The Aviator (2004)
Movie (2004)
Starring:
Leonardo DiCaprio (Howard Hughes)
Cate Blanchett (Katharine Hepburn)
Kate Beckinsale (Ava Gardner)
John C. Reilly (Noah Dietrich)
Alec Baldwin (Juan Trippe)
Alan Alda (Senator Ralph Owen Brewster)
A biopic depicting the early years of legendary director and aviator Howard Hughes' career, from the late 1920s to the mid-1940s.
Boeing Model 100
Same airplane modified as a monoplane.
Fokker D.VII
Some replicas and scale models used in flight scenes.
The black scenes of those of the Howard Hughes' movie Hell's Angels.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Zeppelin R Class
Scale model of nine meters long. Worn the code L 32 of LZ 74, a R Class Zeppelin shot down over Essex on 24 September 1916.
Same footage used in Hell's Angels (page coming soon). Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5
Some replicas and scale models used in flght scenes.
Airco DH.4
Usually named by error de Havilland DH4. Scale model from Aero Telemetry.
Sikorsky S-29A
Scale model from Aero Telemetry. Standing for a German bomber Gotha G.IV in this scene.
Sikorsky S-38
Replica made in 2000, but a static scale model from Aero Telemetry was also used in some scenes of the film.
Hughes XF-11
Scale model from Aero Telemetry.
Hughes H-1 Racer
Scale model from the Aero Telemetry team. A replica registered NX258Y, built by James Wright in 2002 was originally slated for use in the film, but was completely destroyed in August 2003, and Wright was killed in this accident.
Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar
Hughes H-4 Hercules Spruce Goose
Scale model from Aero Telemetry.
Lockheed L-049 Constellation
The L-049 Constellation, born on TWA’s requirements at the instigation of its major stockholder at this time: Howard Hughes.
Lockheed L-1049H-82 Super Constellation
Registration N6937C, c/n 4830 built in 1959. Duplicated with CGI, but this surviving Constellation owned by the National Airline History Museum in Kansas was used in filming.
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