The name of the type of plane in the original flight of the phoenix?

Question

1950-60's cargo plane

Answer 1

I don't know but it's a cool looking plane!

I once jumped out of a plane with a similar high wing configuration but it didn't have the twin tails.

Loved the "I've been everywhere" song too!

Answer 2

If you're talking about the plane before it "crashed" ..

it was a C119 "Flying Boxcar" or one of the

derivatives of that basic airframe.  (some models

had a single jet engine mounted on the TOP of

the plane !)

hank

Answer 3

Fairchild C-119.  More like 1940s-1950s.

The "after" airplane was a custom-built movie set piece that was just barely flyable, and its designer was killed in it.

Answer 4

The Tallmantz Phoenix P-1 was designed by Otto Timm and built by Tallmantz Aviation Inc. for the film. It had the following characteristics:

Length: 45'

Wingspan: 42'

Engine: a like-new Pratt & Whitney R-1340 nine cylinder radial engine of 650 hp, taken from a T-6, as were the wheels and various other parts.

Wings: wing panels taken from a T-11 (civilian conversion of an AT-11 which is a Beechcraft 18 type )

The apparent wing, tail, and undercarriage wire bracing was made out of clothesline, and was intentionally made to look flimsy.

The fuselage and empennage were all hand-built from scratch - plywood over a wood frame.

The cockpit was shallow and makeshift. The pilot sat down. Another person stood behind the pilot and was strapped to a stringer.

Answer 5

The original plane in the movie was a Fairchild C-119 "Flying Boxcar". The makeshift airplane at the end was designed by Paul Mantz and Frank Tallman in which Paul Mantz lost his life.