The Concession Stand

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Beyond Belief: Airport '79


Defying all the laws of science and common sense, Captain Joe Patroni opens up a Concorde's cockpit window and shoots a flare to evade a missle "accidentally" aimed at his aircraft. Accepting the "fact" that a cockpit window on the freaking Concorde is able to be opened, how does Mr. Patroni manage to accomplish this task without his arm getting torn off? And that's the least of the problems with this scene as shown below:




I guess, as Mr. Patroni crudely states moments earlier, that's why "they don't call it the cockpit for nothin', honey!"