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by JDDavis2
Mon Apr 08, 2024 3:06 pm
Forum: Warbirds and Such Things
Topic: MORE--'N6694C' as an air tanker
Replies: 0
Views: 6267

MORE--'N6694C' as an air tanker

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MORE--'N6694C' as an air tanker
Hemet, CA 9-17-1979 (JD photo)
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by JDDavis2
Mon Apr 08, 2024 2:08 pm
Forum: Warbirds and Such Things
Topic: More -'Twelve O’Clock High' Set Prop at Chino Airport
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Views: 6299

More -'Twelve O’Clock High' Set Prop at Chino Airport

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MORE -'Twelve O’Clock High' Set Prop at Chino Airport (1967 JD photo)

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by JDDavis2
Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:25 pm
Forum: Warbirds and Such Things
Topic: How "Picadilly Lilly 2" got to Chino
Replies: 2
Views: 3074

Re: How "Picadilly Lilly 2" got to Chino

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Chino 23 April 1971 ...

One of the last times that airplane flew.

(JD Davis photo)

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by JDDavis2
Sat Mar 30, 2024 3:08 pm
Forum: Warbirds and Such Things
Topic: How "Picadilly Lilly 2" got to Chino
Replies: 2
Views: 3074

How "Picadilly Lilly 2" got to Chino

. The Planes of Fame B-17 used in the TV version of "12 o'clock high" and a few movies Don Lykins and crew moved "Picadilly Lilly 2 N3713G" from previous base at Ontario (ONT) to Chino (CNO) on 3 Oct 1970 I shot this stuff from the back seat of a Piper PA-23 Apache The runway 21 landing at Chino was...
by JDDavis2
Mon Jan 29, 2024 4:20 pm
Forum: Tallmantz Aviation
Topic: Mantz FG-1D N63382
Replies: 2
Views: 2790

Re: Mantz FG-1D N63382

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This info re-N63382 was posted on WIX in 2014-17

http://warbirdinformationexchange.org/p ... =3&t=65755

Sledge39 on WIX, aka JDDavis2 on aerovin
by JDDavis2
Mon Jan 08, 2024 3:18 pm
Forum: Tallmantz Aviation
Topic: "The Kamchatka Incident" (TV 1964)
Replies: 6
Views: 51570

Re: "The Kamchatka Incident" (TV 1964)

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Wonder if It was this DC-7...

"The Kamchatka Incident" was produced in 1964

DC-7 N8210H ...Continental Airlines paint job at SNA-Tallmantz (1966 photo)

-JD
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by JDDavis2
Thu Dec 28, 2023 1:34 pm
Forum: Tallmantz Aviation
Topic: "Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies" (1973)
Replies: 0
Views: 70245

"Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies" (1973)

. A 1920s barnstoming pilot (Cliff Robertson) goes on a tour around the United States with his 11 year-old son (Eric Shea) having adventures along the way. The aircraft were Tallman's Standard J-1 N62505 and an anonymous Dehavilland DH82 Tiger Moth which doubles as the Standard for a crash through a...
by JDDavis2
Thu Nov 16, 2023 3:28 pm
Forum: Tallmantz Aviation
Topic: "The Kamchatka Incident" (TV 1964)
Replies: 6
Views: 51570

"The Kamchatka Incident" (TV 1964)

. KRAFT Suspense Theater episode - "The Kamchatka Incident" (TV Nov 12, 1964) FULL EPISODE HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=TsEDUYbmZEA The story revolves around a USAF transport plane diverted off course by weather to penetrate Russian airspace. It is intercepted by a Soviet fighte...
by JDDavis2
Sat Aug 12, 2023 3:16 pm
Forum: Tallmantz Aviation
Topic: Wreck of the Mary Deare O-47
Replies: 4
Views: 10023

Re: Wreck of the Mary Deare O-47

. (Planes of fame O-47) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053455/movieconnections/ ... The Royal Navy rescue aircraft is actually a prewar American O-47 observation plane. The same plane later was used in "Flight of the Phoenix" (1965) as a last minute replacement for the original "Phoenix" that crashed...
by JDDavis2
Thu May 11, 2023 1:59 pm
Forum: Tallmantz Aviation
Topic: Mantz Storage Photos
Replies: 7
Views: 10124

Re: Mantz Storage Photos

. The Standard J-1 stunts in "Wings of Eagles" (1957) --youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pv9BNE_8MU Let's Buzz My Crew! | The Wings of Eagles | Warner Archive Previous aerovin posts re: "Wings of Eagles" (1957) https://www.aerovintage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=4684 ..."Hey !...ther...
by JDDavis2
Wed May 10, 2023 11:46 am
Forum: Tallmantz Aviation
Topic: Mantz Storage Photos
Replies: 7
Views: 10124

Re: Mantz Storage Photos

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Screen grabs of "Wings of Eagles" (1957)
...The pool crash sequence......(Related to terveurn's first photo)
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by JDDavis2
Fri Apr 14, 2023 3:19 pm
Forum: Tallmantz Aviation
Topic: Promoting Movies and setting Records
Replies: 2
Views: 12133

Re: Promoting Movies and setting Records

. Paul Mantz arriving at Oakland on August 16, 1947 after setting a new speed record from Burbank to Oakland, 51 minutes 56 seconds The next day he set another record the other way from Oakland to Burbank in 50 minutes 40 seconds. Image and caption source: Bill Larkins flicker account . SFW-1-Oaklan...
by JDDavis2
Wed Mar 29, 2023 11:04 am
Forum: Tallmantz Aviation
Topic: Promoting Movies and setting Records
Replies: 2
Views: 12133

Re: Promoting Movies and setting Records

READY FOR TAKEOFF Feb-28-1947 ...

Paul Mantz stands on the wing of NX1202 shortly before takeoff from Lockheed Air Terminal to attempt to break the West-to-East speed record from Burbank to New York-LaGuardia

image source: snappygoat public domain images

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by JDDavis2
Fri Jan 27, 2023 12:45 pm
Forum: Tallmantz Aviation
Topic: United Air Services at Lockheed Air Terminal
Replies: 1
Views: 6194

Re: United Air Services at Lockheed Air Terminal

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Is that a Stinson L-1 fuselage at far right ?

The aircraft clockwise...B-25... Beech V-tail Bonanza... Vultee BT-13 (or 15)... Beech 18... (unknown at bottom)...

I haven't had my eyes checked recently, but that's my guess.

JD
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by JDDavis2
Wed Jan 25, 2023 2:12 pm
Forum: Tallmantz Aviation
Topic: Mantz/Tallmantz Ford Trimotor?
Replies: 3
Views: 14744

Re: Mantz/Tallmantz Ford Trimotor?

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Tallmantz LEASED a Ford Trimoter NC8407 for the Jerry Lewis comedy 'The Family Jewels' in 1964

https://www.aerovintage.com/forum/viewt ... f=4&t=4776

JD