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[[Image:Vlcsnap-2024-01-07-19h41m12s643.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Boeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser of [[:Category: Pan American World Airways|PAA-Pan American World Airways]].]] | [[Image:Vlcsnap-2024-01-07-19h41m12s643.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Boeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser of [[:Category: Pan American World Airways|PAA-Pan American World Airways]].]] | ||
[[Image:Vlcsnap-2024-01-07-19h41m18s520.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Boeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser of [[:Category: Pan American World Airways|PAA-Pan American World Airways]].]] | [[Image:Vlcsnap-2024-01-07-19h41m18s520.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Boeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser of [[:Category: Pan American World Airways|PAA-Pan American World Airways]].]] |
Revision as of 07:32, 3 November 2024
Documentary (1957)
Production:
John Armstrong(Director)
Ken Cameron (Recording)
Alvin Bailey (Editor)
Edwars Van Den Enden (Photographer)
Richard Bennett (Music)
John Hollingsworth (Conductor)
This film made by Shell Film Unit takes the audience on a world wide tour from New York City to South America, Africa, the Mid-East and Asia. A number of travelers are watched as their journeys begin and end, while the audience is taken on a behind the scenes tour of the aviation industry.
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
These pictures open the film.
With this colour scheme, it must be one of the Super Constellation operated by KLM since 1954. Unreadible name unfortunately.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Various aircraft
At New York International Airport (IDL) (JFK/KJFK nowadays). See discussion tab (1)
1 - Douglas DC-6/DC-7.
2 - 2x Douglas DC-6.
3 - Boeing 377-10-30 Stratocruiser of Northwest Airlines.
4 - Lockheed Constellation.
5 - Douglas DC-6/DC-7.
Boeing 377-10-30 Stratocruiser
Taxiing over Van Wyck Expressway at New York International Airport (IDL).
Note the rectangular windows characteristic of version 30 specific to Northwest Airlines.
Another one in the opposite direction.
Various aircraft
At Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS). (AMS/EHAM nowadays).
1 - Convair 440-48 Metropolitan of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
2 - Convair 440-48 Metropolitan of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
3 - Douglas DC-3/C-47.
4 - Convair 440-48 Metropolitan of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
5 - Convair 440-48 Metropolitan of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
6 - Lockheed Constellation behind another taxiing airplane, a KLM's Convair 440 very likely.
7 - Convair 440-48 Metropolitan of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
8 - Convair 440-48 Metropolitan of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
9 - Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
Lockheed Constellation
Unknown airline and location.
Douglas DC-6B
At Tokyo Haneda Airport (HND).
Douglas DC-6 & Lockheed Constellation
At New York International Airport (IDL).
United's Douglas DC-6 to the left, tail of TWA's Lockheed Constellation to the right.
Douglas DC-6B
At New York International Airport (IDL).
Registration N6519C, c/n 43519/221. Delivered new to PAA in February 1952, named Clipper Liberty Bell. Leased to Austral Líneas Aéreas in August 1961, registered LV-PFD, re-registered LV-HHR in September 1961. Returned to Pan American World Airways in October 1962 as N6519C, after have been converted to Douglas DC-6A, renamed Clipper Bremen. Sold to AAXICO American Air Export and Import Co in May 1965. Changed to Saturn Airways after merge of the company in September 1965. Sold to Associates Capital Corp. in June 1970, then Florida Aircraft Leasing Corp. in September 1970. Leased to Americana de Aviacion in September 1970, registered HC-ATH. Returned to Florida Aircraft Leasing Corp. as N6519C in September 1971. Leased to Gibraltar South West Inc. in October 1971, re-registered N6385 in November 1971. Returned to Florida Aircraft Leasing Corp. in August 1972. Bought by Mike Tsalickis in November 1973, re-registered N6519C. Sold to Cessnyca in March 1975, registered HK-1389. Sold to LAC Líneas Aéreas del Caribe in July 1975. Written-off in February 1976, ditched into sea immediately after departure from Simon Bolivar International Santa Marta Colombia (Magdalena) (SKSM/SMR).
Unexpected equipment for our eyes today... when aviation aroused a lot of public interest.
Boeing 377-10-30 Stratocruiser & Lockheed Constellation
Douglas DC-3/C-47
Seen through the binoculars used by the young boy of the previous picture above.
Bell 47G
Registration N2467G, c/n 1447. Operated by Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Other registration N2400Z in the history of the aircraft.
Equipped with floats for possible landing on water within the perimeter of New York .
Want to impress the control tower staff? ...
Lockheed Constellation below on the ground, with some Douglas aircraft to the right.
Boeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser
In the far background to the right.
In the foreground is the 11-floor Control Tower of New York International Airport built in 1952.
Lockheed L-749 Constellation
Tarmac of New York International Airport (IDL).
Boeing 377-10-30 Stratocruiser
In the background on tarmac of New York International Airport (IDL).
Douglas DC-6 & Douglas DC-3/C-47
An Arabic speaker could help to tell which company this Douglas DC-3 or C-47 could belong to. The title inside the red sheet line doesn't match with usual colour scheme of Lebanese Middle East Airlines.
Douglas DC-3/C-47
In the far background, somewhere in South America.
