"The Boatniks" (1970)

[JDDavis2]

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01-05 Tallmantz Stinson L-1 N63230

(screen grabs from the movie)

Taxiing and takeoff and a flyby past a ship at the end of the movie

" N6 " modified to represent XB mexican registration


06 The markings on N63230 at SNA-Tallmantz, 4 March 1971

It says "trans-me" .. "airlines" in the shadow area.

JD

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[aerovin2]

I grew up in Costa Mesa, just north of Newport Beach, and I remember one day going down to Newport and seeing the camera crews set up on the beach and watching some of the filming from a distance. I think the Stinson made a fly-by at one point but can't say for sure...it might have been my memory's wishful thinking.

Thanks for posting these.

[JDDavis2]

The floats on an L-1 fuselage at SNA-Mantz in 1958....

(NOTE: TBM N9394H and B-25 N1203 in background...)

Was the float installation used in any other movies (1958-70) ? ....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSjOUN-Hy5U (the L-1 only appears for a few minutes at the end)

According to the Movie info, the picture "was filmed off the Southern California coast, with some familiar landmarks along Newport Beach and Balboa as background".

Filming Locations Balboa Beach, Newport Beach, California, USA

Filming Dates September 1969

JD