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The Flight of the Phoenix is the title of a 1964 novel by Elleston Trevor and of a 1965 film adaptation. The plot involves the crash of a plane in the middle of a desert, due to a sandstorm, and the survivors attempting to escape by making a flyable plane out of the wreckage. Image File history File links Splitsection. ... Robert Aldrich (August 9, 1918 – December 5, 1983) was a United States film director, writer and producer notable for a number of films including What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte, and The Dirty Dozen. ... Robert Aldrich (August 9, 1918 – December 5, 1983) was a United States film director, writer and producer notable for a number of films including What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte, and The Dirty Dozen. ... James Stewart is the name of: // Actors James Stewart (actor) (1908–1997), Hollywood movie star, widely known as Jimmy Stewart. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Peter Finch Peter Finch (September 28, 1916 - January 14, 1977) was an English-born actor with strong Australian connections. ... Born Franz Eberhard August Krüger, April 12, 1928 in Berlin-Wedding, Germany. ... Ernest Borgnine (born January 24, 1917) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. ... Frank De Vol (September 20, 1911 - October 27, 1999) was an American composer of film and television music. ... Joseph F. Biroc (February 12, 1903-September 7, 1996) was a highly successful film and television cinematographer. ... Fox Plaza, the company headquarters. ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... See also: 1963 in literature, other events of 1964, 1965 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Elleston Trevor was the pseudonym, and eventually legal name, of the British novelist Trevor Dudley-Smith (February 17, 1920 – 1995), who also wrote as Adam Hall and Simon Rattray, among other names. ... // Events Top grossing films North America Mary Poppins The Sound of Music, starring Julie Andrews Goldfinger My Fair Lady Whats New Pussycat? Shenandoah The Sandpiper Father Goose Academy Awards Best Picture: The Sound of Music - Argyle, Twentieth Century-Fox Best Actor: Lee Marvin - Cat Ballou Best Actress: Julie Christie... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Sandstorm can refer to: Sandstorms, a term used for dust storms in the desert. ...

The film stars James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Ernest Borgnine, Hardy Krüger, George Kennedy, Dan Duryea, Ronald Fraser and Ian Bannen (nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar) and was directed by Robert Aldrich. The 2004 remake stars Dennis Quaid, Giovanni Ribisi, Tyrese Darnell Gibson, Tony Curran, Miranda Otto and Hugh Laurie and was directed by John Moore. James Maitland Jimmy Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an iconic, Academy Award-winning American film and stage actor, best known for his homebred screen persona. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Peter Finch Peter Finch (September 28, 1916 - January 14, 1977) was an English-born actor with strong Australian connections. ... Ernest Borgnine (born January 24, 1917) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. ... Born Franz Eberhard August Krüger, April 12, 1928 in Berlin-Wedding, Germany. ... George Kennedy George Kennedy (born February 18, 1925 in New York City, New York) is an actor who has appeared in over 200 film and television productions. ... Publicity photo for Duryea Dan Duryea (born January 23, 1907, in White Plains, New York; died June 7, 1968, in Hollywood, California) was a hard-working TV and movie actor. ... Ronald Fraser, known as Ronnie, (born 11 April 1930) was a British actor who was part of the 1950s and 1960s film scene in the UK. The numerous film credits to his name include two versions of Pygmalion, Trial of the Pink Panther, the raunchy Come Play With Me, The... Ian Bannen (June 29, 1928 - November 3, 1999) was a Scottish character actor and occasional leading man. ... Robert Aldrich (August 9, 1918 – December 5, 1983) was a United States film director, writer and producer notable for a number of films including What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte, and The Dirty Dozen. ... Dennis William Quaid (born April 9, 1954) is an American actor. ... Giovanni Ribisi in Sofia Coppolas Lost in Translation Antonino Giovanni Ribisi (born December 17, 1974 in Los Angeles) is an American actor. ... Tyrese Darnell Gibson Tyrese Darnell Gibson (born December 30, 1978), often known simply as Tyrese, is an American R&B artist, actor and model. ... Tony Curran and Ross Kemp in TV series Ultimate Force Tony Curran (born 13 December 1968, in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom) is an actor. ... Miranda Otto Miranda Otto (born December 16, 1967 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian actress who has worked mainly in film. ... James Hugh Calum Laurie, widely known as Hugh Laurie, (born June 11, 1959) is an English actor, comedian and writer. ... John Moore (1970-) is a film director, producer, and writer. ...

Plot

Pilot Frank Towns (James Stewart) and navigator Lew Moran (Richard Attenborough) are ferrying a mixed bag of passengers out of the Sahara desert, among them oil workers, a couple of British soldiers and a German who was visiting his brother. An unexpected sandstorm forces the plane down, damaging it and killing a few of the men. The Sahara is the worlds second largest desert (second to Antarctica), over 9,000,000 km² (3,500,000 mi²), located in northern Africa and is 2. ...

The survivors wait for rescue, but begin to worry, as the storm had blown them far off course, away from where searchers would look for them. When they spot a party of Arabs, Captain Harris (Peter Finch) goes to ask them for help, but Sergeant Watson (Ronald Fraser) refuses to accompany him. Instead, one of the others goes with him. The next day, Towns finds their looted bodies, and the Arabs gone.

As the water begins to run out, Heinrich Dorfman (Hardy Kruger), a precise, arrogant German aeronautical engineer, proposes a radical solution. He claims they can rebuild a plane from the wreckage, using the only working engine and adding skids to take off. They set to work. Aerospace engineering is the branch of engineering that concerns aircraft, spacecraft and related topics. ...

Later, Towns finds out that Dorfman works designing model planes, not real, full-scale ones. Afraid of the effect on morale, he and Moran keep their discovery secret, though they now believe Dorfman's plan is doomed. However, they turn out to be wrong. The plane is reborn, like the mythical phoenix, does fly, with the passengers lying on the wings themselves, and carries them to safety. The phoenix from the Aberdeen Bestiary. ...

Aircraft trivia

In 2005, historian Simon Beck identified the aircraft used in the film:

• Fairchild C-82A Packet, N6887C - flying shots.
• Fairchild C-82A Packet, N4833V - outdoor location wreck.
• Fairchild C-82A Packet, N53228 - indoor studio wreck.
• Fairchild R4Q-1 Packet, BuNo. 126580 - non-flying Phoenix prop.
• Tallmantz Phoenix P-1, N93082 - flying Phoenix aircraft.
• North American O-47B, N4725V - 2nd flying Phoenix.

Stunt pilot Paul Mantz was killed during filming while flying the Phoenix P-1.^[1] The C-82 Packet was a twin-engine, twin-boom aircraft that was used briefly by the United States Army Air Forces following World War II. Developed by Fairchild, the aircraft was first flown in 1944. ... Paul Albert Mantz (1903-July 8, 1965) was a leading stunt and racing pilot of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. ...

The C-82A's were from Steward-Davies Inc. at Long Beach, CA, with the O-47B from Planes Of Fame in California. Camera-plane was B-25J Mitchell, N1042B, also used in the 1970 film Catch-22.

References

1. ^ http://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/Mantz-P1.htm

External links

• The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) at the Internet Movie Database