A few fan-made Raiders misconceptions

Posted by Dale Dassel from spider-wo021.proxy.aol.com on June 23, 2000 at 04:08:18:

I am just watching Raiders, and it has suddenly occurred
to me that a few things I've read on the net are wrong.
First off, I have heard it said that Indy is wearing a
grey fedora on the Pan-American flying boat at the beginning of
the film. That doesn't make any sense. Why would the prop people
all of a sudden have Harrison wear a grey fedora, amidst the
dozens of other brown ones he wore during the rest of the film?
Is that Indy's "travelling fedora"? I think not. The explanation
is as simple as this (and you Herbert Johnson owners out there
can test this). Throughout the duration of the film, we mostly
see Indy outside, in natural sunlight. Inside of the flying
boat, the light is dimmed, thus making his brown fedora appear
grey. Simple as that.
Secondly, despite what Indygear says about the flying boat
being a Short Solent, I believe they are wrong. In a book called
'Wings Over Water' I saw a flying boat which was IDENTICAL to that
seen in Raiders of the Lost Ark. The plane is called a Centaurus.
I'm not sure of the exact make (number), but the plane in Raiders
is most certainly a Centaurus.
Lastly, on a minor note, I noticed that Indy's holster,
at the beginning of Raiders has, in fact, TWO adjustment holes
on the strap, not one, as featured on the M.B.A. model. But
that is really a minor detail. The holster is identical in every
other respect, and I am extremely pleased with mine.

-Dale

Follow Ups:

Re: A few fan-made Raiders misconceptions Indiana Shorty 11:23:21 6/23/2000 (7)
- GOTCHA! Dale Dassel 11:37:21 6/23/2000 (6)
  - Lack of light wouldn't cause gray... mlif@aol.com 23:31:29 6/27/2000 (0)
  - Re: GOTCHA! Indiana Shorty 11:52:25 6/23/2000 (4)
    - Okay, fair enough.... Dale Dassel 12:01:04 6/23/2000 (3)
      - Ah, as soon as you're wrong, WE are getting a bit over-analytical? Buster 18:35:27 6/24/2000 (0)
      - Humm, interesting point here, Dale... Michaelson 12:43:52 6/23/2000 (0)
      - Re: Okay, fair enough.... Indiana Shorty 12:33:16 6/23/2000 (0)
Not really Michaelson 11:12:30 6/23/2000 (3)
- Ah- foiled again!!! Dale Dassel 11:54:48 6/23/2000 (2)
  - Re: Ah- foiled again!!! Michaelson 12:19:12 6/23/2000 (0)
  - Re: Muahahaha!...i was right! Indiana Shorty 12:13:33 6/23/2000 (0)

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:       I am just watching Raiders, and it has suddenly occurred
: to me that a few things I've read on the net are wrong. 
:        First off, I have heard it said that Indy is wearing a
: grey fedora on the Pan-American flying boat at the beginning of
: the film. That doesn't make any sense. Why would the prop people
: all of a sudden have Harrison wear a grey fedora, amidst the
: dozens of other brown ones he wore during the rest of the film?
: Is that Indy's "travelling fedora"? I think not. The explanation
: is as simple as this (and you Herbert Johnson owners out there
: can test this). Throughout the duration of the film, we mostly 
: see Indy outside, in natural sunlight. Inside of the flying
: boat, the light is dimmed, thus making his brown fedora appear
: grey. Simple as that. 
:       Secondly, despite what Indygear says about the flying boat
: being a Short Solent, I believe they are wrong. In a book called
: 'Wings Over Water' I saw a flying boat which was IDENTICAL to that
: seen in Raiders of the Lost Ark. The plane is called a Centaurus.
: I'm not sure of the exact make (number), but the plane in Raiders
: is most certainly a Centaurus.
:       Lastly, on a minor note, I noticed that Indy's holster,
: at the beginning of Raiders has, in fact, TWO adjustment holes
: on the strap, not one, as featured on the M.B.A. model. But
: that is really a minor detail. The holster is identical in every
: other respect, and I am extremely pleased with mine.

:                                  -Dale

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