Talk:Airport (film)

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Contents 1 Wrong City? 2 Wrong City? 3 Fair use rationale for Image:Airport movie poster.jpg 4 Fair use rationale for Image:Airport1-31-11-65.jpg 5 Fair use rationale for Image:Airport0-48-17-72.jpg 6 Fair use rationale for Image:Airport0-48-17-72.jpg 7 Fair use rationale for Image:Airport1-31-11-65.jpg 8 Plot summary

[edit] Wrong City?

In the book, the airport was in Cleveland, Ohio, not Chicago, Illinois. I believe this is also true of the film.

Untrue - there are a variety of references to locations in Chicago in the book; the film deals little with its' surroundings, but is still organized as set in Chicago. Additionally, an airport in Illinois - the "Land of Lincoln" - would have all the reason in the world to be named Lincoln; an airport in Cleveland would have little reason to glorify Lincoln in such a manner. You may be confused by the numerous references to Cleveland's air traffic control center, which was handling Flight Two at the time of the explosion. DiogenesNY 02:07, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

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This article reads like crap. Someone needs to write a separate article concerning the book.

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(01/06/07) This article reads very badly. Much of the main body of the article reads as though it belongs in the Trivia section. The whole plot section is a comparison/contrast between the film and the book, and I'm not sure such an in-depth look at the book belongs in an article about the film. It is probably enough to state that there are numerous differences between the novel and the film without enumerating every single one of them.

Additionally, the article follows no logical progression. For example, it states that George Kennedy is the only actor to star in all four Airport films long before it points out that there actually ARE four Airport films.

This article might benefit from stripping the whole thing down and starting over. (Justrd)

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re: "At one point the captain informs the cabin that they are traveling at 610 mph ground speed at 35,000 feet. This translates to a speed of Mach 0.86 which is slightly faster than the plane's maximum capability even with a tailwind."

Then is the wikipedia article on the B-707 wrong? It lists the cruising speed of a boeing 707 model 120b as 540 kt/hr, or 1000 km/hr, which, if correct, translates to appx. 620 statute miles per hour.

Ron

169.253.4.21 10:59, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

re: "Even though the flight was from Chicago to Rome, in reality the 707 did not have the range to do such a route."

Wikipedia article on Boeing 707 lists its range at 3680 nautical miles. With a refueling stop or two, a B707 could have made it from Chicago to Rome (appx. 4200 nautical miles). 169.253.4.21 11:49, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

The ground speed of 610 mph has nothing to do with the top speed of a 707, which is given as air speed. Ground speed is air speed plus any tail wind (likely on a trip from the US to Europe) or minus any head wind.

[edit] Wrong City?

The airport is definitely in Chicago in both the book and the film. The first line of the book references the location as "Lincoln International Airport, Illinois"; Joe Patroni is mentioned as living in Glen Ellyn, a suburb of Chicago, 25 miles from the airport; as well as other mentions of The Windy City in the book. In the film after takeoff, Vernon Demerest clearly states that the weather in Rome "is a lot better than what we left behind in Chicago".Dma124 22:00, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Airport movie poster.jpg

Image:Airport movie poster.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Airport1-31-11-65.jpg

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Airport0-48-17-72.jpg

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[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Airport0-48-17-72.jpg

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[edit] Plot summary

For a couple of years now this article has been saddled with an incredibly detailed blow-by-blow account of the film in lieu of a plot summary. I've tried to resolve this problem by ditching it and starting again. I've provided a very brief, basic account of the plot. --Tony Sidaway 04:32, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Well done! A lot of work needs to be done on many of our movie articles, getting rid of excessively long plot "summaries". Tonight, I integrated the trivia section, dumping some of the more trivial facts and incorporating the rest where I thought they would go best - some into production, others into score, and one into a link at the bottom. I think we have a pretty decent article now.Seaphoto^Talk 07:20, 27 January 2008 (UTC)