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[[Image: A887b34587eb61aa7bb1d20c9ee96904.jpg|thumb|right|350px|none | <i>America in Color</i> film poster.]] | [[Image: A887b34587eb61aa7bb1d20c9ee96904.jpg|thumb|right|350px|none | <i>America in Color</i> film poster.]] | ||
<b> Documentary (2017-2019)</b><br> | <b> Documentary (2017-2019)</b><br> | ||
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== Sikorsky S-35 == | == Sikorsky S-35 == | ||
− | Built by the Sikorsky Manufacturing Company for an attempt by | + | Built by the Sikorsky Manufacturing Company for an attempt by René Fonck on a non-stop Atlantic crossing for the Orteig Prize.<br> |
The airplane crashed on September 21st of 1926. | The airplane crashed on September 21st of 1926. | ||
[[Image: EP1_DA_sikorskytrimotor3233.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Sikorsky S-35 <i>NEW-YORK / PARIS</i>]] | [[Image: EP1_DA_sikorskytrimotor3233.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Sikorsky S-35 <i>NEW-YORK / PARIS</i>]] | ||
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== Loening OA-1A Amphibian == | == Loening OA-1A Amphibian == | ||
− | The Pan American Goodwill Flight of 1926 and 27 was a public relations goodwill mission to promote U.S. aviation in Central and South America. It was proposed by Maj. Gen. Mason Patrick, chief of the Army Air Corp.Ten distinguished military pilots, with good mechanical skills, were selected to fly the five Loening amphibian airplanes, each named for a city in the United States. This one is <i>San Francisco</i> | + | The Pan American Goodwill Flight of 1926 and 27 was a public relations goodwill mission to promote U.S. aviation in Central and South America. It was proposed by Maj. Gen. Mason Patrick, chief of the Army Air Corp.Ten distinguished military pilots, with good mechanical skills, were selected to fly the five Loening amphibian airplanes, each named for a city in the United States. This one is <i>San Francisco</i> c/n 28312 piloted by Capt. Ira C. Eaker (left) and Lt. Muir S. Fairchild. |
[[Image: EP1_FA_usarmypan-americanplane3524.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Loening OA-1A Amphibian <i>San Francisco</i> of the U.S Army Pan American Flight. ]] | [[Image: EP1_FA_usarmypan-americanplane3524.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Loening OA-1A Amphibian <i>San Francisco</i> of the U.S Army Pan American Flight. ]] | ||
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== [[:Category: Consolidated B-24 Liberator|Consolidated B-24 Liberator]] == | == [[:Category: Consolidated B-24 Liberator|Consolidated B-24 Liberator]] == | ||
Factory of Ford Motor Company, at Willrow Run (Michigan). Half of the 18400 [[:Category: Consolidated B-24 Liberator| B-24 Liberator]] produced came from this factory. | Factory of Ford Motor Company, at Willrow Run (Michigan). Half of the 18400 [[:Category: Consolidated B-24 Liberator| B-24 Liberator]] produced came from this factory. | ||
− | [[Image:EP3_AA_fordswillowrunb24assemblyline1001.jpg|thumb|500px|none| | + | [[Image:EP3_AA_fordswillowrunb24assemblyline1001.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Nose section assembly line (for the -D variant).]] |
[[Image:EP3_AB_fordswillowrunb24assemblyline1008.jpg|thumb|500px|none|P&W R1830 engines.]] | [[Image:EP3_AB_fordswillowrunb24assemblyline1008.jpg|thumb|500px|none|P&W R1830 engines.]] | ||
[[Image:EP3_AC_fordswillowrunb24assemblyline1013.jpg|thumb|500px|none|P&W R1830 engines.]] | [[Image:EP3_AC_fordswillowrunb24assemblyline1013.jpg|thumb|500px|none|P&W R1830 engines.]] | ||
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== [[:Category: North American B-25 Mitchell| North American B-25 Mitchell]] == | == [[:Category: North American B-25 Mitchell| North American B-25 Mitchell]] == | ||
[[Image: EP3_CA_armyinsidenorthamericanaviationplant1215.jpg|thumb|500px|none| North American B-25 Mitchell of the USAAF.]] | [[Image: EP3_CA_armyinsidenorthamericanaviationplant1215.jpg|thumb|500px|none| North American B-25 Mitchell of the USAAF.]] | ||
+ | Same aircraft in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]]. | ||
[[Image: EP3_DA_pearlharbor1319.jpg|thumb|500px|none| North American B-25 Mitchell of the USAAF.]] | [[Image: EP3_DA_pearlharbor1319.jpg|thumb|500px|none| North American B-25 Mitchell of the USAAF.]] | ||
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== [[:Category: Douglas B-18 Bolo|Douglas B-18 Bolo]] & [[:Category: Mitsubishi A6M Zero| Mitsubishi A6M Zero]] == | == [[:Category: Douglas B-18 Bolo|Douglas B-18 Bolo]] & [[:Category: Mitsubishi A6M Zero| Mitsubishi A6M Zero]] == | ||
− | Pearl Harbour attack. | + | Colorized footage reused from [[From Here to Eternity (1958)]] (Pearl Harbour attack). |
[[Image:EP3_EB_pearlharborattack1356.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Douglas B-18 Bolo of the USAAF.]] | [[Image:EP3_EB_pearlharborattack1356.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Douglas B-18 Bolo of the USAAF.]] | ||
== [[:Category: Consolidated PBY Catalina | Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina]] == | == [[:Category: Consolidated PBY Catalina | Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina]] == | ||
− | Pearl Harbour attack. | + | Pearl Harbour attack. Same aircraft seen in other movies - [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]]. |
[[Image: EP3_FA_pearlharboraftermath1502.jpg |thumb|500px|none | Consolidated PBY-5 of the US Navy.]] | [[Image: EP3_FA_pearlharboraftermath1502.jpg |thumb|500px|none | Consolidated PBY-5 of the US Navy.]] | ||
[[Image: EP3_FB_pearlharboraftermath1506.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Consolidated PBY-5 of the US Navy.]] | [[Image: EP3_FB_pearlharboraftermath1506.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Consolidated PBY-5 of the US Navy.]] | ||
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== [[:Category: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|Boeing B-17C Flying Fortress]] == | == [[:Category: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|Boeing B-17C Flying Fortress]] == | ||
