Live and let fly

摘要

"Hello New York, your Pan Am 323 just landed, Kings- ton, Jamaica," confirms an air traffic controller as the Pan American Boeing 707 gracefully sped along a runway for the 1962 film Dr. No, James Bond's first cinematic outing that would launch a $5 billion film franchise. The sequence was repeated in the sequel, From Russia with Love, again with a Pan Am aircraft (clearly early Bond's airline of choice), this time in Istanbul. Aviation has played recurring roles in the Bond movies, either as part of the supporting cast in airport scenes and air-to-air footage, or delivering the thrills.