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Tallmantz Aviation Aircraft Collection 1961-1985

ManufacturerTypeBuiltMSNOther SerialCivil RegistrationRemarksPhoto
BeechcraftAT-11 4037AAF 42-37444N63158AAF surplus 3/46; to Tallmantz, May 1962 from Air Oasis (LGB); used by Tallmantz for transportation; used in “Mad Mad World” (1962); to Rosen-Novak (Feb 1966); to Aircraft Components, (txfr not recorded in FAA file); last noted at Ontario, CA c. 1970; reported scrapped.Photo
Bleriot (replica)XI19531 N6683CReplica built in 1953 by Stan
Green; to CF-HDG-X; current: Janice Perlitch, Morgan Hill, CA		Photo
Bleriot (replica) 19671 N1197Replica built 1967 ?? By Herbert
Troutman, Costa Mesa, CA		 
Boeing10019341144 N873H(F4B-1) current: Kermit Weeks Photo
Boeing (Douglas)B-17G 32166AAF 44-83525N83525Orignially transferred on loan from USAF to IFSM (1968); used in “1000 Plane Raid” (1968); title obtained from USAF in trade (1972); to Jr. Burchinal in trade (1972); current in storage with Kermit Weeks.
Museum; acquired by Tallmantz in 1971; current: Kermit Weeks		Photo
BoeingP-12  ??? Unknown ident, incomplete,
dismantled; fate unknown		 
Chanute Glider (replica)       
CurtissJN-4 Jenny 396“A-196”N5391To Rosen-Novak?; to Aeroflex?;
to Larsen Museum, Minneapolis, MN; to San Diego Aerospace Museum; Ranger
engine while with Tallmantz; now OX-X6		 
CurtissJN-4 Jenny  “A-169”N6898  
CurtissJN-4C Canuck 1898“A-186”N10389From: Roosevelt Field Museum,
Cole Palen		 
CurtissJN-4D Jenny 400“A-179”N2821DFrom Bower; from Paramount
Pictures; to Mantz 1946; to Tallmantz; to Rosen-Novak 1966; to to  Bill McCandless 3/67; to Paul Knepper,
Pennsylvania; current: ?		 
CurtissOriole    No information 
Curtiss (replica)JN-4D Jenny1973TM-7 N33627Replica; Ranger engine;
steel-tube fuselage		 
Curtiss (replica)JN-4D Jenny1969TM-4 N2062Replica; currently registered to
Tallmantz Aviation; steel-tube fuselage		 
Curtiss-PusherJP-1 Pusher19601 N8234E3/4 scale replica built in 1960
by John Pruett; current: Weeks collection		Photo
Curtiss-PusherPusher1934101 N8YBilly Parker-built pusher
(1934); Jenny wings, OX-5 engine; incomplete & dismantled at 1968
auction; current: Terry Brandt, Hood River, OR
Curtiss-WrightCW-1 JR19301145 N10967Camera ship. Current: Kermit
Weeks		Photo
Curtiss-WrightF6C-419271 N982VGulfhawk 1A. Offered but not
sold at auction (legal). Current: NASM		Photo
Curtiss-WrightP-40E  RCAF 1082N1207VCurrent:War Eagles Air MuseumPhoto
Curtiss-WrightP-40N44-7192Stillwater; displayed Griffith Park (LA) 1953-1965; San Diego Aero-Space Museum 1965-1972; Tallmantz sale in 1972; currently static display at Museum of Flight, SeattleTallmantz P-40N 44-7192
Curtiss-WrightP-40N44-7203Stillwater; disassembled storage with Tallmantz; possibly to MARC 1970; fate undetermined
Curtiss WrightP-40N44-7983Stillwater; disassembled storage with Tallmantz, to MARC in 1970; current: storage in the UK
Curtiss-WrightTP-40N 33915AAF 44-47923N923Current: Kermit WeeksPhoto
De Havilland90A Dragonfly19367508 N2304Ex G-AEDT; ex VH-AAD; current
ZK-AYR at Mandeville, New Zealand		Photo
De HavillandDH 100 Vampire F.3  RCAF 17072N6878DCurrent: New Brunswick Aviation Museum at Miramichi, New BrunswickPhoto
De HavillandDH-4    No information 
De HavillandDH-4 M11918ET-4 N3258Boeing rebuild in 1923; from Mantz to Tallmantz 1961; to Rosen-Novak 1966; sold at 1968 auction; current: Tiger Flyers, Stow, MA
De HavillandDH-82 15 N1151TNo information 
De HavillandDH-82A194382960 N523REx G-ANEI (Hunt 1966); current:
Nicholas Baker, Upland, CA		 
De HavillandMoth DH-82A1943DE-298 N524RCurrent: William Lusk, Newport
Beach, CA		 
De HavillandMoth DH-82C DHC16RCAF 3947N6970From: CF-CIT; Current: Kermit
Weeks		 
DouglasA-24B 194317183AAF 42-54682N74133XB-ZAH to N74133 (02/64); Current: Lone Star Flight Museum as N93RW (possibly SBD-6 BuNo 54682, though 1964 import papers show serial as “4254682”))Photo
DouglasDC-7B 45193 N8210HWith CO, replaced original
N8210H (msn 45192) lost on 1/31/57 in midair.		 