Unidentified Aircraft (toy airplane)
Douglas C-47A Skytrain
Registration VT-xxx.
Unidentified Aircraft
'ATION'..Is it part of AVIATION title... and what aircraft?
Douglas DC-3
Douglas DC-4-1009
Douglas DC-7C Seven Seas
Unidentified Douglas
Could be Douglas DC-4, DC-6, DC-7. To find out the airline should help.
Douglas C-54A-DO Skymaster
Lockheed L-749 Constellation
Foreground n°1 engine Wright R-3350 Duplex-Cyclone.
Douglas DC-6
Douglas DC-7B
Douglas DC-4-1009
Vickers 701 Viscount
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
N°2 Rolls-Royce Dart Mk505 in action.
Douglas DC-6
American actor Henry Fonda getting off the plane.
PAA luggage.
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines of Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation and Boeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser of PAA-Pan American World Airways in the background.
Vickers 701 Viscount
Arrival at Aeroporto Ciampino (CIA).
Unidentified Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation in the background.
Unreadable registration.
Good view on terminal of Aeroporto Ciampino Est. See discussion tab (6)
Vickers 701C Viscount
Taking off from Aeroporto Ciampino (CIA).
Registration G-ANHB, c/n 062. Delivered new to BEA in February 1954, named R.M.A Sir Henry Stanley. Sold to VASP in August 1962 but delivered in April 1963, registered PP-SRN. Wfu in February 1969 at Sao Paulo, Brasil. Sold to Aero Clube Rio Claro in October 1972, on display at Marte Airport (Sao Paulo), burned down in May 1993.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
In the background, TWA's Lockheed Constellation (Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing)) and several Unidentified Aircraft.
Air India's Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation to the left background. Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
B.O.A.C's Boeing 377-10-34 Stratocruiser to the left background.
Vickers 732 Viscount
At Beirut International Airport (BEI).
On lease from Hunting-Clan Air Transport at this time.
More details later in the film. See below.
Lockheed L-1049C Super Constellation
At New York International Airport (IDL).
Registration PH-LKV, c/n 4506. Delivered new to KLM in July 1953, registered PH-TFV named Meson. Re-registered PH-LKV in April 1954. Leased to Air Ceylon in 1960. Withdrawn from use at Schiphol Amsterdam (EHAM/AMS) in 1961. Broken up in 1965.
Douglas DC-6
Douglas DC-6B
Taxiing at New York International Airport (IDL) between a Lockheed L-749 Constellation of TWA in the foreground and a Douglas DC-6B of United Air Lines to the right background.
Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation
Registration VT-DHN, c/n 4615. Delivered to Air India in 1955, named Rani of Chittor. Transferred to Indian Air Force in the early 1960s, registered BG-577. Wfu and broken up in 1976 at Puna.
Convair 240-7
Registration AP-AEH, c/n 52. Built in 1948, registered NC90835. Delivered new to Orient Airways in June 1949, registered AP-AEH. Sold to PIA-Pakistan International Airlines in March 1955. Written off at New Delhi in May 1958 in a crash immediately after take off at night.
Lockheed L-749A Constellation
Registration PH-TDP, c/n 2638. Delivered to KLM in May 1950, named Rotterdam. Re-registered PH-LDP in February 1954. Leased to Air Ceylon, named Mahadevi. Wfu in 1958. Broken up at Amsterdam in 1962.
Douglas DC-7B
The location is to be determined with help of another picture displayed on Discussion tab (2).
Boeing 377-10-34 Stratocruiser
Registration G-ANUB, c/n 15969. Delivered new to United Air Lines in December 1949, registered N31229 named Mainliner Hilo. Sold to B.O.A.C, registered G-ANUB named Calypso. Broken up.
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
Vickers 732 Viscount
At Beirut International Airport (BEI).
Resumption of a sequence seen earlier. See above.
Registration OD-ACG, c/n 076. Delivered new to Hunting-Clan Air Transport in July 1955, registered G-ANRT. Leased to MEA in October 1955, registered OD-ACG. Returned to Hunting-Clan Air Transport as G-ANRT in September 1957. Leased to Iraqi Airways in May 1958. Returned to Hunting-Clan Air Transport as G-ANRT in March 1959. Sold to Misrair in July 1959, registered SU-AKX. Transferred to United Arab Airlines with change name in August 1960. Written off in March 1964 at Beirut after heavy landing.
Lockheed L-749A Constellation
Registration ZS-DBT, c/n 2631. Delivered new to South African Airways-Suid Afrikaanse Lugdiens in 1950. Sold to ACE Freighters in November 1964, registered G-ASYT. Broken up in Coventry in 1967.
Vickers 744 Viscount
Registration N7403, c/n 089. Delivered new to Capital Airlines in June 1955, named 322. Leased to Continental Air Lines from February to March 1958. Bought by Vickers-Armstong in March 1958, registered G-APKK. Non taken up by LAV Linea Aeropostal Venezolana, YV-C-ANK. Leased to ANA-All Nippon Airways from July 1960 to October 1961. Sold to Empire Test Pilots School in January 1962, registered XR801. Wfu in October 1971. Sold to Shackleton Aviation in May 1972. Broken up at Baginton Coventry (EGBE/CVT).
