Author Topic: Fail Safe (Read 355 times)

RAIDER14 · « **on:** October 25, 2006, 07:28:23 PM »

Fail Safe

I just bought this movie from Half Price Books and I gotta say its pretty good:D

rpm · « **Reply #1 on:** October 25, 2006, 07:33:55 PM »

It's an awesome movie. Walter Matthau gave one of his best performances in that film. The first time I saw Dr. Strangelove I thought it was a parody of Fail Safe, then I realised it came out first. It's also the only movie I know that features the B-58 Hustler.

RAIDER14 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 25, 2006, 07:43:02 PM »

Clip from Movie

Viking · « **Reply #3 on:** October 26, 2006, 03:49:18 AM »

Fail Safe is excellent. Especially since it is a live TV performance.

Edit: Oops, wrong movie. The 2000 TV adaptation is also excellent.

gunnss · « **Reply #4 on:** October 26, 2006, 07:45:09 AM »

The Book was better.... (Grin)
Gunns

Airscrew · « **Reply #5 on:** October 26, 2006, 08:50:08 AM »

B-58 very cool, took this pic at Pima Air Museum in July

Airscrew · « **Reply #6 on:** October 26, 2006, 08:54:27 AM »

B-47, another one of my favorites. Also Pima Air Museum

Airscrew · « **Reply #7 on:** October 26, 2006, 10:06:30 AM »

another view. B-58

Wolfala · « **Reply #8 on:** October 26, 2006, 11:44:54 AM »

Bomber was way ahead of its time when they retired it.

rpm · « **Reply #9 on:** October 26, 2006, 11:50:15 AM »

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Originally posted by Airscrew
B-47, another one of my favorites. Also Pima Air Museum

No, that'ts the wrong movie. You're thinking about Strategic Air Command

JB88 · « **Reply #10 on:** October 26, 2006, 11:59:19 AM »

jajajajimmy stewart.

Airscrew · « **Reply #11 on:** October 26, 2006, 12:02:58 PM »

Oh I know the B-47 wasnt in fail safe

, When I posted the B-58 pics I saw my B-47 pics and had to post it. B-47 is a pretty airplane and one of my favorites along with B-58. I had models of both planes when I was kid. I think with airframe mods, engine upgrades both of these planes could have a lot longer useful service records, I think both were pretty much retired after about 10 years, yet the B-52 is continually upgraded and modified for the last 50 years ( i dont think any of the airframes are 50 years old but the basic design is 50 years old).
I think my dad told me one time that the B-58s problem was the combination of wing design and engines. If it lost an engine it had a tendancy to go into an unrecoverable flat spin.

Looking at my pics, I want to go on vacation again. I only got to spend about 2 hours at Pima, I need about two days