the concorde . airport 79 start in washington where a man name carl parker ( macon ( mccalman ) contact high profile tv news reporter maggie whelan ( susan blakely ) in order to hand secret document over that prove his bos kevin harriosn ( robert wagner ) owner and president of harrison industry that develop weapon for the military have be illegally sell say weapon to foreign country . however maggie see carl assassinate and she barely escape with her life and maggie be to catch the concorde to moscow via paris the next morning and intend to blow the whistle on harrison who also happen to be her boyfriend which would ruin him . determine to save himself he reprogrammes his hi tech buzzard home missile to intercept and destroy the concorde during a test run kill all those on board and destroy the documented evidence . rename airport 80 the concorde for it cinema and initial home video release because it be release here in and well and 1980 rather than 1979 this last entry in the airport franchise be direct by david lowell rich and be a notoriously bad film that be apparently laugh at during press and test screening prompt universal to promote the film a an action comedy . the first thing to say be that the concorde . airport 79 be a really silly and downright daft film but on a purely entertainment basis i can think of a lot bad film to spend 108 minute watch and i really can . i quite like the absurd plot about a wealthy industrialist want to kill his girlfriend tv reporter before she can expose him a an illegal arm dealer but this guy doesn not do subtle and decide the best way to do it be to blow concorde up with his own guide missile and then get a fench fighter pilot to try and shoot it down before finally sabotage it so really there three mini disaster flick in one here a each time super pilot joe patroni manage to save the day . you know joe patroni play by george kennedy appear in all four airport film and go from mechanic in the first to concorde pilot extrodinaire in this and also i reckon he a bit of a jinx since in the space of nine year he have be involve with four major aviation disaster . i think the real reason why the airport series stop here be because patroni retire after this and the jinx be lift . some of the thing that happen here be just silly and patroni do barrel roll and fly upside down and out manoeuvre a guide missile in a huge concorde not to mention he crash land it and fire flare gun out of his window to destroy the missile all while keep a calm head . this guy be good and very good . then there the character and there a saxophone play black dude who smoke weed in the toilet and an old woman with a bladder problem and a team of russian gymnast with bad accent . also and despite be almost shoot down with a missile and then attack by a jet fighter the passenger of concorde do not seem that bothered and happily get back aboard the following day and i do not know about you but after that i would probably find a safe way to travel and why do the police or authority not question anyone . why be the concorde captain patroni allow to just go off and sleep with a french prostitute . the concorde . airport 79 certainly isn not boring and be full of memorable moment and i be entertain in a way although it far from a good film and modern audience may not have the patience with it and hell i like it for what it be in a daft way but it no sort of classic . even though concorde no long fly it still quite a cool look air plane and there plenty of footage of it here and the one use in the concorde . airport 79 be the seventh one built . this concorde be also the same aircraft which crash after a tire bust cause a fuel tank to rupture and the leaking fuel catch fire on july 25th 2000 and while take off in paris sadly result in the death of 109 passenger and crew on board and 4 people on the ground . when this air on tv in the u in 1982 almost twenty minute of new footage be include with most if not all of it be newly shoot over two year after the original production have finish . i know the effect here take a bashing from most but i do not reckon they be too bad and when you consider this be make in the late 70 i think they come across quite well . the camera move during effect shot and real footage of real plane be use rather than toy model which in my opinion would have look a lot bad and i could certainly see what the maker be try to do with limited fund and limited technology . in a strange way they be quite impressive actually without ever look that good if you know what i mean . probably the most action packed of all the airport film there missile and explode plane and dare crash landing and assassination and a guy name robert palmer ( no and not the singer ) give head a woman in a jacuzzi . the imdb say this have a budget of about $ 14 and 000 and 000 which be actually more than i think and maybe those special effect aren not so impressive after all . shot in utah and washington and los angeles and france . the act isn not great here and people do not look worried enough that they be about to die . goerge kennedy get some bad one liner while robert wagner play the bad guy . the concorde . airport 79 be fun for bad film enthusiast everywhere and to be brutally honest i rather watch this entertaining mess of a film than some two hour oscar nominate bore .