DouglasA-26C 28784AAF 44-35505N4815EPurchased 10/6/62; sold 2/28/77Photo
EberhardtSE-5E1918 AAS 22-296N4488S.E.5a assembled by Eberhardt
Steel Co. in 1922. To the UK in 1983 (Patrick Lindsay); G-BLXT (1985); flown
with The Old Flying Machine Co, Duxford; to Richard Grace (2013); to Flying A Services (2018)		Photo
FairchildKR-2119251053 N962VPainted as Fokker D-VII;
current: Al Stix, St. Louis, MO		Photo
FairchildM-62  AAF 42-3056 ??N1332NPainted as PT-19; Current:
William Maidhot, Palm Springs, CA
FleetModel 21930291 N725VLoop record 
FleetModel 21930223 N648MTo Larsen Museum, Minneapolis,
MN		 
FokkerD VII1917504/17“2528/18(?)N4729V“Hells Angel” camera ship; Hisso engine; ex 3764; to Mantz 1941, to Tallmantz 1961; to Rosen-Novak 1966, to Aeroflex, ($20,000) via 1968 auction; to Wings and Wheels c. 1970: to Fokker 1981; restored, current: Militaire Luchtvaart, Soesterberg, NetherlandsPhoto
FokkerD VII   N6288Replica from Travel Air 2000?? 
FokkerE.3 Eindecker1962401“417/15”N3363GReplica built by Jim Appleby
1957-1962; destroyed in the San Diego Air Museum fire		Photo
Fokker (replica)Dr.I DB-1 N5523VReplica built by Anthony Bright
& Harold Duringer, Burbank, CA; reg cx 1/24/89		 
Garland LincolnLF-119323 N12237Built circa 1936 by Claude Flagg for Garland Lincoln as Nieuport 28 replica for movie work. To Tallman August 1956, to Tallmantz 1961; crashed January 1974; to Kip Mone; current: Brent Mone, Santa Rosa, CA, under restoration.Photo
General MotorsFM-2  BuNo 86564N4629VCurrent: Yanks Air Museum, Chino.
More Info		Photo
GoodyearFG-1D 2900BuNo 88086N63382Current: Kermit Weeks as N63382 
GoodyearFG-1D3694BuNo 92433N3440G
N773RD		From USN to Alu-Mat on 7/8/54; to Frank Tallman on 5/7/59; as N3440G; to I.M. Burchinal on 9/16/69 in trade for J2F-6 N67790; reported destroyed in 1979 hangar fire at Addison, TX; to Ray Dieckman on 6/15/96; to N773RD in 12/96; to Claire Aviation on 1/18/05; to Scott Glover on 9/29/15; current: Mid-American Flight Museum.
