Re: Interceptor launch craters?

Posted by Mario Butter on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Real-life-SHADO-tp1510796p1510834.html

Perhaps, like modern fighters, the entire top of the cockpit opens up.

On Jan 25, 2008 1:25 PM, Rob Neal <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Let's be honest here, this is a relatively low-budget TV show, with
> lots of Anderson technology, it's all been made to look flashy, but
> nobody's really thought this through. It was only expected to be
> viewed once, not nit-picked thirty years later!
>
> There was never any indication of how the "jump-chutes" ever connected
> to the interceptors, but I think most people imagined there was some
> kind of "Thunderbird 2" style tube that connected to the machine.
> That said, having closely examined the models and stills, there is no
> indication of a hatch over the cockpit.
>
> My other thought was, given they fell via a chute, how the hell did
> they get back out of the interceptors once they got back??
>
> Rob
>
>
>



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