The Flight of the Phoenix

DVD cover

Movie (1965)

Starring:
James Stewart (Frank Towns)
Richard Attenborough (Lew Moran)
Peter Finch (Captain Harris)
Hardy Krüger (Heinrich Dorfmann)
Ernest Borgnine (Trucker Cobb)
George Kennedy (Bellamy)

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Fairchild C-82A Packet

The C-82A Packet used for the flying scenes was in the livery of the ficticous "ArabCo" oil company but carried no visible aircraft registration numbers

The actual aircraft 'N6887C' was supplied by Steward-Davies Inc. Long Beach, California

A sandstorm is reponsible for the failure of one engine.

Tallmantz Phoenix P-1

The flying Phoenix aircraft constructed by Tallmantz and registered 'N93082'

A famous racing/stunt/movie pilot and collector of warplanes, Paul Mantz piloted the Tallmantz Phoenix P-1 during the initial flying scene, as the machine that was "made of the wreckage".

North American O-47A

The second Phoenix used for the later flying scenes. The actual aircraft's retractacted undercarrage is just visible on the underside of the wings.

Fairchild R4Q-1 Flying Boxcar

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Non flying scenes used the Flying Boxcar, the USMC C-119C variant

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See also

• The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) at IMDb
• The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) at Wikipedia
• [(url to movie at IMCDb) The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) at IMCDb]