Starflight: The Plane That Couldn't Land (also known as Starflight One or Airport 85)[1] is a 1983 television film (for the ABC Sunday Night Movie) directed by Jerry Jameson and starring Lee Majors, Hal Linden, Lauren Hutton, Ray Milland, Gail Strickland, George DiCenzo, Tess Harper, and Terry Kiser. The film also features 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.[2] Starflight, the first hypersonic transport, is being prepared for its maiden flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia. On board are the pilot, Cody Briggs, cheating on his wife Janet with Erica Hansen, media-relations representative for Thornwell Aviation. Passengers include designer Josh Gilliam, who is apprehensive about the engines not being under ground control, and satellite TV baron Freddie Barrett. Takeoff is delayed so that the body of the deceased Australian ambassador and his wife, Mrs. Winfield, can be taken aboard; something that Del, the first officer, considers a bad omen. Bud Culver, Freddie's partner in Australia, tells Freddie he must scrub that day's launch of a TV satellite because weather is closing in; Freddie orders an immediate launch without NASA approval. Cleared by NASA for liftoff, Starflight climbs to 23 miles using its scramjet engines, then levels off. Freddie's rocket runs into trouble with the second stage and has to be destroyed. NASA reports that destruction of the rocket produces debris, heading for Starflight. Cody's lets NASA guide their maneuvers. Engineer Chris Lucas recommends Starflight climb out of danger. Cody engages the rocket engine again, but rocket debris from the failed launch hits the underside of the aircraft. When NASA says they are clear, Cody orders the jets shut off, but they keep firing because the debris has severed the rocket engine controls. Their hydrogen fuel runs out just as Starflight reaches orbit. NASA dispatches the Columbia Space Shuttle to refuel Starflight, while bringing Josh Gilliam back to Earth to work on the problem. Flight engineer Pete tests the airlock transfer but is killed when the hatch malfunctions and breaks free. Improvising, Cody sends Josh to Columbia inside the ambassador's coffin. Columbia returns to Earth with Josh aboard. He discovers Thornwell's universal docking tunnel, a flexible conduit that could be attached between Starflight and Columbia. Cody has power restored, electrifying the 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, are lost when the flexible tunnel swings too close to the sparking electric line on the damaged underside of the airliner and ignites. Forty-seven passengers remain aboard. Josh is frustrated but an exchange with his wife Nancy reminds him of a fuel tank built by Culver Aviation that can be repurposed to carry people. Columbia with the container and takes 38 more passengers, leaving only nine aboard. Cody sends electrical engineer Joe Pedowski on EVA to repair the damaged conduit. Josh suggests Starflight follow a shuttle on re-entry, believing the shuttle's heat shield would offer protection. Columbia cannot make a launch in time, but another shuttle, XU-5, in orbit on a military mission, arrives to assist just as Starflight is to hit the atmosphere. The two craft ride in together, and once into the atmosphere, XU-5 veers off, while Cody manages to land Starflight after a harrowing steep descent through the upper atmosphere. Cast Lee Majors as Captain Cody Briggs Hal Linden as Josh Gilliam Lauren Hutton as Erica Hansen Ray Milland as Q.T. Thornwell Gail Strickland as Nancy Gilliam George DiCenzo as Bowdish Tess Harper as Janet Briggs Terry Kiser as Freddie Barrett Heather McAdam as Laurie Hansen Michael Sacks as Pete Gary Bayer as Martin Phil Coccoioletti as Hal Parisi Pat Corley as Joe Pedowski Jocelyn Brando as Mrs. Harvey Diane Stilwell as Betty Kirk Cameron as Gary Carolyn Coates as Clair Stephen Keep as Chris Lucas Kirk Scott as Del, the first officer Peter Jason as Schultie Robert Englund as Scott Robert Webber as Felix Duncan Redmond Gleeson as Bud Culver ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TDXE14pagY

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