aerofan Posted May 17, 2012 Share Posted May 17, 2012 Thought you guys might like viewing this. It's the National Film Board of Canada's 1980 film about the early days of the Challenger from design to flight test called "Challenger: An Industrial Romance". Odd title but was interesting to watch and learn from. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PMG Offramp Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Hi and thanks for posting the link. I always liked the Challenger and its stubby look but a few things amaze me in this video: clothing, glasses, hairstyles, cars... they all look SO dated, and then you have that beautiful Challenger that look like it came out of the 21th century. It looked very futuristic back then, and I think it still does now. Pitty there are no mainstream injected kits though... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Big Kev Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 Pitty there are no mainstream injected kits though... The Revell kit doesn't count? Kev Quote Link to post Share on other sites
majortomski Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 I've been on the team that bought 3 1:1 scale 601-3Rs and we have since purchased 1 604 and 2 605s. I toured the factory in the 90's. These planes are built well, made to last. One of our Challengers N88 was the FIRST corporate jet to overfly the South Pole Station. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PMG Offramp Posted May 18, 2012 Share Posted May 18, 2012 The Revell kit doesn't count? Kev Oops, I forgot that one, true. Very nice little Challenger BTW! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aerofan Posted May 18, 2012 Author Share Posted May 18, 2012 (edited) Hi and thanks for posting the link. I always liked the Challenger and its stubby look but a few things amaze me in this video: clothing, glasses, hairstyles, cars... they all look SO dated, and then you have that beautiful Challenger that look like it came out of the 21th century. It looked very futuristic back then, and I think it still does now. You're welcome. Yeah the fashion and style of that era was at the end of the disco "John Travolta Saturday Night Fever" days. Did you checkout those Daisy Dukes' shorts those hostess at that Aircraft tradeshow were waering? I think they were from American Airlines judging from their T-shirts but I could be wrong because I was obviously distracted :lol: . The 1/144 scale is nice but I'd wish they'd make it in 1/72 scale or 1/48 to match the Hasegawa Falcon, Citation and Learjet. I've been on the team that bought 3 1:1 scale 601-3Rs and we have since purchased 1 604 and 2 605s. I toured the factory in the 90's. These planes are built well, made to last. One of our Challengers N88 was the FIRST corporate jet to overfly the South Pole Station. That's really neat to here about the Challenger being a first on something. Thanks for sharing that. Edited May 18, 2012 by aerofan Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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