History Recap / ThunderbirdsS1E1TrappedInTheSky

* CoolPlane: Fireflash, as described on the [[Series/{{Thunderbirds}} main page]].

* CoolPlane: Fireflash, as described on the [[Series/Thunderbirds main page]].

* CoolCar: FAB 1 makes it debut here, where it is firmly established as such.
* CoolPlane: Fireflash, absurdly so.

* AwesomeButImpractical: While the ''Fireflash'' is an incredible piece of machinery (even for modern standards), a form of transportation that can potentially poison passengers via nuclear radiation if the shielding is not serviced every few hours -- to say nothing of what would happen if the plane should crash or be targeted in a terrorist attack -- would never be approved for public use.

* AstronomicZoom: A shot of the Earth as seen from Thunderbird 5 zooms in on England until we reach ''Fireflash'''s tail fin.
* AtomPunk: The dangers of nuclear power on '"Fireflash'' are recognised, but everyone seems to consider it an acceptable risk under normal circumstances.
* AwesomeButImpractical: While the ''Fireflash'' is an incredible piece of machinery (even for modern standards), a form of transportation that can potentially poison passengers via nuclear radiation if the shielding is not serviced every few hours, to say nothing of what would happen if the plane should crash or be targeted in a terrorist attack, would never be approved for public use.

* ClimacticMusic: The sequence of ''Fireflash'' finally landing safely is accompanied by a score so tense and bombastic that it was used in every episode's introductory montage.

* ComingInHot: An interesting example as ''Fireflash'' makes a completely controlled landing with functioning landing gear... which it cannot use due to the bomb

The nuclear-powered hypersonic jetliner Fireflash has been sabotaged by the villainous Hood. Trapped aboard are hundreds of passengers, including Tin-Tin Kyrano, a member of a new organisation, International Rescue. With just hours before their radiation shields fail and the passengers and crew die of radiation poisoning, the fledgling organisation must race to UsefulNotes/{{London}} Airport in their Thunderbirds and find a way for Fireflash to land without detonating the bomb.

* AnonymousPublicPhoneCall: The Hood uses a public call box to inform the airport control tower that a bomb has been planted in the landing gear of the Fireflash aircraft. He wears a mask to disguise his face while he makes this call.

* AstronomicZoom: A shot of the Earth as seen from Thunderbird 5 zooms in on England until we reach Fireflash's tail fin.
* AtomPunk: The dangers of nuclear power on Fireflash are recognised, but everyone seems to consider it an acceptable risk under normal circumstances.
* AwesomeButImpractical: While the Fireflash is an incredible piece of machinery (even for modern standards), a form of transportation that can potentially poison passengers via nuclear radiation if the shielding is not serviced every few hours, to say nothing of what would happen if the plane should crash or be targeted in a terrorist attack, would never be approved for public use.

* ClimacticMusic: The sequence of Fireflash finally landing safely is accompanied by a score so tense and bombastic that it was used in every episode's introductory montage.

JustForFun/TheOneWith the plane that can't land.

The nuclear-powered hypersonic jetliner Fireflash has been sabotaged by the villainous Hood. Trapped aboard are hundreds of passengers, including Tin-Tin Kyrano, a member of a new organisation, International Rescue. With just hours before their radiation shields fail and the passengers and crew die of radiation poisoning, the fledgling organisation must race to London Airport in their Thunderbirds and find a way for Fireflash to land without detonating the bomb.

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* XRayVision: London Tower has a huge x-ray camera, apparently for confirming bomb threats. It's sufficiently advanced to get a nice, big, high-resolution shot, even though Fireflash is supposedly travelling at ''hundreds of miles per hour''.

** Alan's one line is spoken by Creator/RayBarrett as Matt Zimmerman had yet to be cast.

** This is one of the episodes that was stretched from 20 to 40 minutes. With the botched initial rescue attempts and the abundance of stock footage, it's fairly noticable.

** Alan's one line is spoken by Ray Barrett as Matt Zimmerman had yet to be cast.

* BusFullOfInnocents: The Hood has mounted a bomb on the landing gear of the ''Fireflash'' airliner so it will be destroyed if it makes a normal landing.

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: Mostly averted, with the bland name "London Airport" actually being a case of UnintentionalPeriodPiece, since this was actually the name of Heathrow Airport back in the day. The dispatcher stating that the villain (the Hood) was now driving up the M1 towards Birmingham is a slight error -- though that motorway does head towards that city, you have to turn off onto the M6 before people would suspect you'd be heading that way for sure. He's also said to be heading in Lady Penelope's direction, although other behind the scenes literature claims that her stately home is in Kent (i.e., on the other side of London).