discussion Looking for this aircraft logo

[Guest]

Found this cool T33 from the movie THIS ISLAND EARTH (below), and I see its from the air mail guard on the side of the plane but cannot make out the logo on the nose? Does anyone know what it says.

 

[Guest]

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[PaulTRose]

that must be a special paint job for the film cos according to the tail code it was ordered from Lockheed in 1929.......which must be about 20 years before it first flew

 

[Guest]

Here is a closer view just before the actor Rex Reason, gets into the plane. This was filmed in 1955 so the paint job must have been special for this T33, especially being that the tail says 29546 as you said Paul. I have no Idea what tail numbers mean, but this does seem odd and I cannot find that odd nose painting. In the movie he was supposed to be an Electronics engineer but does not say where.

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[PaulTRose]

I have no Idea what tail numbers mean,

the first two digits denote the fiscal year the aircraft was ordered............so this one was 'bought' in 1929 lol

 

[flyjoe180]

The tail codes aren't always a given for the fiscal year of manufacture. It was/is common for manufacturers to omit the first number. This could have been built in 1952 or 1962 (whichever decade is relevant).

 

[Guest]

It is hard to believe that this t33 was repainted for this movie. It does say Air Mail Guard under the cockpit so I am sure that the nose art is related to that part of the airforce in that division.

Here is the movie, one of my favorites:

 

[Ian M]

Aircraft get painted all the time for films. More now than ever as there are fewer and fewer flying examples.

 

[Ian M]

and I see its from the air mail guard

Actually it says. AIR NATL. GUARD. as in Air National Guard. Not sure if that helps any...

 

[PaulTRose]

air national guard aircraft normally has a 2 letter code denoting the state they are from on the tail.............where the red stripe is.....so i guess that was painted out, maybe for security reasons since this was a current aircraft when the film was shot..........so maybe they changed the serial code for the same reason

 

[Guest]

Actually it says. AIR NATL. GUARD. as in Air National Guard. Not sure if that helps any...

Oh yes of course, it does say that as I try to enlarge the photo and makes sense for the guard as well. Thanks for a great catch. Its always good to be accurate.

 

[flyjoe180]

This is the machine in your film:



T-33A-1-LO s/n 52-9546
Converted to AT-33A.
1955: California ANG 195th FBS.
4/29/1955: Crashed near Clines Corner, NM.

http://www.millionmonkeytheater.com/T-33.html

http://www.impdb.org/index.php?title=This_Island_Earth

 

[Guest]

The Internet Movie Plane Database!! Wow I did not know about that, thanks so much Joe. California ANG 195th FBS! very cool! Now I can build one.