GoodyearFG-1D 3111BuNo 88297N9154Z
N8297
G-FGID		From USN to Alu-Mat on 1/23/59; to Frank Tallman on 1/9/60; as N9154Z; to Rosen-Novak on 2/18/66; to John Larsen on 3/13/67; to Louis Antonacci on 10/20/78; to N8297; to Swiss owner in 1985 Current: The Fighter Collection as G-FGIDPhoto
GoodyearFG-1DBuNo 88365N9153ZFrom USN to Alu-Mat on 1/23/59; to Frank Tallman on 1/9/60; as N9153Z; to Ben Widfeldt on 6/26/63; to T.A. Underwood on 8/9/63; to R.W. Gilbert & Mary Gilbert on 3/31/65; destroyed in 6/15/65 accident at Ann Arbor, MI.
GrummanF11F  BuNo 141868———-To MOTA 1/22/65; to Air Museum
c. 1969/70; former “Blue Angel”		 
GrummanF9F-6P  BuNo 127478  
GrummanJ2F-6  BuNo 33587N67790From Burchinal c. 1969 for FG-1D
N3440G; “Murphy’s War”; current: Museum of the USAF		Photo
GrummanJ2F-6  BuNo 36967N1196NFrom Layfayette, LA c. 1969;
“Murphy’s War”; current: EAA Museum		Photo
John Montgomery Glider (replica     Replica built for movie
“Gallant Journey”		 
LincolnLF1  3N12237Replica Nieuport 28; crashed during filming
of “Great Waldo Pepper” in January 1974		 Photo
LockheedOrion 9C1932180 N12222(Altair DL-2A); Current: Swiss
Transport Museum		Photo
LockheedP-38L 8270AAF 44-53015N9957FF-5G; current: display at
McGuire AFB, NJ (2002)		Photo
LockheedP-38L  AAF 44-26961N74883Reported displayed at MOTA;
ownership??; FAH 504. N74883 to N38DH to N6961; crashed and destroyed 4/9/81
at KSLC.		 
LockheedPV-1    Reported (Hunt 1966), no
information		 
LockheedPV-2 15-385BuNo 37419N7486CCurrent: reported stored at
Museo Storico del’Aeronautica Militare, Rome, Italy		 
LockheedVega 1192940 N965YTo PMAS 7/28/56 as N199E;
current: Ford Museum, Dearborne, MI		Photo
MauriceFarman S.11 Shorthorn1915-1625A N96452To VH-UBC, G-AUBC; current:
Canadian Aviation Museum, Ottawa, Ontario		Photo
Morane Borel19101910   Acquired from Mrs. Earl
Daugherty; current: Weeks Collection		 
Morane-SaulnierA-1191820308 N5130KCurrent: Kermit Weeks  “MoS 1573” 
Nieuport28 512“N4434”N10415
N4728V
SE-BMA		Current: American Heritage Museum, Stow, MA (airworthy after 2022 restoration)Photo
Nieuport28 7171.2. N8539Current status? 
NordeStampe SV4C 190 N1606Current:
Kermit Weeks   		 
North AmericanAT-6D  CCF-4-16N15796Zero replica; current, Olympic
Jet,Olympia, WA		 
North AmericanAT-6D  AAF 45-43766N3242GBT-13 parts also; Kate replica
(Tora); current: John Rawson, Rocky Hill, NJ		 
North AmericanAT-6F 1E+07AAF 44-81819N7446CZero replica 
North AmericanAT-6G 168-315USAF 49-3211AN9893CCurrent: Dee Michael, Lighthous
Point, FL		 
North AmericanB-25H1944 AAF 43-4643N1203Mantz Stillwater surplus; as
primary Mantz cameraship; “Catch-22” as “6A”, sold in
1975; reported lost in Colombia c. late 1970s.		Photo
North AmericanB-25N1944 AAF 44-22939N9456ZFrom Les Bowman to PMAS 1960;
“Catch-22” as “6C” no name; current: Mid-Atlantic Air
Museum, Reading, PA.		Photo
North AmericanB-25N1944 AAF 44-30823N1042BAs primary Tallmantz camera
ship; “Catch-22” ; current: Jim Terry, Meacham Field, TX.		Photo
North AmericanB-25N1944 AAF 44-30493N9451Z“Catch-22” as
“6V”, Dumbo; to
Tallmantz as surplus from Filmways in 1971; modified as Tallmantz cameraship
(replaced N1203); traded to USAF Museum in 1985; current: display, Malmstrom
AFB, Great Falls, MT.		Photo
North AmericanP-51C 103-26342-103831N1204Current: Kermit WeeksPhoto
North AmericanP-51D 124-483AAF 45-11636N5467VN5467V to N11636. Current:
Michael Bertz		 Photo
OrencoF-4 Tourister192045“A-197”N2145Back to Tallmantz after auction?
