| Re: 1956 -- circuit reliability book [message #363367 is a reply to message #361383] |
Tue, 13 February 2018 13:24   |
Charlie Gibbs
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On 2018-02-13, Bernd Felsche <berfel@innovative.iinet.net.au> wrote:
> Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
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>> On 2018-01-29, Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> wrote:
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>>> On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 12:56:49 -0800, hancock4 wrote:
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>>>> Pretty sure that was a subtle joke.
>>>>
>>>> "Airplane" is largely based on the 1950s film, "Zero Hour", using a
>>>> great deal of the original script.
>>>
>>> Zero Hour was 1957. It was in turn heavily based on "Flight Into Danger",
>>> written by Arthur Hailey (who later wrote "Airport").
>>>
>>> Flight Into Danger was a 1956 TV film written by Hailey (and John
>>> Castle). It was later tuened into a book, which I have.
>
>> The 1958 novelization was titled "Runway Zero-Eight". Typical of
>> Hailey's attention to detail, the destination airport, Vancouver,
>> actually has a runway 08, which is the most commonly used runway
>> in winter months. (It's now 08R; a parallel runway has since been
>> built to the north of it.)
>
> They're "R" and "L" variants for those foleign pirots who have to be
> advised to rand on Lomeo or Rima lunways.
<chuckle> Thanks for that. This _is_ the Pacific Rim, after all.
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| Re: 1956 -- circuit reliability book [message #363393 is a reply to message #363367] |
Tue, 13 February 2018 18:12 |
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Originally posted by: Bob Eager
On Tue, 13 Feb 2018 18:24:17 +0000, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On 2018-02-13, Bernd Felsche <berfel@innovative.iinet.net.au> wrote:
>
>> Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2018-01-29, Bob Eager <news0006@eager.cx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 29 Jan 2018 12:56:49 -0800, hancock4 wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > Pretty sure that was a subtle joke.
>>>> >
>>>> > "Airplane" is largely based on the 1950s film, "Zero Hour", using a
>>>> > great deal of the original script.
>>>>
>>>> Zero Hour was 1957. It was in turn heavily based on "Flight Into
>>>> Danger",
>>>> written by Arthur Hailey (who later wrote "Airport").
>>>>
>>>> Flight Into Danger was a 1956 TV film written by Hailey (and John
>>>> Castle). It was later tuened into a book, which I have.
>>
>>> The 1958 novelization was titled "Runway Zero-Eight". Typical of
>>> Hailey's attention to detail, the destination airport, Vancouver,
>>> actually has a runway 08, which is the most commonly used runway in
>>> winter months. (It's now 08R; a parallel runway has since been built
>>> to the north of it.)
>>
>> They're "R" and "L" variants for those foleign pirots who have to be
>> advised to rand on Lomeo or Rima lunways.
>
> <chuckle> Thanks for that. This _is_ the Pacific Rim, after all.
I have probably been on that runway. I visited once to advise people at
UBC, and also visited several relatives who live there.
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