Fictional Aircraft from Movies, Games, etc.

[Stargazer]

Paint finish courtesy Airbus A350.

The aircraft is originally the sleek blue version of the second picture. It is later cover with those crude looking plates as a means to evade radar... (yes, I know!)

 

[F.L.]

A crashed Libyan Su-24 in "13 hours" :

 

[Orso]

"The Osprey" from the Saint, Ep. 5.13 Flight Plan

XP984 Hawker Siddeley P.1127 according to IMPDB

 

[Graham1973]

From the same movie, a C-160 Transal of "U.S. Forces" :
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When did this film come out?

 

[F.L.]

When did this film come out?

In 2017.

 

[F.L.]

Sri Kanka, Chinese, Egyptian & North Korean (!!!) Chengdu F-7 during exercise "Top Flying Wing 47" in UAE, in the movie Sherdil (2019) :

 

[F.L.]

In the same movie, a Pakistani Mirage III badly photoshoped as Indian Mirage 2000 !!

 

[Brett Davidson]

A compendium here.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DOuBIH_B5Y


Things like forward-swept wings, VTOL, anhedral, hypersonic speed, etc. recur again and again.

The 'rule of cool' drives much of these - 'These things are cool so my Totally Awesome Death Machine must have them - ALL of them.'

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RuleOfCool

To get a little high-falutin' they're 'floating signifiers' - things that generally suggest total awesomeness without really being practical, like people saying 'quantum' in Star Trek or New Age scams, the fins on a Harley Earl Cadillac, or an SUV that isn't caked in mud.

Floating signifier - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

At their best, I think designs like this can be thought of as a kind of techno-rococo - absurd but appealing because of their whimsy. Anyway, a 1959 Cadillac Eldorado is cool.

 

[Brett Davidson]

Tip of the hat to Triton:

The top ten Fictional Aircraft

A lot of thought has gone into the fictional aircraft that have appeared in books, films and TV shows. This is a tribute to the clever and imaginative people who have put their aviation know-how …

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[martinbayer]

A06 Skystormer from NCIS: New Orleans Season 2, Episode 3 “Touched by the Sun”, see https://www.facebook.com/groups/1248745685269701/posts/1797883543689243/ and https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4995034/?ref_=tt_ch.

 

[F.L.]

In the movie "Rock", the missile with VX-2 gas look like R-40 "Acrid" !

 

[F.L.]

US Air Force F/A-18 in the same movie.

 

[F.L.]

An OH-6 LOACH of Spanish Navy used in Jack Ryan :

 

[F.L.]

Destroyed USAF F-4 Phantoms in Fallout :

 

[Brett Davidson]

Various designs from the 1936 film, Things to Come.

Things to Come - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The huge helmet was actually part of the canopy as well.

 

[Brett Davidson]

HG Wells visits the set. The costume design was spoofed in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

 

[Grey Havoc]

Some of the aircraft found in the Fallout universe are covered in this video:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCLl3qw2OKY

 

[F.L.]

Modified EC-135 in the last Jurassic World :

 

[The K2]

The Y-13 from the 1959 sci fi film “The First Man In Space.”

 

[Orionblamblam]

Blend an A-6, an A-7 and a Brit Lightning and now you have an aircraft you don't have to pay to license.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1799850811079655567

View: https://x.com/Fighterman_FFRC/status/1799850811079655567

 

[Scott Kenny]

Jeez, that hit every branch in the entire ugly forest...

 

[GTX]

Suckerpunch B-25 variant:

 

[GTX]

Yak-38 in Red Dawn:

 

[GTX]

Hind Ambulance in Firefly:

 

[fightingirish]

Blend an A-6, an A-7 and a Brit Lightning and now you have an aircraft you don't have to pay to license.

[...]

Here at X fka twitter a drawing of this concept.
This time I post the link to X fka twitter as a code. Just copy the link and insert it into a new browser tab.

https://x.com/CirqueduCiel/status/1800068498095526377?t=WGLzICLvC1XvtGvifYURtQ&s=19

 

[robunos]

I see some Supermarine Scimitar has crept in there . . .

cheers,
Robin.

 

[Graham1973]

US Navy marked UH-1 that appears in multiple low budget productions via the magic of recycled footage. The original footage appears to have been shot for use with the film 'Steel Sharks' by Royal Oak Entertainment.

 

[GTX]

RAF F-16 in Independence Day:

 

[TsrJoe]

UFO. HP. Jetstream ...

View: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x27etow


HS./BAe.125 in SPURIOUS USAF. markings, Agency, 1980 film ... https://www.impdb.org/index.php?title=File:AAAagency-vlcsnap-00105.jpg

'The Night Agent', Netflix TV. series, 2023

 

[TsrJoe]

Hawker (Fokker) Hunter T.7, G-BOOM, in FICTIONAL scheme, Return to Fairborough, 1984 film

Hawker Hunter T.8C, G-BWGL, in FICTIONAL USAF. markings, Fat Boy Slim, Bird of Prey video ... https://www.imcdb.org/m9075236.html

 

[TsrJoe]

Westland WG.30-100, G-KATE, in FICTIONAL US. Army scheme, 'Morons From Outer Space' film ... https://www.helis.com/database/cn/1...JmEDM0AxWFag0UtzrLw9CVKmr9LdhQVbKXWjd5jPLeuvY

 

[TsrJoe]

MBB. Bo.105 in SPURIOUS AAC. markings, 'The Boxer', 1997 film ... https://impdb.fandom.com/wiki/The_Boxer

 

[TsrJoe]

Canadair CL.44 in SPURIOUS RAF.. markings for 'O Lucky Man' ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O_Lucky_Man!

Vickers/BAC. VC.10 in SPURIOUS USAF. markings, 'Company Business', 1990 film ... https://www.vc10.net/Data/Inthemedia.html

 

[TsrJoe]

Westland Lynx in FICTIONAL US. Army scheme ... https://www.facebook.com/groups/1800954703506432/?ref=share

 

[TsrJoe]

ITV. series remake of the Ipcress File, a glimpse of a BEA. marked Boeing 727 (masquerading as a Trident !)

 

[TsrJoe]

Soviet/US. movie, 'A Captive in the Land', featuring an Ilyushin Il.76 'Candid' in FICTIONAL RAF. markings
Does anyone out there still have an old VHS. copy of the film to get a few screen grabs ?

 

[flateric]

I think it's even worse than yours

 

[Tomahawk missile fan]

AH-88J2kai "Gray Ghost" stealth attack helicopter from THE NEXT GENERATION PATLAVOR -TOKYO WAR- movie

 

[piginapoke]

The Nightmare Man (1981 UK TV series)

Now firstly, an apology as it is not an aircraft as such, but way back then when i first saw this series i honestly thought it was a Soviet experimental aircraft that was washed ashore but just today i found out it was a Soviet experimental submarine called Vodyanoi which refers in mythology to a Slavic water spirit (which reinforces the Submarine idea). Its pilot (the Nightmare Man of the title) terrified me as a child.

 

[fightingirish]

A strange helo used in the movie Zero Dark Thirty.

That helicopter mockup / movie prop used in the movie Zero Dark Thirty is now exhibit in the American Armory Museum, Fairfield, California, USA.
Source at YouTube