Warbird Information Exchange

Here's an explanation:

http://www.j-aircraft.org/smf/index.php?topic=7386.0

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Thanks for all the info - interesting story there!

I'm surprised they didn't work in a joke for Bob along the lines of "No Oscar's gonna get me - and vice versa!"

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All right, Mister Dorfmann, start pullin'!
Pilot: "Flap switch works hard in down position."
Mechanic: "Flap switch checked OK. Pilot needs more P.T." - Flight report, TB-17G 42-102875 (Hobbs AAF)

Several years back I found the contemporary novelization of "The Final Countdown" on the shelf at my local used book store for all of $.75. Buying it was a no-brainer.

The book contains an additional chapter beyond the "We have a lot to talk about" conclusion to the movie where Lasky drives off with the Tidemans (and Charlie). Let's just say that it's an interesting (if decidedly deus ex machina) conversation.

The DVD of Final Countdown is available with a second disc containing interviews with some of the Tomcat pilots and back story / "making of" material and in-flight footage.

In Harms Way has always struck me as a very loose mashup of Pearl Harbor, Guadalcanal, and Surigao Strait naval actions. Perhaps throwing in the sinking of the USS Indianapolis for the IJN sub attack on the cruiser?

When I researched the writer of the Harms Way novel (I have not read it) who was also the lead screenwriter for the movie, it all came together; http://www.answers.com/topic/bassett-james