In these days of advanced communication, GPS and satellites, it’s hard to remember that there was a time when a plane getting stranded in the middle of nowhere was such a fear it became part of popular culture. There were a couple of real horror stories of planes downed in WWII in remote parts. The vine covered Hellcat with a skeleton in the cockpit became a common trope right up to the ‘70s. The desert-crash had particularly gripped the public conscious after a perfectly preserved B-24 bomber, The Lady be Good, was found in the Libyan Desert in 1958, 15 years after it had been assumed to have ditched in the sea. It was another two years before they found the remains of the crew who walked miles before
from Horror and Sci Fi Magazines http://www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/dvd-and-blu-ray-home-entertainment-reviews/16175-the-flight-of-the-phoenix
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