Visible crew/equipment: When the President boards Air Force One with the Iron Patriot you can see the reflection of the camera boom and crew in the two black cars in front of the plane moving to the left.
Iron Man 3 (2013)
1 visible crew/equipment mistake - chronological order
Directed by: Shane Black
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Ben Kingsley, Gwyneth Paltrow, Guy Pearce, Don Cheadle, Rebecca Hall
Continuity mistake: When Ellen Brandt is confronting the Police Chief of Rose Hill, TN at the bar. The weapon that is visible that Brandt takes is a semi-automatic with a single stack magazine. The weapon which she shoots has a double stack magazine. (00:54:10)
Tony Stark: Please don't tell me there's a 12-year-old kid waiting in the car that I've never met.
Maya Hansen: He's 13. No, I need your help.
Trivia: The extremis soldier that blows up at the theatre is named Jack Taggart, who in the comics was another armored villain, known as Firepower. (00:23:50)
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Chosen answer: The Battle of New York was never specified to take place in 2012, we just know that the film came out then. Based on the newspaper we can assume that the battle was in June 2013, rather than some time in 2012 as many would have previously assumed.