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This page displays a record of specific aircraft that have been identified in 2 or more productions featured on The Internet Movie Plane Database.

It is quite common for some aircraft to be seen regularly in various productions, as their main role is being used as production aircraft. In other cases certain archive footage may be reused or in rare cases they appear just by coincidence.

Lighter-Than-Air

Registration(s)	Aircraft Type	Serial No.	Productions, Comments
D-LZ127	Zeppelin LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin		A Look Forward America in Color S2E5 American Royalty Mysteres d'archives: 1937 crash du Hindenburg The Conquest of the Air The Hindenburg The Story of Aviation
D-LZ129	Zeppelin LZ 129 Hindenburg		A Decade to Remember: The 1930's Berlin '36 Cavalcade of Aviation Hindenburg (TV Movie 2011) (CGI) Jackboots on Whitehall Mysteres d'archives: 1937 crash du Hindenburg Race (2016) (CGI) The Conquest of the Air The Hindenburg (crash scene; otherwise, it's a model) The Last of the Secret Agents? The Rocketeer (Newsreel footage) The Story of Aviation
L32	Zeppelin R Class	LZ 74	Hell's Angels The Aviator (model 1:200) Wings of Russia (DVD01)
	Zeppelin LZ 10 Schwaben	LZ 10	Les faucheurs de marguerites Ep. 5 The Hindenburg The Story of Aviation
N1	Nobile N-1 Norge		Filmavisen Krasnaya palatka Norsk Films revy Titina
N4A Columbia	Goodyear GZ-20		Black Sunday Cloud Dancer Raise the Titanic
N4A Mayflower	Goodyear GZ-19 -> GZ-19A		Birds Do It Help!
N10A America	Goodyear GZ-20	4117	2001: A Space Travesty Cloud Dancer
USS Akron	Goodyear Zeppelin ZRS-4 USS Akron		A Decade to Remember: The 1930's Cavalcade of Aviation
Roma	Nobile Model T-34 Roma		Encounter With Disaster Krasnaya palatka
	Caquot Dirigible Derivative		A Look Forward Résistances Ep. 2 TOURNANTS
	Observation Balloon – Germany 1914-1916		Aviateurs, 75 ans d'aventures Les avions de la première guerre mondiale 1914-1916 Wings of Russia (DVD01)
	Zeppelin LZ 16 Z IV		Aviateurs, 75 ans d'aventures Monty Python's Flying Circus
	(LZ126) USS Los Angeles	ZR-3	Dirigible Paris en 5 jours The Hindenburg
	Zodiac XII Spiess		Les avions de la première guerre mondiale 1914-1916 The Hindenburg

Rockets, Missiles & Space Vehicules (Capsules, Shuttles, etc...)

Registration(s)	Aircraft Type	Serial No.	Productions, Comments
	Arianespace Ariane 5 (1:1 scale model)		1914-2014 Le Bourget terre d'envol Du premier looping au Grand Chelem . Un siècle de voltige aérienne Legends of Flight
	Boeing-Douglas-North American Saturn V Apollo 11		Apollo 11 (2019) Capricorn One Mystères d'archives (TV Series) Saison One, Episode Ten. Space Warriors The Story of Aviation Transformers: Dark of the Moon When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions
	Chrysler Juno II	AM-16	7 Days in Hell Poliziotto superpiù Unfrosted When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions
	Gemini SC6 Gemini SC7		Roberto Carlos em Ritmo de Aventura Space Race When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions
	Grumman Lunar Module		Apollo 18 (image flipped from the others movies). Mystères d'archives (TV Series) Saison One, Episode Ten. Space Race Space Warriors When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions
OV-099	Rockwell Space Shuttle Challenger	OV-099	Lucy in the Sky Shinboru Space Warriors When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions Ep. 5 : The Shuttle
OV-101	Rockwell Space Shuttle Enterprise	OV-101	Deep Impact Hangar 18 Starflight One That Was the Year: 1977 That Was the Year: 1978 The Story of Aviation Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions
OV-102	Rockwell Space Shuttle Columbia	OV-102	A Million Miles Away (model) Airplane II: The Sequel (poster) Cowboy Bebop‎ Ep. 19 (animated) October Sky The X-Files Ep. 1.08 When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions
OV-103	Rockwell Space Shuttle Discovery	OV-103	A Million Miles Away The X-Files Ep. 1.08 Transformers: Dark of the Moon When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions
OV-104	Rockwell Space Shuttle Atlantis	OV-104	A Million Miles Away Armageddon Deep Impact Space Warriors The Strokes: Hard to Explain
OV-105	Rockwell Space Shuttle Endeavour	OV-105	The Core When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions

Gliders

Registration(s)	Aircraft Type	Productions, Comments
D-UDET	Schleicher Rhönbussard	The Conquest of the Air Wunder des Fliegens
GA chalked	Airspeed AS.51 Horsa I	The Last Drop (2005) Theirs Is The Glory
	Otto Lilienthal Segelflugzeug N°3	Die ersten Fliegerinnen - Zwischen Triumph und Tragödie Dver, otkrytaya v nebo Lillys butikk The Story of Aviation
	Taylor McDaniel inflatable rubber glider	2001: A Space Travesty Dver, otkrytaya v nebo Master of the World Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes

Human Powered Flight / Ornithopter

Designer/Flyer	Image	Productions, Comments
Gerhardt Cycleplane		2001: A Space Travesty Airplane! And Now for Something Completely Different Die ersten Fliegerinnen - Zwischen Triumph und Tragödie Encounter With Disaster Fröhliche Zukunft! — Wünsche, Wunder und Visionen Lillys butikk Master of the World MythBusters 2008 Season. Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes
		2001: A Space Travesty Die ersten Fliegerinnen - Zwischen Triumph und Tragödie Encounter With Disaster Fröhliche Zukunft! — Wünsche, Wunder und Visionen Lillys butikk Master of the World Sonda Ep. 196 Pteron The History of the Helicopter The Plane That Changed The World Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes
		2001: A Space Travesty Encounter With Disaster La guerre des as (part 1) Master of the World Roland Garros : l'embrasseur de nuages Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes
		Dver, otkrytaya v nebo Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes
		Dver, otkrytaya v nebo Fröhliche Zukunft! — Wünsche, Wunder und Visionen
		A Look Forward Encounter With Disaster Fröhliche Zukunft! — Wünsche, Wunder und Visionen Master of the World Roland Garros : l'embrasseur de nuages The Story of Aviation
		La guerre des as (part 1) Roland Garros : l'embrasseur de nuages The Story of Aviation
		Encounter With Disaster Master of the World The Story of Aviation
		Cavalcade of Aviation Lucy
		La guerre des as Sonda Ep. 196 Pteron

Hovercraft

Registration(s)	Aircraft Type	Serial No.	Image	Productions, Comments
GH-2005	British Hovercraft Corporation SR.N4 Mk II			Hopscotch La gifle

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