current: Kermit Weeks		Photo
Parker-CurtissPusher   N8YParker-built pusher; incomplete,
dismantled at 1968 auction		Photo
PfalzD XII  probably 1511/18, as per FAA, Tallman-Pfalz msn #1N43CFrom: Jarrett War Collection to Tallman, 1950; rebuilt 1956-1959 by Bob Rust; to Tallmantz 1961; to Rosen Novak 1966; via 1968 auction to Aeroflex Museum ($16,000); current: Museum of Flight, WA.Photo
PiperPA-23 23-1055 N3131PCurent: Nevada Feed &
Cattle, Bonsall, CA
PitcairnPA-7 Mailwing 144 N54WCurrent: John Desmond,
Philadelphia, PA		 
PitcairnPA-7S Mailwing1928147 N95WTo Larsen Museum, Minneapolis,
MN; current: Stephen Pitcairn, Robbinsville, NJ		 
RyanB-1159 N7212Rebuilt B-1 as “Spirit of
St. Louis” for 1957 movie of same name. Current: on display at Cradle of
Aviation  Museum, Long Island, NY.		Photo
Santos Durmont Demoiselle (replica)       
SikorskyS-39A  905NC804W 
SikorskyS-5119515139 N92813Ex Los Angeles Airways; to San
Diego Air Museum; Current: ??		 
SopwithCamel F119173“B7270”N6254From: Jarrett War Collection, 1950; restored and flying by 1955; to Tallmantz 1961; to Rosen-Novak 1966; via 1968 auction to Aeroflex ($40,000); to display at Aerospace Education Center, Little Rock, AR c. 1982; to Peter Jackson, The Vintage Aviator, Ltd, 2012; at Masterton, New Zealand as ZK-SDL.Photo
Sopwith (replica)Camel F11974TM10“F 542”N8997

G-BPOP		Replica built by Herber
Troutman, Costa Mesa, CA; current: Blue Max Movie Aircraft Museum, UK		 
Sopwith (replica)Pup1972OE1 N4308Replica 
Sopwith (replica)Triplane1967ET-1 N5492Replica; built by Lou Stolp;
possibly only on loan from Earl Tavan; to San Diego Air Museum; current:
Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton, UK		 
SpadVII1918S-248“S 4523”N4727VCurrent: Imperial War Museum,
Duxford, UK		Photo
SpadXIII    No information
StampeSV 4C 190 N1606Current: Kermit Weeks
StandardJ-1 1582“A-179”N2825DCurrent: Kermit Weeks (MFG:
Mantz-Standard)’ Hisso engine		Photo
StandardJ-1 1598“A-190”N2826DTo Larsen Museum, Minneapolis,
MN; current: San Diego Air Museum		 Photo
StandardJ-1 T 4595 N62505To Ray Folsom, then to Al Stix,
St. Louis, MO
StearmanPT-17 75-8024 N63588Current: Louis Radwanick,
Virginia Beach, VA		 
StearmanPT-17194175-1652 N53422MOTA WWII PT-17 markings;
current: Terence Bolger, Palatine, IL		 
StearmanPT-17 75-7613 N9090HNo information 
StearmanPT-17 75-7332 N5001VCurrent: Lawrence Johnson,
Colville, WA		 
Stearman-HammondYS-1 307 N15522Current: Hiller Aviation Museum,
San Carlos, CA		 
StinsonL-1  AAF 40-3102N63230Current: Kermit WeeksPhoto
StinsonL-1  AAF 40-291N63229No information
StinsonL-5 76-560AAF 42-98319N64669Current: Sam Tabor, East Troy,
WI		 
SupermarineSpitfire IX   N93081Display only (Cliff Robertson) 
TallmantzP-11965N93082Film prop for “Flight of the Phoenix”; crash and destroyed July 1965
Tallmantz“Spirit of St. Louis”1967TM-3 N1967TReplica built by Tallmantz; used
M-1 fuselage, 46 ft. wing, Wright J-5; constructed for 50th Anniversery
celebration in Paris; delivered by USAF in May 1967 to Paris, flown by
Tallman.		 
