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Name this airplane
Posted by GMorrison on Thursday, March 14, 2024 2:56 PM

This aircraft showed up in the movie "Golda". It was a speedbump in an otherwise accurate and good war movie.

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Posted by disastermaster on Thursday, March 14, 2024 3:14 PM

Boeing 747-200G-BDXJ  (Retired aircraft)

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Posted by GMorrison on Thursday, March 14, 2024 7:19 PM

Grab from the movie...

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Posted by PFJN2 on Friday, March 15, 2024 6:31 PM

Hi,

I think it resides at some old airbase in England and shows up in alot of movies at times.  I believe it was in Casino Royale as the Skyfleet S570 (with some post filming CGI added, if I recall correctly).  I've also seen it on"Primeval" and I think "Top Gear" once.

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Posted by Tanker-Builder on Saturday, March 16, 2024 5:53 AM
Hi! Now,That would be a nice airliner to model either in Paper or Plastic.
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Posted by jimbot58 on Sunday, March 17, 2024 1:11 AM

Am I to understand this was a movie prop and not an actual funtioning aircraft?

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Posted by Eaglecash867 on Sunday, March 17, 2024 5:24 AM

Here's some more info about the history on this one.

https://www.v1images.com/product/aces-high-ltd-boeing-747-236b-n88892/

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Posted by Tanker-Builder on Monday, March 18, 2024 9:59 AM

Yup!

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Posted by PFJN2 on Monday, March 18, 2024 3:11 PM

jimbot58

Am I to understand this was a movie prop and not an actual funtioning aircraft?

 

Hi,

I think from the info on the links provided, the planewas at one time a functioning 747, but that after being taken out of service it has been used for training and as a movie/TV prop (with fake "mockup" engines).

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Posted by Eaglecash867 on Monday, March 18, 2024 5:54 PM

It was a functioning aircraft, with a British registration number of G-BDXJ.  Had the standard engine configuration of a 747 back then.

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