Bobby Rose can be seen hunched under the metal bracing, with Mantz in the cockpit just forward of him. Studio still showing the airplane, probably during the first low pass of the morning. In the completed film, the "Phoenix" staggers over a sand dune to the west of the takeoff scene, a dramatic and effective shot believed shot in the same take with a camera positioned west of the main scene. Mantz made exaggerated maneuvers for the director as he climbed out, making the awkward airplane seem even more tenuous than it already was. The figures on the wings are clearly plywood cutouts to represent the passengers being carried. Mantz can be seen hunched over the controls with stuntman Bobby Rose behind him as the film shows the takeoff. Can anyone verify these identities?Īnother video capture from the film showing the scene that ended up in the film taken from the first shot done on Thursday morning. Second gentleman from the left may be Carroll Wright, a long-time Paul Mantz associate. Others possibly in the photo (verification needed) are Frank Pine (fourth from the left) and Wayne Burtt (on the ladder). He identifies himself in the photo as the third person from the left, in the leather jacket, and adds that he never went to Yuma so it's not possible the photo was taken there. However, James Rogers, a Tallmantz employee, notes that this photo was actually taken earlier, at Orange County Airport. This scan of an AP Wirephoto shows Paul Mantz and the Tallmantz crew with the "Phoenix." Newspaper captions published at the time of the accident say that this photo was taken on the Yuma ramp on the day before the accident after Mantz had successfully flown the airplane.
It remains a gripping motion picture, and better than the remake done years later. The actors are dragging it across the movie set at Buttercup Valley in the pre-takeoff scenes in the film. The engine runs and it looks like it could actually fly. (Henry Artof)Ī video capture from the film shows the ground-bound version of the "Phoenix," this one actually built from parts of a C-82. The design was such as to provide a 3/4 scale flying version of the C-82 boom constructed airplane to be used by the stranded survivors of a desert plane crash. (Scott Thompson Collection)Ī scan from the 1966-1967 "Janes All The World's Aircraft" showing the photo that went with its entry on the "Tallmantz Phoenix." The photo appears to show the completed airplane in an overall dark paint primer, on the ramp at Orange County. The center section-aft fuselage construction joint is clearly seen here, where the wood covering meets the metal skin of the center section. The "Phoenix" under construction at Orange County Airport in the spring of 1965. Aero Vintage Books: Last Flight of the Phoenix AERO VINTAGE BOOKS
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