In the very lame and not very thrilling 1979 thriller Bear Island, less than loosely based on McLean's novel of the same name, cool airboats/snowplanes are featured. Sleek-looking with an open canopy, engine in a pod behind the driver, one propellor, two rudders behind the prop and a retracting "claw brake" aft.
Click here for the movie poster with two of the vehicles shown:
https://www.vermontmoviestore.com/products/bear-island
The closest I have found is an Arkösund hydrocopter:
https://www.nettivene.com/hydrokopteri/muu-merkki/663929
Does anybody here have any information on those vehicles?
Click here for the movie poster with two of the vehicles shown:
https://www.vermontmoviestore.com/products/bear-island
The closest I have found is an Arkösund hydrocopter:
https://www.nettivene.com/hydrokopteri/muu-merkki/663929
Does anybody here have any information on those vehicles?