Unidentified Aircraft in the background.
Vickers 700 Viscount
Unidentified version of 700 series.
Lockheed L-049 Constellation
At Aeropuerto Central de México (MEX) (Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez de la Ciudad de México (MEX/MMMX) nowadays).
Registration N88855, c/n 2055. Delivered new to PAA-Pan American World Airways in April 1946, named 855 Clipper Invincible, changed to 855 Clipper Undaunted in 1949. Sold to Delta Air Lines in September 1956, named 501. Sold to American Flyers Airline in 1960. Sold to California Airmotive Corp. Los Angeles CA in May 1967. Written off in June 1970.
Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Douglas DC-3A
To the right at Aeropuerto Central de México (MEX).
To the left, Douglas DC-4, DC-6 or DC-7.
Lockheed L-149 Constellation
Registration N88868, c/n 2067. Delivered new to PAA-Pan American World Airways as L-049 in May 1946, registered N90616 and named 868 Clipper Peerless. Converted to L-149 named 868 Clipper Golden Fleece in 1949. Sold to Delta Air Lines in June 1956, named 502. Sold to American Flyers Airline in April 1960. Sold to Tex Hou Inc. Houston TX in January 1970. Broken up at Galveston KGLS in 1974.
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
Registration N620*C, one aircraft among a series of 9 registered N6201C to N6209C and built from 1951 to 1952.
Douglas DC-7
Taxiing behind a DC-6 from American Airlines waiting for an imminent move. See below.
Unreadable registration. Note some aircraft in the far background: DC-3/C-47, DC-6/DC-7 and Unidentified Aircraft to the right.
Boeing 377-10-28 Stratocruiser
Registration G-ALSC, c/n 15945. Delivered new to B.O.A.C in June 1949, named Centaurus. Sold to TALOA-Transocean Air Lines in October 1959, registered N406Q. Sold to Aero Spacelines Inc. in February 1965. Written off at Van Nuys CA in September 1969.
Taxiing behind the DC-6 already mentioned above. An undetermined Lockheed Constellation is taking off in the background.
Douglas DC-6
Unreadable registration. Start for taxiing to the runway.
Canadair C-4 Argonaut
Arrival at Aeroporto Ciampino Est (CIA). See discussion tab (6)
Registration G-ALHX, c/n 169. Delivered new to B.O.A.C in February 1949, named Astraea. Sold to Aden Airways in 1960, registered VR-AAS. Wfu at Khomaksar, Yemen.
Canadair C-4 Argonaut
Taxiing in front of Aeroporto Ciampino Ovest (CIA) maintenance hangars.
Registration G-ALHJ, c/n 156. Delivered new to B.O.A.C in February 1949, named Arcturus. Leased to East African Airways from February to December 1958, registered VP-KOT. Returned to B.O.A.C. Withdrawn from use in March 1970 at London Heathrow (LHR), used for crew training. Broken up in 1982.
3x Douglas DC-6 or DC-7 and a Lockheed Constellation in the far background.
Control tower and terminal of Aeroporto Ciampino Ovest (CIA) in the background, with a Douglas DC-6/Douglas DC-6B of Alitalia–Aerolinee Italiane Internazionali to the right.
Lockheed Constellation of TWA to the left.
Unidentified Lockheed Constellation to the left.
Passing along Aeroporto Ciampino Est (CIA). See discussion tab (6)
Douglas DC-6
Registration OO-SDA, c/n 43062/51. Delivered new to SABENA in July 1947, registered first as OO-AWA, then OO-SDA in July 1951. Sold to Air France in December 1956, registered F-BHVA. Sold to TAI-Transports Aériens Intercontinentaux in January 1957. Leased to SABENA in May 1958. Returned to TAI in October 1958. Leased to Air France in May 1959. Returned to TAI in October 1959. Leased to Air Inter in May 1960. Returned to TAI in October 1960. Sold to Iran Air in March 1962, registered EP-AES. Withdrawn from use in May 1971.
Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation
Douglas DC-6
Unreadable name and registration.
Douglas DC-6B
Boeing 377-10-34 Stratocruiser
Registration G-ANUA, c/n 15968. Delivered new to United Air Lines in December 1949, registered N31228 named Mainliner Waipahu. Sold to B.O.A.C in December 1954, registered G-ANUA named Cameronian. Sold to TALOA-Transocean Air Lines in August 1959, registered N109Q.
Continuity error. Changes to G-ANUB Calypso already seen above when starting for taking off.
Douglas DC-6B
Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation
Registration F-BHBG, c/n 4626. Delivered new to Air France in October 1955. Wfu at Toulouse (TLS) in April 1963. On display at Le Moulin Disco Quimper, France. In very poor condition by 2020 appears derelict.
Douglas DC-7
Registration N317AA, c/n 44138/440. Delivered new to American Airlines in February 1954, named 317 Flagship Indiana. Leased to ONA-Overseas National Airways in 1959. Written off in September 1961 at Norfolk VA after landing incident (nose section used in repair of 45215).
Note the absence of the propeller pans usually fitted on the DC-7.
Lockheed L-749 Constellation
Unreadable name on the nose.
