Pictures of Mantz's N1203 from the movie, THEM!
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It's a Mad etc. World
OK, let's all take a look:
Not a lot of landmarks here, but the topography sure isn't like the area around the Chino airport (which is pretty much flat as an ironing board).
Not a lot of landmarks here, but the topography sure isn't like the area around the Chino airport (which is pretty much flat as an ironing board).
Scott,
The sub-website on Tallmantz sounds great! I'm looking forward to that.
Please make a post here when the Fly Past article on "MOTA" comes to print. I don't subscribe but would like to go purchase that issue. Funny - I started flying with Sunrise Aviation at SNA when they were located very near the museum and I never took the time to visit there.
And I too have always thought the billboard location from IAMMMMW had to be close to SNA based on the comments in Tallmans book. I grew up in the North side of the county (Los Alamitos) and you're correct - there was plenty of open space around back when the film was made. Shoot! Back then you could actually find orange groves in the City of Orange!
Craig
The sub-website on Tallmantz sounds great! I'm looking forward to that.
Please make a post here when the Fly Past article on "MOTA" comes to print. I don't subscribe but would like to go purchase that issue. Funny - I started flying with Sunrise Aviation at SNA when they were located very near the museum and I never took the time to visit there.
And I too have always thought the billboard location from IAMMMMW had to be close to SNA based on the comments in Tallmans book. I grew up in the North side of the county (Los Alamitos) and you're correct - there was plenty of open space around back when the film was made. Shoot! Back then you could actually find orange groves in the City of Orange!
Craig
photos
Somebody has posted a photo gallery at the flickr site with photos of the Tallmantz collection from visits to the Chino Airport in 1964 and 1966. In the 1964 set, you can see in the background of two photos the Twin Beech from IAMMMMW (looking rather intact). along with shots of the photo ship B-25 and plenty others of the collection.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20111203@N ... 917403087/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20111203@N ... 917403087/
Re: photos
Mmm... sorry, but I see no photo of the 'twin Beechcraft' from IAMMMMW. It wasn't even a 'real' Beechcraft, but looked identical to one. The tail section is from a Locheed Electra to get around the copyright laws. I know this because my friend's father did the work for the movie. Now here's what the plane looks like, and I can't find it in any of the photos from the above site... http://www.gchudleigh.com/images/airpor ... ding01.jpgoilpuddle wrote:Somebody has posted a photo gallery at the flickr site with photos of the Tallmantz collection from visits to the Chino Airport in 1964 and 1966. In the 1964 set, you can see in the background of two photos the Twin Beech from IAMMMMW (looking rather intact). along with shots of the photo ship B-25 and plenty others of the collection.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20111203@N ... 917403087/
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Not sure what you mean. There is no doubt it was a twin Beech used in the film...I've seen the production logs and it shows the N number that Frank Tallman flew for the film. (It was N63158.) There's much other documented paperwork showing that this aircraft was the one used.
What kind of copyright issues are talking about here?
Look at this photo; it is in the background:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20111203@N ... 917403087/
What kind of copyright issues are talking about here?
Look at this photo; it is in the background:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20111203@N ... 917403087/
Re: Pictures of Mantz's N1203 from the movie, THEM!
'GOOGLE' " It's a mad, mad, mad, mad world picasa" and you will find evidence where the plane flew through the billboard...........and more iammmmw airplane scene locations.
Re: Pictures of Mantz's N1203 from the movie, THEM!
My question of the day: What color was N1203 painted for the movie?
Curious minds want to know.
Terry
Curious minds want to know.
Terry