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[[Image:bluethunder.jpg|thumb|right|325px|none|Blue Thunder movie poster.]] | [[Image:bluethunder.jpg|thumb|right|325px|none|Blue Thunder movie poster.]] | ||
| − | <b>Movie (1983)</b> | + | <b>Movie (1983)</b><br> |
| + | Frenhc title : <b>Tonnerre de feu</b><br> | ||
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Vietnam veteran Frank Murphy is a police helicopter pilot chosen to test out an experimental military helicopter. When he discovers that corrupt government officials (including his former commanding officer from 'Nam, Colonel Cochrane) intend to use it to incite civil unrest, Murphy steals it and goes on the run. | Vietnam veteran Frank Murphy is a police helicopter pilot chosen to test out an experimental military helicopter. When he discovers that corrupt government officials (including his former commanding officer from 'Nam, Colonel Cochrane) intend to use it to incite civil unrest, Murphy steals it and goes on the run. | ||
| − | ==[[:Category:Bell 206|Bell 206B JetRanger III]]== | + | == [[:Category: Bell 206|Bell 206B JetRanger III]] == |
| − | Several are used extensively by the police including Murphy and his spotter, Lymangood. Theirs carries Registration No. N2044C, Serial 3363. Murphy and Lymangood also fly a civilian JetRanger in one scene, Registration N200NP, Serial 3264, which crashes (safely) due to being sabotaged beforehand by Cochrane. | + | Several are used extensively by the police including Murphy and his spotter, Lymangood. Theirs (not pictured) carries Registration No. N2044C, Serial 3363 (see [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]]) except for a couple of shots where N250CA is substituted. Murphy and Lymangood also fly a civilian JetRanger in one scene, Registration N200NP, Serial 3264, which crashes (safely) due to being sabotaged beforehand by Cochrane. |
[[Image:bluethunder3.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Reg. N200NP, Serial 3264.]] | [[Image:bluethunder3.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Reg. N200NP, Serial 3264.]] | ||
| − | [[Image: | + | [[Image:bluethunder_ranger.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Reg. N1068A, Serial 2840. Same aircraft in other works at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]].]] |
| − | [[Image:bluethunder17.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Reg. N250CA, Serial 2615.]] | + | [[Image:bluethunder11.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Reg. N230CA, Serial 2779. Same aircraft registered N230CA in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]].]] |
| − | [[Image:bluethunder19.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Reg. N250CA, Serial 2615.]] | + | [[Image:bluethunder17.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Reg. N250CA, Serial 2615. Same aircraft registered N250CA in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]].]] |
| + | [[Image:bluethunder19.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Reg. N250CA, Serial 2615. Same aircraft registered N250CA in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]].]] | ||
| − | == [[:Category:Aérospatiale SA 341 Gazelle| | + | == [[:Category: Bell UH-1 Iroquois|Bell UH-1 Iroquois]] == |
| − | The title aircraft is a heavily modified Aérospatiale Gazelle designated "The Special" but nicknamed "Blue Thunder." After stealing it to prevent it from being used by the government and using it in numerous aerial chase sequences, he lands it on a railroad track so that it is hit and destroyed by an oncoming train. | + | Seen (interior only) in Murphy's traumatic Vietnam flashbacks, wherein Cochrane throws a prisoner of war out to his death. |
| + | [[Image:bluethunder_naminterior.jpg|thumb|500px|none |]] | ||
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| + | == [[:Category: Aérospatiale SA 341 Gazelle|Sud-Aviation SA 341G Gazelle (Modified)]] == | ||
| + | The title aircraft is a heavily modified Aérospatiale Gazelle (in the special features on the DVD, director John Badham repeatedly misidentifies the helicopter used as being an Aérospatiale Alouette, however) Reg. N52BT, Serial 1075, also seen in MacGuyver and Firefox at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]] It is designated "The Special" but nicknamed "Blue Thunder." After stealing it to prevent it from being used by the government and using it in numerous aerial chase sequences, he lands it on a railroad track so that it is hit and destroyed by an oncoming train. | ||
[[Image:bluethunder1.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:bluethunder1.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
[[Image:bluethunder6.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:bluethunder6.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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[[Image:bluethunder26.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:bluethunder26.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| − | ==[[:Category: | + | == [[:Category: Vought F7U Cutlass|Vought F7U-3 Cutlass]] & [[:Category: Lockheed P-2 Neptune|Lockheed P2V-3W Neptune]] == |
| − | + | These planes are seen on display in the [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Locations|Travel Town Museum]] in Griffith Park briefly while Murphy is talking to Montoya.<br> | |
| − | [ | + | Cutlass BuNo 129655. Moved to the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida in 1993, where it is still on display.<br> |
| − | [[Image: | + | Neptune BuNo 124359. Owned by the Central California Historical Military Museum as of 2013, [http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=5717 stored in pieces] at Eagle Field in Fresno County, California. |
| + | [[Image:bluethunder_jets.jpg|thumb|500px|none |]] | ||
| − | == [[:Category:Bell 204/205|Bell 204/205]] == | + | == [[:Category: Bell 204/205|Bell 204/205]] == |
Seen on the police station helipad. | Seen on the police station helipad. | ||
