Twilight Zone "The Last Flight" and a weird coincidence -

[Retired W4]

Wow, only 20 numbers away! My pic is at Ft. Smith, AR, waiting for (then) Col. Jack Keane, Cmdr. JRTC (Joint Readiness Training Command).

Rod Serling could have done an episode on these old A/C.

 

[Ματθιας]

Those early aviators had grit that modern pilots wouldn't understand. Its amazing how you found that much info on a single F100 in one scene. How did you do that?

If I remember that episode correctly. Wasn't the RAF pilot a fake and a coward?

Thinking about this a little more, All pilots have grit. Different eras have/had different things to worry about. Those early jets has a very high accident/loss rate compared to now. There's just so much going on and to keep track of at the same time, it's tough for a regular guy, like me, to comprehend.

 

[jrm53]

The pilot flew back to save "Old iron bottoms life" Jeff

 

[fordson]

He portrayed a real RAF pilot, but a cowardly one. That is, until he flew off back into the cloud he appeared out of. He went back and saved the life of his wingman who became a General in charge of the RAF.

I’m a Twilight Zone junkie as well. I’ve seen all the episodes several times. I always liked seeing future stars in some of their first roles.

My all time favorite episode is “Time Enough at Last” with a young Burgess Meredith as poor henpecked Henry Bemis.

I remember that one. The irony of the ending…..