Difference between revisions of "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes"
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In the early days of the 20th century, a British Newspaper offers a prize for the winner of a cross channel air race which brings flyers from all over the world. There are many sub-plots as the flyers jockey for position and the affections of various women. | In the early days of the 20th century, a British Newspaper offers a prize for the winner of a cross channel air race which brings flyers from all over the world. There are many sub-plots as the flyers jockey for position and the affections of various women. | ||
− | == [[Category:Unidentified Aircraft]] [[:Category:Unidentified Aircraft| Unidentified | + | == [[Category:Unidentified Aircraft]] [[:Category:Unidentified Aircraft| Unidentified Aviettes]] == |
− | Two different types of winged bicycles. | + | Two different types of winged bicycles (aviettes). |
[[Image: TMMITFM-winged-bicycle1.jpg|thumb|500px|none |]] | [[Image: TMMITFM-winged-bicycle1.jpg|thumb|500px|none |]] | ||
[[Image: TMMITFM-winged-bicycle2.jpg|thumb|500px|none |]] | [[Image: TMMITFM-winged-bicycle2.jpg|thumb|500px|none |]] | ||
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== [[Category:Unidentified Aircraft]] [[:Category:Unidentified Aircraft| Unidentified Aircraft]] == | == [[Category:Unidentified Aircraft]] [[:Category:Unidentified Aircraft| Unidentified Aircraft]] == | ||
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+ | == [[Category:Unidentified Aircraft]] [[:Category:Unidentified Aircraft| Unidentified Aircraft]] == | ||
+ | Three wheels variant of Pitts Sky Car ? | ||
+ | [[Image: TMMITFM-3wheels.jpg|thumb|500px|none |]] | ||
== [[:Category: Pitts Sky Car | Pitts Sky Car]] == | == [[:Category: Pitts Sky Car | Pitts Sky Car]] == | ||
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[[Image: ThoseMagnifient4.jpg |thumb|500px|none |]] | [[Image: ThoseMagnifient4.jpg |thumb|500px|none |]] | ||
− | == | + | == [[:Category: Etienne Oemichen N°7 Helicostat | Etienne Oemichen N°7 Helicostat ]] == |
French engineer Etienne Oemichen's first attempt at vertical flight, around 1920, he built a twin-rotor helicopter that had insufficient power to fly. He solved the problem by adding a balloon to the machine, named Helicostat.<br> | French engineer Etienne Oemichen's first attempt at vertical flight, around 1920, he built a twin-rotor helicopter that had insufficient power to fly. He solved the problem by adding a balloon to the machine, named Helicostat.<br> | ||
Same aircraft seen in another movie at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]]. | Same aircraft seen in another movie at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]]. | ||
[[Image: ThoseMagnifient5.jpg |thumb|500px|none | Etienne Oemichen N°7 Helicostat.]] | [[Image: ThoseMagnifient5.jpg |thumb|500px|none | Etienne Oemichen N°7 Helicostat.]] | ||
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1922. Same aircraft seen in another movie at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]]. | 1922. Same aircraft seen in another movie at [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]]. | ||
[[Image: ThoseMagnifient6.jpg|thumb|500px|none |M.Douhéret was attempting to win a prize of 20,000 $ from the french government in order to obtain a practical helicopter.]] | [[Image: ThoseMagnifient6.jpg|thumb|500px|none |M.Douhéret was attempting to win a prize of 20,000 $ from the french government in order to obtain a practical helicopter.]] | ||
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− | == [[:Category:Antoinette IV|Antoinette IV (Replica)]] == | + | == [[:Category: Antoinette IV|Antoinette IV (Replica)]] == |
N°8 of Richard Mays English pilot (James Fox). Replica built by Hants & Sussex Aviation. | N°8 of Richard Mays English pilot (James Fox). Replica built by Hants & Sussex Aviation. | ||
[[Image: I011205.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Antoinette IV.]] | [[Image: I011205.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Antoinette IV.]] | ||
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[[Image: ThoseMagnifient100.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Avro Triplane Mk.IV.]] | [[Image: ThoseMagnifient100.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Avro Triplane Mk.IV.]] | ||
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N°9 of Pierre Dubois -French pilot (Jean-Pierre Cassel). The replica was built by Personal Planes Services. | N°9 of Pierre Dubois -French pilot (Jean-Pierre Cassel). The replica was built by Personal Planes Services. | ||
[[Image: ThoseMagnifient94.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Santos Dumont Demoiselle No.21.]] | [[Image: ThoseMagnifient94.jpg|thumb|500px|none | Santos Dumont Demoiselle No.21.]] | ||
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[[Image:TMMITFM-Dixon-Nipper n1.jpg |thumb|500px|none |Dixon Nipper n°1 <i>The Little Fiddler</i>.]] | [[Image:TMMITFM-Dixon-Nipper n1.jpg |thumb|500px|none |Dixon Nipper n°1 <i>The Little Fiddler</i>.]] | ||
− | == [[:Category:Deperdussin A Monoplan|Deperdussin A Monoplan]] == | + | == [[:Category: Deperdussin A Monoplan|Deperdussin A Monoplan]] == |
Genuine vintage aircraft.<br> | Genuine vintage aircraft.<br> | ||
Registration G-AANH, c/n 43. | Registration G-AANH, c/n 43. |
Revision as of 23:19, 29 May 2014
Movie (1965)
Starring:
Stuart Whitman (Orvil Newton)
Sarah Miles (Patricia Rawnsley)
James Fox (Richard Mays)
Alberto Sordi (Count Emilio Ponticelli)
Jean-Pierre Cassel (Pierre Dubois)
Gert Fröbe (Colonel Manfred von Holstein)
In the early days of the 20th century, a British Newspaper offers a prize for the winner of a cross channel air race which brings flyers from all over the world. There are many sub-plots as the flyers jockey for position and the affections of various women.
