Fictional Aircraft from Movies, Games, etc.

[X-39]

H.A.R.P. (High-Altitude Reconnaissance Plane)from Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. Allegedly based on the SR-91 Aurora, but to me looks like a crossbreed between an SR-71 Blackbird and early 70s Stealth attempts like Teledyne Ryan's Model 268.

H.A.R.P.

For a similar scorestreaks, see Orbital VSAT and H.A.T.R.. For a similar killstreak, see SR-71 Blackbird. "High-Altitude Reconnaissance Plane that shows both enemy position and direction on the mini-map." — In-game description. The H.A.R.P. (High-Altitude Reconnaissance Plane) is a Scorestreak...

callofduty.fandom.com

 

[F.L.]

Does anyone know for which movie this CF-104 received a U-2A nose cone ?

Aviation Photo #0707143: Lockheed (Canadair) CF-104 Starfighter (CL-90) - Norway - Air Force

Parked inside Bodø Air Force Base on a snowy day. Previously in service with the Canadian and Norwegian Air Force. Aircraft used for ABDR (Aircraft Battle Damage Repair) and is a hybrid. The nose was fitted from a U-2 for the plane to appear in a film. Now in the Bodø Museum store. - Photo taken...

www.airliners.net

 

[archipeppe]

Does anyone know for which movie this CF-104 received a U-2 nose cone ?

Aviation Photo #0707143: Lockheed (Canadair) CF-104 Starfighter (CL-90) - Norway - Air Force

Parked inside Bodø Air Force Base on a snowy day. Previously in service with the Canadian and Norwegian Air Force. Aircraft used for ABDR (Aircraft Battle Damage Repair) and is a hybrid. The nose was fitted from a U-2 for the plane to appear in a film. Now in the Bodø Museum store. - Photo taken...

www.airliners.net

Not only the nosecone but entire cockpit!

 

[F.L.]

CT-133 with Israeli roundels in the movie Steal the Sky.

 

[F.L.]

And in the same movie, very unusual Lim-2 & SB Lim-2.

 

[publiusr]

Does anyone know for which movie this CF-104 received a U-2A nose cone ?

Aviation Photo #0707143: Lockheed (Canadair) CF-104 Starfighter (CL-90) - Norway - Air Force

Parked inside Bodø Air Force Base on a snowy day. Previously in service with the Canadian and Norwegian Air Force. Aircraft used for ABDR (Aircraft Battle Damage Repair) and is a hybrid. The nose was fitted from a U-2 for the plane to appear in a film. Now in the Bodø Museum store. - Photo taken...

www.airliners.net

Water retention…it makes everything bloated and irritable.

 

[F.L.]

A Meteor NF.14 under the cockades of a Fascist English Government to serve as an extra in the 1983 movie "The Aerodrome". T-33 were also used.

 

[Sferrin]

Does anyone know for which movie this CF-104 received a U-2A nose cone ?

Aviation Photo #0707143: Lockheed (Canadair) CF-104 Starfighter (CL-90) - Norway - Air Force

Parked inside Bodø Air Force Base on a snowy day. Previously in service with the Canadian and Norwegian Air Force. Aircraft used for ABDR (Aircraft Battle Damage Repair) and is a hybrid. The nose was fitted from a U-2 for the plane to appear in a film. Now in the Bodø Museum store. - Photo taken...

www.airliners.net

Funny thing is to get to the U-2 they started with an F-104.

"Clarence L. “Kelly” Johnson, chief designer at Lockheed's secret “Skunk Works” facility, initially designed the U-2 around the F-104 Starfighter fuselage."

 

[F.L.]

A strange helo used in the movie Zero Dark Thirty.

 

[The K2]

A strange helo used in the movie Zero Dark Thirty.

Working in zero light for Zero Dark Thirty: VFX making of

EXCLUSIVE: How Image Engine dealt with explosions, stealth helicopters and almost 'zero light' for the Oscar-nominated 'Zero Dark Thirty'. Updated with VFX breakapart videos.

www.fxguide.com

 

[F.L.]

