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Posted by Joe on Wed Dec 03, 2003 12:03:31 PM

In reply top H+P C-119 to be used in "Flight of the Phoenix " remake posted by B Darnell on Tue Dec 02, 2003 03:29:30 PM

: H&P plane to star in 'Flight of the Phoenix'
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: By CAROLE CLOUDWALKER
: A vintage C-119 airplane owned by Hawkins & Powers Aviatio
: n of Greybull will be featured in a remake of the movie, "
: Flight of the Phoenix."
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: H&P pilot Bob West, along with co-pilot Steve Dunn and fli
: ght mechanic Jim Hederman, who lived in Cody as a child, w
: ill take the former military cargo and troop carrier to Af
: rica by early next week, West says.
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: Filming of the movie is expected to begin in February, and
: will conclude in the spring.
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: The original film, "Flight of the Phoenix," starred Jimmy
: Stewart. The story is about a plane that was dispatched to
: pick up an oil rig crew and deliver a replacement crew.
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: "The plane goes down in the deserts of Africa," West said,
: before the crew manages to patch it back together and fly
: to safety.
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: In the original film, the plane used was not a C-119.
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: "That was a C-82, the predecessor of the C-119," West said
: . But the two planes look similar, with twin engines, high
: wings and twin booms. They were known as "flying boxcars.
: "
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: "We used it for firefighting and fish hauling," West said
: of the C-119, which made its last flight in 1989. H&P has
: owned the aircraft since the 1970s. It was grounded from f
: irefighting in the late 1980s, West said. This aircraft wa
: s from Canada, although the U.S. military also used the pl
: anes.
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: The new Fox film, which stars Dennis Quaid, will not be We
: st's first venture on the silver screen.
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: "I was in 'The Last Flight of Dixie Dancer,'" a made-for-
: television movie starring Angela Lansbury made in the earl
: y 1990s, he says. "I was filmed as I got off the plane - I
: was in the background."
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: Because he appeared on film, "every time the movie shows,
: we get a little royalty," West added. "So I have just over
: $4 in my retirement account."
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: Hawkins & Powers' planes have appeared in other motion pic
: tures, especially their helicopters. And an H&P C-119 was
: in the firefighting film, "Always," starring Richard Dreyf
: us and Holly Hunter.

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