I CAN HAZ "NO HIGHWAY IN THE SKY" NOW OK!!!
With all of the hoo-ha in the news recently about metal fatigue in 737s, I went searching for one of my very favorite classic movies, "No Highway In The Sky", with (of all unlikely pairings) Jimmy Stewart and Marlene Dietrich. It's the story of a brave aeronautic engineer who devises a theory that metal fatigue is about to bring down a brand new model of airline, but nobody believes him, until...
The film was released in 1951, and ironically, three years later, in 1954, the then-new De Havilland Comet jets starting dropping out of the sky due to metal fatigue.
The movies been out of print on VHS for years, and never available on DVD, at least in this country.
Amazon Instant Video will rent it for $2.99 or sell it for $5.99.
So I bought a copy.
I am pleased.
The film was released in 1951, and ironically, three years later, in 1954, the then-new De Havilland Comet jets starting dropping out of the sky due to metal fatigue.
The movies been out of print on VHS for years, and never available on DVD, at least in this country.
Amazon Instant Video will rent it for $2.99 or sell it for $5.99.
So I bought a copy.
I am pleased.