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[[Image: MPW-29912.jpg|thumb|right|350px|none | <i> Top of the World </i> movie poster.]] | [[Image: MPW-29912.jpg|thumb|right|350px|none | <i> Top of the World </i> movie poster.]] | ||
<b> Movie (1955)</b><br> | <b> Movie (1955)</b><br> | ||
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<b>Starring:</b><br> | <b>Starring:</b><br> | ||
Dale Robertson (Major Lee Gannon) | Dale Robertson (Major Lee Gannon)<br> | ||
Frank Lovejoy (Major Brad Cantrell) | Frank Lovejoy (Major Brad Cantrell)<br> | ||
Nancy Gates (Lt. Mary Ross) | Nancy Gates (Lt. Mary Ross)<br> | ||
Evelyn Keyes (Virgie Rayne) | Evelyn Keyes (Virgie Rayne)<br> | ||
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The commander of a hotshot (but aging) pilot decides he doesn't have the reflexes for flying jets, and sends him to support a scientific effort in the Arctic. | The commander of a hotshot (but aging) pilot decides he doesn't have the reflexes for flying jets, and sends him to support a scientific effort in the Arctic. | ||
== | == [[:Category: Cessna 190/195| Cessna LC-126R]] == | ||
Military version of the Cessna 195 on skis: Shows it landing in an open field and taking off again, with the pilot rocking the elevators and rudders to keep the skis from sticking. | Military version of the Cessna 195 on skis: Shows it landing in an open field and taking off again, with the pilot rocking the elevators and rudders to keep the skis from sticking.<br> | ||
Registration 91953, c/n 49-1953. Same aircraft seen in other movies - [[IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft]]. | |||
[[Image: Lc126tow.jpg |thumb|500px|none| Reg. 91953 Cessna LC-126R of the USAF-Air Rescue Service.]] | |||
== | == [[:Category: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress| Boeing SB-17G Flying Fortress]] == | ||
Arctic SAR versions of the B-17. "Cockpit" scenes appear to be using a C-47.<br> | |||
Registration 483595, c/n 44-83595. | |||
[[Image: Sb17tow.jpg |thumb|500px|none| Reg. 483595 Boeing SB-17G Flying Fortress of the USAF-Air Research Squadron.]] | |||
== | == [[:Category: North American F-82 Twin Mustang|North American F-82H Twin Mustang]] == | ||
Several scenes on the ground, taxiing, takeoff, inflight, and landing. | |||
[[Image: F82tow.jpg |thumb|500px|none| North American F-82H Twin Mustang of the USAF.]] | |||
== [[:Category: Convair B- | == Waco G-15A == | ||
Scenes taking off, on tow, and landing. Aircraft is in Arctic colors.<br> | |||
Registration AR451, c/n 45-5451. CG-15A redisignated C-15A in 1948, development of the former CG-4A. | |||
[[Image: Waco.jpg |thumb|500px|none| Reg. AR451 Waco G-15A of the USAF-Air Rescue Service.]] | |||
== [[:Category: Douglas C-47 Skytrain| Douglas C-47B Skytrain]] == | |||
Scenes of several C-47s in Arctic paint, including the landing of a ski-equipped example.<br> | |||
Registration 5894, c/n 45-894. | |||
[[Image: C47tow.jpg |thumb|500px|none| Reg. 5894 Douglas C-47B Skytrain of the USAF-Air Rescue Service.]] | |||
== [[:Category: Convair B-36 Peacemaker| Convair B-36C Peacemaker]] == | |||
Movie ends with ground footage of flyby by formation of early B-36s (no jet engines). | |||
[[Image: B36ctow.jpg |thumb|500px|none| Convair B-36C Peacemaker.]] | |||
{{Footnote}} | {{Footnote}} | ||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048735/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3 Top of the World at | * [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048735/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3 Top of the World at IMDb] | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_of_the_World_(1955_film) Top of the World (1955) at Wikipedia] | |||
[[Category: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]] | [[Category: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress]] | ||
[[Category: Cessna 190/195]] | [[Category: Cessna 190/195]] | ||
[[Category: Convair B- | [[Category: Convair B-36 Peacemaker]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category: Douglas C-47 Skytrain]] | ||
[[Category: North American F-82 Twin Mustang]] | |||
Latest revision as of 06:40, 30 June 2019
Movie (1955)
Starring:
Dale Robertson (Major Lee Gannon)
Frank Lovejoy (Major Brad Cantrell)
Nancy Gates (Lt. Mary Ross)
Evelyn Keyes (Virgie Rayne)
The commander of a hotshot (but aging) pilot decides he doesn't have the reflexes for flying jets, and sends him to support a scientific effort in the Arctic.
Cessna LC-126R
Military version of the Cessna 195 on skis: Shows it landing in an open field and taking off again, with the pilot rocking the elevators and rudders to keep the skis from sticking.
Registration 91953, c/n 49-1953. Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.
Boeing SB-17G Flying Fortress
Arctic SAR versions of the B-17. "Cockpit" scenes appear to be using a C-47.
Registration 483595, c/n 44-83595.
North American F-82H Twin Mustang
Several scenes on the ground, taxiing, takeoff, inflight, and landing.
Waco G-15A
Scenes taking off, on tow, and landing. Aircraft is in Arctic colors.
Registration AR451, c/n 45-5451. CG-15A redisignated C-15A in 1948, development of the former CG-4A.
Douglas C-47B Skytrain
Scenes of several C-47s in Arctic paint, including the landing of a ski-equipped example.
Registration 5894, c/n 45-894.
Convair B-36C Peacemaker
Movie ends with ground footage of flyby by formation of early B-36s (no jet engines).
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