#Paul Mantz

[theglitterdome]

On this day...

Stunt pilot Paul Mantz died while filming a scene for the 1965 film Flight Of The Phoenix.

The flying sequences were flown by racing, stunt, and movie pilot, as well as collector of warplanes, Paul Mantz, co-owner of Tallmantz Aviation, filling in for his partner Frank Tallman, who had injured his leg.

The morning of July 8, 1965, Mantz was flying the Tallmantz Phoenix P-1, the machine that was "made of the wreckage", performing touch-and-go landings for the cameras, when the fuselage buckled during a touchdown. The movie model broke apart and cartwheeled, killing Mantz and seriously injuring stuntman Bobby Rose.

The final credit on the film was, "It should be remembered... that Paul Mantz, a fine man and a brilliant flyer gave his life in the making of this film..."

[kwebtv]

Amelia Earhart - NBC - October 25, 1976

Biographical Drama

Running Time: 150 minutes

Stars:

Susan Clark as Amelia Earhart

John Forsythe as George P. Putnam

Stephen Macht as Paul Mantz

Susan Oliver as Neta Snook/Snookie

Catherine Burns as Pidge Earhart

Jane Wyatt as Amy Earhart

Charles Aidman as Mr. Earhart

Eddie Barth as Sid Isaacs

Bill Vint as Fred Noonan 

Jack Colvin as Wilmer Stultz

Steve Kanaly as Lou Gordon

John Archer as Dr. Paterson

Florida Friebus as Miss Perkins

Lance Kerwin as David Putnam

Kim Diamond as Young Amelia Earhart

Lowell Thomas as Broadcaster

Colleen Camp as Starlet

David Huffman as Itasca Radio Operator

Kip Niven as Allen Bradford

Kathleen O'Malley as Mrs Gallagher

[icarus-suraki]

Meme asks: 🙃 and 🦉

🙃 What’s a weird fact that you know?

Where do I start??? All I know are weird facts. Like, give me a topic or an area and I can start pulling out weird facts. Trivia fills my brain. And I've gotten a lot of it from this fucking blue hellsite. Gosh.

🦉 Are you a morning person or a night owl?

Night owl, absolutely. And I always have been. And so's my dad. I can remember that he and I stayed up so late once in the summer watching The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) because he hadn't seen it in years and I'd never seen it and it's an odd movie--kind of. I guess the strangest part is how the crew really built an airplane out of junk and got a stunt pilot, Paul Mantz, to fly it. He had been doing touch-and-go landings for the cameras and then the plane crashed and the pilot was killed. So on the one hand, yes, they managed to create a plane out of junk as happens in the script and original novel, but it was not such a success as it was in fiction.

I recall we did the same thing once with Close Encounters of the Third Kind when it was on television, which is a movie I feel a lot of weird affection for, and I think my brother tried to hang with us that time and just fell asleep. Weak.

Anyway, it's been like this for ages: I'd stay awake at night as a kid, I'd stay awake and play on the internet and watch Adult Swim in college, I'd stay up and play LJRPs in grad school, and I've been staying up too late and playing on Tumblr since 2011. I mean, I'll just hang out online until 2 or 3 in the morning like, fuck it, whatever, I'm not tired.

My mom and my brother are morning people. Can't relate.

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[chaplinfortheages]

Charlie Chaplin with Paul Mantz, movie stunt pilot. During production of “The Great Dictator”.

Some of the films Paul Mantz worked on: “Hells Angels”, “Captain of the Clouds”, “For Whom the Bell Tolls”, “The Bride Came C.O.D.”, “Around the World in 80 Days”.

[girlflapper]

<strong>Test Pilot (1938 / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/klaatucarpenter/">by KlaatuCarpenter</a></strong>

The cover illustration is by Roland Valliant.

[airmanisr]

Factory new B-17s, 1942 by Willard Womack Via Flickr: B-17F 41-24616 assigned to the 305th BG at Chelveston, UK. It was damaged in a forced landing, after engine failure, in 1943. It ended up at Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Where it was sold, by the War Assets Corp, to Paul Mantz in February 19, 1946. Paul Mantz was famous in Hollywood as the expert if you were doing a movie involving flying. B-17F 41-24614 assigned to the 305th BG Written off, after crashing on landing in January 1944. It returned to Searcy Field, Stillwater, OK. Where it was sold by War Assets Corp to Paul Mantz Feb 19, 1946. B-17F 41-24612 assigned to the 303rd BG, with the name "The Devil Himself". Use for special gun tests in May of 1943. It ended up in Altus OK. In October 1945, to be salvaged. B-17F 41-24606 assigned to the 303rd BG, with the name "Werewolf". It had a force landing on a rugby field in January of 1943. After being repaired, it flew for two other units until it was salvaged in June of 1945. B-1F 41-24603 assigned to the 303rd BG, 359th BS, with the name "The Green Hornet"). It was lost Jan 23, 1943. B-17F 41-24619 assigned to the 303 BG 427th BS, aircraft (*S for Sugar*). Shot down by AAA (Anti-Aircraft Artillery, or Flack) over Oschersleben Germany Jan 11, 1944. Crew POW. MACR 1923. B-17F 24607 assigned to the 303rd BG, 427th BS, with the name "Jerry Jinx" and by another crew "What's Up Doc?". Hit by AA (Anti Aircraft Artillery) and ditched in Bay of Biscay on Jan 23, 1943. Two to the 305th Bomb Group. Five to the 303rd Bomb Group. Two purchased by Paul Mantz. Two salvaged. Three lost.

[careful-disorder]

“j’aimerais mieux ne rien dire que de m’exprimer faiblement” J-F MIllet

[try-not-to-die-comics]

Season 4 Casting:

- Chad Michael Murray as Reginald Mantz.

- Simon Helberg as The Provost

- Logan/Jake Paul as Ricky Calusky

[whileiamdying]

Issue de la bourgeoisie conventionnelle, son certificat de décès la décrète “sans profession”, malgré plus de 400 toiles à son actif. Elle est aujourd’hui reconnue comme une figure incontournable de l’impressionnisme, qu'elle a fondé avec ses amis Monet, Renoir, Degas et Pissarro, en 1874. Loin du statut de simple muse pour Manet, qui la peint pourtant plus de 14 fois, loin d’être sous la coupe de son mari ou de ses pairs, c'est l'une des intellectuelles et des peintres les plus radicales de son temps. Dès 1877, le critique d'art Paul Mantz affirme à son propos qu'il n'y a dans le groupe révolutionnaire qu'un impressionniste : c'est mademoiselle Berthe Morisot." Voici le portrait de l’ardente Berthe Morisot, en images, alors que commence la première exposition qui lui est consacrée au musée d’Orsay à Paris. Abonnez-vous pour retrouver toutes nos vidéos : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd5DKToXYTKAQ6khzewww2g/?sub_confirmation=1 Et retrouvez-nous sur... Facebook : https://fr-fr.facebook.com/franceculture Twitter : https://twitter.com/franceculture Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/franceculture

[usaac-official]

Airworthy B-25 Mitchells, 2018, Part 2

Link to Part 1 here.

In The Mood, 44-29199, National Museum of WWII Aviation

Overall unpainted silver finish, red engine cowlings, stylized Apache medallion on rudders, late-war national insignia, pinup nose art.  The aircraft flew as a tanker through the early 1970s before being restored as a warbird; it was one of two B-25s to fly off USS Ranger in 1992, launched twice from USS Carl Vinson in 1995, and several more times from USS Constellation for the filming of Pearl Harbor.  She was acquired by the museum in 2009.

How ‘Boot That?, 44-28925, Cavanaugh Flight Museum

Overall unpainted silver finish, yellow and blue bands on the rudders, late-war national insignia, pinup nose art.  The aircraft served with the 310th BG in Italy from fall 1944 until spring of 1945, flying over 80 combat missions; postwar it flew in Catch-22 before being used as a gate guardian at a cemetery.  In 1992 it was sent to Chino for restoration, flying again in 1995.

Miss Mitchell, 44-29869, Commemorative Air Force (Minnesota Wing)

Overall unpainted silver finish, blue propeller spinners, yellow and blue bands on the rudder, late-war national insignia, pinup nose art.  The aircraft flew over 130 combat missions with the 310th BG during 1944 and 1945, along with her sister How ‘Boot That?; postwar she languished in open storage until being donated to the CAF in 1980 and undergoing extensive restoration.  She first flew again in 1992.

Briefing Time, 44-29939, Mid-Atlantic Air Museum

Olive drab upper surfaces, grey lower surfaces, white 9D on rudders, late-war national insignia, pinup nose art.  After passing out of military service in 1959 the aircraft was bought by Paul Mantz; she eventually starred in 7 movies, most famously Catch-22.  The aircraft was donated to the museum in 1981 and extensively restored to its wartime configuration, including a working Norden bombsight.

Wild Cargo, 44-30129, Military Aviation Museum

Olive drab upper surfaces, grey lower surfaces, late-war national insignia, pinup nose art.  The aircraft served as a hauler for exotic reptiles before crash landing in 1964 and sitting abandoned until 1990.  It was bought by the museum in 1997 and flew again in 2005.

801A, 44-30254, Flying Heritage Collection

Overall olive green paint scheme, white A on rudders, late-war national insignia, white framing for cockpit windows and gun turrets.  The aircraft served with the RCAF until 1961 when it was passed into the civilian market and flew as a tanker; Aero Traders received the aircraft in 1999 and completed the restoration for the FHC by 2011.

Photo Fanny, 44-30423, Planes of Fame Air Museum

Overall painted white/silver on all surfaces, late-war national insignia, pinup nose art, dorsal turret replaced by a plexiglas dome.  The aircraft was acquired by Ed Maloney in 1965 and converted into a flying camera platform for movie work; it flew in Catch-22, Forever Young, and was launched from USS Constellation as part of Pearl Harbor.

Russian Ta Get Ya, 44-30456, Lewis Air Legends

Tri-color Soviet camouflage paint scheme, Red Air Force insignia, pinup nose art.  The aircraft served as a tanker for many years postwar, finding a home at the Tillamook Air Museum from 1994 to 2007; it was then sold to the Lewis Aeronautical LLC and restored to airworthiness, flying again in 2010.

Panchito, 43-30734, Deleware Aviation Museum

Overall unpainted silver finish, red stripes on the rudders, late-war national insignia, Tres Caballeros nose art.  The aircraft served as a tanker postwar before being donated to a museum at the end of its useful life; Tom Reilly restored it beginning in 1983, with a first flight in 1986.  It was acquired by the museum in 1999 and remains popular on the airshow circuit.

Heavenly Body, 44-30748, Erickson Aircraft Collection

Dark green upper surfaces, light grey lower surfaces, yellow engine cowlings and rudder tips, crusader shield on rudders, late-war national insignia, pinup nose art.  The aircraft served as a tanker before appearing in Catch-22; in 1972 it was restored and in 1992 flew off of USS Ranger with In The Mood.  It was acquired by the museum in 2014.

Executive Sweet, 44-30801, American Aeronautical Foundation

Dark green upper surfaces, light grey lower surfaces, yellow engine cowlings, white bands behind the wings, late-war national insignia, pinup nose art.  The aircraft served as a crop duster before flying in Catch-22.  After filming it was restored to its wartime configuration and donated to the museum in 1982.

God and Country, 44-30823, William Glover

Overall unpainted silver finish, prewar rudder pinstripes, mid-war national insignia, yellow engine cowlings, bald eagle nose art, no dorsal turret present.  The aircraft served as a photo ship and was fitted with a camera nose for Catch-22; a standard glass nose was fitted in 1996.  It passed through several owners and since the 90s, flying as Dolly, Girls Rule, Top Secret, and most recently Pacific Prowler.

Pacific Prowler, 44-30823′s identity between 2003 and 2013.

Take Off Time, 44-30832, Claire Aviation Inc.

Overall unpainted silver finish, 1943 national insignia, pinup nose art.  The aircraft served as a aerial survey platform through the 1960s before passing to Chino for restoration in 1976; it passed through many civilian owners in the next 30 years, flying under four different names.  It was acquired by Claire Aviation in 2006 where it was repainted to the current scheme.

Show Me, 44-31385, Commemorative Air Force (Missouri Wing)

Dark green upper surfaces, light grey lower surfaces, red engine cowlings, white band around outer wings, Apache medallion on rudders, late-war national insignia, pinup nose art.  The aircraft passed into civilian ownership in 1959 where it did little until being damaged by a windstorm in 1969; it was restored in 1976 and acquired by the CAF in 1982.

Killer B, 44-86697, Tom Reilly Vintage Aircraft

Two-tone RAF desert camouflaged upper surfaces, light grey lower surfaces, yellow engine cowlings, Operation Torch national insignia, RAF fin flash on rudder.  An ex-USAAF, ex-RCAF bomber, it was delivered to the Venezuelan Air Force in December 1963; by 1991 it had been abandoned on a military base and returned to the US for restoration in 1993.  It flew again in 1995, and has been with the museum since 1996.

Part 2 of 3.

[demonolauren]

Tanner & Lauren’s Wedding

Knights of Columbus

63 Seward Ave, Port Jervis NY

7 PM - 6 AM

Theme: Night Club

Dress According to The Theme, Please

We Will Keep You Updated!

Invited Guests +1 (Please feel free to Bring a Date)

“When 2 or more gather in My Name, there am I with them.” -Bible Verse

1. Donald Smith

2. Rob Marion

3. Chris Calvert

4. Alex Gordon

5. Scott Ryerson

6. Ruscher Twins

7. Curtis Stroman

8. Chris Snyder

9. Jesse Clemente

10. Jimmy & Timmy Mills

11. Jenn Millman

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24. Andrew Amerault

25. Bobby Jakubowski

26. Charles Cable

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29. Nicole Prunka

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31. Tricia Hess

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35. Adam Masters

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41. Joshua Ogradnick

42. Kawecki Sisters

43. John Vorhees

44. Alexandra Vega

45. Chris Vasilev

46. Dustin Gochenour

47. Roxan “Sissy” Simonson

48. Megan Nason

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53. Ashley Anderson

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55. Rebecca Hill

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74. Benjamin Knoble

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79. Janel Keys

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84. Ashlee Carver

85. Joshua Adams

86. Sean Asam

87. Noah Knesel

88. Anthony Latini

89. Chris Latini

90. Danny Miglionico

91. Danny Cox

92. Joe Serrano

93. Derek Abrahamson

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95. Ryan Talmadge

96. Alyssa Cappiella

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130. My Sons

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[mariaslozak]

Forbidden Fruit (Le Fruit Défendu) by Auguste Toulmouche, 1865, illustrating how young women have always rebelled against having their access to knowledge policed.

Nineteenth-century French and British families kept a close eye on the literature allowed to pass into the hands of unmarried girls (married women were not automatically exempt, either). While Toulmouche’s painting garnered great acclaim for its aesthetic charms when it was exhibited at the Salon of 1865, a contemporary male art critic’s sour aside summed up the prevailing attitude to independent female minds:

“I do not approve of these silly girls; instead of searching forbidden pages for the knowledge that they lack, they would do better to leave tomorrow’s lover the pleasure of instructing them in the matters of which they are ignorant.” Paul Mantz quoted in Women Readers in French Painting 1870-1890 by Kathryn J. Brown.

No comment.

[amelia-earhart]

Paul Mantz, Amelia Earhart and Marshall Headle, 1930s

[worldfoodbooks]

IN THE BOOKSHOP: MOHOLY-NAGY AND THE NEW VISION (1990) Published in 1990, this unique, and rather scarce, catalogue accompanied an exhibition of nearly 100 works by Lazlo Moholy-Nagy and other Bauhaus artists that was held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, July 19-Aug. 28, 1990. Moholy-Nagy and his colleagues (such as Walter Gropius) were advocates of a movement called The New Vision (Neue Optik; Neues Sehen), who sought to move photography from its "landscape" models to an art that could offer new ways of seeing the objective world that was invisible to the human glance. New Vision advocates experimented with unconventional forms and techniques, using unusual angles, new uses of light and shadow, photomontage and collage, etc. This book collects and reproduces a wonderful selection of the works featured in the exhibition fromLaszlo Moholy-Nagy, Aenne Biermann, Paul Citoen, Franz Roh, T. Lux Feininger, Umbo, Walter Peterhans, Karl Straub, Franz Ehrlich, Heinz Loew, Walter Funkat, Herbert Bayer, Katt Both, Edmund Collein, Eugen Batz, Gertrud Arndt, Gyula Pap, Lotte Stam-Beese, Werner Mantz, Jaroslav Rossler. Text in Japanese with captions in English and German. One copy via our new website. 10% off all web orders until midnight tomorrow. #lazlomaholynagy #bauhaus #photography #neueoptik (at WORLD FOOD BOOKS)

[ajit777]

"During an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight of the globe in 1937 in a Purdue-funded Lockheed Model 10-E Electra, Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappearedover the central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island. Fascination with her life, career, and disappearance continues to this day."

- Wikipedia page

"On July 2, 1937, aviator Amelia Earhartand navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight along the equator."

- A YouTube Channel

"Amelia Earhart. Amelia Earhart, in full Amelia Mary Earhart, (born July 24, 1897, Atchison, Kansas, U.S.—disappeared July 2, 1937, near Howland Island, central Pacific Ocean), American aviator, one of the world's most celebrated, who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean."

- Brittanica

"Amelia Earhart's Last Flight 

She decided that her next trip would be to fly around the world. In March 1937, she flew to Hawaii with fellow pilot Paul Mantz to begin this flight. Earhart lost control of the plane on takeoff, however, and the plane had to be sent to the factory for repairs.

In June, she went to Miami to again begin a flight around the world, this time with Fred Noonan as her navigator. No one knows why, but she left behind important communication and navigation instruments. Perhaps it was to make room for additional fuel for the long flight. The pair made it to New Guinea in 21 days, even though Earhart was tired and ill. During the next leg of the trip, they departed New Guinea for Howland Island, a tiny island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. July 2, 1937, was the last time Earhart and Noonan communicated with a nearby Coast Guard ship. They were never heard from again. What do you think happened? "

- americaslibrary.gov

[oldpainting]

<strong>Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier - The Seine at Poissy [1884] <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/gandalfsgallery/">by Gandalf's Gallery</a></strong> <br /><i>Via Flickr:</i> <br />Meissonier (Lyon, February 21, 1815 - Paris, January 31, 1891) enjoyed great success in his lifetime, and was acclaimed both for his mastery of fine detail and assiduous craftsmanship. The English art critic John Ruskin examined his work at length under a magnifying glass, "marvelling at Meissonier's manual dexterity and eye for fascinating minutiae."

Meissonier's work commanded enormous prices and in 1846 he purchased a great mansion in Poissy, sometimes known as the Grande Maison. The Grande Maison included two large studios, the atelier d'hiver, or winter workshop, situated on the top floor of the house, and at ground level, a glass-roofed annexe, the atelier d'été or summer workshop. Meissonier himself said that his house and temperament belonged to another age, and some, like the critic Paul Mantz for example, criticised the artist's seemingly limited repertoire.

[Philadelphia Museum of Art - Oil on panel, 34.8 x 51 cm]