Some pics of the twin-seat Su-37 "Terminator" from Stealth (2005).
They are armed with strange bigs R-13M.
Their bort are 22, 13 & 03 blue.

 

[F.L.]

I am surprised that no one has yet mentioned the amazing Mirage 2000-10 from "Les Chevaliers du Ciel" (2005)

 

[The K2]

I am surprised that no one has yet mentioned the amazing Mirage 2000-10 from "Les Chevaliers du Ciel" (2005)
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That is a beautiful paint scheme on a beautiful aircraft.

 

[TsrJoe]

I'v never seen the actual film itself, seems to be a Soviet IL.76 'Candid' painted up in RAF. markings in this one (Any screen grabs out there from the VHS/laserdisc ?) ...

A Captive in the Land - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

 

[Brett Davidson]

An article on Hush Kit on aviation art of the Cold War.

Cold War aviation art

This article is now here

hushkit.net

The Analog cover with an SR-71-like plane is by Frank Kelly Freas. The premise of the story, 'Hawk Among the Sparrows' is that that a highly advanced modern fighter passes through a wibbly-wobbly timey-wimey chrono-synclastic infundibulum into the skies over WWI France. Things do not go as simply as you might think.

The pilot's named his plane 'Pika-don', which is the Japanese name given to the nuclear explosion over Hiroshima - 'pika' means 'flash' and 'don' means 'boom'.

The book cover next to it is by Vincent di Fate.

Steam Bird by Hilbert Schenck

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www.librarything.com

A better copy of the Freas art.

 

[Brett Davidson]

A tilt rotor that appeared in the anime, Ghost in the Shell: Innocence. It has a strange, fully-articulated wing and is apparently pilotless but carries passengers in the cupola under its belly.

 

[Scott Kenny]

A tilt rotor that appeared in the anime, Ghost in the Shell: Innocence. It has a strange, fully-articulated wing and is apparently pilotless but carries passengers in the cupola under its belly.

That was such a weird wing...

 

[RavenOne]

Screengrab from Top Gun: Mavericks secret X-plane (SR72?).
just seen in Lady Gaga's videoclip for the movie theme.


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Yes, "Top Gun: Maverick" contains some excellent CGI of this ficticious SR72 plus additional CGI footage of Sukhoi 57 and F-14 Tomcat. Sukhoi 57 are too new and too few to fight in Ukraine, while I doubt if the Iranian Air Force is willing to rent out any of their few remaining airworthy F-14 Tomcats.
All the rest of the flying footage is easier to believe than TG1, with many shots of actors pulling Gs in real F-18D cockpits.
Hard to believe, but TGM is even better than the original. When TG1 debuted, I was wrenching on CF-18A Hornets at CFB Baden-Solingen, West Germany.

F/A-18F Super Hornets actually

cheers

 

[Dynoman]

Talking about Top Gun, I didn't see the "MiG-28" (F-5)

 

[Dynoman]

The terrible comedy Hot Shots "The Navy" fighters (Folland Gnats)

 

[Orionblamblam]

An article on Hush Kit on aviation art of the Cold War.

Cold War aviation art

This article is now here

hushkit.net

Yeesh. If that's "art," bring on the AI. A lot of that stuff was just crap, both in execution and idea.

 

[F.L.]

Il-38 were used tu represent US Navy "P-3 Orion" in the Soviet film Incident at Map Grid 36-80 (1982)

 

[riggerrob]

The last Indiana Jones film: “Dial of Doom” features interior shots of 3 different aircraft: Heinkel 111 bomber, Nord Pingoin and Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion. All are CGI with varying degrees of accuracy.
The He111 gets the most screen time both interior and exterior. It is a pretty good CGI except for the double rudders … more like a Whitley.

