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Title: Fail Safe
Post by: RAIDER14 on October 25, 2006, 07:28:23 PM

Fail Safe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fail-Safe_(1964_film))

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

Title: Fail Safe
Post by: rpm 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.

Title: Fail Safe
Post by: RAIDER14 on October 25, 2006, 07:43:02 PM

Clip from Movie (http://youtube.com/watch?v=xeW2C9XKdKA)

Title: Fail Safe
Post by: Viking 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.

Title: Fail Safe
Post by: gunnss on October 26, 2006, 07:45:09 AM

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

Title: Fail Safe
Post by: Airscrew on October 26, 2006, 08:50:08 AM

B-58 very cool,  took this pic at Pima Air Museum in July
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/874_1161870417_b-581.jpg)

Title: Fail Safe
Post by: Airscrew on October 26, 2006, 08:54:27 AM

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

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/874_1161870790_b-471.jpg)

Title: Fail Safe
Post by: Airscrew on October 26, 2006, 10:06:30 AM

another view. B-58

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/874_1161875144_b-582.jpg)

Title: Fail Safe
Post by: Wolfala on October 26, 2006, 11:44:54 AM

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

Title: Fail Safe
Post by: rpm on October 26, 2006, 11:50:15 AM

Quote

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

(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/874_1161870790_b-471.jpg)

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

Title: Fail Safe
Post by: JB88 on October 26, 2006, 11:59:19 AM

jajajajimmy stewart.

Title: Fail Safe
Post by: Airscrew on October 26, 2006, 12:02:58 PM

Oh I know the B-47 wasnt in fail safe :p ,  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 :)