The Odyssey of Flight 33
- Episode aired Feb 24, 1961
- TV-PG
- 25m
Passing through the sound barrier, a commercial airliner inadvertently travels back in time.Passing through the sound barrier, a commercial airliner inadvertently travels back in time.Passing through the sound barrier, a commercial airliner inadvertently travels back in time.
- Passenger
- (uncredited)
- Narrator
- (uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe authentic cockpit dialog was written by Robert J. Serling, the elder brother of Rod Serling. Robert was an airline pilot and aviation writer for United Press International. He is listed in the credits as consultant.
- GoofsThe tower controller in 1939 identifies the airport the flight is headed to as LaGuardia. Though this airport was dedicated that year, it was called New York Municipal Airport until the following year, when the CAA adopted New York Municipal Airport-LaGuardia Field. Officially shortened to LaGuardia Airport in 1953.
- Quotes
Narrator: [Closing Narration] A Global jet airliner, en route from London to New York on an uneventful afternoon in the year 1961, but now reported overdue and missing, and by now, searched for on land, sea, and air by anguished human beings, fearful of what they'll find. But you and I know where she is. You and I know what's happened. So if some moment, any moment, you hear the sound of jet engines flying atop the overcast - engines that sound searching and lost - engines that sound desperate - shoot up a flare or do something. That would be Global 33 trying to get home - from The Twilight Zone.
- ConnectionsEdited into Twilight-Tober-Zone: The Origin of Flight 33 (2021)
Interesting to note that La Guardia airport does have a runway 22 and I've landed on it (as the pilot). And thanks to the person who cleared up what the name of this airport would have been in 1939.
I really like the dialogue in the cockpit (rod's brother, robert serling wrote it...he wrote some excellent aviation books). Especially well done is the use of the "HORN" which stops the landing gear warning horn from sounding when pulling the throttles (thrust levers) back. nice to are nicknames like "magellan" for the navigator and "sparks" for the radio guy.
One of my favorite TZ eps. The other two are: I shot an arrow into the air. and , "Over the Rim".
And for anyone who cares, while JET FUEL would not have been available in 1939 to refuel the plane, a jet engine can actually use gasoline in a pinch with some restrictions like adding some oil to the gasoline to provide lubrication to fuel pumps.
- flarepilot
- Apr 18, 2014
Details
- Runtime25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1