Re: german planes

Posted by Mark Indy from user-37kaglr.dialup.mindspring.com on June 04, 1999 at 20:46:50:

In Reply to: Re: german planes posted by Abner on June 03, 1999 at 15:54:27:

: : : It didn't occur to me until yesterday, but the Pan Am Clipper in Raiders is a Short Sunderland British WWII flying boat, not a Boeing 314 Dixie Clipper like I posted in the Indy Planes thread earlier, or Martin M130 China Clipper. Therefore we can probably assume it's meant to represent the China Clipper, which would have started flying accross the Pacific in '36, since no Sunderlands were used by Pan Am.

: : how come none of the german planes in the indy movies are based on real ones that flew before or during WWII? i tried for ages to figure out which kind of fighter was chasing indy and his father in last crusade, but it doesn't resemble anything i've seen by messerschmitt, heinker, or junkers, among others. and don't even remind me of the flying wing on raiders...

: : Michael

: Isn't it some kind of early "trainer" painted to resemble a Messerschmitt? You're right though, they should have been BF-109s

: Abner

Yes, it's a Swiss-made Pilatus P-2 trainer. The paint schemes are pretty correct for the era, they even have the pre-war red tail band around the swastika. The plane itself was never used by Germany.

Mark

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: : : : It didn't occur to me until yesterday, but the Pan Am Clipper in Raiders is a Short Sunderland British WWII flying boat, not a Boeing 314 Dixie Clipper like I posted in the Indy Planes thread earlier, or Martin M130 China Clipper.  Therefore we can probably assume it's meant to represent the China Clipper, which would have started flying accross the Pacific in '36, since no Sunderlands were used by Pan Am.

: : : how come none of the german planes in the indy movies are based on real ones that flew before or during WWII?  i tried for ages to figure out which kind of fighter was chasing indy and his father in last crusade, but it doesn't resemble anything i've seen by messerschmitt, heinker, or junkers, among others.  and don't even remind me of the flying wing on raiders...

: : : Michael

: : Isn't it some kind of early "trainer" painted to resemble a Messerschmitt?  You're right though, they should have been BF-109s

: : Abner

: Yes, it's a Swiss-made Pilatus P-2 trainer.  The paint schemes are pretty correct for the era, they even have the pre-war red tail band around the swastika.  The plane itself was never used by Germany.

: Mark

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