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Paul Mantz Air Services Employees

Paul Mantz was the Hollywood Pilot from the mid-1930s until the late 1950s. There were many people associated with Mantz and his companies through the years. This page is the feeble start in an attempt to identify and gather information about these folks.

Here we list the people that we know about. We are looking for more information!

	Bill Boone Mantz pilot.
	Cort Johnston Long time Mantz mechanic.
	John Hawkins Mantz Mechanic
	Bob King Long time Mantz mechanic.
	Martha Marchak Paul Mantz secretary; later, to Tallmantz Aviation.
	Frank Pine Began flying with Paul Mantz in the 1950s when Pine ran a duster operation at Chino Airport. Later, to Tallmantz Aviation.
	Stan Reaver Long time Paul Mantz chief pilot. Stan flew one of Mantz's two P-51C racers in the 1949 Bendix Race (and finished in second place). He also made a name for himself in 1953 while racing to bring film footage of Queen Elizabeths' coronation to U.S. viewers, again flying a Mantz Mustang. Reaver also did much of the California flying for the filming of Spirit of St. Louis in 1956. Reaver did a lot of the early development flying of Mantz's TBM prototype air tanker in the mid-1950s.
	Jim Thompson Long time Paul Mantz pilot. Tbompson reportedly did most of the European flying for the filming of Spirit of St. Louis in 1956.
	Edward Weidman Mantz Mechanic
	Carroll Wright Mantz Mechanic

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