− | S/N 40-2074. An onboard fire burnt the aircraft in two shortly after landing on 7 December 1941. One crewman was killed by Zero attack. Same aircraft in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]]. | + | S/N 40-2074. An onboard fire burnt the aircraft in two shortly after landing at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Locations|Hickam Field]] on 7 December 1941. One crewman was killed by Zero attack. Same aircraft in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]]. |
[[Image:EP3_FD_pearlharboraftermath.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Boeing B-17C-AAF Flying Fortress of the USAAF.]] | [[Image:EP3_FD_pearlharboraftermath.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Boeing B-17C-AAF Flying Fortress of the USAAF.]] | ||
[[Image:EP3_FE_pearlharboraftermath1522.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Boeing B-17C-AAF Flying Fortress of the USAAF.]] | [[Image:EP3_FE_pearlharboraftermath1522.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Boeing B-17C-AAF Flying Fortress of the USAAF.]] | ||
− | == [[:Category: Douglas DC-3|Douglas DC-3-383]] | + | == [[:Category: Douglas DC-3|Douglas DC-3-383]] == |
Presented as [[:Category: Transcontinental & Western Air|Transcontinental & Western Air]] [[:Category: Douglas DC-3|Douglas DC-3-383]] carrying actress Carole Lombard on TWA Flight 3 on the 16th January of 1942.<br> | Presented as [[:Category: Transcontinental & Western Air|Transcontinental & Western Air]] [[:Category: Douglas DC-3|Douglas DC-3-383]] carrying actress Carole Lombard on TWA Flight 3 on the 16th January of 1942.<br> | ||
Registration NC1946, c/n 3295. | Registration NC1946, c/n 3295. | ||
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[[Image:EP3_ID_fordswillowrunb24assemblyline2613.jpg|thumb|500px|none|P&W R1830 engines.]] | [[Image:EP3_ID_fordswillowrunb24assemblyline2613.jpg|thumb|500px|none|P&W R1830 engines.]] | ||
− | == [[:Category:Boeing B-29 Superfortress|Boeing B-29-45-MO Superfortress]] == | + | == [[:Category: Boeing B-29 Superfortress|Boeing B-29-45-MO Superfortress]] == |
Same aircraft in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]].<br> | Same aircraft in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]].<br> | ||
Reg.82 s/n 44-86292. Built at Glenn L. Martin Company's Bellevue factory in Nebraska. | Reg.82 s/n 44-86292. Built at Glenn L. Martin Company's Bellevue factory in Nebraska. | ||
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= Season One - Episode Four - <i> The 1950s </i> = | = Season One - Episode Four - <i> The 1950s </i> = | ||
− | == [[:Category: Douglas C-118 Liftmaster | Douglas VC-118 ''The Independance'']] | + | == [[:Category: Douglas C-118 Liftmaster | Douglas VC-118 ''The Independance'']] == |
President Harry S. Truman's [[:Category: Douglas C-118 Liftmaster | Douglas VC-118 ]] (s/n 46-505) called "The Independence" on Wake Island on 15 October 1950 for a meeting with General Douglas MacArthur. The aircraft is today in display at the National Museum of the USAF. | President Harry S. Truman's [[:Category: Douglas C-118 Liftmaster | Douglas VC-118 ]] (s/n 46-505) called "The Independence" on Wake Island on 15 October 1950 for a meeting with General Douglas MacArthur. The aircraft is today in display at the National Museum of the USAF. | ||
[[Image: EP4_AA_trumanarrivingonwakeislandtomeetwithmacarthur523.jpg |thumb|500px|none | Douglas VC-118 ''The Independance'' of USAF]] | [[Image: EP4_AA_trumanarrivingonwakeislandtomeetwithmacarthur523.jpg |thumb|500px|none | Douglas VC-118 ''The Independance'' of USAF]] | ||
− | ==[[:Category: Douglas DC-6|Douglas DC-6]]== | + | == [[:Category: Douglas DC-6|Douglas DC-6]] == |
[[File: EP4_BA_delta3339.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Douglas DC-6 of [[:Category: Delta Air Lines|Delta Air Lines]].]] | [[File: EP4_BA_delta3339.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Douglas DC-6 of [[:Category: Delta Air Lines|Delta Air Lines]].]] | ||
== [[:Category: Grumman F-11 Tiger|Grumman F-11F-1 Tiger]] == | == [[:Category: Grumman F-11 Tiger|Grumman F-11F-1 Tiger]] == | ||
− | US Navy | + | US Navy aerobatic team ''Blue Angels'' transitioned to the supersonic Grumman F11F-1 Tiger in 1957, first flying the short-nosed, and then the long-nosed versions.<br> |
+ | Same footage in other works at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing)]]. | ||
[[Image:EP4_CA_4502.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Grumman F-11F-1 Tiger ''Blue Angels'' of the US Navy.]] | [[Image:EP4_CA_4502.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Grumman F-11F-1 Tiger ''Blue Angels'' of the US Navy.]] | ||
[[Image:EP4_CB_4505.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Grumman F-11F-1 Tiger ''Blue Angels'' of the US Navy.]] | [[Image:EP4_CB_4505.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Grumman F-11F-1 Tiger ''Blue Angels'' of the US Navy.]] | ||
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= Season One - Episode Five - <i> The 1960s </i> = | = Season One - Episode Five - <i> The 1960s </i> = | ||
− | == | + | == [[:Category: Convair 240/340/440|Convair 240]] == |
− | During 1962/63 JFK's presidential campaign. | + | During 1962/63 JFK's presidential campaign. <br> |
− | [[Image:EP5_AA_jfkcampaigning258.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | + | John F. Kennedy’s father purchased this Convair 240 from American Airlines for $270,000 for young Kennedy’s 1960 presidential campaign. Kennedy named the aircraft “Caroline” in honor of his daughter.<br> |
+ | Registration N240K, c/n 89. | ||
+ | [[Image:EP5_AA_jfkcampaigning258.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Reg.N240K Convair 240 ''Caroline'']] | ||
== [[:Category: Lockheed Constellation| Lockheed L-1049C Super Constellation]] == | == [[:Category: Lockheed Constellation| Lockheed L-1049C Super Constellation]] == | ||
[[Image: EP5_BA_i001132601.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Lockheed L-1049C Super Constellation of [[:Category: Eastern Air Lines|Eastern Air Lines]].]] | [[Image: EP5_BA_i001132601.jpg|thumb|500px|none| Lockheed L-1049C Super Constellation of [[:Category: Eastern Air Lines|Eastern Air Lines]].]] | ||
− | == [[:Category:Lockheed U-2| Lockheed U-2A]] == | + | == [[:Category: Lockheed U-2| Lockheed U-2A]] == |
[[Image:EP5_CA_usaf1002.jpg|thumb|500px|none |Lockheed U-2A ]] | [[Image:EP5_CA_usaf1002.jpg|thumb|500px|none |Lockheed U-2A ]] | ||
