The Adventurer

The Adventurer DVD cover.

TV Series (1972-1973)
French title : L'aventurier
German title : Gene Bradley in geheimer Mission
Italian title : L'avventuriero

Starring:
Gene Barry (Gene Bradley)
Barry Morse (Mr. Parminter)
Catherine Schell (Diane Marsh)
Garrick Hagon (Gavin Jones)

Basically an updating of Gene Barry's "Amos Burke, Secret Agent" character, Gene Bradley is a wealthy government agent, who, posing as an American movie star, travels the globe in search of adventure, intrigue and danger.

Sud Aviation 3130 Alouette II

Reg. F-BLYQ Sud Aviation 3130 Alouette II c/n 1109.
Few data or picture about her : built (before or ?) in 1966 and known as having an unidentified accident in May 1972.
Same helicopter in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Rotary-Wing).
Ep. 02 Poor Little Rich Girl.

Ep. 05 Return to Sender.

Schleicher ASK 13

Ep. 06 Counterstrike.

Ending as a jet glider !

Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub

Ep. 06 Counterstrike.
Reg. D-ATRG Piper PA-18-150 Super Cub not found among databases. A British G-ATRG is found but it's a PA-11 Cub Special.

Hawker Siddeley HS.125 Series 400B

Ep. 07 Love Always, Magda.

Footage used again in Episodes 15 and 20 and 25!

Ep. 15 I'll Get There Sometime.
Reg. G-AYOJ Hawker Siddeley HS-125-400B c/n 25246 delivered to Hatfield (HTF/ EGTH), UK - England on 2 September 1971 for use as a demonstrator. Modified to Series 403B and delivered to IBRU Group at Chester on 4 April 1978.

Footage used again in Ep. 20 Double Exposure.

Ep. 25 Somebody Doesn't Like Me.

Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident

Ep. 09 Deadlock.

Boeing 747-121

Ep. 09 Deadlock.
Boeing 747-121 of Pan Am-Pan American World Airways.

Sud Aviation SA 313B Alouette II

Ep. 10 Has Anyone Here Seen Kelly?

Sud Aviation SE 210 Caravelle VI-R & Douglas DC-8 & Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident 1C

Ep. 10 Has Anyone Here Seen Kelly?
(left to right) Nice mix of Swissair (DC-8), BEA-British European Airways (Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 1C) and Iberia (SE Caravelle VI-R) airliners.

Convair 990A Coronado

Ep. 10 Has Anyone Here Seen Kelly?
Swissair used two Convair 880 and eight Convair 990. Here we see the subtype 990A Coronado (written on the tail fin).
Same aircraft's footage in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing) seen at Aéroport International de Genève/Aéroport de Genève-Cointrin (GVA/LSGG).
Panoramic footage reused from The Saint (TV Series) season 5.

Convair 440

Ep. 10 Has Anyone Here Seen Kelly?
Convair 440 of Swissair seen during the panoramic view.

Bristol 175 Britannia 312

Ep. 10 Has Anyone Here Seen Kelly?
Bristol 175 Britannia 312 of Monarch Airlines.

BAC 111-517FE One-Eleven

Ep. 10 Has Anyone Here Seen Kelly?
BAC 111-517FE One-Eleven of Court Line.

Hawker Siddeley HS.125

Ep. 10 Has Anyone Here Seen Kelly?
Seems registred G-ANLF but it correspond to a Douglas C-47 of 1942...

Fokker F27 Friendship & Douglas DC-3

Ep. 15 I'll Get There Sometime.
Supposedly set in Sydney, Australia (please read the Discussion tab).

Boeing 707

Ep. 15 I'll Get There Sometime.

Hawker Siddeley HS.125 Series 1

Ep. 18 The Not-So Merry Widow.
Reg. G-ASEC the fourth Hawker Siddeley HS.125 Srs.1, c/n 25004 as seen in 1963. Re-engined with Viper 521's in 1969, which went on to be registered as G-FIVE, and was finally Withdrawn From Use (WFU) in 1985.
Same aircraft in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).

Boeing 707

Ep. 18 The Not-So Merry Widow.
Wing of a Boeing 707 showing the extrados vortex generator between the two Pratt & Whitney JT3 engines. This footage is a travelling showing first its front landing gear facing a Douglas DC-8.

Dassault Falcon 20

Ep. 20 Double Exposure.

McDonnell Douglas DC-9

Ep. 20 Double Exposure.
A McDonnell Douglas DC-9 in front of the building under construction.
(center) What seems to be a quadrijet; maybe a Douglas DC-8 or a Boeing 707...

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 & Boeing 707-321 & Boeing 747 & Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident

Ep. 20 Double Exposure.
Luchthaven Schiphol. From left to right, a DC-9 from KLM, and from Swissair (foreground), a Boeing 747 (far background), a Boeing 707 from Pan Am and fuselage nose of Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident of BEA on the right.

Various aircraft at Amsterdam's Luchthaven Schiphol.

Hughes 269

Ep. 20 Double Exposure.
Registration PH-NPL Hughes 269 c/n 90-0044 of Schreiner Airways.

Boeing 747-121

Ep. 23 Make It a Million.
Boeing 747-121 of Pan Am-Pan American World Airways.

Lockheed Constellation (desk model)

Ep. 23 Make It a Million.
A Swissair poster showing the port engines of a Douglas DC-8. Face to the camera, the desk model of a Lockheed Constellation. On the left edge another model (B.O.A.C. Boeing 707 ?).

Hawker Siddeley Harrier G.R.1 (desk model)

Ep. 23 Make It a Million.

Fictional Airliner Air One 90

Ep. 23 Make It a Million.
Air One 90 will "not required an airfield despite one hundred passengers".
Loosely a Concorde fitted with horizontal stabilizer, two additional tails and other various devices above engine and rear fuselage.

Bell 47G-5A

Ep. 24 Icons Are Forever.
Registration G-AZVX Bell 47G-5A c/n 25085.

Piper PA28R-200 Cherokee Arrow II

Ep. 25 Somebody Doesn't Like Me.

Piper PA-22-108 Tri-Pacer

Ep. 25 Somebody Doesn't Like Me.
Reg. G-ARSW 1961 Piper PA-22-108 Colt c/n 22-8858.

Cessna 175A Skylark

Ep. 25 Somebody Doesn't Like Me.
Reg. G-ARFG Cessna 175A Skylark c/n 56505 built in 1960. Numerous owners through decades but still with the same registration until exported to Russia in 2018.
(right edge) Unidentified type and registration G-AZT?.

Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident & Boeing 707-420

Ep. 25 Somebody Doesn't Like Me.
The Rolls-Royce Conway 508 turbofan of a Boeing 707-420 in front of a Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident.

Hawker Siddeley HS.121 Trident

Ep. 25 Somebody Doesn't Like Me.
In the background, a batch of airliners at London Heathrow Airport very likely. One of them is actually a Trident, probably from BEA-British European Airways.

Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six

Ep. 25 Somebody Doesn't Like Me.
Reg. G-BAHV Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six c/n 32-7240118.

Reg. G-BAGG Piper PA-32-300 Cherokee Six c/n 32-7340186.

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See also

• Talk:The Adventurer for some additional aviation subject or 'lost' footage.
• The Adventurer at IMDb
• The Adventurer at Wikipedia
• The Adventurer at IMCDb