Comments:
"The list of Tallmantz projects does not include the 1977 ABC Movie of the Week "Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy", starring Peter Strauss.
This was filmed at the Bayview airport in Burlington, Washington. The base was done up to resemble a WWII airfield, and the location was chosen because of the proximity to the Strait of Juan de Fuca...a stand in for the English Channel.
Tallmantz leased my father's L-17B Navion for use as a camera plane for this movie. The canopy was removed and a tri-pod camera was mounted in the back seat. As I recall, Frank Pine did the primary flying of the Navion, and it was used to film the Flight Training sequence involving a handful of PT-17 Stearmans.
David Tallichet's B-24J was utilized to simulate a Navy Privateer, and a locally owned B-25 (wearing Navy PBJ markings) was also used, along with several PT-17's and two 2/3 scale FW-190's.
The Tallmantz N1042G was the primary camera platform.
My father was able to go on one of the aerial flights in N1042G, taking pictures out of the top observation blister as Frank Tallman made 'runs' at the camera in one of the FW-190 replicas. After several head-on shots, as well as some very close calls with Tallman flying parallel to the B-25, then veering sharply across the nose in front of the camera's, all Frank Pine (at the controls of N1042G) was compelled to say over the intercom was "wow....."
The family still has a photo album with lots of pictures from the production, including all the aircraft, Frank Tallman, Frank Pine, and several members of the Tallmantz crew. We also have the lease agreement for the Navion, and several letters back and forth with Frank Tallman and Pine. We'd be happy to share."
"The list of Tallmantz projects does not include the 1977 ABC Movie of the Week "Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy", starring Peter Strauss.
This was filmed at the Bayview airport in Burlington, Washington. The base was done up to resemble a WWII airfield, and the location was chosen because of the proximity to the Strait of Juan de Fuca...a stand in for the English Channel.
Tallmantz leased my father's L-17B Navion for use as a camera plane for this movie. The canopy was removed and a tri-pod camera was mounted in the back seat. As I recall, Frank Pine did the primary flying of the Navion, and it was used to film the Flight Training sequence involving a handful of PT-17 Stearmans.
David Tallichet's B-24J was utilized to simulate a Navy Privateer, and a locally owned B-25 (wearing Navy PBJ markings) was also used, along with several PT-17's and two 2/3 scale FW-190's.
The Tallmantz N1042G was the primary camera platform.
My father was able to go on one of the aerial flights in N1042G, taking pictures out of the top observation blister as Frank Tallman made 'runs' at the camera in one of the FW-190 replicas. After several head-on shots, as well as some very close calls with Tallman flying parallel to the B-25, then veering sharply across the nose in front of the camera's, all Frank Pine (at the controls of N1042G) was compelled to say over the intercom was "wow....."
The family still has a photo album with lots of pictures from the production, including all the aircraft, Frank Tallman, Frank Pine, and several members of the Tallmantz crew. We also have the lease agreement for the Navion, and several letters back and forth with Frank Tallman and Pine. We'd be happy to share."
Added: 29-Dec-08
Name: Brad Haskin
From: "Seattle, WA"
E-mail: Contact
"I notice that in the various photo galleries, it talks about N1042G being named 'Lively Lady' and N9451Z 'Marty'.
I have a shot of Frank Pine sitting in the cockpit of N1042G and underneath the pilots window in blue it says "Lively Lady" and "Marty" painted in a faded pink immediately after it. I'm not sure if at some point it was called "Lively Lady Marty" and "Marty" was ultimately painted over (poorly) or what.
There is also a charicature of a pine tree with a smoking cigar next to the name."