Watched ‘The Mummy’ (with Brendan Fraser in a lead role) for the umpteenth time last night and got to wondering what the biplane that was used and eventually crashed in the film was.
Initial thoughts where of a Stampe but I’m not too sure about this…cant remember what the undercarriage bracing pattern was, or if the wing planform was straight or slightly swept back like a Tiggy.
Obviously it was highly modified for the film, with a rear gunner position complete with scarf mounted gun and a lot of surgery around the engine cowlings.
What happened to the ‘plane after the film ? was it returned to original spec ? is it still airworthy ? who did the conversion ?
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Cheers
Gary
By: paulmcmillan - 30th December 2002 at 12:25
RE: What was it ?
According to Air Britain Information Exchange..
This was Stampe SV.4 G-AWXZ which was painted as B5539 in 1999 for the film “The Mummy” and is now at Booker
By: SADSACK - 30th December 2002 at 11:51
RE: What was it ?
Is it that DH2 replica that was restored so so long ago?
By: Ant.H - 29th December 2002 at 21:33
RE: What was it ?
While we’re on the subject of mysterious movie planes,a week or two ago I watched a 1970’s film called Shout at the Devil,starring Roger Moore and Lee Marvin amongst others.Set in 1914,the plot was the discovery and sinking of a German battleship on the eve of WW1.They used some sort of ‘pusher’ biplane,summat like a DH2 or an FB5 Gunbus,but it wasn’t either of those precisely.I’d say it more closely resembled an FB5 than anything else,but the fuselage pod wasn’t anything like the right design.I’m guessing it was a kind of pastiche replica rather than something original.Anyone have any ideas what it was,when it was built,what happenned to it etc?
I’ve managed to find a promotional pic which includes the plane,although it’s pretty sketchy in terms of detail,it’s the best I can do.
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By: stringbag - 29th December 2002 at 20:25
RE: What was it ?
Could this biplane be the same one that appeared in Indiana Jones and the last Crusade being ‘dropped’ from the airship?
Mark
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December 29, 2002 at 4:38 am