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Jan 10, 2020 · Blue Thunder was a 1983 movie starring an experimental, machine-gun-toting police helicopter that eventually tears up Los Angeles. My parents took me to see it when I was five. I cried at the end.
Jan 27, 2015 · One of the two flyable converted Gazelle helicopters built for the "Blue Thunder" Movie and subsequent TV Show in a surprise appearance in the pilot for "Mac...
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Blue Thunder is best remembered for Roy Scheider’s prowess at the controls of a helicopter, but it also boasts some impressive vehicular mayhem at ground level. Candy Clark, who co-stars as Murphy’s on-off girlfriend Kate, takes the spotlight in a spectacular high-speed car chase towards the end.
The story was changed to make Murphy heroic (and therefore more commercial). An eight minute behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of the movie was shown on HBO about the time the movie was released. Technical specifications. Helicopter number: N77GH. Jet turbine engine with boost capability, enabling 360° loops.
May 25, 2020 · Blue Thunder was a 1980s film made in the United States using a highly modified Aerospatiale Gazelle helicopter. For the film the producers obtained two SA-341G Gazelle helicopters (c/ns 1066 and 1075) both built in 1973. After filming they were sold to Michael Gruben, an aviation salvage collector in New Mexico and one, N51BT (c/n1066 ...
May 13, 1983 · The film's star is a futuristic helicopter, called the Blue Thunder, which is capable of speeds unusual for a helicopter and equipped with surveillance devices that can see and hear conversations ...
Blue Thunder is a 1983 American action film directed by John Badham, about a police helicopter pilot who discovers a Government Conspiracy to employ an experimental Black Helicopter for urban riot control. It earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing and kicked off a subgenre of Cool Helicopter shows, including a short-lived 1984 ...
