and Don't call me Shirley"
Airplane
In what year did the 747 fly its first commercial flight and what airline used the aircraft first
January 22nd 1970 , Pan Am flight from New York to London
These actors played together in which movie about an airplane disaster?
Harrison Ford, Anne Heche and David Schwimmer (1998)
Six Days Seven Nights
These actors played together in which movie about an airplane disaster?
Wesley Snipes, Bruce Payne and Tome Sizemore (1992)
Passenger 57
Prior to what year did a person not require a license to operate an airplane
1926
In 2019 the Movie Midway was released. It centered on the Battle of Midway Island. Prior to the battle the movie showed a daring raid by US Fliers that bombed Japan, who was the leader of the flight
Jimmy Doolittle
In what year and who suffered the first airline fatality?
The first person to die in a plane crash was Thomas Etholen Selfridge (1882–1908), a lieutenant in the U.S. Army. Selfridge volunteered to be a passenger during a flight demonstration of the Wright Flyer at Fort Myer, a previous name for a U.S. Army post in Arlington County, Virginia. Everything went smoothly when the plane took off on Sept. 17, 1908, but a propeller failed during its fifth circuit and the craft plummeted nose-first into the ground. Selfridge suffered a fractured skull, and died of his injuries three hours after the crash
These actors played together in which movie about an airplane disaster?
Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin and Elle Macpherson (1997)
The Edge
These actors played together in which movie about an airplane disaster?
Liam Neeson, Dermot Mulroney and Frank Grillo (2011)
The Grey
What legislature act allowed the government to issue aircraft mechanic licenses?
Air Commerce Act of 1926
What was the first commercial Jet Airliner and in what year did it first fly?
1952 DeHavilland Comet
Who is considered the first aircraft mechanic in the USA? And who was the fist person issued an Aircraft Mechanics license?
Charlie Taylor considered the first bit Frank Gates Gardner was issued an Aircraft Mechanic license on July 1 1927
These actors played together in which movie about an airplane disaster?
Anne Hathaway, Patrick Wilson and David Morse (2008)
Passengers
These actors played together in which movie about an airplane disaster?
Densel Washington, Don Cheadle and Kelly Reilly (2012)
Flight