TALLMANTZ AVIATION

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When Frank Tallman,and Paul Mantz got together,they left their mark in probably every aviation movie we seen,remarkable men in a remarkable time.....Vin
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http://www.aerovintage.com/tallmantz.htm
 
They had a brilliant museum at Orange County years ago. I have heard that its gone now. When I flew freight flights into OC late at night, the pilot I flew over with had keys to the museum. We could go walk around for an hour. Many WWI planes and exhibits in there. The fun things were the Navy gunners machines. They were sort of like video machines. Pretty cool place. Most of the time, the lights were half off, very dark, so we didnt see alot.

The Duck from the movie 'Murphy's War' was there, as well as the Fokker tri-plane DR-1 from Waldo Pepper. I 'think' the Sopwith was there also. I cant remember. They had just done Waldo Pepper. so the planes were still there.

Man.. am I that old??? arrgh
 
Mr. Lionheart yer just a lad yet!!..Do not rush it..it will come soon enough..".I Are 78 "now,and still are a "PEEALOT"! and still cannot get used to it....These men were truly remarkable...how ever..."There are old pilots and bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots....And truly they were the boldest of the bold!!..Surly they they put out their hands and touched the face of god!
Both these men did so in airplanes and that hastened that trip up there.Both died in Air crashs!....Regards...Vin!:wavey:
 
That Tallmantz site is great. I've looked in there a bunch of times to see what new stuff has been added. They were great men with great crews.

The opening to Waldopepper captures why and how most of us got caught up with aviation and airplanes. Big ones, little ones, models and now virtual.
 
When I grew up in Santa Ana we used to go to the airport and watch the Bonanza DC-3 arrive and depart. I would also go over to the fenced area where Paul Mantz kept some of his collection and gawk at them. We left for Sacramento in 1959, so I never saw the museum they opened in 1963.
 
Lionheart said:
They had a brilliant museum at Orange County years ago. I have heard that its gone now. When I flew freight flights into OC late at night, the pilot I flew over with had keys to the museum. We could go walk around for an hour. Many WWI planes and exhibits in there. The fun things were the Navy gunners machines. They were sort of like video machines. Pretty cool place. Most of the time, the lights were half off, very dark, so we didnt see alot.

The Duck from the movie 'Murphy's War' was there, as well as the Fokker tri-plane DR-1 from Waldo Pepper. I 'think' the Sopwith was there also. I cant remember. They had just done Waldo Pepper. so the planes were still there.

Man.. am I that old??? arrgh
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I think the museum might have been called "Movieland of the Air" or something like that (oop, yep, just confirmed it: http://www.aerovintage.com/movieland.htm). I have very faint memories of the place (you have 10 years on me and I was but a wee tyke around probably '77 or '78). I can remember standing under the tailhook on the J2F and being really impressed by that huge hunk of iron used to trap a wire.

I also distinctly remember those Hughes Airwest "flying bananas" at KSNA.

Fond memories...
 
For anyone curious to know where the massive Tallmantz collection of aircraft went, just look at Kermit Weeks' Fantasy of Flight museum - they're mostly all there. Many of the aircraft have since been restored/refinished, and can be seen at Fantasy of Flight, while there are many more undergoing various stages of restoration the world over, for Weeks, and some are on display in other museums, under the ownership of Weeks, such as at the EAA museum in Oshkosh.
 
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