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*** Modern heat seeking missiles are all-aspect (meaning they can target an aircraft from any angle). Early heat-seeking missiles, like many versions of the Sidewinder (the AIM-9B, 9D, 9E, 9G, 9H, 9J, 9N, and 9P), were rear-aspect missiles, meaning they had to lock onto the exhaust of an enemy aircraft to provide the best chance of hitting. They were very easily distracted by flares, or even the sun. Therefore, if the missile were one of the older rear-aspect types, it is possible (but unlikely) that turning off the engine and doing a hammerhead stall would have caused it to lose its target lock. The mystery is how Murdock would have known the missile was a rear-aspect type. For the sake of completeness, note that the AIM-9L was the first all-aspect Sidewinder, followed by the -9M in 1982 and the -9X in late 2003.

*** The same scene makes the common Hollywood mistake of having a military fire a missile over US airspace ([[Batman Gambit|After the team lured a corrupt Mexican general over the border]]). In reality, only the President can authorize this.

*** The movie has a scene a bit ~~latter~~ where Murdock does a barrel roll with a C-130 (technically possible but [[Don't Try This At Home|not advisable]] for even a trained pilot) and getting into an [[Old School Dogfighting|dogfight]] with MQ-9 Reapers. While there have been tests of giving C-130s air-to-air capabilities, they still are strictly intended for surveillance and air-to-ground attacks. They lack the maneuverability for dogfights as depicted in the film -- hard banks would cause the pilot to lose control.

*** The movie has a scene a bit later where Murdock does a barrel roll with a C-130 (technically possible but [[Don't Try This At Home|not advisable]] for even a trained pilot) and getting into an [[Old School Dogfighting|dogfight]] with MQ-9 Reapers. While there have been tests of giving C-130s air-to-air capabilities, they still are strictly intended for surveillance and air-to-ground attacks. They lack the maneuverability for dogfights as depicted in the film -- hard banks would cause the pilot to lose control.

* ''[[Casino Royale]]'' has the prototype "Skyfleet S570", possibly intended as a [[Bland-Name Product]] version of the then-new Airbus A380. The actual plane we see, however, is obviously a Boeing 747 with external fuel tanks hanging from the wings. This makes very little sense for any civilian aircraft.

** Specifically, it's the decommissioned 747 that lives on the ''[[Top Gear]]'' test track.