The Gipper meets the dreaded Zero!

[RCAFson]

 

[Crimea_River]

Ronald Reagan I believe.

 

[SaparotRob]

That was GREAT!
I saw a Ronald Reagan movie years ago. Had to be earlier than this one. I think his character enlisted in the RCAF (kinda' hazy) but he was flying a Spitfire. Not sure which mark of Spitfire as it had an open cockpit, fixed landing gear and rigging from the wing tips to the fuselage. Either that or one helluva' camouflage paint job.

 

[GrauGeist]

Reagan was in the 1941 movie "International Squadron", but I don't recall seeing open cockpit Spitfires...

 

[SaparotRob]

I could of sworn I saw him in a movie where someone mentions Spitfire and he's in an open cockpit plane. I was in a hotel in Khon Kaen when I saw it but I may have had a bit too much Mehkong Whiskey. If such a thing is possible.

 

[TheMadPenguin]

I may have had a bit too much Mehkong Whiskey. If such a thing is possible.

Did you loose your grip on the floor? If not, you're within spec.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice one!

 

[chipieal]

The moderator is Reed Hadley

 

[GreenKnight121]

That was GREAT!
I saw a Ronald Reagan movie years ago. Had to be earlier than this one. I think his character enlisted in the RCAF (kinda' hazy) but he was flying a Spitfire. Not sure which mark of Spitfire as it had an open cockpit, fixed landing gear and rigging from the wing tips to the fuselage. Either that or one helluva' camouflage paint job.

Reagan was in the 1941 movie "International Squadron", but I don't recall seeing open cockpit Spitfires...

I could of sworn I saw him in a movie where someone mentions Spitfire and he's in an open cockpit plane. I was in a hotel in Khon Kaen when I saw it but I may have had a bit too much Mehkong Whiskey. If such a thing is possible.

The modest budget for International Squadron necessitated the use of the Alhambra, California Municipal Airport standing in for an RAF base, and a bevy of contemporary civil aircraft standing in for the latest RAF fighters. The unlikely group included a Mantz's Boeing Model 100, Brown B-3 Racer, three Ryan STA trainers and a Travel Air Type R Mystery Ship.

The B-3, the STA, and the Type R all sound like what you saw.

 

[SaparotRob]

The modest budget for International Squadron necessitated the use of the Alhambra, California Municipal Airport standing in for an RAF base, and a bevy of contemporary civil aircraft standing in for the latest RAF fighters. The unlikely group included a Mantz's Boeing Model 100, Brown B-3 Racer, three Ryan STA trainers and a Travel Air Type R Mystery Ship.

The B-3, the STA, and the Type R all sound like what you saw.

Thanks! I thought I was imagining things.
It was either the Brown B-3 or the Ryan STA. I'm leaning towards the B-3.
Thanks again.

 

[XBe02Drvr]

"She has a 14 cylinder radial engine, of over 900 horsepower, copy of a Cyclone."
Leave it to Reagan to not know the difference between a Cyclone and a Twin Wasp! And don't point to the R2600; it wasn't hatched yet when the Zero was designed. The Sakae's closest American cousin was a Pratt.

 

[GrauGeist]

Capt. Reagan was reading from a script, so much like today's movie script writers (and news agencies, too) they got it wrong.

 

[XBe02Drvr]

Capt. Reagan was reading from a script, so much like today's movie script writers (and news agencies, too) they got it wrong.

Boy, he sure made rank fast! He was a second Louie in the video.

 

[GrauGeist]

He was promoted to Captain in '43 - not sure when this film was shot.
If he was a butter-bar in the film, then must have been earlier.

 

[Snautzer01]

Boy, he sure made rank fast! He was a second Louie in the video.

With that speed, i see him make POTAS one day.

 

[XBe02Drvr]

With that speed, i see him make POTAS one day.

POTAS??
President
Of
The
Antiquarian
Society
??
Didn't he?? How prophetic!

 

[SaparotRob]

Shoot. I missed that