Amelia movie poster.
Movie (2009)
Starring:
Hilary Swank (Amelia Earhart)
Richard Gere (George Putnam)
Ewan McGregor (Gene Vidal)
Christopher Eccleston (Fred Noonan)
Joe Anderson (Bill Stultz)
Cherry Jones (Eleanor Roosevelt)
A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the Pacific Ocean in 1937 in an attempt to make a flight around the world.
Lockheed L-12A Electra Junior[]
Reg. N2072 Lockheed L-12A Electra Junior c/n 1208, stands in for NR16020, Amelia Earhart's Lockheed L-10E Electra (same footage used again from 1h21).
Note the Gonio antenna on top the cockpit.
Note each wheel is mounted on the end of a hook at the end of the landing strut. Amelia's L10E Electra had the wheels mounted between forks at the end of the landing struts.
Lockheed L-12A Electra Junior[]
Reg. F-AZLL (feat. NR16020) Lockheed L-12A Electra Junior, acting as Amelia Earhart's NR16020 Lockheed L-10E Electra.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Note the missing Gonio antenna.
Registration F-AZLL visible under the horizontal stabilizer.
Lockheed L-12A Electra Junior[]
Registration N16085, c/n 1214, featuring NR16020 Lockheed L-10E Electra of Amelia Earhart. Non flying condition, only used in ground scenes and CGI scenes in the accident.
Reg. N16085 (feat. NR16020) Lockheed L-12A Electra Junior.
Reg. N16085 (feat. NR16020) Lockheed L-12A Electra Junior.
Reg. N16085 (feat. NR16020) Lockheed L-12A Electra Junior.
Reg. N16085 (feat. NR16020) Lockheed L-12A Electra Junior.
Douglas C-47A-1-DK[]
Reg. ZS-BXF Douglas C-47A-1-DK c/n 12107, ex USAAF s/n 42-92320 ex RAF FZ 572 ex SAAF 6821 then ZS-BXF (christened Klapperkop).
Morane-Saulnier L Parasol (replica)[]
Reg. N323SS Morane Saulnier L parasol, replica built in 2007.
Reg.N323SS (replica) Morane-Saulnier L Parasol.
Bücker Bü 131-E-2000 Jungmann[]
Registration C-FLAE, c/n E3B 439.
Pretending first flight practice of Amelia Earhart, but it’s anachronistic as the Bü131 was launched in 1934. Acting for the yellow Kinner Airster she bought in 1921.
Reg. C-FLAE Bücker Bü131-E-2000 Jungmann.
Reg. C-FLAE Bücker Bü131-E-2000 Jungmann.
Reg. C-FLAE Bücker Bü131-E-2000 Jungmann.
Ryan NYP Spirit of Saint-Louis[]
Same aircraft seen in another movie at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Reg. NX211 model of Ryan NYP Spirit of Saint-Louis.
Reg. NX211 model of Ryan NYP Spirit of Saint-Louis.
Fokker F.VIIb/3M (replica) []
Non flying replica of NX4204, CGI in flying scenes.
Reg. NX4204 (replica) Fokker F.VII/3M.
Reg. NX4204 (replica) Fokker F.VII/3M.
Reg. NX4204 (replica) Fokker F.VII/3M.
Reg. NX4204 (replica) Fokker F.VII/3M.
Reg. NX4204 (replica) Fokker F.VII/3M.
Fokker F.VIIb/3M[]
Registration NX4204, c/n 5028.
Same aircraft seen in other movies - IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Reg. NX4204 Fokker F.VII/3M.
Reg. NX4204 Fokker F.VII/3M.
Pitcairn-Cierva PCA-2 Autogyro[]
Reg. N760W Pitcairn-Cierva PCA-2 Autogyro.
Another one seen during the credits.
De Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth[]
De Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth (?)6053 with another one blue and yellow in the background.
Fake registration N953Y.
De Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth.
(18 August 1929) Women's Air Derby / Cleveland National Air Races (27 August)[]
Along gas balloons, a line-up with these aircrafts :
1 - C-FLAE Bücker Bü 131-E-2000 Jungmann;
2 - Waco YMF;
3 - C-FDAF Fleet Finch model R c/n 92319;
4 - (maybe) C-GMTH De Havilland DH82C Tiger Moth;
5 - (maybe) C-FPHZ Thruxton Jackaroo (De Havilland DH82A Tiger Moth with a four-seat closed cockpit conversion; former registration : N6924 G-APHZ);
6 - CF-GKY Beechcraft 17 Staggerwing;
(unidentified aircraft guessed between 6 & 7 when camera is chasing the Bücker);
7 - CF-AAJ de Havilland DH60M c/n 757;
8 - CF-BPM Waco ATO c/n A-65 (from Vintage Wings of Canada);
9 - CF-CAJ Stinson V77 Reliant c/n 77-166 (owned by the Toronto Aerospace Museum).
