Nightmare at 20,000 Feet: which airplane? [closed]

In several of the still images from the Twilight Zone episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" (the one with William Shatner and the gremlin), the window of the plane looks unusually square when compared to modern planes.

What type of plane does the story take place in? What type of plane (if any) was used to film the story?

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Best Answer

According to IMDB's goof section for this episode:

"The plane from the outside appeared to be a twin-engined Convair 240/340/440, but from the inside was a four-engined DC-6 or DC-7."

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What plane is in Nightmare at 20,000 Feet?

"The plane from the outside appeared to be a twin-engined Convair 240/340/440, but from the inside was a four-engined DC-6 or DC-7."

Who saw something on the wing on Twilight Zone in 1963?

William Shatner and John Lithgow (who played the same role in the 1983 movie) meet, and both say they saw something on the wing of the plane. A character mensions the events of the Twlight Zone episode with the evil gremlin on a plane. Terror at 500 Feet is named after this.

When was William Shatner in Twilight Zone?

Four main TOS actors appeared in The Twilight Zone: William Shatner starred in two episodes: "Nick of Time" in 1960 and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" in 1963.

Original NIGHTMARE AT 20,0000 FEET (1963) w/ SFX from the Remake (1983)

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