− | == [[:Category: Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King|Sikorsky | + | == [[:Category: Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King|Sikorsky VH-3A Sea King]] == |
− | [[File:EP5_DA_1232.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Sikorsky | + | Landing at the [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Locations|White House, Washington DC]]. |
− | + | [[File:EP5_DA_1232.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Sikorsky VH-3A Sea King of the US Army.]] | |
− | + | [[Image: EP5_DB_1241.jpg |thumb|500px|none | Sikorsky VH-3A Sea King of the US Army.]] | |
− | [[Image: EP5_DB_1241.jpg |thumb|500px|none | Sikorsky VH-3A Sea King | + | [[Image: EP5_FA_armyone2546.jpg|thumb|500px|none |Sikorsky VH-3A Sea King of the US Army.]] |
− | [[Image: EP5_FA_armyone2546.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Sikorsky VH-3A Sea King | + | [[Image: EP5_FB_armyone2550.jpg |thumb|500px|none |Sikorsky VH-3A Sea King of the US Army.]] |
− | [[Image: EP5_FB_armyone2550.jpg |thumb|500px|none | Sikorsky VH-3A Sea King | + | [[Image: EP5_FC_armyone2600.jpg|thumb|500px|none |Sikorsky VH-3A Sea King of the US Army.]] |
− | [[Image: EP5_FC_armyone2600.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Sikorsky VH-3A Sea King | + | [[Image: EP5_FD_armyone2636.jpg|thumb|500px|none |Sikorsky VH-3A Sea King of the US Army.]] |
− | [[Image: EP5_FD_armyone2636.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Sikorsky VH-3A Sea King | + | [[Image: EP5_FE_armyone2644.jpg|thumb|500px|none |Sikorsky VH-3A Sea King of the US Army.]] |
− | [[Image: EP5_FE_armyone2644.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Sikorsky VH-3A Sea King | ||
== [[:Category: Vought F-8 Crusader|Vought F-8 Crusader]] == | == [[:Category: Vought F-8 Crusader|Vought F-8 Crusader]] == | ||
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== Various Aircraft == | == Various Aircraft == | ||
Unindentified Aircraft Carrier.<br> | Unindentified Aircraft Carrier.<br> | ||
− | 1 | + | 1 and 4 - [[:Category: North American A-5 Vigilante| North American A-5A Vigilante]].<br> |
− | + | 2 and 3 and 5 - [[:Category: McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II|McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II]].<br> | |
− | 3 | + | 6 - [[:Category: Vought F-8 Crusader|Vought F-8 Crusader]].<br> |
− | |||
− | 5- [[:Category: McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II|McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II]].<br> | ||
− | 6- [[:Category: Vought F-8 Crusader|Vought F-8 Crusader]].<br> | ||
[[File:EP5_EB_carrierlaunch1309.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | [[File:EP5_EB_carrierlaunch1309.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
== [[:Category: Boeing C-137 Stratoliner|Boeing VC-137C <i>Air Force One</i>]] == | == [[:Category: Boeing C-137 Stratoliner|Boeing VC-137C <i>Air Force One</i>]] == | ||
− | Arrival at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Locations|Dallas Love Field Airport(DAL/KDAL)]], few tenths of minutes before Kenney's assassination on the 22th November of 1963.<br> | + | Arrival at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Locations|Dallas Love Field Airport (DAL/KDAL)]], few tenths of minutes before Kenney's assassination on the 22th November of 1963.<br> |
Registration 62-6000 (wore 26000 on the tail), c/n 18461/303 built in 1962. Same aircraft in other works at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing)]].<br> | Registration 62-6000 (wore 26000 on the tail), c/n 18461/303 built in 1962. Same aircraft in other works at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing)]].<br> | ||
[[Image:EP5 GA airforceonelandingindallas2728.jpg|thumb|500px|none |Reg.62-6000 Boeing VC-137C <i>Air Force One</i> of the US Air Force.]] | [[Image:EP5 GA airforceonelandingindallas2728.jpg|thumb|500px|none |Reg.62-6000 Boeing VC-137C <i>Air Force One</i> of the US Air Force.]] | ||
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[[Image:EP5_GD_kennedysdisembarkingindallas2747.jpg|thumb|500px|none |Reg.62-6000 Boeing VC-137C <i>Air Force One</i> of the US Air Force.]] | [[Image:EP5_GD_kennedysdisembarkingindallas2747.jpg|thumb|500px|none |Reg.62-6000 Boeing VC-137C <i>Air Force One</i> of the US Air Force.]] | ||
− | == [[:Category: Boeing 707|Boeing 707-331]] | + | == [[:Category: Boeing 707|Boeing 707-331]] == |
New York, 7th February 1964. Arrival of the The Beatles at New York on their first visit to the United States. <br> | New York, 7th February 1964. Arrival of the The Beatles at New York on their first visit to the United States. <br> | ||
In the background, another [[:Category: Boeing 707|Boeing 707]] in an unidentified livery. Would be probably an [[:Category: Air France|Air France]] [[:Category: Boeing 707|328 series]] if the fuselage stripe were dark blue.<br> | In the background, another [[:Category: Boeing 707|Boeing 707]] in an unidentified livery. Would be probably an [[:Category: Air France|Air France]] [[:Category: Boeing 707|328 series]] if the fuselage stripe were dark blue.<br> | ||
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[[Image:EP5_HB_panamboeing707-331n704pa3154.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Reg. N704PA Boeing 707-331 <i>Jet Clipper Defiance</i> of [[:Category: Pan American World Airways|Pan Am-Pan American World Airways]].]] | [[Image:EP5_HB_panamboeing707-331n704pa3154.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Reg. N704PA Boeing 707-331 <i>Jet Clipper Defiance</i> of [[:Category: Pan American World Airways|Pan Am-Pan American World Airways]].]] | ||
− | == [[:Category:Cessna O-1 Bird Dog|Cessna O-1 Bird Dog]] == | + | == [[:Category: Cessna O-1 Bird Dog|Cessna O-1 Bird Dog]] == |
[[Image: EP5_IA_southvietnam19653738.jpg |thumb|500px|none |Cessna O-1 Bird Dog of the USAF.]] | [[Image: EP5_IA_southvietnam19653738.jpg |thumb|500px|none |Cessna O-1 Bird Dog of the USAF.]] | ||
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[[Image: EP5_IB_southvietnam19653741.jpg |thumb|500px|none | Douglas AD-1 Skyraider.]] | [[Image: EP5_IB_southvietnam19653741.jpg |thumb|500px|none | Douglas AD-1 Skyraider.]] | ||
− | == [[:Category: North American F-100 Super Sabre|North American F- | + | == [[:Category: North American F-100 Super Sabre|North American F-100C-10-NH Super Sabre]] == |
