LICENCE TO KILL

9.6M views · 90K reactions | On this day in Bond history, Timothy Dalton filmed his last day on LICENCE TO KILL (1989) marking his final day as James Bond. In today’s clip we feature the plane heist opening sequence. 007 jumping onto the tail of Sanchez’s plane was done for real by Jack Lombard, Bond’s aerial stunt double. | James Bond 007 | Facebook

LICENCE TO KILL’s tanker-plane chase was shot on a disused (reputedly haunted) piece of road near Mexicali. For this moment where the five tonne vehicle goes on its side to avoid incoming missiles, a rig was devised to tilt the tanker on its side but proved unnecessary. “The tanker driver (Rémy Julienne) appeared on location — no crash helmet, seat belt or anything,” remembered 2nd unit special effects supervisor Chris Corbould. “He put a ramp up and he just drove up, and he put the tanker on it