Test Pilot
Movie (1938)
French title : Pilote d'essai
Starring:
Clark Gable (Jim Lane)
Myrna Loy (Ann Barton)
Spencer Tracy (Gunner Morris)
Lionel Barrymore (Mr Drake)
(Synopsis:)
Seversky SEV-S2
Actually registered NR70Y (or NR70V ?) but wearing NR23655.
Some shots were filmed with a replica later used again for Never So Few.
Luscombe 8
Ryan ST-A
Reg. NC16039, Ryan ST-A c/n 128.
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Douglas DC-3A-197
Reg. NC18111 Douglas DC-3A-197 of United Air Lines, c/n 1983 (built in 1935).
Wright Flyer
Northrop A-17 Nomad
Consolidated PBY Catalina
Boeing 247
Boeing 100
Reg. NR873H, one of the four civil version of the Boeing F4B-1 (itself the Navy's version of the P-12).
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Unidentified Aircraft
Looks like a Curtiss Hawk II.
Marcoux-Bromberg Special R-3
With #7, it was registered NR32727.
Keith-Rider R4 Firecracker
Reg. NX261Y and wearing N°70.
Keith-Rider R3
Reg. NR14215 with the race number 4.
Unidentified Aircraft
This racer, # 12, despite seen with the registration NR28555, is not the Luscombe 8A built in 1940 ! So what ?
Fairchild 24
This is a radial powered Fairchild 24 but I'm unable to say if it's a Fairchild 24-C8C or a Fairchild 24W.
Northrop A-17A Nomad
Beechcraft 18
In the center.
At left, a Boeing Y1B-17 Flying Fortress then a Northrop A-17; at right, probably a Douglas B-18 Bolo.
Seen at Los Angeles Metropolitan Airport (Van Nuys Airport nowadays).
Boeing Y1B-17 Flying Fortress
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).
At least six others serials are visible (52, 62, 63, 80, 81, 82).
Douglas B-18A Bolo
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