The NORD Pingoin (licensed version of Me.108 is the most accurate, so accurate that is difficult to distinguish from the original.

The audience only sees the cabin interior of the Sikorsky and a couple of brief glimpses of the exterior. This CGI closely matches my memories of clambering over CH-53 operated by HM-1?. But that was 40 years ago.

All in all, “Dial … “ is a rollicking series of car chases, train chases, motorcycle chases, fist-fights and Nazi-bashing to conclude the Indiana Jones series of films.

 

[Scott Kenny]

Il-38 were used tu represent US Navy "P-8 Orion" in the Soviet film Incident at Map Grid 36-80 (1982)
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That doesn't look too far from the real thing!

 

[Scott Kenny]

The terrible comedy Hot Shots "The Navy" fighters (Folland Gnats)

Hey, Hot Shots was a great spoof of war movies! Best enjoyed with friends and some good beer to provide your own riff-trax.

 

[martinbayer]

The last Indiana Jones film: “Dial of Doom” features interior shots of 3 different aircraft: Heinkel 111 bomber, Nord Pingoin and Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion. All are CGI with varying degrees of accuracy.
The He111 gets the most screen time both interior and exterior. It is a pretty good CGI except for the double rudders … more like a Whitley.

The NORD Pingoin (licensed version of Me.108 is the most accurate, so accurate that is difficult to distinguish from the original.

The audience only sees the cabin interior of the Sikorsky and a couple of brief glimpses of the exterior. This CGI closely matches my memories of clambering over CH-53 operated by HM-1?. But that was 40 years ago.

All in all, “Dial … “ is a rollicking series of car chases, train chases, motorcycle chases, fist-fights and Nazi-bashing to conclude the Indiana Jones series of films.

The last short scene of Indy's clothesline makes me wonder whether a next generation spinoff is at least under consideration...

 

[jstar]

Il-38 were used tu represent US Navy "P-8 Orion" in the Soviet film Incident at Map Grid 36-80 (1982)
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Believe you mean "P-3 Orion"

 

[jstar]

That doesn't look too far from the real thing!

Derived from the IL-18, the Soviet equivilent to the Lockheed Electra, and modified much as the US Navy did with the Electra to produce the P-3.

 

[F.L.]

About the aircafts (*) in Steath (2005) :

Stealth (2005)

The making of the Talon and EDI fighter jets for the movie Stealth.

www.behance.net

(*) (or groundcrafts, peharps crapcrafts ?)

 

[Brett Davidson]

We asked an aero-engineer and a scientist whether Barbie’s Jet would work in real life

The Barbie Jet is an overpowered oddity with some excellent design features. But, this extremely innovative jet features an extremely serious design flaw (if it were turned into a full-scale aircra…

hushkit.net

 

[publiusr]

Fill a lunar cave with air...the two engines with those Iron Man wrist turbine things....and **maybe**

 

[F.L.]

A screenshot from the movie "Spectral" (2016), showing USAF jets at Chișinău aiport. (in reality, in Hungaria)
They were ex-Hungarian AF MiG-21bis/UM & MiG-23MF.
An SA-2 can be seen in the background, next to the C-130.

 

[F.L.]

Serbian MiG-21bis from the movie "Renegade". Armed with R-3S & UB-16 rocket pods.

 

[F.L.]

From the same movie, a C-160 Transal of "U.S. Forces" :

 

[F.L.]

And also some Jags :

 

[GTX]

SA-43 Hammerhead from Space: Above and Beyond at RAAF Base Williamtown:

 

[Stargazer]

The new Netflix movie LIFT may be just a B-rated heist-type flick, but it's still worth watching because of the great cast, because it's F-U-N, and because the aircraft sequences are highly enjoyable.

 

[robunos]

Looks like that thing was built by Spirit . . .

cheers,
Robin.

 

[aim9xray]

Paint finish courtesy Airbus A350.

 

[martinbayer]

I'm more thinking Stavatti...