Boeing 377-10-30 Stratocruiser
Registration N74607, c/n 15953. Delivered new to Northwest Airlines in September 1949, named S/C Rudolph. Renamed S/C Honolulu in 1960.
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
Registration N6231G, c/n 4653. Delivered new to Fly-Eastern Air Lines in October 1956, named 231. Brocken up in January 1968.
Lockheed L-1049E Super Constellation
Boeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser
Taking off from New York International Airport (IDL).
Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation
Flight over New York International Airport (IDL), with helicopter that could be the Bell 47G already mentioned above. Douglas DC-4 of TWA and Douglas DC-6 of Northwest Airlines to the left.
Douglas DC-6
Convair 340 & Unidentified Aircraft
Unidentified aircraft to its left: Boeing 377 Stratocruiser or Douglas DC-7?
Various aircraft
At New York International Airport (IDL).
1 - Douglas DC-6 of Northwest Airlines.
2 - Undetermined airline Lockheed Constellation.
3 - Douglas DC-6B of SAS.
4 - Undetermined airline Douglas DC-6.
1 - Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation of Fly-Eastern Air Lines.
2 - Undetermined airline Douglas DC-6.
3 - Douglas DC-6 of Northwest Airlines.
4 - Douglas DC-6B of SAS.
5 - Undetermined airline Lockheed Constellation.
1 - Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation of Fly-Eastern Air Lines.
2 - Undetermined airline Douglas DC-6.
3 - Douglas DC-6 of Northwest Airlines.
1 - Douglas DC-6 of Aerolíneas Argentinas.
2 - Douglas DC-6 of Fly-Eastern Air Lines.
3 - Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation of Fly-Eastern Air Lines.
1 - Undetermined airline Douglas DC-6.
2 - Undetermined airline Douglas DC-6.
3 - Douglas DC-6 of Aerolíneas Argentinas.
4 - Douglas DC-6 of Fly-Eastern Air Lines.
1 - Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation of TWA.
2 - Undetermined airline Lockheed Constellation.
3 - Undetermined airline Douglas DC-6.
4 - Undetermined airline Douglas DC-6.
1 - Undetermined airline Douglas DC-4 or Douglas DC-6.
2 - Vickers 757 Viscount of TCA-Trans-Canada Air Lines.
3 - Douglas DC-6 of United Air Lines.
4 - Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation of TWA.
1 - Undetermined airline Douglas DC-3/C-47.
2 - Undetermined airline Douglas DC-4 or Douglas DC-6.
3 - Douglas DC-6 of United Air Lines.
4 -
Douglas DC-6
View from an helicopter, maybe the Bell 47G already mentioned above.
Lockheed Constellation
To the left , Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation of VARIG. See details right below.
Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation
Registration PP-VDC, c/n 4612. Delivered new to VARIG in 1955. Wfu in Porto Alegre in 1964. Broken up in 1967.
Douglas DC-7
Lockheed L-749A Constellation
Landing at New York International Airport (IDL).
Registration N6005C, c/n 2637. Delivered new to TWA in May 1950, named 805 Star of New York. Withdrawn from use at Kansas City in 1967. Broken up in June 1968.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Note on the left the wreck of an airplane used for fire training.
Unknown livery Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation to the left background.
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser of B.O.A.C-British Overseas Airways Corporation in the background.
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
Taxiing at New York International Airport (IDL).
Douglas DC-6B of American Airlines foreground right.
Same Douglas DC-6B in the foreground, Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation in the far background.
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
Taking off from New York International Airport (IDL).
Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation
At New York International Airport (IDL).
Douglas DC-7 of American Airlines in the foreground:
Registration N323AA, c/n 44144/468. Delivered new to American Airlines in April 1954, named 323 Flagship Wisconsin. Sold to ONA-Overseas National Airways in March 1959, registered N323A. Leased to LIA- Lebanese International Airways in 1966. Sold to Conair of Scandinavia in 1967, registered OY-DFR. Wfu in December 1971. Broken up in 1984.
Some Stratocruisers and Constellations in the far background.
Various aircraft
At New York International Airport (IDL).
1 - Undetermined Lockheed Constellation.
2 - Lockheed Constellation of TWA-Trans World Airlines.
3 - Boeing 377-10-30 Stratocruiser of Northwest Airlines.
4 - Boeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser of PAA-Pan American World Airways.
5 - Lockheed Constellation of TWA-Trans World Airlines.
6 - Vickers 700 Viscount of TCA-Trans-Canada Air Lines.
7 - Douglas DC-6 of American Airlines.
8 - Douglas DC-6B of American Airlines.(see details below).
1 - Lockheed Constellation of Air France.
2 - Lockheed Constellation of TWA-Trans World Airlines.
3 - Boeing 377-10-30 Stratocruiser of Northwest Airlines.
4 - Boeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser of PAA-Pan American World Airways.
5 - Lockheed Constellation of TWA-Trans World Airlines.
6 - Vickers 700 Viscount of TCA-Trans-Canada Air Lines.
7 - Douglas DC-6 of American Airlines.
8 - Douglas DC-6B of American Airlines.(see details below).
1 - Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation of TWA-Trans World Airlines.
2 - Unidentified Aircraft.
