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Flight of the Phoenix
2004 · Film · 113 min
Directed by John Moore
When an oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, an aircraft crew are sent to shut the operation down and fly them out. On the flight out over the desert on the way to Beijing, Capt. Frank Towns and co-pilot A.J. are unable to keep their cargo plane, a C-119 Flying Boxcar, in the air when a violent sandstorm strikes. Crash-landing in a remote uncharted part of the desert, the two pilots and their passengers -- a crew of oil workers and a drifter -- must work together to survive by rebuilding the aircraft. Soon, low supplies and a band of merciless smugglers add even greater urgency to their task.
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They used to use what were basically shotgun shells with no pellets to start airplane engines -- it was called a Coffman engine starter (it was actually used as a plot device in the movie Flight of the Phoenix).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coffman_engine_starter
Loved the use of these lyrics in the opening scenes of the remake of "Flight of the Phoenix" (the 2004 version with Dennis Quaid, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0377062/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ql_cl )
I always thought those guys in the movie (Flight of the Phoenix?) should have made a car, not another plane, out of their crashed plane. Even a fan-car would have been better. Just drive to an oasis and mission complete.
I am trying to list some little less known movies here: 1) The Skeleton Key (I rate it as the best movie ever) (M) 2) Contact (best alien movie) 3) Flight of the phoenix 4) The Painted Veil 5) ...cant remember