The Aviator (1985)

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The Aviator poster.

Movie (1985)

Starring:
Christopher Reeve (Edgar Anscombe)
Rosanna Arquette (Tillie Hansen)
Jack Warden (Moravia)
Sam Wanamaker (Bruno Hansen)

A 1920s mail pilot and a rich man's daughter crash-land on a mountain full of hungry wolves.
Note: airfield scenes were filmed at Grobnik Airfield (---/LDRG) near Rijeka, Croatia (Yugoslavia at time of filming).

De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth

Two were used as ground props but not flown.

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A mockup was used for the crash sequence.

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Boeing-Stearman Model 75

Three Stearmans were used in filming, though they are generally difficult to distinguish from each other in the footage used:
PT-17 registration G-AROY, c/n 75-4775.
PT-13D registration G-BAVN, c/n 75-5659.
PT-17 registration YU-BAI, c/n 75-3047.

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G-AROY in other movies at Frequently Seen Aircraft (Military Fixed-Wing).

Registration G-AROY can be seen in one of the cockpit shots, at far left (white plate).


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