The Aviator (1985)
Movie (1985)
Starring:
Christopher Reeve (Edgar Anscombe)
Rosanna Arquette (Tillie Hansen)
Jack Warden (Moravia)
Sam Wanamaker (Bruno Hansen)
A 1920s mail pilot and a rich man's daughter crash-land on a mountain full of hungry wolves.
Note: airfield scenes were filmed at Grobnik Airfield (---/LDRG) near Rijeka, Croatia (Yugoslavia at time of filming).
De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth
Two were used as ground props but not flown.
A mockup was used for the crash sequence.
Boeing-Stearman Model 75
Three Stearmans were used in filming, though they are generally difficult to distinguish from each other in the footage used:
PT-17 registration G-AROY, c/n 75-4775.
PT-13D registration G-BAVN, c/n 75-5659.
PT-17 registration YU-BAI, c/n 75-3047.
G-AROY in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).
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