Ripcord
Thu Feb 14, 2008 2:47 am
Another show I've only heard about... Ripcord circa 1961 was about a pair of skydivers...think Sea Hunt in the air. Wonder what their drop plane was?
Air Progress once had a special issue on air crashes which had a couple stills from this show. A Convair L-13 and a Cessna 172 (probably the drop plane; it had a little parachute logo on the fuselage) collided while filming a scene; luckily everybody bailed out ok and the collision footage was written into the episode.
old TV shows
Thu Feb 14, 2008 3:43 am
The pink Rpitide helicopter was N698, several good
pics at airliners.net
Anyone remember "Spencer's Pilots" (1976), a one
season wonder with lots of Hughes 500s and Bell 206's.
Promos featured a Catalina with red cowlings.
Simon
pics at airliners.net
Anyone remember "Spencer's Pilots" (1976), a one
season wonder with lots of Hughes 500s and Bell 206's.
Promos featured a Catalina with red cowlings.
Simon
Thu Feb 14, 2008 4:03 am
Captain Midnight-
and the SONGBIRD 2 was painted that awful mustard yellow with moose nose brown trim and white-always liked Skys 55 Chrysler wagon too-
and the SONGBIRD 2 was painted that awful mustard yellow with moose nose brown trim and white-always liked Skys 55 Chrysler wagon too-
AIRPOWER DVD
Thu Feb 14, 2008 4:37 am
Airpower is available on DVD thru Netflix
Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:24 am
ISTR they used an old C-411 with the tip tanks removed for a lot of the hangar shots.
mustangdriver wrote:Funny thing about that Cessna from Wings. It is N121PB. THat N number was always used in the show. Turns out that aircraft still flies charters from nantucket.
Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:26 am
Don't forget "Blue Thunder" & as much as TC's Hughes 500 was used in "Magnum, PI", you gotta count it.
JBoyle wrote:Whirlybirds...why I learned to fly in a Bell 47!
BTW: the Riptide helicopter was supposed to be an Army surplus H-34..but it was actually a S-58T twin turbine conversion. I believe its' still working in California doing external lift operations.
Loved Sky King's Song Bird. To me the 310B is the prettiest 310 variant.
And a show that is slightly before my time...the old Steve Canyon live action series was filmed at USAF bases and had lots of period jets. I see Milt caniff estate is selling a few DVD episodes on ebay to raise money to restore and release the entire series.
Airwolf...the Bell 222 is a beauty. I got a nice shpot of it in 1985 at the bell distribtor at Van Nuys.
!2 O'Clock High...love B-17s. And of course Black Sheep Squadron...loved the head-on shot of the Corsairs. "Tales of the Gold Monkey" had a Goose.
Though it wasn't an airplane show, the 1914-era adventure series "Bearcats!" from 1971 had a neat Standard J-1 in an episode...and it appeared in all the opening credits.
Another show I've only heard about... Ripcord circa 1961 was about a pair of skydivers...think "Sea Hunt" in the air. Wonder what their drop plane was?
Also from the early 70's...one of Tim Conway's many sitcom failures..had him and Joe Flynn (his costar in McHale's Navy) as airline operators flying a beat up twin beech. Their competitor had a new Beech 99. In the 90s, Wings had the same premise and a Cessna 402 which appeared in the opening credits of the first season or two.
Thu Feb 14, 2008 8:28 am
Hey, ISTR a short lived series in the early '70s, I think, "Spencer's Pilots". That's about all I remember tho, the title.
Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:24 am
Okay then, let's go back about 50 years to a tv show with a great white hunter that flew a SeaBee.
I think it was Lord Jim or something along those lines.
I remember the program but not the name of it.
I think it was Lord Jim or something along those lines.
I remember the program but not the name of it.
Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:29 pm
Mr Widgeon wrote:Okay then, let's go back about 50 years to a tv show with a great white hunter that flew a SeaBee.
I think it was Lord Jim or something along those lines.
I remember the program but not the name of it.
Jungle Jim?....But I'd forgotten he flew a SeaBee.
Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:46 pm
Hey wasn't there a SeaBee in one of the James Bond films?
Scott.......
Scott.......
Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:55 pm
Man with the Golden Gun. They also flew an American Motors Matador.
Don't forget Corky Fornoff flying thru the hangar in the BD-5J in Octopussy.
Don't forget Corky Fornoff flying thru the hangar in the BD-5J in Octopussy.
Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:49 pm
famvburg wrote:Don't forget "Blue Thunder" & as much as TC's Hughes 500 was used in "Magnum, PI", you gotta count it.
That show is what made me fall in love with the 500's.
Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:58 pm
I remember in one episode when his magneto went out...........
maxum96 wrote:famvburg wrote:Don't forget "Blue Thunder" & as much as TC's Hughes 500 was used in "Magnum, PI", you gotta count it.
That show is what made me fall in love with the 500's.
Thu Feb 14, 2008 2:05 pm
I worry about the magnetos in the F-4 all of the time ! 
Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:48 pm
Aw com'on guys! Can't tell me you forgot my sweet Bellanca C27 Airbus can ya?
'member when I tied the canoe on to replace that busted float? Heck I think Spinner even flew her out that time.
It all started back in 59? Come on Paddlefoot, tell 'em. It was produced by a PILOT for pete'sake.
Spinner, I told ya the nose will settle a bit right around 50.
Clutch
'member when I tied the canoe on to replace that busted float? Heck I think Spinner even flew her out that time.
It all started back in 59? Come on Paddlefoot, tell 'em. It was produced by a PILOT for pete'sake.
Spinner, I told ya the nose will settle a bit right around 50.
Clutch
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