The top mistakes in Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines http://www.moviemistakes.com/film1283 en Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:55:10 +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. 104928 Before the race starts, Sir Percy intends to sabotage some of the other fliers. He announces to Courtney that he had lured Dubois away by giving him the address of Courtney's daughter, but later, when the race starts, there is nothing wrong with Dubois' machine even though Sir Percy had the chance. 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. 26672 The number of tail fins on the "American" aircraft changes from two to three depending on the shot. 26675 When the tail breaks off of the "German" machine and it careens around the field, you can see the little steerable tail wheel used to control the plane in those scenes. In all other scenes this plane has a tail skid.