Unidentified Aviettes
Two different types of winged bicycles (aviettes).
Unidentified Aircraft
Archive footage also seen in Master of the World and The Story of Aviation - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Unidentified Aircraft
Human glider jumping from a bridge (which one ?); this shot is displaid during a conference about aviation history at the Beijing University.
Unidentified Glider
Schulgleiter SG 38
Unidentified Aircraft
Unidentified Aircraft
Three wheels variant of Pitts Sky Car ?
Pitts Sky Car
Anachronistic picture, as this experience of vertical flight was done by American John Pitts in 1928.
Archive footage also seen in Fröhliche Zukunft! — Wünsche, Wunder und Visionen and Sonda - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Unidentified Aircraft
Archive footage also seen in Fröhliche Zukunft! — Wünsche, Wunder und Visionen and Sonda - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Etienne Oemichen N°7 Helicostat
French engineer Etienne Oemichen's first attempt at vertical flight, around 1920, he built a twin-rotor helicopter that had insufficient power to fly. He solved the problem by adding a balloon to the machine, named Helicostat.
Same aircraft seen in another movie at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Douhéret Hélicoplane
1922. Same aircraft seen in another movie at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Unidentified Aircraft
Archive footage also seen in Sonda - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Kitchen Lee Richards Annular Glider
Unidentified Aircraft
Archive footage also seen in Fröhliche Zukunft! — Wünsche, Wunder und Visionen - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Antoinette IV (Replica)
N°8 of Richard Mays English pilot (James Fox). Replica built by Hants & Sussex Aviation.
Bristol Boxkite (replica)
N°7 The Phoenix Flyer of Orville Newton-USA pilot (Stuart Whitman). Based on Henri Farman airplane with Gnome engine. Replica built by F.G. Miles Engineering Co.
Vickers 22 Monoplane (replica)
N°2 of Count Emilio Ponticelli -Italian pilot (Alberto Sordi). Bleriot licence. The replica was built in 1960 by Douglas Bianchi London.
Phillips Multiplane N°3
First plane used by the italian count Emilio Ponticelli (and first crash!).
Seen in the beginning of the movie and later in in color once craushed on a tree.
Passat Ornithopter
From a plane built in 1908 by a french living in England; historically, this plane made a single flight of 20 meters before crashing a tree and so was never running any rallye.
Lee Richards Annular Biplane
Another plane used by Count Emilio Ponticelli
Blackburn 1912 Monoplane
N°6 Wake up Scotland of Mac Dougall – Scottish pilot (Gordon Jackson). Genuine vintage aircraft.
Registration G-AANI, c/n 9.
Billing Tractor Biplane (replica)
N°1 of Mr.Yamamoto -Japanese pilot (Yûjirô Ishihara). The replica was built by Harold Best-Devereux.
N°11 of Colonel Manfred von Holstein-German pilot (Gert Fröbe). The replica was built by Harold Best-Devereux.
Avro Triplane Mk.IV (replica)
N°12 of Sir Percy Ware-Armitage -British pilot (Terry-Thomas). The replica was built by Hampshire Aero Club.
Santos-Dumont Demoiselle No.21 (replica)
N°9 of Pierre Dubois -French pilot (Jean-Pierre Cassel). The replica was built by Personal Planes Services.
Picat Dubreuil Monoplan (replica)
N°4 HMS Victory of Lieutenant Parsons -British pilot (Jeremy Lloyd).
Dixon Nipper n°1
N°5 The Little Fiddler of Harry Popperwell (Tony Hancock) is the replica of what in reality made only some short straight flights in 1911.
Deperdussin A Monoplan
Genuine vintage aircraft.
Registration G-AANH, c/n 43.
Walton Edwards Rhomboidal Biplane (replica)
N°14 of Mr.Wallace-British pilot.
César Biplane
Picture on the wall, between the head and the phone (just after the intermission).
This Belgian living in France built in 1910 this 100 cubic meters balloon with a double biplane. Powered by a 4 cylinder of 50 CV Prini-Berthaud.
English Electric Lightning
Fictional Shape
Night and fog on an undisclosed location.
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See also
- Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes at IMDb
- Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes at Wikipedia
- Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes at IMCDb