The top mistakes in Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines http://www.moviemistakes.com/film1283 en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:55:09 +0000 7748 Terry-Thomas's plane gets stuck between the carriages of a Paris-bound train (in fact filmed on the single-line track between Bedford and Hitchin).  Just before the train plus plane goes into a tunnel you can see the cooling towers of Bedford's Goldington Power Station (circa 1960) behind TT's head. 26674 The "American" aircraft is really a British design called a Bristol Boxkite. 26671 In some scenes the "Antoinette" flown by the British flyer has authentic, thin "wing warping" wings. In other scenes it has thick modern glider wings with ailerons. This was done because the authentic machine wasn't very airworthy and was modified during the shooting. 26672 The number of tail fins on the "American" aircraft changes from two to three depending on the shot. 26673 The Japanese plane and the German plane are actually the same aircraft, a British Design called an "Eardly Billing". The "Japanese" version is re-dressed with canvas partitions between the wings, painted dragons, etc, the "German" has no canvas and German eagles, but they are the same machine.