Starflight One (1983) on Netflix
Cody Briggs is the pilot of Starflight, the first hypersonic transport, on its maiden flight from Los Angeles to Sydney. Debris from a rocket launched without NASA's approval strikes the plane.
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Plot summary
Starflight is the first hypersonic transport, making its maiden flight from Los Angeles to Sydney. Cody Briggs is the pilot. Josh Gilliam, who designed the craft, is aboard and uneasy that its engines are not controlled from the ground. Freddie Barrett, a satellite television baron, is a passenger. Bud Culver, Barrett's partner in Australia, launches a television satellite by rocket in bad weather without NASA's approval. The rocket's second stage is destroyed in space, and Starflight flies into the debris, which cuts the controls. The fuel runs out as the plane reaches orbit, and the craft cannot come back down.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Starflight One (1983)
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- The film's space sequences were stock NASA footage: shuttle Columbia launches, with Columbia shown making three launches in 24 hours despite real turnaround times, an Apollo-era Saturn V standing in as the satellite rocket, and early shuttle touchdowns on the dirt runway at Edwards AFB.
