Die Hard 2 And The jet powered C-123

[casey jones]

I was wathing Die Hard 2 last night..to my amazment there was a C-123 Provider with 4 jet engines...I am sure this is fictional but it sure looked very good.


Cheers

Casey

[srgalahad]

While much of what slithers out of Hollywood is fiction, occasionally they slip up...

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http://www.ask.com/wiki/Chase_XC-123A?qsrc=3044

[Tboomer57]

Looks like the Modelers took ....

Me 262, Meteor, or A-10 engine model parts....

and ...

stuck on wings of C-123...

Either way..........looks like they are way too big.......and would break the wings off

[kilo delta]

...ejection seats too!

:d

[Prowler1111]

i can comment on this as i do have some knowledge on this particular topic ..that my friends, is 1980´s Hollywood rendition of a Soviet transport that was used in the film Red Dawn as scenery prop but the scenes were either A: cut or B: you can barely see it since it´s dark, it did have the props on it, but once production of Die Hard 2 started, they were long gone so it became a jet aircraft (which incidentally in the movie, was escorted by a pair of F-4E´s portraying Mig´s on what was the 1st time a movie had digital effects.)..
You can´t blame them for trying, back then it was close to impossible to find soviet equipment at rock bottom prices for movies..

Best regards

Prowler

[Tboomer57]

Bogus........Yes

Best Part........also Yes

[casey jones]

Thank you all for the imput, I think it was a real good makeover of the C-123...but four jet engines?



Cheers

Casey

[Tboomer57]

Just shots from escort sequence......

In Die Hard 2... Did they say Migs???

Generic South American/Central America's/Caribnean?? General.....

Something about ....there goes our escorts???

Is it plausable that one of those countries may have been sold a F-4 or two??

But....

Yes ....It kills the effect when you see military equipment shown/substituted.

For me........its those stock hollywood Pershing tanks .....subsituted for every OPFOR enemy tanks in 1960's, 1970's, and 1980's military movies (Battle of the Bulge, Patton, Big Red One.....etc.)

[Prowler1111]

Yup..in Iron Eagle II, F-4´s portrayed Mig-29´s..go figure (1988)...
I guess the guys at Die Hard II thought they could get away with it..
I think Red Dawn was the only USA vs Soviet themed movie back then that actually invested in "soviet equipment" to make the story more believable..for instance, there was a Yak-38 Forger prop in the movie, used in what was believed then soviet FOB´s operated (based at the same time by the Afghanistan experience)and most of the props developed there ended up in other movies (Rambo III, Die Hard II, 2 James Bond movies) and some even on Airwolf TV series..


Prowler

[Tboomer57]

Maybe they were going for a mix

C-123

and

Boeing YC-14 or Boeing YC-15

[traindriver98]

Maybe they were going for a mix

C-123

and

Boeing YC-14 or Boeing YC-15

YC-15. What's left of one of the prototypes is at the Pima Air and Space Museum here in Tucson.

[Tboomer57]

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