− | [[File:EP5_JA_usafbombingnorthvietnam3758.jpg|thumb|500px|none|North American F- | + | Serial seems to be 55-2722 / FW-722; if right, this is North American F-100C-10-NH Super Sabre c/n 222-14 built in 1955 and eventually sold to Turkish AF in 1972. Last known fate in June 2014 : displayed on dummy airfield at Konya Air Base, Turkey. |
+ | [[File:EP5_JA_usafbombingnorthvietnam3758.jpg|thumb|500px|none|North American F-100 Super Sabre of the US Air Force.]] | ||
− | == [[:Category:Bell UH-1 Iroquois|Bell UH-1A Iroquois]] == | + | == [[:Category: Bell UH-1 Iroquois|Bell UH-1A Iroquois]] == |
[[Image: EP5_KA_aircav4005.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Bell UH-1A Iroquois of the US Army.]] | [[Image: EP5_KA_aircav4005.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Bell UH-1A Iroquois of the US Army.]] | ||
[[Image: EP5_KB_aircav4007.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Bell UH-1A Iroquois of the US Army.]] | [[Image: EP5_KB_aircav4007.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Bell UH-1A Iroquois of the US Army.]] | ||
[[Image: EP5_KC_aircavdowned4012.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Bell UH-1A Iroquois of the US Army.]] | [[Image: EP5_KC_aircavdowned4012.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Bell UH-1A Iroquois of the US Army.]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Fairchild C-123 Provider|Fairchild C-123B Provider]] == | ||
+ | Serial 56-4375 (c/n 20259) first used by US Coast Guard as HC-123B. Returned to USAF and later upgrade as C-123K. Converted to VC-123K in 1968 (the sole one); was General Westmoreland's personal transport in Vietnam. Transferred to Reserves as UC-123K. To MASDC (Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center) on April 1970, but returned to service. Retired to MASDC as CP059 on September 9, 1981. To El Salvador on March 1984 as FAES 122. Last known fate : in storage at Ilopango AB near San Salvador. | ||
+ | [[Image:EP5_LA_usaf64375insouthvietnam4027.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Reg. 64375 Fairchild C-123B Provider of the USAF.]] | ||
+ | [[Image:EP5_MA_usafinsouthvietnam4030.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Reg. 64375 Fairchild C-123B Provider of the USAF.]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | = Season Two - Episode One - <i>The Wild West</i> = | ||
+ | == [[:Category: Airco DH.4|Airco DH.4]] == | ||
+ | Pershing's biplanes. | ||
+ | [[Image:biplanes1009.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | Some members of the Osage Nation used their oil proceeds to learn to fly. | ||
+ | [[Image:osagenationpilot1707.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Douglas DC-2|Douglas DC-2]] == | ||
+ | [[Image:hooverdamfromtheair2741.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: North American B-25 Mitchell|North American B-25 C/D Mitchell]] == | ||
+ | [[Image:3346.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Grumman TBF Avenger|Grumman TBF Avenger]] & [[:Category: Douglas SBD Dauntless|Douglas SBD Dauntless]] == | ||
+ | (foreground left and right) Grumman TBF in front of a Douglas SBD Dauntless. | ||
+ | [[Image:3409.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Grumman F6F Hellcat|Grumman F6F Hellcat]] == | ||
+ | [[Image:3411.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]] == | ||
+ | Assembly line of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (model E or later). | ||
+ | [[Image:assemblyline3448.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:assemblyline3449.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Goodyear K-class blimp == | ||
+ | K-3 is the first of six Goodyear ZNP-K blimp and following contracts brought to a grand total of 134 deliveries. | ||
+ | [[Image:usnavyk-34255.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] [[Image:usnavyk-34258.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Douglas DC-6|Douglas DC-6]] == | ||
+ | Douglas DC-6 of [[:Category: National Airlines|National Airlines]]. | ||
+ | [[Image:4608.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:overhaul4610.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | = Season Two - Episode Two - <i>Titans of Industry</i> = | ||
+ | == [[:Category: Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2|Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2]] == | ||
+ | Same aircraft in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]] (Military Fixed-Wing). | ||
+ | [[Image:1519.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Airco DH.4|Airco DH.4]] == | ||
+ | [[Image:1535.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:1538.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | Same aircraft in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]] (Military Fixed-Wing). | ||
+ | [[Image:1542.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | 1917 Liberty L-12 (V12) aero-engines for American built Airco DH.4. | ||
+ | [[Image:1545.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:1548.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:AinC-S2E1-1716.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Nieuport 28|Nieuport 28]] == | ||
+ | [[Image:1634.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Nieuport 27 == | ||
+ | [[Image:1653.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Nieuport 27 & Nieuport 21 == | ||
+ | [[Image:1713.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Curtiss P-36 Hawk|Curtiss P-36 Hawk]] == | ||
+ | [[Image:4603.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Douglas Commercial (DC-3 or maybe a former DC-2 ?) == | ||
+ | [[Image:AinC-S2E1-4608.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Consolidated B-24 Liberator|Consolidated B-24H/J Liberator]] == | ||
+ | [[Image:b-244536.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Douglas DT == | ||
+ | [[Image:douglasdt2837.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:Douglasdt2850.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | The hidden grounded iarframe, behind thr crow. | ||
+ | [[Image:fordflivver2958.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Ford Flivver == | ||
+ | Only five airframes built. | ||
+ | [[Image:fordflivver2911.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Ford Trimotor | Ford 4-AT-A Trimotor]] == | ||
