Race for the Yankee Zephyr
Movie (1981)
French title: Les bourlingueurs
Starring:
Ken Wahl (Barney)
Lesley Ann Warren (Sally Gibson)
Donald Pleasence (Gilbert "Gibbie" Gibson)
George Peppard (Theo Brown)
A drunken deer hunter, his pilot colleague and his daughter compete with a treasure hunter to reach a lake in New Zealand and uncover a WWII-era plane wreck carrying a fortune in gold.
Douglas C-47A-20-DK Skytrain
Registration ZK-BEU, c/n 13099. Painted as the Yankee Zephyr for the film, with fictional serial 1-7689.
The airframe was also used for the wreckage in the lake, was scrapped after filming, with only the nose preserved.
Unidentified Aircraft
A taildragger aircraft fitted with ski but not a liaison aircraft of the World War 2. Maybe a Beagle Terrier ?
Hughes 500D
Reg. ZK-HMB, c/n 29-0460D.
Hughes 500C (369HS)
The Hughes 500C is chasing the former Hughes 500D. Registration ZK-HKM, c/n 46-0811S.
Hughes 269C
Reg. ZK-HHQ, c/n 113-0258.
Cessna U206G Stationair
Reg. ZK-EFI, c/n U20603525.
Bell 206B JetRanger III
Reg. ZK-HSA, c/n 3092. Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rotary-Wing).
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