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Plane Crazy

Plane Crazy

1997 · Film · documentary · 168 min

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Following Bob Cringely's nerve-wracking attempt to build an airplane in 4 weeks.

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  1. PositivelorecoreMay 22, 2026

    He's best known for Triumph of the Nerds but I really liked Plane Crazy, where he tries to build an airplane while basically having a breakdown:

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0164814/

  2. Positivekqr2Aug 13, 2018

    Speaking of crazy timelines, Robert X. Cringely attempts to build a plane in 30 days in the documentary Plane Crazy:

    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0164814/

    https://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/22/arts/television-review-the-zen-of-building-a-plane-yourself.html