3 - Boeing 377-10-30 Stratocruiser of Northwest Airlines.
4 - Undetermined Lockheed Constellation.
5 - Lockheed Constellation of Air France.
6 - Lockheed Constellation of TWA-Trans World Airlines.
7 - Vickers 700 Viscount of TCA-Trans-Canada Air Lines.
8 - Douglas DC-6B of American Airlines.(see details below).
1 - Douglas DC-6B of American Airlines.(see details below).
2 - Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation of TWA-Trans World Airlines.
3 - Unidentified Aircraft.
4 - Boeing 377-10-30 Stratocruiser of Northwest Airlines.
5 - Undetermined Lockheed Constellation.
Douglas DC-6B
Registration N90760, c/n 43272/190. Delivered new to American Airlines in July 1951, named 760 Flagship Michigan renamed later 760 Flagship Detroit. Sold to LAB-Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano in 1964, registered CP-740. Bought by Air Beni in September 1997. Burnt on ground derelict at La Paz.
Same aircraft seen in other films IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Douglas DC-6
In the foreground, Reg.N323AA Douglas DC-7 already mentioned above.
Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation
At San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
Douglas DC-6A
At San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
Registration JA6201, c/n 43296/200. Delivered new to Slick Airways in September 1951, registered N90807. Bought by C Itoh & Compagny in March 1953 and delivered to Japan Air Lines, registered JA6201, named City of Tokyo. Bought by Onyx Corp.dd in June 1965, registered PH-TRO. Leased to Transavia in July 1968. Sold to Germanair in September 1968, registered D-ABAZ. Transfered to TF TransportFlug after merge in March 1969. Sold to EFL Elbeflug in April 1971. Sold to Jet Aviation in December 1971, registered HB-IBW. Leased to Croix Rouge Internationale/International Red Cross from February to Septembre 1972. Bought by Jet Power Inc. in August 1973. Sold to Span East Airlines in September 1973, registered N615SE. Leased to Guyana Airways in January 1974, registered 8R-GEC in March 1974. Returned to Span East Airlines in July 1976. Sold to Jarold Fever in May 1978, re-registered N615SE, then sold to FA Conner in May 1978. Sold to Trans Continental Airlines Inc.Ypsilanti MI in October 1978. Sold to Airtrust Ltd in January 1993. Sold to Everts Air Cargo in April 1998. Used for parts and derelict at Fairbanks International (PAFA/FAI).
Two Douglas DC-6 of United Air Lines in the background.
Four Douglas DC-6 of United Air Lines in the background.
Douglas DC-6B
At Tokyo Haneda Airport (HND).
Registration JA6205, c/n 44432/510. Delivered new to Japan Air Lines in September 1954, named City of Osaka. Bought by Faucett Perú in August 1966, registered OB-R-846. Wfu in 1981.
Douglas DC-4-1009
Registration PH-DBE, c/n 42995. Originally assigned to KLM West Indies, it was delivered new to KLM in July 1946, registered PH-TCE. Re-registered PH-DBE in May 1954, named Edam. Sold to Olympic Airways in July 1958, registered SX-DAG. Sold to Balair in 1967, registered HB-ILD. Sold to CongoIngo in September 1970, registered 9Q-CWJ. Sold to SGA-Société Générale d'Alimentation in 1971. Broken up at Kinshasa in 1987.
Two unidentified Douglas DC-6 in the background left.
Various aircraft
At Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS). (AMS/EHAM nowadays).
1 - Convair 440-48 Metropolitan of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
2 - Douglas DC-3/C-47.
3 - Lockheed Constellation perhaps from KLM.
4 - Convair 440-48 Metropolitan of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
5 - Douglas DC-6 of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
Douglas DC-6B
Lockheed L-749A Constellation
At Beirut International Airport (BEI). [See discussion tab (7)]
Registration F-BAZJ, c/n 2514. Delivered new to Air France in June 1947, named Vincent Auriol. Leased to Air Vietnam from October 1955 to October 1956. Leased to Air Algérie from June to October 1960. Bought by SGAC-Secrétariat Général à l'Aviation Civile in 1961. Modified in SAR aircraft and delivered to EARS 99 (Escadrille Aérienne de Recherche et de Sauvetage) in May 1961. Withdrawn from use in January 1970, used for ground fire fighting training. Broken up at Toulouse (TLS) in 1975.
Lockheed Constellation's Wright Cyclone
Douglas DC-3/C-47
Douglas DC-6
Cruise flight over high mountains (around 20,000 ft).
Douglas C-54B-1-DC Skymaster
Registration OD-ACI, c/n 10483. Delivered to USAAF in December 1944, registered 42-72378. Sold to Serviços Aéreos Cruzeiro do Sul in September 1946, registered PP-CCU. Bought by Frandun Corp. in August 1952, registered N227A, then leased to Seaboard & Western Airlines. Sold to California Eastern Aviation in 1953. Sold to Air Liban in 1954, registered OD-ACI. Leased to Trans Mediterranean Airways in 1958. Transferred to MEA-Middle East Airlines-Air Liban in June 1963. Scrapped.
This airline operated 2 aircraft of the type.
Vickers 749 Viscount
LAV received 3 aircraft new from Vickers-Armstrong in 1956. Later, four other second-hand aircraft will join the fleet.