+ | Ford 4-AT-A Trimotor in the left background of the Ford Flivver. | ||
+ | [[Image:fordtrimotor2933.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Ruggles Orientator == | ||
+ | The Ruggles Orientator, or 'Bath Tub', used by the US School of Aviation Medicine during the mid 1920's. | ||
+ | [[Image:rugglesorientator1755.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:rugglesorientator1804.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:rugglesorientatoroperator1800.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | = Season Two - Episode Three - <i>Organized Crime</i> = | ||
+ | == Lockheed Air Express == | ||
+ | Lockheed Air Express used by Jimmy Walker "campaigning for Mayor of NYC". He was elected in 1926 but the type maiden flight is only in 1928. So this is for his second term.<br> | ||
+ | This aircraft is flanked by GILMORE and smallest GILMORE OIL Co., christened <i>the Gilmore Lion</i> and registered as NC-3057. She ended burnt in 1940 due to extensive dry rot. | ||
+ | [[Image:AmInColor_S2E3.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | = Season Two - Episode Four - <i>Playtime</i> = | ||
+ | == [[:Category: Fokker F.10 | Fokker F.10]] == | ||
+ | Reg. NC999E Fokker F.10 of [[:Category: Transcontinental & Western Air|Transcontinental and Western Air]]. Her crash on March 31, 1931 due to structural failure led to significant change in aviation safety. | ||
+ | [[Image:AmCol-S2E4_1406.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:AmCol-S2E4_1409.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:AmCol-S2E4_1410.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Curtiss JN|Curtiss JN-4 <i>Jenny</i>]] == | ||
+ | Lillian Boyer with her pilot and personal mount.<br> | ||
+ | Same aircraft in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]] (Civil Fixed-Wing). | ||
+ | [[Image:Biplane1449.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:biplane1646.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:biplane1700.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Travel Air 2000/3000/4000|Travel Air 1000 ]] == | ||
+ | [[Image:biplane1618.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Thomas-Morse S-4 Scout | Thomas-Morse S-4B Scout ]] == | ||
+ | Air Show code 137. | ||
+ | [[Image:biplane1630.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:biplane1636.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:biplane1638.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Waco 10/GXE/O series|Waco 10]] == | ||
+ | Waco 10 with airshow code 35; 204 is still unidentified (Standard J or Curtiss JN ?). | ||
+ | [[Image:biplane1758.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:biplane1804.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[Category:Unidentified Aircraft]] [[:Category:Unidentified Aircraft|Unidentified Aircraft]] == | ||
+ | Same close general shape but two different aircrafts : | ||
+ | [[Image:I001303986.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:biplane1820.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Waco 10/GXE/O series|Waco ATO]] == | ||
+ | [[Image:biplane1826.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Curtiss JN|Curtiss JN-4 <i>Jenny</i>]] == | ||
+ | [[Image:biplanes1712.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:biplanes1718.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Lockheed Constellation|Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation]] == | ||
+ | Reg. N7102C Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation c/n 4583 christened <i>Star of Windsor</i> in service with [[:Category: Trans World Airlines|TWA-Trans World Airlines]] between 1955 and 1964. | ||
+ | [[Image:twa4612.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | = Season Two - Episode Five - <i>American Royalty</i> = | ||
+ | == [[:Category: Ryan Brougham|Ryan Brougham]] == | ||
+ | Christened <i>The Schwan</i>. | ||
+ | [[Image:2111.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:2125.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Zeppelin LZ 127| Zeppelin LZ 127 <i>Graf Zeppelin</i> ]] == | ||
+ | Reg. D-LZ127. <br> | ||
+ | [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Others)]].<br> | ||
+ | [[Image:grafzeppelin2340.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:grafzeppelin2345.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:grafzeppelin2349.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:grafzeppelin2418.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Naval Aircraft Factory N3N Canary | Naval Aircraft Factory N3N Canary]] == | ||
+ | Naval Aircraft Factory N3N Canary of the U.S. Navy serial 21. Colouring should be more bright yellow. | ||
+ | [[Image:trainingbiplanewithjoekennedyjr3956.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:Trainingbiplanewithjoekennedyjr3958.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress|Boeing BQ-7 and B-17 Flying Fortress]] == | ||
+ | A Boeing BQ-7 (a converted B-17 drone) used to test the concept of Operation Aphrodite. | ||
+ | [[Image:QB-7_4007.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:QB-7_4009.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress. | ||
+ | [[Image:AiC-S2E5_4026.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | An unidentified Boeing B-17 stripped of all normal combat armament but not yet a BQ-7 (serial 25484 not found among B-17 production list). | ||
+ | [[Image:AiC-S2E5_4029.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:AiC-S2E5_4030.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Boeing-Stearman Model 75| Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Model 75]] == | ||
+ | [[Image:AiC-S2E5_4101.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | |||
+ | = Season Two - Episode Six - <i>Hollywood's Golden Age</i> = | ||
+ | == [[:Category: Ryan Brougham|Ryan Brougham]] == | ||
+ | [[Image:ryan-2049.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:ryan-2054.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | Incredible crash site leaving both pilot and MGM's "Leo the lion" unhurt. Leo was really named Jackie and was MGM's mascot from 1928 until its death in 1946 several years after this misfortune. | ||
+ | [[Image:ryan-2118.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Douglas DC-3|Douglas DST-114]] == | ||