This last aircraft seen in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Mix of two screenshots (the right one seen one minute before the left one) with (from front to rear) aircraft 7 - 8 - 9 :
Beechcraft Model D17S Staggerwing[]
Reg. CF-GKY red Beechcraft D17S Staggerwing.
Hidden by the engine inspection on C-FPHZ.
Waco ATO[]
Reg. CF-BPM black and red Waco ATO c/n A-65.
Amelia is starting the Waco ATO and will cut the finish lane at the third place... but in 1929, she was at the controls of a Lockheed Vega monoplane!
Fleet 2[]
Archive footage of the Australian Jessie Keith-Miller competitor.
Fleet 2.
Golden Eagle Chief 522[]
Archive footage of Evelyn Bobby Trout’s aircraft N°100.
Golden Eagle Chief 522.
Curtiss JN []
Wearing 189 on top right wing, a Curtiss JN in an action close to this seen on La marche or Espoir, sierra de Teruel but a close study underlines some differences. Evocating Marvel Crosson's crash (on day two) in the Arizona desert.
Waco YMF[]
Registration C-GZPR, c/n F5C 102.
Reg. C-GZPR Waco YMF.
Reg. C-GZPR Waco YMF.
Another YMF...
Waco YMF.
Waco YMF.
... first on the finish line at Cleveland and said with Louise Thaden at the controls (the real winner but piloting a Travel Air with race number 4).
Waco YMF.
Fleet 16R Finch I[]
Reg. C-FDAF Fleet 16R Finch I c/n 92319.
De Havilland DH60 Moth[]
De Havilland DH60 Moth (c/n 757, CF-AAJ) (according the screenplay, manned by Gladys O’Donnell and finishing at the second place; in 1929, she was onboard a Waco 10 race number 105).
Lockheed Vega 5C[]
Reg. NR-965Y Lockheed Vega 5C after completing her nonstop solo Hawaii to Oakland, California, flight on January 11-12, 1935.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Lockheed Vega 5B (replica)[]
Reg. NR7592 non flying replica of Lockheed Vega 5B used on 24–25 August 1932 for her flight over the Atlantic Ocean. Amelia left Teterboro Airport, Hansbrouck, N.J., on May 18th, en route to Newfoundland.
Blériot XI (75% Scale replica)[]
Reg. N126HM a replica of Blériot XI ... with metalic wings.
Lockheed Vega 5B[]
Registration NR7952 Lockheed Vega 5B c/n 22. Footage of first flight across the Pacific in January 1935 from Honolulu-Hawaï to Oakland-California.
Ford 4-AT-B Trimotor[]
Oldest Ford Trimotor built in 1927 and still flying nowadays.
Registration N1077, c/n 10.
Ford 5-AT-B Trimotor[]
Ford 5-AT-B Trimotor of TAT-Transcontinental Air Transport.
Reg. NC9607 Ford 5-AT-B Trimotor (c/n 5-AT-005) which crashed on 29 August 1933.
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Douglas C-47A-30-DL[]
Reg. ZS-GPL Douglas C-47A-30-DL Skytrain c/n 9581 of Springbok Flying Safaris.
On the left.
Lockheed L-10E Electra[]
Reg. NR16020 Lockheed L-10E Electra c/n 1055.
Footage of Amelia Earhart’s L-10E Electra.
Same aircraft in other works at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft (Civil Fixed-Wing).
Picture seen during the credits with Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan discussing a leg of the world flight.
Beechcraft E18S[]
Registration ZS-OIJ, c/n BA-428S, dubbing F-AZLL in some scenes. Identifiable with its large cargo door and fuselage section shape.
Reg. ZS-OIJ Beechcraft E18S.
Reg. ZS-OIJ Beechcraft E18S.
Reg. ZS-OIJ Beechcraft E18S.
de Havilland Gipsy Major[]
Engine de Havilland Gipsy Major under revision : from a De Havilland DH82 Tiger Moth or a Stampe SV4 ?
Stinson Reliant & Aircraft Models[]
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