Douglas DC-6A
Registration N90809, c/n 43817/333. Delivered new to Slick Airways in March 1953. Sold to Hawaiian Airlines in 1958. Leased to World Airways from March to September 1961. Leased to Finlantic in October 1961, registered OH-DCA. Returned to Hawaiian Airlines in 1963. Sold to Ecuatoriana de Aviación by 1970, registered HC-ATR.
Douglas C-133A Cargomaster
Douglas B-66 Destroyer
In the background.
Douglas DC-6B
Piper PA-18 Super Cub
Centro Internacional de Adiestramiento de Aviación Civil (CIAAC) is a flying school created by Government of Mexico in 1953. Located at the time south of the Mexico City Airport, on Hangares Avenue, at old factory of Azcarate aircraft occupied by the Fuerza Aerea Mexicana/Mexican Air Force.
Piper PA-18 Super Cub
Registration XC-VQC. History of the aircraft not found yet.
Several Douglas C-47 Skytrain of the Fuerza Aerea Mexicana in the far background.
Note the Vickers Viking VC.1 of the Fuerza Aerea Mexicana in the far background.
Piper PA-18 Super Cub
Registration XC-VQA. 2nd in the row.
Piper PA-18 Super Cub
Registration XC-VIY.
De Havilland DH114 Heron 2
Registration VR-NCB, c/n 14083. Delivered new to West African Airways Corporation in August 1955. Sold to Aerolinee Itavia in August 1960, registered I-AOVI. Sold to Cimber Air in March 1965, registered OY-BAM. Sold tp Prinair-Puerto Rico International Airlines in February 1969. Written off in April 2013.
N°1 and 2 De Havilland Gipsy Queen 30 engines.
Boeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser
PAA's hangar at San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
Foreground:
Registration N1026V, c/n 15926. Delivered new to PAA in February 1949, named Clipper Tradewind, renamed later Clipper Malay. Wfu in 1961. Sold to RANSA, then to Miami Air Charters Inc. in January 1966. Written off in January 1971.
Background:
Registration N1028V, c/n 15928. Delivered new to PAA in March 1949, named Clipper Flying Cloud. Wfu in 1961. Sold to RANSA in April 1961, registered YV-C-ERJ named Andreina Maria. Broken up in June 1969.
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
Fly-Eastern Air Lines's hangar at Miami International Airport.
6x Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation and 1x Douglas DC-6A/B in the far background.
Vickers 701 Viscount
BEA's maintenance hangar at London Heathrow Airport (LHR).
About this airport seen at the beginning. See discussion tab (3)
Foreground:
Registration G-AMOB, c/n 011. Delivered to BEA in April 1953, named William Baffin. Sold to VASP in August 1962, registered PP-SRI. Wfu in April 1970, donated to Aeroclube de Brasil (Jacarepagua Rio de Janeiro). Broken up in June 1979.
Background:
1x Douglas Dakota and 2x other Vickers 701 Viscount.
Douglas C-47B Skytrain
Douglas C-47B-25-DK Skytrain
Registration OB-PAT-200, c/n 32737. Delivered to USAAF in 1944, registered 44-76405. Transferred to Royal Air Force, registered KN368. Sold to Compañía de Aviación Faucett, registered OB-PAT-200. Re-registered OB-R-200. Scrapped.
Douglas C-47B-5-DK Skytrain
Continuity error: OB-PAT-200 changes to OB-PAX-224 when stopped at the 'terminal' See discussion tab (4).
Registration OB-PAX-224, c/n 25882. Delivered to USAAF in 1943, registered 43-48621. Sold to unknown owner with registration NC62034. Sold to
Compañía de Aviación Faucett, registered OB-PAX-224. Written off after a crash in March 1964. Dammaged beyonf repair.
Bell 47G
Announcing a sequence with helicopters in New-York area.
Already seen above at beginning of the film.
Sikorsky S-55
One of the five S-55 operated by the company.
Bell 47G-2
Registration N936B, c/n 667. Built in July 1953. Sold to Petroleum Helicopters Inc, Lafayette, LA. Bought by Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
ILS landing.
Unidentified Aircraft
Aerodynamic aircraft studies in wind tunnel.
Convair XFY Pogo (research model)
Convair XFY Pogo
Experimental VTOL Fighter. First flight in 1954.
Unidentified Aircraft Studies
Which design office does this VTOL airliner project come from? Must be found out.
Is this logo in the picture below may help? (read the discussion tab).
Fairey Delta 2
Registration WG774. First flight on 6 october 1954. World speed record holder in 1956.
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
Working meeting around the Model 188 project in a Lockheed Aircraft Corp. office.
Lockheed Model 188 (Design Model)
Presentation of the Model 188 project, future L-188 Electra. The shape of tail fin seems not matching with the definitive device.
Douglas DC-8 (Drawing)
Drawing of the DC-8 project.
Boeing 367-80 Dash 80
The Boeing 367-80, prototype of the 707, during its roll-out in May 1954.
Registration N70700, c/n 17158.
Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
De Havilland DH.106 Comet 3
Registration G-ANLO, c/n 06100. First flight 19 July 1954. A single aircraft of this variant was produced, flying testbed of the future and definitive Comet 4 version.
Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Bristol 175 Britannia 301
Registration G-ANCA, c/n 12917 built in 1956. Crashed on 6 November 1957 during a test flight out of Filton Airport.
Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Douglas DC-7C Seven Seas
Prototype of DC-7C Seven Seas.
Registration N70C, c/n 44872/643. First flight in December 1955. Sold to Panair do Brasil in June 1957, registered PP-PDO, named Bartolomeu Bueno da Silva. Crashed on approach at Recife in November 1961.
Douglas DC-7
Flight over the Golden Gate bridge after take off from San Francisco International Airport. See discussion tab (5)
Douglas DC-6B
Reminiscence of images already presented above.
De Havilland DH114 Heron 2
Vickers 700 Viscount
Douglas DC-6
Unknown airline.
On approach for landing at Aeroporto Santos Dumont (SDU) of Rio de Janeiro (SDU/SBRJ nowadays) passing by the Sugarloaf Mountain.
Curtiss-Wright C-46D-15-CU Commando
At Aeroporto Santos Dumont (SDU).
Registration PP-LDL, c/n 33467. Delivered new to the USAAF in March 1945, registered 44-78071. Bought by RFC-Reconstruction Finance Corporation in January 1946. Sold to United Aviation Services For Air in 1948, registered N1386V. Sold to Linha Aerea Transcontinentale Brasileira in April 1949, registered PP-ATI. Sold to Lóide Aéreo Nacional in January 1951, registered PP-LDL. Transferred to VARIG in February 1962. Written off at Guanabara Bay Rio de Janeiro Brazil in March 1964.
This batch of 3 aircraft are among 33 in the fleet of this company at the time.
An undetermined C-47/DC-3 is taking off the runway in the background.
Various aircraft
1 - Curtiss-Wright C-46D-15-CU Commando of Lóide Aéreo Nacional already mentioned above.
2 - Douglas C-47/DC-3 taking off in the background.
3 - Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando perhaps from TAN-Transportes Aereos Nacional, though exemples seen on the net aren't wearing this colour livery.
4 - Undetermined Douglas C-47/DC-3.
5 - Unidentified Aircraft.
Various aircraft
1 - Unidentified Aircraft.
2 - Douglas C-47/DC-3 of TAN-Transportes Aereos Nacional.
3 - Douglas C-47/DC-3 of TAN-Transportes Aereos Nacional.
4 - Douglas C-47/DC-3 taking off in the background.
Douglas DC-3-178
Registration PP-YQN, c/n 1919. Delivered new to American Airlines in February 1937, registration N17333, named 33 Flagship Chicago. Sold to PSA-Pacific Southwest Airlines in 1952. Sold to a private owner as PT-AOS. Sold to REAL-Aerovias in 1953, registered PP-YQN in 1953. Transferred to VASP after the merge in 1960, re-registered PP-SQG. Written off in March 1962.
C-47/DC-3 taking off in the background.
Various aircraft
1 - Douglas DC-3-178 of Real-Aerovias.
2 - Unidentified Saab 90 Scandia.
3 - Unidentified C-47/DC-3.
Convair 340-31
Douglas DC-6
Continuity error when touching the ground, the Convair 340 changes for a Douglas DC-6.
Douglas DC-3/C-47
Douglas DC-3/C-47
Unidentified airport.
Douglas DC-4/C-54 & Lockheed Constellation
Unidentified airport.
Convair 340-62
Landing at San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
Registration PP-YRA, c/n 189. Delivered new to REAL-Aerovias in 1954. Sold to Linjeflyg, registered SE-CCN. Sold to Trans Continental Airlines Inc. in May 1985, registered N89CF. Sold to Airtrust Limited Wilmington in January 1993. Written off in January 2018.
Douglas DC-4
Taxiing in the far background at Tokyo Haneda Airport (HND).
Douglas DC-6
De Havilland DH114 Heron 2
Another one not necessarily the same than VR-NCB seen above.
Martin 2-0-2
LAV operated 2 aircraft of the type. Note the Douglas DC-3/C-47 in the far background among 2 or 3 aircraft.
Douglas C-47-DL Skytrain
At Aeroporto Ciampino Ovest (CIA).
Registration I-LINC, c/n 9101. Delivered new to the USAAF in 1942, registered 42-32875. Sold to LAI-Linee Aeree Italiane in November 1947. Written off after a crash at Monte Giner (Italy) in December 1956.
In the background, 3x Douglas DC-6B and tail fin of 1x Convair 240-2 of LAI, far background behind a hangar is a Douglas DC-6 tail fin of Alitalia –Aerolinee Italiane Internazionali.
Boeing 377-10-29 Stratocruiser
Registration N74604, c/n 15950. Delivered new to Northwest Airlines in August 1949, named 704-S/C Detroit. Renamed later as 704-S/C New-York. Written off in 1960.
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
Registration PP-VDA, c/n 4610. Delivered new to VARIG in 1955. Written off in August 1957 after having ditched in the sea. Damaged beyond repair.