[[Image:bluethunder10.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:bluethunder10.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| − | == [[:Category:Eurocopter AS350 Ecureuil/AStar| | + | == [[:Category: Eurocopter AS350 Ecureuil/AStar|Aérospatiale AS350 AStar]] == |
Seen used as a news helicopter. | Seen used as a news helicopter. | ||
[[Image:bluethunder16.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:bluethunder16.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| − | == [[:Category:Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon|Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon]] == | + | == [[:Category: Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon|Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon]] == |
Two fighter jets are dispatched to shoot down Murphy after he steals Blue Thunder. Unlike the helicopters, they are models rather than full-size jets. Murphy shoots down one (its pilot ejects safely). | Two fighter jets are dispatched to shoot down Murphy after he steals Blue Thunder. Unlike the helicopters, they are models rather than full-size jets. Murphy shoots down one (its pilot ejects safely). | ||
[[Image:bluethunder23.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:bluethunder23.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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[[Image:bluethunder25.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:bluethunder25.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
| − | == [[:Category:Hughes OH-6 Cayuse|Hughes 369D]] == | + | == [[:Category: Hughes OH-6 Cayuse|Hughes 369D]] == |
| − | Cochrane comes after Murphy personally in a helicopter equipped with machine guns. Registration N58428, Serial 1290624D. After a lengthy pursuit, Murphy performs a loop with Blue Thunder and shoots Cochrane down. | + | Cochrane comes after Murphy personally in a helicopter equipped with machine guns. Registration N58428, Serial 1290624D, also seen in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]]. After a lengthy pursuit, Murphy performs a loop with Blue Thunder and shoots Cochrane down. |
[[Image:bluethunder27.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[Image:bluethunder27.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
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*[http://www.imcdb.org/movie.php?id=85255 Blue Thunder at IMCDb] | *[http://www.imcdb.org/movie.php?id=85255 Blue Thunder at IMCDb] | ||
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[[Category: Aérospatiale SA 341 Gazelle]] | [[Category: Aérospatiale SA 341 Gazelle]] | ||
| − | [[Category:Bell 204/205]] | + | [[Category: Bell 204/205]] |
| − | [[Category:Eurocopter AS350 Ecureuil/AStar | + | [[Category: Bell 206]] |
| − | [[Category:Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon]] | + | [[Category: Bell UH-1 Iroquois]] |
| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category: Eurocopter AS350 Ecureuil/AStar]] |
| + | [[Category: Hughes OH-6 Cayuse]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Lockheed P-2 Neptune]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Vought F7U Cutlass]] | ||
Latest revision as of 18:40, 22 April 2019
Movie (1983)
Frenhc title : Tonnerre de feu
Starring:
Roy Scheider (Officer Frank Murphy)
Warren Oates (Capt. Jack Braddock)
Candy Clark (Kate)
Daniel Stern (Officer Richard Lymangood)
Paul Roebling (Icelan)
David Sheiner (Fletcher)
Vietnam veteran Frank Murphy is a police helicopter pilot chosen to test out an experimental military helicopter. When he discovers that corrupt government officials (including his former commanding officer from 'Nam, Colonel Cochrane) intend to use it to incite civil unrest, Murphy steals it and goes on the run.
Bell 206B JetRanger III
Several are used extensively by the police including Murphy and his spotter, Lymangood. Theirs (not pictured) carries Registration No. N2044C, Serial 3363 (see IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft) except for a couple of shots where N250CA is substituted. Murphy and Lymangood also fly a civilian JetRanger in one scene, Registration N200NP, Serial 3264, which crashes (safely) due to being sabotaged beforehand by Cochrane.
Bell UH-1 Iroquois
Seen (interior only) in Murphy's traumatic Vietnam flashbacks, wherein Cochrane throws a prisoner of war out to his death.
Sud-Aviation SA 341G Gazelle (Modified)
The title aircraft is a heavily modified Aérospatiale Gazelle (in the special features on the DVD, director John Badham repeatedly misidentifies the helicopter used as being an Aérospatiale Alouette, however) Reg. N52BT, Serial 1075, also seen in MacGuyver and Firefox at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft It is designated "The Special" but nicknamed "Blue Thunder." After stealing it to prevent it from being used by the government and using it in numerous aerial chase sequences, he lands it on a railroad track so that it is hit and destroyed by an oncoming train.
Vought F7U-3 Cutlass & Lockheed P2V-3W Neptune
These planes are seen on display in the Travel Town Museum in Griffith Park briefly while Murphy is talking to Montoya.
Cutlass BuNo 129655. Moved to the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida in 1993, where it is still on display.
Neptune BuNo 124359. Owned by the Central California Historical Military Museum as of 2013, stored in pieces at Eagle Field in Fresno County, California.
Bell 204/205
Seen on the police station helipad.
Aérospatiale AS350 AStar
Seen used as a news helicopter.
Lockheed Martin F-16 Fighting Falcon
Two fighter jets are dispatched to shoot down Murphy after he steals Blue Thunder. Unlike the helicopters, they are models rather than full-size jets. Murphy shoots down one (its pilot ejects safely).
Hughes 369D
Cochrane comes after Murphy personally in a helicopter equipped with machine guns. Registration N58428, Serial 1290624D, also seen in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft. After a lengthy pursuit, Murphy performs a loop with Blue Thunder and shoots Cochrane down.
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