Hollywood Trashing of an A Model

[4-Shipp]

Caught a bit of a movie on USA network this weekend featuring an polished A model. I only saw this sequence so I do not know the name of the movie or the plot.

Somewhere in the desert south west, a young lady, bieng harrassed by a bad guy who hijacks an 18-wheeler, steels a polished A model and takes chase after the big rig. After several buzzing passes, they trade gunfire - him with a shotgun to the mid-fuse of the 170 and her with a .38 revolver to his windshield. After suffering an apparantly soon-to-be fatal hit, she rolls out head on and at 5 feet and plays chicken with the truck. The end result is her left wing smartly across his windshield. In perfect Hollywood form, the wing sheers cleanly off at the mounting bolts, the rest of the airplane slides neatly to a stop on the highway, and the truck also rolls to a stop just as the driver's lifeless arm slumps out the driver's side window.

I stopped watching there. I have no idea why they were uspet with each other, but it did appear that a perfectly good 170 may have been trashed. The plane used in the post-impact scene did appear to be actual 170 parts (not a cheesy mockup) but it is unknown wether they used the previously airworthy plane or another salvaged A model.

Anyway, there were some cool air-to-air flying shots of the 170.

Anyone else see the movie?

Bruce

[Iceman07]

Gee, I wish I would have known that they were filming, I have an "A" that I would have sold them real cheap...

[Jr.CubBuilder]

I think that's the hitch-hiker II, or hitcher II, something like that I saw that part once also.

[mrpibb]

At least you know there is a good right A model wing to be had, along with right strut, door.................