+ | Douglas DST-114 Flagship Skysleeper of [[:Category: American Airlines|American Airlines]].<br> | ||
+ | Clark Gable and his wife Carole Lombard arriving in Atlanta on December 15, 1939 for Gone With The Wind world premiere. | ||
+ | [[Image:CG-3027.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:CG-3032.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[Category:Unidentified Aircraft]] [[:Category:Unidentified Aircraft|Unidentified Aircraft]] == | ||
+ | Vivien Leigh & Olivia de Havilland arriving for the same world premiere using [[:Category: Trans World Airlines|Trans World Airlines]]. | ||
+ | [[Image:twa-3039.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Curtiss P-40 Warhawk| Curtiss P-40B/C Warhawk]] & [[:Category: Consolidated B-24 Liberator|Consolidated B-24D Liberator]] == | ||
+ | [[Image:warbirds3321.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Vultee BT-13 Valiant| Vultee BT-13 Valiant]] == | ||
+ | [[Image:warbirds3325.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[Category:Unidentified Aircraft]] [[:Category:Unidentified Aircraft|Unidentified Aircraft]] == | ||
+ | [[Image:jimmystewartencouragingenlistment3329.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | [[Image:jimmystewartencouragingenlistment3409.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | == [[:Category: Douglas B-23 Dragon|Douglas B-23 Dragon]] == | ||
+ | Same footage reused in other movies at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]] (Military Fixed-Wing). | ||
+ | [[Image:Ford-midway_3539.jpg|thumb|500px|none|]] | ||
+ | |||
{{Footnote}} | {{Footnote}} | ||
= See also = | = See also = | ||
+ | |||
+ | * [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7085256/ America in Color at IMDb] | ||
* [http://www.imcdb.org/movie.php?id=7085256 America in Color at IMCDb] | * [http://www.imcdb.org/movie.php?id=7085256 America in Color at IMCDb] | ||
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[[Category: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress]] | [[Category: Boeing B-52 Stratofortress]] | ||
[[Category: Boeing C-137 Stratoliner]] | [[Category: Boeing C-137 Stratoliner]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Boeing-Stearman Model 75]] | ||
[[Category: Cessna O-1 Bird Dog]] | [[Category: Cessna O-1 Bird Dog]] | ||
[[Category: Consolidated B-24 Liberator]] | [[Category: Consolidated B-24 Liberator]] | ||
[[Category: Consolidated PBY Catalina]] | [[Category: Consolidated PBY Catalina]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Convair 240/340/440]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Curtiss JN]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Curtiss P-36 Hawk]] | ||
[[Category: Curtiss P-40 Warhawk]] | [[Category: Curtiss P-40 Warhawk]] | ||
[[Category: Curtiss T-32 Condor II]] | [[Category: Curtiss T-32 Condor II]] | ||
[[Category: Douglas A-1 Skyraider]] | [[Category: Douglas A-1 Skyraider]] | ||
[[Category: Douglas B-18 Bolo]] | [[Category: Douglas B-18 Bolo]] | ||
− | [[Category: Douglas C-118 Liftmaster]] | + | [[Category: Douglas B-23 Dragon]] |
+ | [[Category: Douglas C-118 Liftmaster]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Douglas DC-2]] | ||
[[Category: Douglas DC-3]] | [[Category: Douglas DC-3]] | ||
[[Category: Douglas DC-6]] | [[Category: Douglas DC-6]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Douglas SBD Dauntless]] | ||
[[Category: Fairchild 24]] | [[Category: Fairchild 24]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Fairchild C-123 Provider]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Fokker F.10]] | ||
[[Category: Ford Trimotor]] | [[Category: Ford Trimotor]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Grumman F6F Hellcat]] | ||
[[Category: Grumman F-11 Tiger]] | [[Category: Grumman F-11 Tiger]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Grumman TBF Avenger]] | ||
[[Category: Lockheed F-104 Starfighter]] | [[Category: Lockheed F-104 Starfighter]] | ||
[[Category: Lockheed Constellation]] | [[Category: Lockheed Constellation]] | ||
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[[Category: Mitsubishi A6M Zero]] | [[Category: Mitsubishi A6M Zero]] | ||
[[Category: Mitsubishi Ki-51]] | [[Category: Mitsubishi Ki-51]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Naval Aircraft Factory N3N Canary]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Nieuport 28]] | ||
+ | [[Category: North American A-5 Vigilante]] | ||
[[Category: North American B-25 Mitchell]] | [[Category: North American B-25 Mitchell]] | ||
[[Category: North American F-100 Super Sabre]] | [[Category: North American F-100 Super Sabre]] | ||
[[Category: North American X-15]] | [[Category: North American X-15]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Ryan Brougham]] | ||
[[Category: Ryan NYP]] | [[Category: Ryan NYP]] | ||
[[Category: Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King]] | [[Category: Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Standard J]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Thomas-Morse S-4 Scout]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Travel Air 2000/3000/4000]] | ||
[[Category: Vought F-8 Crusader]] | [[Category: Vought F-8 Crusader]] | ||
[[Category: Vultee BT-13 Valiant]] | [[Category: Vultee BT-13 Valiant]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Waco 10/GXE/O series]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Zeppelin LZ 127]] | ||
[[Category: American Airlines]] | [[Category: American Airlines]] | ||
[[Category: American Airways]] | [[Category: American Airways]] | ||
[[Category: Delta Air Lines]] | [[Category: Delta Air Lines]] | ||
+ | [[Category: National Airlines]] | ||
[[Category: Pan American World Airways]] | [[Category: Pan American World Airways]] | ||
[[Category: Robertson Aircraft Corporation]] | [[Category: Robertson Aircraft Corporation]] | ||
[[Category: U.S Air Mail]] | [[Category: U.S Air Mail]] | ||
[[Category: Transcontinental & Western Air]] | [[Category: Transcontinental & Western Air]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Trans World Airlines]] |
Latest revision as of 06:37, 24 November 2024
Documentary (2017-2019)
Starring:
Liev Schreiber (Narrator)
America in Color showcases all the key moments from the 1920's to 1960's in high definition improved footage.