Thomas-MorseS-4-C 257“5163” Disassembled/stored by PMAS; 80
hp LeRhone		 
Thomas-MorseS-4-C  AAS 38932 Disassembled/stored by PMAS; 80
hp LeRhone		 
Thomas-MorseS-4-C  AAS 38898NR502Disassembled/stored by PMAS; 80
hp LeRhone		 
Thomas-MorseS-4-C 487“3485” Disassembled/stored by PMAS 
Thomas-Morse (replica)S4-C19701 N38923Replica; current: Freeman
Heritage Collection, Kingsbury, TX		 
TravelairMystery Ship RD-200 NX613KDismantled in 1968; to Pancho
Barnes; current:Skyfire Corp,; Wilmington, DL		Photo
Travelair2000 871 N8100Dismantled, incomplete; Current:
Charles Pyeatt, Palos Verdes Estates, CA		 
Travelair20001927707 N6268“Wichita Fokker” OX-5
“Tank” engine; to Tony Bianchi, 1985; current: Blue Max Movie
Aircraft Museum, UK		 
TravelairE 4000 900 N8125Reported, no information 
VulteeBT-13 91278 ? N53317Playground for kidsPhoto
VulteeBT-13B 79-1220 N56867Tora Val; current: Laird
Aviation, Lemoyne, PA		 
VulteeBT-15 11421 ? N68261 
VulteeBT-15 2538 N56490No information
WacoUPF-7 5538 N30141MOIA Barnstormer rides; current:
Dennis Drop, Norco, CA		Photo
WacoUPF-7   N66632Leased to Tallman by Howard
Whipple for use on the “Bob Cummings Show” c. 1960 (American Airmen
5/61)
WacoUPF-7 5680 N32049Current: Historic Air Tours,
Wilmington, DL
WacoYKS-7   N53361Used for “Barnstormer”
rides
Wright 1903 Flyer (replica)    G-BPVEDoug Bianchi’s Blue Max Movie
Aircraft Museum		 
PiperPA-23 23-1055 N3131PCurent: Nevada Feed &
Cattle, Bonsall, CA
PitcairnPA-7 Mailwing 144 N54WCurrent: John Desmond,
Philadelphia, PA		 
PitcairnPA-7S Mailwing1928147 N95WTo Larsen Museum, Minneapolis,
MN; current: Stephen Pitcairn, Robbinsville, NJ		 
RepublicF-84   ———–International Flight and Space
Museum		 
Royal Aircraft Factory EberhardtSE-5E1918 AAS 22-296N4488S.E.5a assembled by Eberhart
Steel Co. in 1922. To the UK in 1983 (Patrick Lindsay); G-BLXT (1985); flown
with The Old Flying Machine Co, Duxford; to the U.S. Army Aviation Museum,
Ft. Rucker, AL, in 1995.		Photo
RyanB-1159 N7212Rebuilt B-1 as “Spirit of
St. Louis” for 1957 movie of same name. Current: on display at Cradle of
Aviation  Museum, Long Island, NY.		Photo
RyanB-1 153 N7206Rebuilt B-1 as “Spirit of
St. Louis” for 1957 movie of same name. Current: displayed at St. Louis,
MO		Photo
RyanC-1 402 N558NNo information
Santos Durmont Demoiselle (replica)       
SikorskyS-39A  905NC804W 
SikorskyS-5119515139 N92813Ex Los Angeles Airways; to San
Diego Air Museum; Current: ??		 
