Danger Man (1960 TV Series)
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TV Series (1960-1961)
French title : Destination Danger
Starring:
Patrick McGoohan (John Drake)
Richard Wattis (Hardy)
Lionel Murton (Colonel Keller)
Michael Ripper (Kane)
Warren Mitchell (Banarji)
Eric Young (Ming)
John Drake was a special operative for NATO, specializing in security assignments against any subversive element that threatened world peace.
Also from this series:
Season One
Westland Widgeon
The Westland Widgeon (not the aircraft of the 1920's !) was a private venture by Westland Aircraft as an improvement on the Westland WS-51 Dragonfly by increasing the cabin capacity and replacing the Dragonfly's rotor head, blades and gearbox with the units used in the Westland Whirlwind. Only a dozen were built.
Ep. 1.02 Time to Kill.
Landing :
Takeoff :
Ep. 1.04 The Blue Veil and Ep 1.37 The Nurse.
Reg. G-APTW Westland Widgeon of Executair (a short-lived British company, 1957-1961).
Footage reused in 1962 for The Saint (TV Series) in Ep. 2.16 The Wonderful War.
Seen again during the last two minutes ...
or through a closeup on what is supposed to be a radio broadcasting the death of the king...
Boeing 707-321B
Ep. 1.03 Josetta.
Boeing 707 of Pan Am-Pan American World Airways.
Handley Page H.P.67 Hastings
Ep. 1.10 An Affair of State.
A continuity error as this landing Hastings becomes a DC-3 once the engines stopped.
Douglas DC-3
Ep. 1.10 An Affair of State.
On the left wing are : E-B but no country has just 'E' as registration prefixe (Sweden is SE and OE for Austria).
Ep. 1.13 The Prisoner.
Ep. 1.28 Sabotage.
But the cockpit is an unrealistic set where the copilot exited as if the right wall did not exist !
Unidentified Aircraft
Percival Prince
Ep. 1.16 The Island.
de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk
Ep. 1.16 The Island.
Lockheed Constellation
Ep. 1.28 Sabotage.
Models on the Wall
Director's office with three models pined on the wall.
(top to bottom) De Havilland DH.106 Comet & Lockheed Constellation ? & unidenitified four piston-powered airliner (maybe a Douglas Commercial : DC-4/6/7 ?).
Made for Movie Cabin and Cockpit
The cockpit is made using some parts from a De Havilland DH106 Comet (central console with engine controls, flywheel) but the position of the flight engineer is missing.
Percival Prentice
Still Missing
Read the Discussion tab to know which ones ...
Season Two and Others
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