Continuity mistake: As BJ mentions fingernails on a chalkboard, Potter hunches his shoulders up. A second later, after the angle changes, he repeats the action.
Continuity mistake: As Hawkeye talks to the wounded man on the chopper, the speed of the rotor blades changes several times in the scene. Looking at Hawkeye, the blades are moving fast; in the reflection, much slower.
Dear Sigmund - S5-E7
Other mistake: As the ambulance takes off rounding a corner, the back brightens as stage reflectors or lighting rigs shine on it.
Dear Sigmund - S5-E7
Visible crew/equipment: As Potter pans around looking with binoculars, the lighting rig and a crew member can be seen reflected in the lenses.
Visible crew/equipment: As Potter turns away from looking at Burns rousting a man, he walks past the camera talking to himself. As he gets close to the camera, the shadow of the boom mic plays on his left sleeve.
Visible crew/equipment: As Hawkeye and Trapper sit down to talk with McShane, the shadow of the tip of the boom mic can be seen on the door on the right side of the shot. (00:08:25)
Visible crew/equipment: At the chopper pad, as the scene plays out, reflections of the lighting rigs can be on the chopper canopy.
Mad Dogs and Servicemen - S3-E13
Visible crew/equipment: As the medics take a stretcher off The Bus, and then Hawkeye goes into The Bus, the shadow of the recording equipment boom plays across them.
Continuity mistake: As Lt. LeClerq stands beside his commander, the Commander starts to look to his left, and drops his hand. When the angle changes, he drops his hand again.
Continuity mistake: As Hawkeye walks past the swamp after leaving Trapper, you can see the still is missing.
Continuity mistake: As the camera looks at the door of the Officer's club while the General and Hawkeye talk, other tents can be seen behind them. As Hawkeye brings in the enlisted personnel, the area is totally empty.
Other mistake: The Chinese patient cut the strap of Klinger's red gown, but Radar says Klinger requests a replacement brassier. Later Klinger's red gown shows no damage, although he could have retied the strap.
Continuity mistake: The amount of alcohol in the bottle Hawkeye holds in the Swamp goes from full to half empty and back between cuts.
Revealing mistake: During the conversation between Potter and Klinger in the Mess tent, if you look past them you can see Margaret loitering, waiting for her cue to enter.
Tell It to the Marines - S9-E8
Continuity mistake: The water Klinger accidentally spits on Potter goes from a number of separate spots to one big spot in a couple of seconds.
April Fools - S8-E25
Continuity mistake: In Potter's office, after Potter gives his orders, and checks Hawkeye, his hand is up. A second later it's down.
Continuity mistake: After uncovering the motorcycle, there's only the tan chicken around. A moment later, Ralph has a brown chicken in his arm that wasn't there before.
Continuity mistake: As "Ralph" gets the chicken off the tarp covered motorcycle, he goes to pick up the egg with his left hand. After the close up, he does it with his right.
Visible crew/equipment: As Hawkeye, BJ, and "Ralph" come over to help the farmer, the shadow of the boom mic is on the ground at the bottom right side of the shot.
Continuity mistake: In Rosie's Bar, the lettering reading "GI CLASSY" is in thick letters. From the outside, the lettering is thin.
Answer: The C-42 was a military variant of the Douglas DC-2. Very few C-42's were built, so it's questionable that Potter would specifically have seen that particular model, but, given his military background, it's not entirely unreasonable that he might use the military designation even when the aircraft in question is actually a civilian DC-2.
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