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== [[:Category:Curtiss JN|Curtiss JN-4]] == | == [[:Category:Curtiss JN|Curtiss JN-4]] == | ||
− | A number of Curtiss JN-4s appear in flashback sequences depicting Lindbergh's days as a | + | A number of Curtiss JN-4s appear in flashback sequences depicting Lindbergh's days as a barnstorming pilot. |
[[Image:SSLJN4-1.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Young Lindbergh trades his motorcycle and $400 for a surplus Jenny.]] | [[Image:SSLJN4-1.jpg|thumb|500px|none|Young Lindbergh trades his motorcycle and $400 for a surplus Jenny.]] |
Revision as of 07:25, 22 September 2012
Movie (1957)
Starring:
James Stewart (Charles Lindbergh)
Murray Hamilton (Harlan A. "Bud" Gurney)
Arthur Space (Donald A. Hall)
The Spirit of St. Louis is a 1957 biographical film directed by Billy Wilder and starring James Stewart as Charles Lindbergh. The screenplay was adapted by Charles Lederer, Wendell Mayes, and Billy Wilder from Lindbergh's 1953 autobiographical account of his historic flight, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1954. Along with reminiscences of his early days in aviation, the film depicts Lindbergh's historic 33-hour transatlantic flight in the Spirit of St. Louis monoplane from his take off at Roosevelt Field to his landing at Le Bourget Field in Paris on May 21, 1927.
Ryan NYP Spirit of Saint-Louis
Three flying replicas of the NYP were made for the film, along with various static props and models.
Airco DH-4B
Lindbergh's airmail flying days are depicted in a flashback sequence in which he attempts to fly in the face of a blizzard.
Standard J-1
A number of Standard J-1s appear in flashback sequences depicting Lindbergh's days as a flight instructor and barnstorming pilot.
Curtiss JN-4
A number of Curtiss JN-4s appear in flashback sequences depicting Lindbergh's days as a barnstorming pilot.
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