Flicklives

Aeroplanes and Flying
Airdate: Friday - February 7, 1975

WOR Show
Original Airing

Last Update: 08-08-2024

First Spoken Line After Theme Ends

At ease. How are ya. . .

Show Description

Playing the Jews Harp and getting letters Aerobatics - greatest pilot today is a woman There are no known original Fokker tri-planes in existence. Aeroplanes in WWI. The demise of Baron Von Richthofen (The Red Baron) Charles Lindburgh Shep describes flying his own plane in an episode of Jean Shepherd's America - "Flying" Filmed just outside Boston. A Cessna 180 was used to do filming.

[ Courtesy: David Goldin - 08-08-2024 ]   
  Shep plays the jew's harp to a record of, "Yakety Sax." Shep remembers the Fokker Triplane and other antique airplanes. The Red Baron was actually shot down by ground fire in a borrowed aircraft. Shep tells about his "flying for the camera."      
      

WOR ID

Time	Station ID (All times approximate)
• 13:15	This is WOR New York speaking of relics. . .

Brass Figlagee Award

"I will award the Brass Figlagee. . .""

• Name of aerobatic pilot and bi-plane hanging in Smithsonian (First name Al)

Commercials (All times approximate)

Time	Sponsor	Notes
• 04:37	Smithsonian Magazine
• 13:18	Movie Promotion	"Private Lives"
• 27:03	General Tire
• 28:01	Broadway Play	"Dance With Me"
• 28:40	Viking Press	"All Aboard with E.M. Frimbo"
• 29:24	WOR Radio Promo	Arlene Francis - time change
• 29:58	WOR Radio Promo	WOR Bridal Fair Feb 15-16
• 30:19	Village Voice
• 3135	WOR Radio Promo	Leukemiathon
• 31:00	Ski Connecticut	New England Visitors Center
• 32:12	Broadway Play	"Private Lives" - 46th St Theatre

Music (All times approximate)

Time	Music Title	Notes
• 02:43	Yakety Sax

Needs to be ID'd
DH-4 Liberty Engine [26:00]

Misc

Engineer and Staff in Booth

Instruments Played

Rating

Not Determined

Jews Harp

None Yet

Related Plots / Story Lines and Other References Used

Category	Date	Title	Comments	Time
• Television		Flying		[ 33:30 ]
• Transportation		Grumman American AA-1A Yankee		[ 33:30 ]

Where Shep Made Reference To This Subject:

Time	Date	Category	Title
	June 20, 1971	Television	Flying

Photos:

1936
Smithsonian Institution - Gulfhawk flown by Al Williams famous aerobatic pilot

Baron von Richthofen

The Red Baron Tri-Plane

1953
The Spirit of St Louis by Charles A. Lindbergh

Airdate History ' - Original' date is earliest known broadcast)

Date	Title
February 7, 1975 Recno: 1852	Aeroplanes and Flying Notes:	Original Airing
April 10, 1975 Recno: 7006	Aeroplanes and Flying Notes:	WETA Synd Replay

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Show	Replay Date
Dustbin of History	February 07, 2024

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Found in the following set(s)

Set Name	Show #	Media
Series 100 Group D	110Ca	Cassette

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"Can you imagine 4,000 years passing, and you're not even a memory?
Think about it, friends. It's not just a possibility. It is a certainty." - Jean Shepherd - 1975