Season One - Episode One - The 1920s
Airco DH.4B
Operated for U.S Air Mail.
DH.4B very likely, but CAM number and company must be found out.
Airco DH.4B
Lindbergh's aircraft operated on Contract Air Mail route St Louis-Chicago (CAM-2) for U.S Air Mail in 1926.
Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.


Ryan NYP Spirit of Saint-Louis
Charles Lindbergh first flight from New-York to Paris on 20/21 May 1927.
Same aircraft seen in another movie at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Sikorsky S-35
Built by the Sikorsky Manufacturing Company for an attempt by René Fonck on a non-stop Atlantic crossing for the Orteig Prize.
The airplane crashed on September 21st of 1926.
Ford 5-AT Trimotor
No information found on the web about this accident.
Loening OA-1A Amphibian
The Pan American Goodwill Flight of 1926 and 27 was a public relations goodwill mission to promote U.S. aviation in Central and South America. It was proposed by Maj. Gen. Mason Patrick, chief of the Army Air Corp.Ten distinguished military pilots, with good mechanical skills, were selected to fly the five Loening amphibian airplanes, each named for a city in the United States. This one is San Francisco c/n 28312 piloted by Capt. Ira C. Eaker (left) and Lt. Muir S. Fairchild.
Season One - Episode Two - The 1930s
Curtiss T-32 Condor II

Fairchild 24C-8C
Registration NC15603, c/n 2705.
Lockheed L-10E Electra
Footage of Amelia Earhart’s L-10E Electra.
Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Registration NR16020, c/n 1055.
Lockheed 14-N2 Super Electra Special
Registration NX18973,c/n 1419.
10–14 July 1938: Howard Robard Hughes, Jr., along with a crew of four, departed Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, New York, on a flight to circle the Northern Hemisphere.
Landing at Aéroport de Paris-Le Bourget.
Return to Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, New York.
Season One - Episode Three - The 1940s
Consolidated B-24 Liberator
Factory of Ford Motor Company, at Willrow Run (Michigan). Half of the 18400 B-24 Liberator produced came from this factory.
Vultee BT-13 Valiant
Nice row.
North American B-25 Mitchell
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Mitsubishi Ki-51
The Type 99 (allied code name : Sonia).
Douglas B-18 Bolo & Mitsubishi A6M Zero
Colorized footage reused from From Here to Eternity (1958) (Pearl Harbour attack).
Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina
Pearl Harbour attack. Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Curtiss P-40B Warhawk
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Boeing B-17C Flying Fortress
S/N 40-2074. An onboard fire burnt the aircraft in two shortly after landing at Hickam Field on 7 December 1941. One crewman was killed by Zero attack. Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Douglas DC-3-383
Presented as Transcontinental & Western Air Douglas DC-3-383 carrying actress Carole Lombard on TWA Flight 3 on the 16th January of 1942.
Registration NC1946, c/n 3295.

The plane crashed into a near vertical cliff on Potosi Mountain in the Spring Mountain range at 7,770 ft, about 80 ft (24 m) below the top of the cliff and 730 ft (220 m) below the summit, killing all on board instantly.


Vertical tail fin of NC1946.

Consolidated B-24J Liberator
Assembly line at Ford Motor Company unit plandt, Willrow Run (Michigan).
Boeing B-29-45-MO Superfortress
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Reg.82 s/n 44-86292. Built at Glenn L. Martin Company's Bellevue factory in Nebraska.
Douglas DST-114

Douglas DC-3
Unidentified airline.
Season One - Episode Four - The 1950s
Douglas VC-118 The Independance
President Harry S. Truman's Douglas VC-118 (s/n 46-505) called "The Independence" on Wake Island on 15 October 1950 for a meeting with General Douglas MacArthur. The aircraft is today in display at the National Museum of the USAF.
Douglas DC-6

Grumman F-11F-1 Tiger
US Navy aerobatic team Blue Angels transitioned to the supersonic Grumman F11F-1 Tiger in 1957, first flying the short-nosed, and then the long-nosed versions.
Same footage in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).
Lockheed T-33A Shooting Star
Lockheed F-104B Starfighter
With colors of the Air Research Development Command (ARDC), a branch of the US Air Force that was active from 1950 until 1961.
North American X-15-1
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
North American X-15-1 & Boeing NB-52A Stratofortress
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Season One - Episode Five - The 1960s
Convair 240
During 1962/63 JFK's presidential campaign.
John F. Kennedy’s father purchased this Convair 240 from American Airlines for $270,000 for young Kennedy’s 1960 presidential campaign. Kennedy named the aircraft “Caroline” in honor of his daughter.
Registration N240K, c/n 89.
Lockheed L-1049C Super Constellation

Lockheed U-2A
Sikorsky VH-3A Sea King
Landing at the White House, Washington DC.
Vought F-8 Crusader
Various Aircraft
Unindentified Aircraft Carrier.
1 and 4 - North American A-5A Vigilante.
2 and 3 and 5 - McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II.
6 - Vought F-8 Crusader.
Boeing VC-137C Air Force One
Arrival at Dallas Love Field Airport (DAL/KDAL), few tenths of minutes before Kenney's assassination on the 22th November of 1963.
Registration 62-6000 (wore 26000 on the tail), c/n 18461/303 built in 1962. Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).
