In 1937, actual airplane pilot Dick Merrill become famous for being the first pilot to make a commercial transatlantic roundtrip flight.
Momogram Pictures, capitalizing on Merrill's celebrity status, quickly created the fictional film ATLANTIC FLIGHT where Merrill plays himself as a pilot crossing the Atlantic with a medical serum that can save his friend's life.
The film used real footage from Merrill's own stormy Atlantic crossing.
Date : 1937
Cast : Lockheed Model 10 Electra
Northrop Gamma
Vultee V-1
In 1937, actual airplane pilot Dick Merrill become famous for being the first pilot to make a commercial transatlantic roundtrip flight.
Momogram Pictures, capitalizing on Merrill's celebrity status, quickly created the fictional film ATLANTIC FLIGHT where Merrill plays himself as a pilot crossing the Atlantic with a medical serum that can save his friend's life.
The film used real footage from Merrill's own stormy Atlantic crossing.
Date : 1937
Cast : Lockheed Model 10 Electra
Northrop Gamma
Vultee V-1