Boeing 377-10-34 Stratocruiser
Registration G-ANTX, c/n 15965. Delivered new to United Air Lines in September 1949, registered N31225, named Mainliner Hawaii. Sold to B.O.A.C in December 1954, registered G-ANTX, named RMA Cleopatra. Sold to TALOA-Transocean Air Lines in July 1959, registered N107Q.
Douglas C-47 Skytrain of the Royal Canadian Air Force taxiing in the background.
Douglas C-47 Skytrain of the Royal Canadian Air Force taxiing in the background.
Vickers 735 Viscount
Note the Douglas DC-6B of Alitalia –Aerolinee Italiane Internazionali to the right background.
Vickers 739 Viscount
Registration SU-AIE, c/n 087. Delivered new to Misrair in January 1956. Transferred after merge to United Arab Airlines in August 1960. Sold to British Eagle International Airlines in May 1965, registered G-ATDU named City of Liverpool. Leased to Air France from March 1968 to September 1968. Returned to British Eagle International Airlines. Broken up at Liverpool in April 1969.
Douglas C-54B-1-DC Skymaster
Air Liban operated 2x aircraft of the type: OD-ACA and OD-ACI.
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
Registration VH-EAA, c/n 4580. Delivered new to Qantas Empire Airways in February 1955, named Southern Sea. Converted to L-1049E in January 1958, then to L-1049G in January 1960. Wfu in 1961. Bought by Lockheed, sold to Eagle Aircraft Inc. in January 1963, registered N9714C. Leased to World Wide Airways in 1964, registered CF-PXX. Sold to International Aerodyne Inc. in May 1966, re-registered N9714C. Leased to LAER-Lineas Aeras Entre Rios between April 1967 to April 1970, registered LV-IXZ.
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
Eastern Air Lines's Douglas DC-7 behind the baby cowboy.
Douglas DC-7
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
Douglas DC-6B
To the left foreground, Vickers 735 Viscount of Iraqi Airways already listed above.
Douglas C-54B-1-DC Skymaster
Registration OD-ACI, c/n 10483. Delivered new to the USAAF in 1942, registered 42-72378. Sold to Cruzeiro do Sul in September 1946, registered PP-CCU. Bought by Frandun Corp. in August 1952, registered N227A. Leased to Seaboard & Western Airlines later in 1952. Returned to Frandun Corp. in 1953. Sold to California Eastern Airways Inc. in March 1954. Sold to Air Liban in June 1954, registered OD-ACI. Leased to Trans Mediterranean Airways in 1958. Returned to Air Liban later in 1958. Transferred to MEA-Middle East Airlines-Air Liban after merge in July 1963. Scrapped.
In the background it seems to be a Lockheed C-121 Constellation from the USAF.
Boeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser
Lockheed Constellation
Douglas DC-6
De Havilland DH114 Heron 2
VR-NCB already seen above.
Boeing 377-10-34 Stratocruiser
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
VH-EAA already seen above.
Vickers 739 Viscount
At Cairo International Airport (CAI). Might be SU-AIE again.
Canadair C-4 Argonaut
At Cairo International Airport (CAI) in 1957 or before, it can't be from any other airline than B.O.A.C-British Overseas Airways Corporation.
To the right it might be OD-ACI of Air Liban already listed above,.
Douglas DC-6
Douglas DC-3/C-47 behind it.
Unidentified airline.
Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
Registration N62**C, one aircraft among a series of 30 registered N6201C to N6230C and built from 1951 to 1954. Becomes L-1049C after N6215C delivered in November 1953.
Boeing 377-10-34 Stratocruiser
Final takeoff of the film.
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See also
- Unidentified Aircraft
- Bell 47
- Boeing 367-80
- Boeing 377 Stratocruiser
- Bristol 175 Britannia
- Canadair North Star
- Convair 240/340/440
- Convair XFY Pogo
- Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando
- De Havilland DH106 Comet
- De Havilland DH114 Heron
- Douglas B-66 Destroyer
- Douglas C-47 Skytrain
- Douglas C-54 Skymaster
- Douglas C-133 Cargomaster
- Douglas DC-3
- Douglas DC-4
- Douglas DC-6
- Douglas DC-7
- Lockheed C-121 Constellation
- Lockheed Constellation
- Martin 2-0-2
- Piper PA-18 Super Cub
- Saab 90 Scandia
- Sikorsky H-19
- Vickers Viking
- Vickers Viscount
- Aerolíneas Argentinas
- Air Ceylon
- Air France
- Air India
- Air Liban
- Alitalia
- American Airlines
- British European Airways
- British Overseas Airways Corporation
- Canadian Pacific Air Lines
- Capital Airlines
- Eastern Air Lines
- Ethiopian Airlines
- Faucett Perú
- Iberia
- Indian Airlines
- Iraqi Airways
- Japan Airlines
- KLM
- Línea Aeropostal Venezolana
- Linee Aeree Italiane
- Mexicana de Aviación
- Middle East Airlines
- Misrair
- National Airlines
- New York Airways
- Northwest Airlines
- Pakistan International Airlines
- Pan American Grace Airways
- Pan American World Airways
- Qantas
- SABENA
- Scandinavian Airlines System
- Slick Airways
- South African Airways
- Swissair
- TAP Portugal
- Trans-Canada Air Lines
- Trans World Airlines
- United Air Lines
- VARIG