Planes - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[liam]

Cedric the Entertainer's fifth theatrically released animated film after Ice Age (2002), Madagascar (2005), Madagascar 2: Escape to Africa (2008), and Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012).

[kristen]

When Dusty is in the hangar at the end of the first scene, right after his engine has been fixed, the Sky Slicer Mark 5 is hanging on a wall.

[norma]

This is Brad Garrett's second animated Disney film that was not Pixar, after Tarzan 2 (2005), as well as his first theatrical one that's not made by Pixar.

[jim]

Dusty appears to be based on an Air Tractor AT-402 powered by a Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A-15AG at 680 horsepower. 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the PT6A engine and the 3000th Air Tractor aircraft delivery.

[kylie]

In the British version the character of Lofty Crofty's voice is provided by David Croft, the commentator for Sky Sports F1 coverage

[jessie]

This is the last DisneyToon Studios' feature film to be featured in a 1:85:1 aspect ratio.

[kenneth]

El Chupacabra is a Gee Bee R1 racer. The Gee Bee was nicknamed "The Widowmaker" and "The Flying Coffin" since it was incredibly difficult to fly and was prone to crashing. It was also very fast and maneuverable so many pilots used in the 1930s air races in spite of the danger.

[clayton]

The F/A-18 squadron featured in the movie is the "Jolly Wrenchers," based on VFA-103 "Jolly Rogers." During one scene in the movie, the planes are chanting "Victory." "Victory" is the call sign used by VFA-103 pilots.

[violet]

Bulldog is a De Havilland DH.88 Comet.

[miriam]

Bravo and Echo are F/A-18F Super Hornets, numbers 113 and 210 respectively and referred to as "The Jolly Wrenches" in this movie. VFA-103 In the real-life Top Gun academy is known as "The Jolly Rogers"; Val Kilmer and Anthony Edwards were cast to voice them based on them both appearing in the movie Top Gun (1986). In addition, Bravo and Echo's flight helmets are the same design/colors as 'Goose' and 'Ice Man', the characters Edwards and Kilmer played in Top Gun (1986).

[duane]

Ripslinger is custom-built carbon-fiber plane that resembles a North American P-51B Mustang, although with slightly swept-back wings and tail surfaces. An actual P-51B in the paint scheme of the "Tuskeegee Airmen" 332nd Fighter Group is also seen signaling the takeoff for the race at John F. Kennedy Airport.

[tammy]

In the Russian version, the Canadian character Rochelle was replaced by a Russian plane called Tanya.

[willard]

The tractors from Cars (2006) make a couple of brief cameos in a field.

[amber]

Jon Cryer was cast as Dusty, but dropped out during production.

[toni]

At the beginning of the movie, there are several mountains in the background. If you look closely, you can tell that they are shaped in the profile of large airplanes. There is also at least one scene where a cloud is shaped like an airplane.

[richard]

This was Julia Louis Dreyfus' second Disney film after A Bug's Life (1998).

[ruby]

The background mountains as seen in the town of Propwash are in the shapes of large aircraft. Particularly what appears to be the shapes of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses.