On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 16:11:59 GMT,
(Corky Scott) wrote:

On 09 Mar 2004 06:58:33 GMT, (Regnirps) wrote:

(Corky Scott) wrote:

PS, both Tallman and his equally famous partner Paul Mantz died in
stunt related airplane crashes.

One clarifying point: Tallman's death wasn't directly related to
performing a stunt. IIRC, he crashed in IFR conditions while using a plane
to commute to or from a film site.

Fascinating. Perhaps you know who flew under the bridges, etc in "The Blue
Max"?

I'm sure it's here somewhere in a book on Hollywood's aviation films
but I don't know it offhand.

Got James Farmer's _Broken Wings: Hollywood's Air Crashes_. He doesn't
write much about "The Blue Max" but here's a caption on a picture from the
film:

"World War I German ace George Peppard deplanes from his Fokker DR.1
triplane replica to find the RAF had reached his field before him. An
untold number of DeHavilland Tiger Moth trainers were destroyed for the
film, the anti-war feature 'The Blue Max' (Fox 1966). It was filmed in
Ireland under the direction of aerial technical advisor Allen Wheeler.
Nine WWI-era fighter replicas were constructed for the film, including two
SE-5s, three Fokker DR.1s, two Pfalz D.IIIAs and two Fokker D.VIIs. The
remainder of the sky and field sequences and accompanying carnage were
supplied by repainted Tiger Moths and Stampes."

The pilots are listed in the DVD credits:

Derek Pigott
Ken Byrnes
Tim Clutterbuck
Pat Cranfield
Tim Healey
Peter Hillwood
Joan Hughes
Darby and Roger Kennedy
Liam Mulligan
Taffy Rich

Not sure if the "Derek Pigott" listed in the credits is the same man as the
soaring author, Derek Piggott.

The director for the aerial unit is Anthony Squire. Derek Cracknell was
listed as an assistant director, he was the AD for many of the Bond
pictures as well as "Battle of Britain."

Ron Wanttaja