Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes
Movie (1965)
Starring:
Stuart Whitman (Orvil Newton)
Sarah Miles (Patricia Rawnsley)
James Fox (Richard Mays)
Alberto Sordi (Count Emilio Ponticelli)
Jean-Pierre Cassel (Pierre Dubois)
Gert Fröbe (Colonel Manfred von Holstein)
In the early days of the 20th century, a British Newspaper offers a prize for the winner of a cross channel air race which brings flyers from all over the world. There are many sub-plots as the flyers jockey for position and the affections of various women.
Unidentified Aircraft
Archive footage also seen in The Story of Aviation - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Pitts Sky Car
Anachronistic picture, as this experience of vertical flight was done by American John Pitts in 1928.
Archive footage also seen in Fröhliche Zukunft! — Wünsche, Wunder und Visionen and Sonda - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Unidentified Aircraft
Archive footage also seen in Fröhliche Zukunft! — Wünsche, Wunder und Visionen and Sonda - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Etienne Oemichen Twin Rotor Aircraft
French engineer Etienne Oemichen's first attempt at vertical flight, around 1920, he built a twin-rotor helicopter that had insufficient power to fly. He solved the problem by adding a balloon to the machine.
Unidentified Aircraft
Unidentified Aircraft
Unidentified Aircraft
Archive footage also seen in Fröhliche Zukunft! — Wünsche, Wunder und Visionen - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Antoinette IV (replica)
N°8 of Richard Mays English pilot (James Fox). Replica built by Hants & Sussex Aviation.
Bristol Boxkite (replica)
N°7 The Phoenix Flyer of Orville Newton-USA pilot (Stuart Whitman). Based on Henri Farman airplane with Gnome engine. Replica built by F.G. Miles Engineering Co.
Vickers 22 Monoplane (replica)
N°2 of Count Emilio Ponticelli -Italian pilot (Alberto Sordi). Bleriot licence. The replica was built in 1960 by Douglas Bianchi London.
Unidentified Aircraft
Blackburn 1912 Monoplane
N°6 Wake up Scotland of Mac Dougall – Scottish pilot (Gordon Jackson). Genuine vintage aircraft.
Registration G-AANI, c/n 9.
Billing Tractor Biplane (replica)
N°1 of Mr.Yamamoto -Japanese pilot (Yûjirô Ishihara). The replica was built by Harold Best-Devereux.
N°11 of Colonel Manfred von Holstein-German pilot (Gert Fröbe). The replica was built by Harold Best-Devereux.
Avro Triplane Mk.IV (replica)
N°12 of Sir Percy Ware-Armitage -British pilot (Terry-Thomas). The replica was built by Hampshire Aero Club.
Santos Dumont Demoiselle No.21 (replica)
N°9 of Pierre Dubois -French pilot (Jean-Pierre Cassel). The replica was built by Personal Planes Services.
Picat Dubreuil Monoplan (replica)
N°4 HMS Victory of Lieutenant Parsons -British pilot (Jeremy Lloyd).
Deperdussin A Monoplan
Genuine vintage aircraft.
Registration G-AANH, c/n 43.
Walton Edwards Rhomboidal Biplane (replica)
N°14 of Mr.Wallace-British pilot.
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See also
- Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes at IMDb
- Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes at Wikipedia
- Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes at IMCDb