Amelia

Amelia movie poster.

Movie (2009)

Starring:
Hilary Swank (Amelia Earhart)
Richard Gere (George Putnam)
Ewan McGregor (Gene Vidal)
Christopher Eccleston (Fred Noonan)
Joe Anderson (Bill Stultz)
Cherry Jones (Eleanor Roosevelt)

A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.

Lockheed L-12A Electra Junior

Reg. N2072 Lockheed L-12A Electra Junior c/n 1208, stands in for NR16020, Amelia Earhart's Lockheed L-10E Electra (same footage used again from 1h21).

Note the Gonio antenna on top the cockpit.

Note each wheel is mounted on the end of a hook at the end of the landing strut. Amelia's L10E Electra had the wheels mounted between forks at the end of the landing struts.

Reg. F-AZLL (feat. NR16020) Lockheed L-12A Electra Junior, acting as Amelia Earhart's NR16020 Lockheed L-10E Electra.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Note the missing Gonio antenna.

Registration F-AZLL visible under the horizontal stabilizer.

Lockheed L-12A Electra Junior

Registration N16085, c/n 1214, featuring NR16020 Lockheed L-10E Electra of Amelia Earhart. Non flying condition, only used in ground scenes and CGI scenes in the accident.

Reg. N16085 (feat. NR16020) Lockheed L-12A Electra Junior.

Douglas C-47A-1-DK

Reg. ZS-BXF Douglas C-47A-1-DK c/n 12107, ex USAAF s/n 42-92320 ex RAF FZ 572 ex SAAF 6821 then ZS-BXF (christened Klapperkop).

Morane-Saulnier L Parasol (replica)

Reg. N323SS Morane Saulnier L parasol, replica built in 2007.

Reg.N323SS (replica) Morane-Saulnier L Parasol.

Bücker Bü 131-E-2000 Jungmann

Registration C-FLAE, c/n E3B 439.
Pretending first flight practice of Amelia Earhart, but it’s anachronistic as the Bü131 was launched in 1934. Acting for the yellow Kinner Airster she bought in 1921.

Reg. C-FLAE Bücker Bü131-E-2000 Jungmann.

Ryan NYP Spirit of Saint-Louis

Same aircraft seen in another movie at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Reg. NX211 model of Ryan NYP Spirit of Saint-Louis.

Fokker F.VIIb/3M (replica)

Non flying replica of NX4204, CGI in flying scenes.

Reg. NX4204 (replica) Fokker F.VII/3M.

Fokker F.VIIb/3M

Registration NX4204, c/n 5028.
Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Reg. NX4204 Fokker F.VII/3M.

Pitcairn-Cierva PCA-2 Autogyro

Reg. N760W Pitcairn-Cierva PCA-2 Autogyro.

Another one seen during the credits.

De Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth

De Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth (?)6053 with another one blue and yellow in the background.

Fake registration N953Y.

De Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth.

(18 August 1929) Women's Air Derby / Cleveland National Air Races (27 August)

Along gas balloons, a line-up with these aircrafts :
1 - C-FLAE Bücker Bü 131-E-2000 Jungmann;
2 - Waco YMF;
3 - C-FDAF Fleet Finch model R c/n 92319;
4 - (maybe) C-GMTH De Havilland DH82C Tiger Moth;
5 - (maybe) C-FPHZ Thruxton Jackaroo (De Havilland DH82A Tiger Moth with a four-seat closed cockpit conversion; former registration : N6924 G-APHZ);
6 - CF-GKY Beechcraft 17 Staggerwing;
(unidentified aircraft guessed between 6 & 7 when camera is chasing the Bücker);
7 - CF-AAJ de Havilland DH60M c/n 757;
8 - CF-BPM Waco ATO c/n A-65 (from Vintage Wings of Canada);
9 - CF-CAJ Stinson V77 Reliant c/n 77-166 (owned by the Toronto Aerospace Museum).
This last aircraft seen in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Mix of two screenshots (the right one seen one minute before the left one) with (from front to rear) aircraft 7 - 8 - 9 :

Beechcraft Model D17S Staggerwing

Reg. CF-GKY red Beechcraft D17S Staggerwing.

Hidden by the engine inspection on C-FPHZ.

Waco ATO

Reg. CF-BPM black and red Waco ATO c/n A-65.

Amelia is starting the Waco ATO and will cut the finish lane at the third place... but in 1929, she was at the controls of a Lockheed Vega monoplane!

Fleet 2

Archive footage of the Australian Jessie Keith-Miller competitor.

Fleet 2.

Golden Eagle Chief 522

Archive footage of Evelyn Bobby Trout’s aircraft N°100.

Golden Eagle Chief 522.

Curtiss JN

Wearing 189 on top right wing, a Curtiss JN in an action close to this seen on La marche or Espoir, sierra de Teruel but a close study underlines some differences. Evocating Marvel Crosson's crash (on day two) in the Arizona desert.