Wings to Viking Land
Documentary (1953)
Production:
Harry L.Coleman(Director and Photographer)
Robert Hertzberg (Script)
Jean Oser (Editor)
Everett Hall (Assistant Photographer)
Harry Glass (Music Editor)
Lee Vines (Narrator)
Also from this series:
Pan Am's Wings to series
The film follows an American couple Mary and John Ericsson venture across the Atlantic on a Pan Am Boeing 377 Double-Decker Stratocruiser to visit relatives and tour around Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.
Boeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser
Lockheed Constellation of PAA in the background left.
Boeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser
Registration N1031V, c/n 15931. Delivered new to PAA-Pan American World Airways in 1949. Named Clipper Mayflower, then Clipper Donald McKay. Sold to RANSA in April 1961, registered YV-C-ERH, named Princess Everetta Maria II. Broken up in July 1969 at Miami International ( KMIA/MIA).
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Boeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser
Continuity error with previous aircraft, change of registration:
Registration N1041V, c/n 15941. Delivered new to PAA-Pan American World Airways in November 1949. Named Clipper Yankee, then Clipper Northern Light. Wfu in 1960.
Same aircraft's archive in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Douglas DC-6B
When arriving to Sweden, the plane changes to a Douglas DC-6.
Registration N6532C, c/n 43532/263. Delivered new to PAA-Pan American World Airways in August 1952. Named Clipper Aurora. Leased to Eastern Air Lines in 1955. Returned to PAA in 1956. Leased to Capital Airlines in February 1960. Returned to PAA in May 1961. Sold to Dominicana de Aviación in March 1964, registered HI-92. Converted Freighter in 1975. Wfu in 1982 at Las Américas International Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (MDSD/SDQ).
Landing at Stockholm-Bromma Airport. See discussion tab
Douglas DC-6B
Another continuity error on the tarmac, new number:
Registration N6534C, c/n 43534/265. Delivered new to PAA-Pan American World Airways in September 1952. Named Clipper Carib, renamed later Clipper Stuttgart. Sold to FAP Força Aérea Portuguesa in April 1961, registered 6708. Leased to Sociedade Açoreana de Transportes Aéreos between July and November 1976. Registered CS-TAJ. Returned to FAP as 6708. Wfu at Alverca Portugal in July 1978.
Lockheed L-049 Constellation
Figures the journey from Oslo to Copenhagen.
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