
Flying Businessman title screen.
Short Movie / Documentary (1953)
Documentary promoting the the use of airplanes among businessmen. Also includes brief segment showing new experimental designs.
Douglas DC-4[]

Reg. N48762 Douglas DC-4 of Northwest Airlines.

Reg. N48762 Douglas DC-4 of Northwest Airlines.

Reg. N48762 Douglas DC-4 of Northwest Airlines.
Beechcraft B35 Bonanza[]


This model used for advertising purposes wears the NC3811N registration of a real Bonanza (c/n D1040).



Cessna 190/195[]
Cessna behind the Beechcraft B35 Bonanza.

Douglas DC-3[]

Seen again at 2mn55.

Lockheed 14 Super Electra & Sikorsky S-51[]

Beechcraft Model 18[]

Consolidated LB-30[]
Look at the discussion tab about this aircraft (probably N1503) and its unusual fate.
Same aircraft probably in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

Piper PA-11 Cub Special[]
With probably a Ryan Navion in the foreground and one the first Cessna 180 (behind the teenager with a white shirt).

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Reg. N4249K : Ryan Navion A s/n NAV-4-1249; written off in 1971.

N4249K Ryan Navion A.

N4249K Ryan Navion A.
Piper PA-22 Tri-Pacer[]


Sikorsky S-55[]
With another yellow-orange Beechcraft B35 Bonanza.

Luscombe 8[]

Cessna 180[]
Reg. N1516C a 1953 Cessna 180 (c/n 30216).
A yellow Ryan Navion in the background.

Wing of Cessna 180 registered N1516C.
Cessna 170B []
Reg. N4627C a Cessna 170B built in 1953 (c/n 25571). A Ryan Navion is visible behind the propeller.

N4627C Cessna 170B.
Used to explain how to learn to fly during nearly five minutes.

N4627C Cessna 170B.
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Aerocar International Aerocar I[]
Reg. N31214 Aerocar I, the first one (built in 1949).
Same aircraft in other movies at IMPDb: Frequently Seen Aircraft.

N31214 Aerocar International Aerocar I.

N31214 Aerocar International Aerocar I.

N31214 Aerocar International Aerocar I.
Custer CCW-5[]
Named Hummingbird Channel Wing by the narrator.
Reg. N6257C, the first of two CCW-5 built. First flight on 13 july 1953.

N6257C Custer CCW-5.

N6257C Custer CCW-5.
Aero Commander 500[]

Cessna 310[]

Beechcraft 50 Twin Bonanza[]
Reg. N3992N, the prototype of the Beech 50 (s/n H-1).

N3992N Beechcraft 50 Twin Bonanza
Piper PA-11 Cub Special[]
Or PA-18 Super Cub?

Call Aircraft Company CallAir Model A[]

Probably another one.

Aeronca 15AC Sedan[]
Probably registered N1427H, this Aeronca 15AC Sedan would be built in 1950 (c/n 15AC-491).

Stinson 108[]

ERCO Ercoupe[]

Republic RC-3 Seabee[]

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