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Re:The bullet effects in Terminator 2 weren’t CGI by trhway on Monday November 15, 2021 @03:07AM (#29224957)
>"cutting the grass", i.e. flying low with the gear up.

Unfortunately, one of greatest stunt pilots died doing similar stunt for the original "Flight of the Phoenix"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flight_of_the_Phoenix_(196...

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Re:The bullet effects in Terminator 2 weren’t CGI by WalterBright on Monday November 15, 2021 @02:29PM (#29231540)
A touch-and-go is not normally dangerous. Students do it all the time to practice landings. The error in that movie was the airplane was structurally unsound.
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Re:The bullet effects in Terminator 2 weren’t CGI by GekkePrutser on Monday November 15, 2021 @11:19PM (#29236772)
Kinda ironic when the plot made a big point of model airplane design being the same as big airplane design.

Sad when someone dies because of it though..

PS I'm surprised that thing was FAA certified. But this is really a case where a model would have been a lot safer.

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