speculative airliner theme
A passenger airplane with capabilities above and beyond what can be expected of contemporary airliners is featured.
Examples
The film "Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land" (1983) followed the maiden voyage of Starflight: a hypersonic passenger plane that was anticipated to fly from Los Angeles to Sydney in two hours.
2 total · 1 choice · 1 major
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Starflight: The Plane That Couldnt Land (1983) | choice | The story followed the maiden voyage of Starflight: a hypersonic passenger plane that was anticipated to fly from Los Angeles to Sydney in two hours. However, not all went according to plan when an uncontrolled acceleration left the plane in orbit around the Earth. |
| movie: The Conquest of the Pole (1912) | major | An international group of explorers built a passenger airplane to fly to the North Pole. |