# Flight 19

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-19/54750>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 16, 2001, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-19/54750 "2001-02-16T15:25:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2001, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-19/54750/21 "2001-02-22T04:13:51Z")

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The _Lady Be Good_ was indeed the inspiration for _King Nine Will Not Return_ according to _The Twilight Zone Companion_.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2001, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-19/54750/22 "2001-02-22T04:30:04Z")

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God, I thought I’d killed this thread!

[_Sole Survivor_ (1970, made for TV)](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0065007) was also based on the crash of the _Lady Be Good_. It had a line in it that I still remember. Brigadier General Russell Hamner (Richard Basehart) lines up the crew of the _Home Run_ in preparation for their rescue. He says, “You look like Death warmed over.” A crewman says, “I’ve got news for you.” (If you’ve seen it, you’ll know.)

Back to Flight 19, it’s been covered pretty well here. Navigational error, disappeared over the Atlantic. But I love the scene in _Close Encounters of the Third Kind_ with the sandstorm. The way the TBMs “materialize” onto the screen was very nicely done.

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