Fictional Aircraft from TV and Movies

[Rhinocrates]

We asked an aero-engineer and a scientist whether Barbie’s Jet would work in real life

The Barbie Jet is an overpowered oddity with some excellent design features. But, this extremely innovative jet features an extremely serious design flaw (if it were turned into a full-scale aircra…

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[publiusr]

Fill a lunar cave with air...the two engines with those Iron Man wrist turbine things....and **maybe**

 

[F.L.]

A screenshot from the movie "Spectral" (2016), showing USAF jets at Chișinău aiport. (in reality, in Hungaria)
They were ex-Hungarian AF MiG-21bis/UM & MiG-23MF.
An SA-2 can be seen in the background, next to the C-130.

 

[F.L.]

Serbian MiG-21bis from the movie "Renegade". Armed with R-3S & UB-16 rocket pods.

 

[F.L.]

From the same movie, a C-160 Transal of "U.S. Forces" :

 

[F.L.]

And also some Jags :

 

[GTX]

SA-43 Hammerhead from Space: Above and Beyond at RAAF Base Williamtown:

 

[Stargazer]

The new Netflix movie LIFT may be just a B-rated heist-type flick, but it's still worth watching because of the great cast, because it's F-U-N, and because the aircraft sequences are highly enjoyable.

 

[robunos]

Looks like that thing was built by Spirit . . .

cheers,
Robin.

 

[aim9xray]

Paint finish courtesy Airbus A350.

 

[martinbayer]

I'm more thinking Stavatti...

 

[Stargazer]

Paint finish courtesy Airbus A350.

The aircraft is originally the sleek blue version of the second picture. It is later cover with those crude looking plates as a means to evade radar... (yes, I know!)

 

[F.L.]

A crashed Libyan Su-24 in "13 hours" :

 

[Orso]

"The Osprey" from the Saint, Ep. 5.13 Flight Plan

XP984 Hawker Siddeley P.1127 according to IMPDB

 

[Graham1973]

From the same movie, a C-160 Transal of "U.S. Forces" :
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When did this film come out?

 

[F.L.]

When did this film come out?

In 2017.

 

[F.L.]

Sri Kanka, Chinese, Egyptian & North Korean (!!!) Chengdu F-7 during exercise "Top Flying Wing 47" in UAE, in the movie Sherdil (2019) :

 

[F.L.]

In the same movie, a Pakistani Mirage III badly photoshoped as Indian Mirage 2000 !!

 

[Rhinocrates]

A compendium here.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DOuBIH_B5Y


Things like forward-swept wings, VTOL, anhedral, hypersonic speed, etc. recur again and again.

The 'rule of cool' drives much of these - 'These things are cool so my Totally Awesome Death Machine must have them - ALL of them.'

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RuleOfCool

To get a little high-falutin' they're 'floating signifiers' - things that generally suggest total awesomeness without really being practical, like people saying 'quantum' in Star Trek or New Age scams, the fins on a Harley Earl Cadillac, or an SUV that isn't caked in mud.

Floating signifier - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

At their best, I think designs like this can be thought of as a kind of techno-rococo - absurd but appealing because of their whimsy. Anyway, a 1959 Cadillac Eldorado is cool.

 

[Rhinocrates]

Tip of the hat to Triton:

The top ten Fictional Aircraft

A lot of thought has gone into the fictional aircraft that have appeared in books, films and TV shows. This is a tribute to the clever and imaginative people who have put their aviation know-how …

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[martinbayer]

A06 Skystormer from NCIS: New Orleans Season 2, Episode 3 “Touched by the Sun”, see https://www.facebook.com/groups/1248745685269701/posts/1797883543689243/ and https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4995034/?ref_=tt_ch.

 

[F.L.]

In the movie "Rock", the missile with VX-2 gas look like R-40 "Acrid" !

 

[F.L.]

US Air Force F/A-18 in the same movie.

 

[F.L.]

An OH-6 LOACH of Spanish Navy used in Jack Ryan :

 

[F.L.]

Destroyed USAF F-4 Phantoms in Fallout :

 

[Rhinocrates]

Various designs from the 1936 film, Things to Come.

Things to Come - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The huge helmet was actually part of the canopy as well.

 

[Rhinocrates]

HG Wells visits the set. The costume design was spoofed in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

 

[F.L.]

Modified EC-135 in the last Jurassic World :

 

[The K2]

The Y-13 from the 1959 sci fi film “The First Man In Space.”

 

[Orionblamblam]

Blend an A-6, an A-7 and a Brit Lightning and now you have an aircraft you don't have to pay to license.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1799850811079655567

View: https://x.com/Fighterman_FFRC/status/1799850811079655567

 

[Scott Kenny]

Jeez, that hit every branch in the entire ugly forest...

 

[GTX]

Suckerpunch B-25 variant:

 

[GTX]

Yak-38 in Red Dawn:

 

[GTX]

Hind Ambulance in Firefly:

 

[fightingirish]

Blend an A-6, an A-7 and a Brit Lightning and now you have an aircraft you don't have to pay to license.

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Here at X fka twitter a drawing of this concept.
This time I post the link to X fka twitter as a code. Just copy the link and insert it into a new browser tab.

https://x.com/CirqueduCiel/status/1800068498095526377?t=WGLzICLvC1XvtGvifYURtQ&s=19

 

[robunos]

I see some Supermarine Scimitar has crept in there . . .

cheers,
Robin.

 

[Graham1973]

US Navy marked UH-1 that appears in multiple low budget productions via the magic of recycled footage. The original footage appears to have been shot for use with the film 'Steel Sharks' by Royal Oak Entertainment.

 

[GTX]

RAF F-16 in Independence Day:

 

[TsrJoe]

UFO. HP. Jetstream ...

View: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x27etow


HS./BAe.125 in SPURIOUS USAF. markings, Agency, 1980 film ... https://www.impdb.org/index.php?title=File:AAAagency-vlcsnap-00105.jpg

'The Night Agent', Netflix TV. series, 2023

 

[TsrJoe]

Hawker (Fokker) Hunter T.7, G-BOOM, in FICTIONAL scheme, Return to Fairborough, 1984 film

Hawker Hunter T.8C, G-BWGL, in FICTIONAL USAF. markings, Fat Boy Slim, Bird of Prey video ... https://www.imcdb.org/m9075236.html