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Catch Me If You Can: is this a DC-8?


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Some of you may be familiar with the movie "Catch Me If You Can" -- from about 15 years ago.  It features several aircraft in some scenes, and I am trying to see if I'm right on these.

 

This first scene is what almost has to be a DC-8 -- from about the 1:00 mark on... is that correct?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow8mG8qutkw

 

And then there is this scene, supposedly at the 60's era KMIA.  At the 2:29 mark, you can see an aircraft taking off, and I *think* it is a 707 -- but can someone confirm?  It's not a DC-8, correct?  Too much sweep on the wings?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0Tzfi5iLwc

 

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In the scene where the protagonist is "dead heading", that is absolutely a DC-8 flight deck.  Which is all wrong since it's a TWA flight and they didn't operate them. 


In the second scene, the aircraft taking off in the background is a 707.  I can tell by the pointy nose.  DC-8s have a more rounded nose. 

 

It remember it being a pretty good movie -- hard to believe it was 15 years ago. 

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Also, in the first clip -- at one point you can glimpse the INS area of the DC-8, and it looks like there is an FMC there instead.  My guess is that they didn't have a 1960's era DC-8 cockpit available for the movie.

 

Who would notice things like that, except for us?

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