James Bond photo from Spectre is 'the most amazing movie stunt ever'

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REVEALED: Astonishing real stunt that shows why Spectre is most expensive Bond film ever made
Amazing exclusive image among more than 50 never-before-seen pictures in this weekend's Mail on Sunday official Spectre souvenir magazine
Burning plane smashing through alpine barn isn't CGI – and it took 10 barns (and 1,000 crew) to do it

Published: 10:23 EST, 25 September 2015 | Updated: 12:28 EST, 25 September 2015

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It's a stupendous stunt even for Bond - a full-size plane with 007 at the controls smashes through an Alpine barn before careering in flames into the villains' Land Rover.

The explosive image is in the action-packed souvenir issue of Event magazine, published exclusively in this weekend's Mail on Sunday. The collector's must-have bumper edition is packed with more than 50 exclusive dramatic stills from Spectre, the most expensive Bond film ever.

But the most astonishing fact about the image is that it's completely real. The makers behind the £200m film ditched computer technology for much of the high-octane Alpine action and staged it for real on a glacier in the Austrian mountains – just one of the incredible scenes in the film which is believed to hold the Hollywood record for the amount spent on stunts.

Explosive: A full-size plane with 007 at the controls smashes through an Alpine barn in this exclusive still from forthcoming James Bond outing Spectre, and the most astonishing fact is that the stunt was staged for real - without the use of CGI

Ground-breaking: The makers behind the £200m film, which stars Daniel Craig (pictured), ditched computer technology for much of the high-octane Alpine action and staged it for real on a glacier in the Austrian mountains

As will be revealed in the special dedicated edition of Event magazine on Sunday, the six-minute high speed air chase that culminates in the crash was filmed by suspending the plane on wires strung between giant cranes, with the aircraft fired out of the barn with a cannon.

Amid high security to keep the paparazzi at bay, the popular ski resort of Obertillach in the Austrian Tyrol was inundated by 1,000 Spectre crew members in February to create the sequence.

Local carpenters were drafted in to help build ten Alpine hay barns to give the area an authentic feel, and because there was too little snow, an area of 50,000 square metres was covered with 3ft of snow produced by special machines.

As Event records: 'There is smoke. There is fire. And thumbs-up all round. Three months in the planning and precisely three seconds worth of film is in the can.'

Ice cool: The film stars Daniel Craig (pictured) in possibly his last outing as Ian Fleming's legendary spy

Glamour girl: It is certain is that Bond aficionados will be kept happy with the requisite glamorous girls - played this time by French actress Lea Seydoux (pictured) and Monica Bellucci

Art director Neil Callow tells the magazine: 'This scene is like an aerial Scalextric but on a massive scale.

'It is a full-size plane going down a zip-wire through the trees. The wires are attached to overhead cranes. There is no CGI, apart from erasing the wires in post-production.'

The film - which stars Daniel Craig in possibly his last outing as Ian Fleming's legendary spy, Naomie Harris as Moneypenny and Ralph Fiennes as spymaster M - has already generated speculation about whether it will feature a return of Bond's most feared adversary, Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

But what is certain is that Bond aficionados will be kept happy with the requisite glamorous girls - played this time by French actress Lea Seydoux and Monica Bellucci, at 50 the oldest Bond girl, or Bond lady as she describes herself - as well as a new version of the spy's trademark Aston Martin.

Suave: Craig as Bond makes his way over the rooftops in another stunt from the film, which is released in cinemas next month

For Spectre, ten Aston Martin DB10s have been specially produced - two for close-up shots and eight stunt cars - and, recalling a previous model from Goldfinger, the car is even equipped with the all-important ejector seat.

Amazingly, Event's regular motoring columnist Chris Evans gets to road-test one of the DB10s in the special edition of the magazine.

His awestruck verdict? 'A magnificent thing to behold, this is British engineering at its most sublime. We all need to get on our knees and pray for Aston Martin to release a version to the public.'

Be sure not to miss this weekend's special collectors' edition of Event magazine, only with The Mail on Sunday, featuring 50 stunning pictures, an in-depth exclusive interview with Daniel Craig, riveting details about the most expensive car stunts in movie history, plus Lea Seydoux and Monica Bellucci revealing the secrets of the Bond girls.