SopwithCamel F119173“B7270”N6254From: Jarrett War Collection;
current: Arkansas Education Center, Little Rock		Photo
Sopwith (replica)Camel F11974TM10“F 542”N8997

G-BPOP		Replica built by Herber
Troutman, Costa Mesa, CA; current: Blue Max Movie Aircraft Museum, UK		 
Sopwith (replica)Pup1972OE1 N4308Replica 
Sopwith (replica)Triplane1967ET-1 N5492Replica; built by Lou Stolp;
possibly only on loan from Earl Tavan; to San Diego Air Museum; current:
Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton, UK		 
SpadVII1918S-248“S 4523”N4727VCurrent: Imperial War Museum,
Duxford, UK		Photo
SpadXIII    No information
StampeSV 4C 190 N1606Current: Kermit Weeks
StandardJ-1 1582“A-179”N2825DCurrent: Kermit Weeks (MFG:
Mantz-Standard)’ Hisso engine		Photo
StandardJ-1 1598“A-190”N2826DTo Larsen Museum, Minneapolis,
MN; current: San Diego Air Museum
StandardJ-1 T 4595 N62505To Ray Folsom, then to Al Stix,
St. Louis, MO
StearmanPT-17 75-8024 N63588Current: Louis Radwanick,
Virginia Beach, VA		 
StearmanPT-17194175-1652 N53422MOTA WWII PT-17 markings;
current: Terence Bolger, Palatine, IL		 
StearmanPT-17 75-7613 N9090HNo information 
StearmanPT-17 75-7332 N5001VCurrent: Lawrence Johnson,
Colville, WA		 
Stearman-HammondYS-1 307 N15522Current: Hiller Aviation Museum,
San Carlos, CA		 
StinsonL-1  AAF 40-3102N63230Current: Kermit WeeksPhoto
StinsonL-1  AAF 40-291N63229No information
StinsonL-5 76-560AAF 42-98319N64669Current: Sam Tabor, East Troy,
WI		 
SupermarineSpitfire IX   N93081Display only (Cliff Robertson) 
Tallmantz“Spirit of St. Louis”1967TM-3 N1967TReplica built by Tallmantz; used
M-1 fuselage, 46 ft. wing, Wright J-5; constructed for 50th Anniversery
celebration in Paris; delivered by USAF in May 1967 to Paris, flown by
Tallman.		 
Thomas-MorseS-4-C 257“5163” Disassembled/stored by PMAS; 80
hp LeRhone		 
Thomas-MorseS-4-C  AAS 38932 Disassembled/stored by PMAS; 80
hp LeRhone		 
Thomas-MorseS-4-C  AAS 38898NR502Disassembled/stored by PMAS; 80
hp LeRhone		 
Thomas-MorseS-4-C 487“3485” Disassembled/stored by PMAS 
Thomas-Morse (replica)S4-C19701 N38923Replica; current: Freeman
Heritage Collection, Kingsbury, TX		 
TravelairMystery Ship RD-200 NX613KDismantled in 1968; to Pancho
Barnes; current:Skyfire Corp,; Wilmington, DL		Photo
Travelair2000 871 N8100Dismantled, incomplete; Current:
Charles Pyeatt, Palos Verdes Estates, CA		 
Travelair20001927707 N6268“Wichita Fokker” OX-5
“Tank” engine; to Tony Bianchi, 1985; current: Blue Max Movie
Aircraft Museum, UK		 
TravelairE 4000 900 N8125Reported, no information 
VulteeBT-13 91278 ? N53317Playground for kidsPhoto
VulteeBT-13B 79-1220 N56867Tora Val; current: Laird
Aviation, Lemoyne, PA		 
VulteeBT-15 11421 ? N68261 
VulteeBT-15 2538 N56490No information
WacoUPF-7 5538 N30141MOIA Barnstormer rides; current:
Dennis Drop, Norco, CA		Photo
WacoUPF-7   N66632Leased to Tallman by Howard
Whipple for use on the “Bob Cummings Show” c. 1960 (American Airmen
5/61)
WacoUPF-7 5680 N32049Current: Historic Air Tours,
Wilmington, DL
WacoYKS-7   N53361Used for “Barnstormer”
rides
Wright 1903 Flyer (replica)    G-BPVEDoug Bianchi’s Blue Max Movie
Aircraft Museum		 
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