Boeing 707-331
New York, 7th February 1964. Arrival of the The Beatles at New York on their first visit to the United States.
In the background, another Boeing 707 in an unidentified livery. Would be probably an Air France 328 series if the fuselage stripe were dark blue.
Registration N704PA, c/n 17683/116 ordered by but not taken up by TWA, that's why she has the 331 series usually built for TWA.
Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.


Cessna O-1 Bird Dog
Douglas AD-1 Skyraider
North American F-100C-10-NH Super Sabre
Serial seems to be 55-2722 / FW-722; if right, this is North American F-100C-10-NH Super Sabre c/n 222-14 built in 1955 and eventually sold to Turkish AF in 1972. Last known fate in June 2014 : displayed on dummy airfield at Konya Air Base, Turkey.
Bell UH-1A Iroquois
Fairchild C-123B Provider
Serial 56-4375 (c/n 20259) first used by US Coast Guard as HC-123B. Returned to USAF and later upgrade as C-123K. Converted to VC-123K in 1968 (the sole one); was General Westmoreland's personal transport in Vietnam. Transferred to Reserves as UC-123K. To MASDC (Military Aircraft Storage and Disposition Center) on April 1970, but returned to service. Retired to MASDC as CP059 on September 9, 1981. To El Salvador on March 1984 as FAES 122. Last known fate : in storage at Ilopango AB near San Salvador.
Season Two - Episode One - The Wild West
Airco DH.4
Pershing's biplanes.
Some members of the Osage Nation used their oil proceeds to learn to fly.
Douglas DC-2
North American B-25 C/D Mitchell
Grumman TBF Avenger & Douglas SBD Dauntless
(foreground left and right) Grumman TBF in front of a Douglas SBD Dauntless.
Grumman F6F Hellcat
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
Assembly line of Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (model E or later).
Goodyear K-class blimp
K-3 is the first of six Goodyear ZNP-K blimp and following contracts brought to a grand total of 134 deliveries.
Douglas DC-6
Douglas DC-6 of National Airlines.
Season Two - Episode Two - Titans of Industry
Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).
Airco DH.4
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).
1917 Liberty L-12 (V12) aero-engines for American built Airco DH.4.
Nieuport 28
Nieuport 27
Nieuport 27 & Nieuport 21
Curtiss P-36 Hawk
Douglas Commercial (DC-3 or maybe a former DC-2 ?)
Consolidated B-24H/J Liberator
Douglas DT
The hidden grounded iarframe, behind thr crow.
Ford Flivver
Only five airframes built.
Ford 4-AT-A Trimotor
Ford 4-AT-A Trimotor in the left background of the Ford Flivver.
Ruggles Orientator
The Ruggles Orientator, or 'Bath Tub', used by the US School of Aviation Medicine during the mid 1920's.
Season Two - Episode Three - Organized Crime
Lockheed Air Express
Lockheed Air Express used by Jimmy Walker "campaigning for Mayor of NYC". He was elected in 1926 but the type maiden flight is only in 1928. So this is for his second term.
This aircraft is flanked by GILMORE and smallest GILMORE OIL Co., christened the Gilmore Lion and registered as NC-3057. She ended burnt in 1940 due to extensive dry rot.
Season Two - Episode Four - Playtime
Fokker F.10
Reg. NC999E Fokker F.10 of Transcontinental and Western Air. Her crash on March 31, 1931 due to structural failure led to significant change in aviation safety.
Curtiss JN-4 Jenny
Lillian Boyer with her pilot and personal mount.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Travel Air 1000
Thomas-Morse S-4B Scout
Air Show code 137.
Waco 10
Waco 10 with airshow code 35; 204 is still unidentified (Standard J or Curtiss JN ?).
Unidentified Aircraft
Same close general shape but two different aircrafts :
Waco ATO
Curtiss JN-4 Jenny
Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation
Reg. N7102C Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation c/n 4583 christened Star of Windsor in service with TWA-Trans World Airlines between 1955 and 1964.
Season Two - Episode Five - American Royalty
Ryan Brougham
Christened The Schwan.
Zeppelin LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin
Reg. D-LZ127.
IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Others).
Naval Aircraft Factory N3N Canary of the U.S. Navy serial 21. Colouring should be more bright yellow.
Boeing BQ-7 and B-17 Flying Fortress
A Boeing BQ-7 (a converted B-17 drone) used to test the concept of Operation Aphrodite.
Boeing B-17G Flying Fortress.
An unidentified Boeing B-17 stripped of all normal combat armament but not yet a BQ-7 (serial 25484 not found among B-17 production list).
Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Model 75
Season Two - Episode Six - Hollywood's Golden Age
Ryan Brougham
Incredible crash site leaving both pilot and MGM's "Leo the lion" unhurt. Leo was really named Jackie and was MGM's mascot from 1928 until its death in 1946 several years after this misfortune.
Douglas DST-114
Douglas DST-114 Flagship Skysleeper of American Airlines.
Clark Gable and his wife Carole Lombard arriving in Atlanta on December 15, 1939 for Gone With The Wind world premiere.
Unidentified Aircraft
Vivien Leigh & Olivia de Havilland arriving for the same world premiere using Trans World Airlines.
Curtiss P-40B/C Warhawk & Consolidated B-24D Liberator
Vultee BT-13 Valiant
Unidentified Aircraft
Douglas B-23 Dragon
Same footage reused in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).
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See also
- Unidentified Aircraft
- Airco DH.4
- Bell UH-1 Iroquois
- Boeing 707
- Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
- Boeing B-29 Superfortress
- Boeing B-52 Stratofortress
- Boeing C-137 Stratoliner
- Boeing-Stearman Model 75
- Cessna O-1 Bird Dog
- Consolidated B-24 Liberator
- Consolidated PBY Catalina
- Convair 240/340/440
- Curtiss JN
- Curtiss P-36 Hawk
- Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
- Curtiss T-32 Condor II
- Douglas A-1 Skyraider
- Douglas B-18 Bolo
- Douglas B-23 Dragon
- Douglas C-118 Liftmaster
- Douglas DC-2
- Douglas DC-3
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