How’s this for a Hunter.
This Hunter was modified for the 1983 Film ‘The Right stuff’, the aircraft was portraying the Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket. I believe the reg was N72602. A former Danish Mk 51.
For more Right Stuff gen checkout nov 03 edition of the US magazine Airpower.
By: Hatton - 9th December 2003 at 12:34
definately not a big effort if you compare the two…
http://1000aircraftphotos.com/APS/3057.htm
haha
By: MarkG - 9th December 2003 at 12:23
I’m not sure that it was a particularly “big effort”. All they’ve done is unscrew the fibreglass radome (the extreme end of the nose usually painted black on a normal Hunter) and replaced it with a long pointy bit.
Apart from that the only other modification is to paint over the rear end of the canopy.
Looks quite nice though 🙂
By: patb - 9th December 2003 at 10:15
thats a big effort considering the small role the aircraft played in the movie. Has anyone go the new DVD with the extras? worth shelling out for ?
By: DazDaMan - 8th December 2003 at 23:22
You can see it’s a Hunter, but had you not said, I wouldn’t have had a clue!!
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December 8, 2003 at 11:14 pm