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[[Image:JPPoster.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Jet Pilot (1957).]] | [[Image:JPPoster.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Jet Pilot (1957).]] | ||
'''Jet Pilot''' was filmed in the early 1950's and released in 1957, with production by Howard Hughes and the cooperation of the U.S. Air Force. A Russian YAK trainer enters U.S. air space as the pilot defects to the United States. Air Force Colonel Shannon (John Wayne) is assigned to escort defecting Soviet pilot Lt. Anna Marladovna. As he is escorting her to various aircraft to test he falls in love with her unbeknown to him she is Soviet spy Olga Orlief. Colonel Shannon fakes an escape for the two of them back to Russia so he can turn the tables and spy on the Soviets. Great footage of early cold war aircraft. | '''Jet Pilot''' was filmed in the early 1950's and released in 1957, with production by [[Howard Hughes]] and the cooperation of the U.S. Air Force. A Russian YAK trainer enters U.S. air space as the pilot defects to the United States. Air Force Colonel Shannon (John Wayne) is assigned to escort defecting Soviet pilot Lt. Anna Marladovna. As he is escorting her to various aircraft to test he falls in love with her unbeknown to him she is Soviet spy Olga Orlief. Colonel Shannon fakes an escape for the two of them back to Russia so he can turn the tables and spy on the Soviets. Great footage of early cold war aircraft. | ||
It stars [[John Wayne]], [[Janet Leigh]], Jay C. Flippen, [[Paul Fix]], and Richard Rober, and was directed by Josef von Sternberg and Jules Furthman. | It stars [[John Wayne]], [[Janet Leigh]], Jay C. Flippen, [[Paul Fix]], and Richard Rober, and was directed by Josef von Sternberg and Jules Furthman. | ||
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== Browning M3 Aircraft Heavy Machine Gun == | == Browning M3 Aircraft Heavy Machine Gun == | ||
[[Image:Browning-M3A.jpg|400px|thumb|none|Browning M3 Aircraft machine gun - .50 BMG]] | [[Image:Browning-M3A.jpg|400px|thumb|none|Browning M3 Aircraft machine gun - .50 BMG]] | ||
[[Image:JP 1.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:JP 1.jpg|thumb|none|500px|F-94 Starfire jet firing its [[Browning M3 heavy machine gun|Browning M3]] 50 cal. machine guns]] | ||
== 1928A1 Thompson SMG == | == 1928A1 Thompson SMG == | ||
[[Image:M1928-A1 T.jpg|thumb|none|400px|1928A1 Thompson - .45 ACP]] | [[Image:M1928-A1 T.jpg|thumb|none|400px|1928A1 Thompson - .45 ACP]] | ||
[[Image:JP 2.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:JP 2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Air Force personnel holding a [[Thompson Submachine Gun|1921A1 Thompson Sub Machine Guns]]]] | ||
== Mosin Nagant 91/30 Rifle == | == Mosin Nagant 91/30 Rifle == | ||
[[Image:M9130.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Mosin Nagant 91/30 Rifle - 7.62x54mm R]] | [[Image:M9130.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Mosin Nagant 91/30 Rifle - 7.62x54mm R]] | ||
[[Image:JP 3.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:JP 3.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Soviet sentry holding a [[Mosin Nagant Rifle|Mosin Nagant 91/30 Rifle]] with bayonet]] | ||
== Luger P08 Pistol == | == Luger P08 Pistol == | ||
[[Image:P08Luger1917.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Luger P08 Pistol - 9x19mm]] | [[Image:P08Luger1917.jpg|thumb|none|400px|Luger P08 Pistol - 9x19mm]] | ||
[[Image:JP 4.jpg|thumb|none| | [[Image:JP 4.jpg|thumb|none|500px|Olga Orlief ([[Janet Leigh]]) holding a [[Luger P08|Luger P08 Pistol]] on John Wayne]] | ||
[[Category:Movie]] | [[Category:Movie]] | ||
[[Category:War]] | [[Category:War]] | ||
[[Category:Espionage]] | [[Category:Espionage]] | ||
[[Category:Howard Hughes]] | |||
Revision as of 07:48, 19 October 2021
Jet Pilot was filmed in the early 1950's and released in 1957, with production by Howard Hughes and the cooperation of the U.S. Air Force. A Russian YAK trainer enters U.S. air space as the pilot defects to the United States. Air Force Colonel Shannon (John Wayne) is assigned to escort defecting Soviet pilot Lt. Anna Marladovna. As he is escorting her to various aircraft to test he falls in love with her unbeknown to him she is Soviet spy Olga Orlief. Colonel Shannon fakes an escape for the two of them back to Russia so he can turn the tables and spy on the Soviets. Great footage of early cold war aircraft.
It stars John Wayne, Janet Leigh, Jay C. Flippen, Paul Fix, and Richard Rober, and was directed by Josef von Sternberg and Jules Furthman.
The following weapons were used in the film Jet Pilot:
