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Watching the rerun of Flying Tigers (1942) on FoxCL satellite movie channel, (FLYiNG TiGERS Full Movie HERE) I noted this radial twin-biplane tail aircraft, but unable to identify it:


Other things were funny on that movie: the P-40's have strange tailwheels & move shakely on the ground, the cockpit close-ups are even stranger; once flying, aircraft look more normal... kind of low budget film...

Found it! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capelis_XC-12

With that info I also found this referance;

But it had unexpected glory.. as a film star! It featured in the following films: Five Came Back (1939), Flying Tigers (1942), flown by John Wayne, Invisible Agent (1942), Night Plane from Chungking (1943), Action in Arabia (1944) and Dick Tracy’s Dilemma 1947 (models of it featured in even more films).

I have seen that airplane appear in several movies over the years. Once you have seen it you will recognize it instantly the next time it shows up.

Hagar wrote:Found it! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capelis_XC-12

Gracias Hagar, me thinking (a miracle that is!) it was a fake make. The P-40's on the ground have diferent proportions than in flight.

Jean Loup wrote:

Hagar wrote:Found it! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capelis_XC-12

Gracias Hagar, me thinking (a miracle that is!) it was a fake make. The P-40's on the ground have diferent proportions than in flight.

The P-40s were models. http://www.impdb.org/index.php?title=Flying_Tigers_(1942)