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Wings (1927) movie poster.

Movie (1927)
Also known as: Les ailes

Starring:
Clara Bow (Mary Preston)
Charles Rogers (Jack Powell)
Richard Arlen (David Armstrong)
Jobyna Ralston (Sylvia Lewis)

Two young men, one rich, one middle class, who are in love with the same woman, become fighter pilots in World War I.

Martin NBS-1

Acting as a single heavy German bomber. The dragon individual marking is this of Gotha G.Va 723/17, a German heavy bomber (with pusher propellers) shotdown over France on 5th July 1918.

But too as Allied heavy bombers.

Caquot dirigible (R type)

The First Balloon Company from Scott Field, Illinois, provided the balloons seen in the movie. They are acting as Ae 800, the german copy of the Caquot balloon.

Observer escaping the dirigible under attack.

Vought VE-7

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Shot reused for "in a mirror, darkly" (S04E18 & 19 of Star Trek: Enterprise) TV Series.

SPAD S.XIII

A modified Spad with a tank on the upper wing.

With a Thomas-Morse MB-3 at far right.

Thomas-Morse MB-3

Please note the sqare tail with a corner painted in white in order to give a shape closer to the Spad once in flight.

Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Airco DH.4

Fokker D.VII

Curtiss P-1A

How a Curtiss becomes a Fokker ? Just write it on its tail !

Aviation Minded Accessories

Flight Simulator.

Collision during dogfighting; seems to be models.

Flowers Plane to celebrate the Hero.

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 == [[:Category: SPAD S.XIII|SPAD S.XIII]] ==