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''Starflight: The Plane That Couldn’t Land'' (aka ''Starflight One'' (in a re-release on video and as a theatrical release in the United Kingdom) and as ''Airport 85'') is a 1983 made-for-television film directed by Jerry Jameson. The film stars Lee Majors, Hal Linden, Lauren Hutton, Ray Milland, Gail Strickland, George DiCenzo, Tess Harper and Terry Kiser. The film also featured an all-star ensemble television cast in supporting roles. Jameson had become known for his work on "... movie-of-the-week phenomenon and group-jeopardy suspense and terror." His work with Lee Majors had begun with the television series ''The Six Million Dollar Man'' in 1973 with the actor starring in three of Jameson's later films.〔Roberts 2009, p. 279.〕 ==Plot== ''Starflight'', the first hypersonic transport is being prepared for a media-covered inaugural flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia, a planned two-hour flight. The passengers bring some of their problems on board: the pilot, Cody Briggs (Lee Majors), is unfaithful to his wife Janet (Tess Harper) and having an affair with the media relations representative for Thornwall Aviation, Erica Hansen (Lauren Hutton). Hal Parisi (Phil Coccoioletti) married another passenger because she won the trip on TV, but he is only interested in getting his stolen gold out of the country. Freddie Barrett (Terry Kiser) is trying to get his communications satellite launched from Australia to start his business carrying television signals. ''Starflight''’s takeoff is delayed a short time so that the deceased Australian ambassador and his wife, Mrs. Winfield, can be taken aboard. Del (Kirk Scott), the first officer, remembers that nothing good happened the last time a corpse came aboard his aircraft. Finally, Josh Gilliam, the designer (Hal Linden), has misgivings, wishing the engines were under ground control. Bud Culver (Redmond Gleeson), his partner in Australia, tells Freddie he must scrub that day's launch of the satellite because weather is closing in; Freddie says to launch at once, however an earlier takeoff needs NASA approval, which won't come because of ''Starflight'' moving into the airspace. Cleared by NASA for liftoff, ''Starflight'' climbs to 23 miles using its scramjet engines, then levels off. Freddie’s rocket also launches, but runs into trouble with the second stage, and has to be destroyed. NASA reports, due to an incorrect course, when the rocket was destroyed, it produced a million pieces of debris headed at ''Starflight''. Thornwall okays Cody letting NASA help; engineer Chris Lucas (Stephen Keep) recommends ''Starflight'' climb out of danger. Cody engages the scramjet engines again but rocket debris starts hitting the underside of the aircraft. When NASA says they are clear, Cody orders the jets shut off, but they keep firing because debris had severed the engine controls. Waiting until the hydrogen fuel runs out is their only option but they risk accelerating out of the atmosphere and into orbit. Gilliam is concerned that if there is a flaw in the structure, ''Starflight'' would break up. The fuel runs out just as ''Starflight'' reaches orbital velocity/altitude. NASA believes their orbit is good for 48–60 hours, but they need to conserve power and other consumables. The ''Columbia'' space shuttle is sent up to try to help; it brings a supply of hydrogen to refuel ''Starflight'', and an airlock is brought to try and bring Josh Gilliam back to Earth to work on the problem. The astronaut who does the fueling looks at the engine control conduit at Cody's request, and she recommends shutting the line down. The power is cut on that line. Pete (Michael Sacks), the flight engineer, tests the airlock transfer, but the airlock hatch will not close and it breaks free, sending Pete into the void. Cody is inspired by a reference in an idle, frustrated exchange with his mistress Erica, sending Josh to ''Columbia'' inside the ambassador's coffin. ''Columbia'' returns to Earth, landing at Thornwall’s airfield (which had been upgraded for shuttle use) to be processed at Thornwall (which spent $93 million to build it, only to lose the contract to Culver Aviation due to industrial espionage). Josh goes to work on the problem, and discovers Thornwall’s universal docking tunnel, a flexible conduit that could be attached between ''Starflight'' and ''Columbia''. Meanwhile, the stolen gold, out of its container as ''Starflight'' topped the atmosphere, is forcing its way out of a damaged seal. Hal betrays his intentions to his bride, who reports it to the captain through Erica. Cody has power restored so the news media on board can still report, and that power-up also includes the sparking conduit damaged by rocket debris. ''Columbia'' and six astronauts arrive with the tunnel, intending to rescue 20 passengers. Five passengers, including Hal, are successfully brought through. The next five people, including Freddie Barrett, however, are lost when the tunnel burns up in space. The rippling tunnel swung close to the sparking electric line on the damaged underside of the airliner. This leaves 47 aboard, five passengers and one astronaut dead but six rescued. When ''Columbia'' lands, Hal Parisi is arrested. Josh is frustrated, thinking he can’t bring them down. He tells his wife Nancy (Gail Strickland) he’d need a bus to bring them home. She says, "get them a bus". Josh remembers a tank built by Culver Aviation that may work. CEO Q.T. Thornwall (Ray Milland) won’t hear of it, because of how Culver cost Thornwall money, but Q.T.’s son Martin stands up to his father and insists that Culver’s container is the only way. ''Columbia'' launches a third time, with the container, and takes 38 more of the passengers, leaving only nine aboard ''Starflight''. Cody sends Joe Pedowski (Pat Corley), the electrical engineer for Thornwall who worked on ''Starflight'', outside in a space suit to repair the wiring, because Cody hopes to skip the aircraft into the atmosphere. Josh is trying to come up with a solution, then hits upon the way: a shuttle could drop into the atmosphere ahead of ''Starflight'', with ''Starflight'' riding the plough-wave; the wingtips would burn a little. ''Columbia'' cannot make another launch in time, but another shuttle, ''XU-5'' is in orbit on a military satellite mission, and comes into position just a minute before ''Starflight'' is to hit the atmosphere. The two craft ride in together, and once into the atmosphere, ''XU-5'' veers off while Cody fights to keep ''Starflight'' under control in a wild descent with damaged wings. Josh hurries outside, not wanting to listen to the communications. However, after a few minutes of silence, he hears ''Starflights distinctive engines, and turns to see it on final approach for landing. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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