Columbo DVD cover.

Movie (1968-2003)

Starring:
Peter Falk (Columbo)
Mike Lally (2nd Bartender)
John Finnegan (Barney)
Bruce Kirby (Sergeant George Kramer)

With his rumpled raincoat, ever-present cigar, bumbling demeanour and Sherlock Holmesian powers of deduction, disarmingly polite homicide detective Lieutenant Columbo took on some of the most cunning murderers in Los Angeles, most of whom made one fatal, irrevocable mistake: underestimating his investigative genius.

Season Two

Boeing 707

Ep. 2.04 Dagger of the Mind
Arrival at London Heathrow Airport.
Boeing 707 N7??PA of Pan Am-Pan American World Airways.

Ep. 2.04 Dagger of the Mind
Left background, hidden soon. Next second we just guess the blue tail of two airliners of the BOAC.

Boeing 707-312B of MSA-Malaysia Singapore Airlines.

Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident

Ep. 2.04 Dagger of the Mind

Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident of BEA-British European Airways.

Boeing 727-14

Ep. 2.08 Double Shock
Arrival at Las Vegas. Wearing ex Pacific Southwest Airlines livery.

Season Three

Cessna 172L

Ep. 3.07 Swan Song
Registration N2853Q a Cessna 172L Skyhawk built in 1971 (c/n 17259853).

Lake LA-4 Buccaneer

Ep. 3.07 Swan Song
The nearest plane of the entrance of the hangar.

North American Navion A

Ep. 3.07 Swan Song
Reg. N8642H North American Navion (NA-145) c/n NAV-4-642 of 1947.

Cessna 150J

Ep. 3.07 Swan Song
Reg. N50814 Cessna 150J C/N 15069569 built in 1968.

Piper PA-28-140E Cherokee Cruiser

Ep. 3.07 Swan Song
Another shot sows "140E" written on the golden line.
Seconds later, from the right, we can see the cowling of a white Piper J-5 Cub Cruiser / PA-11 Cub Special.

Beechcraft T-34 Mentor

Ep. 3.07 Swan Song
Registration ends by ...88C. Note the colorful tail of the unidentified Cessan on the right.

Boeing 747-251B

Ep. 3.07 Swan Song

Boeing 747-251B of Northwest Orient Airlines.

Season Four

Republic RF-84F-5-RE Thunderflash

Ep. 4.03 By Dawn's Early Light
Republic RF-84F-5-RE s/n 51-1847.
Despite a flag of California State is behind the Commander's desk, this episode was filmed (in 1974) in South Carolina at the military college The Citadel, Charleston. The RF-84 was on display there between September 1957 and 1990. Now stored at USAF Museum in Dayton.