10 August 2025

Red Dawn Trivia

Driving home from visiting my Dad's parents in Homeland, CA we happened to stop at a truck stop that had three helicopters packed onto flat-beds.

I was quick to spot the Soviet markings, but they were mostly under tarps.

There's so much military in the Southwest, we had no idea what they could be.  Real gear being tested?  Vis-mods for training?

Some months later, in a theater, I shout, "I saw those packed on a truck in a truck stop!"


Posted by Angus McThag at 23:33
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  1. Technomad11 August, 2025 01:28

    Were those the French helicopters they made over into faux Mi-24 Hinds?

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    1. Angus McThag11 August, 2025 11:01

      Aerospatiale Pumas, yes. Being the geek I was I thought I'd ID'd them correctly, but the vismod was throwing me until I saw the movie.

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  2. Aesop11 August, 2025 07:52

    When they shot the mental hospital scenes for Terminator 2 at Pescadero State Hospital, the locals called the authorities, all fired up and pissed off to see all kinds of activity indicating to them that the state had re-opened the local former criminal lunatic asylum.

    When they found out it was just Ahnuld making a Terminator movie, they finally shut up. After showing up to watch some of the filming.

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