Classic plane lands glamorous film role; ENTERTAINMENT: 50-year-old aircraft spends quite a while in make-up.Byline: By Jane Stirland ONE of the stars of Air Atlantique's collection of historic aircraft has secured a part in a glamorous new film. The 50-year-old Douglas DC-6, normally based at Coventry Airport Coventry Airport (IATA: CVT, ICAO: EGBE) is located about 7 km south of Coventry city centre, in the village of Baginton, Warwickshire, England, and about 1 km outside Coventry boundaries. Coventry airport is a main hub for Thomsonfly.com, part of the TUI Group. , has just returned from facelifting surgery in Holland in readiness for her role in Bride Flight, currently being filmed in New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. . Trevor Bailey, chief executive of Air Atlantique, said: "The aircraft will play a starring role in the film as the KLM KLM Kaiserliche Marine (Enigma: Rising Tide game) KLM Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Airlines) KLM Klub Langer Menschen (German: Tall Person Club) Dutch national airline aircraft that won the last Great London to Christchurch Air Race in 1953. "The plane's passengers were mostly young Dutch women on their way to join their sweethearts who had already left Holland to settle in New Zealand." The flight was given the pet name at the time of Bride Flight. Air Atlantique's Douglas (G-APSA) is no newcomer to the world stage. It had a fly-on part in the James Bond film Casino Royale. "Who says there are no parts left for the older divas of stage and screen!" said Trevor. Work on the aircraft has been done by KLM in Schipol, Amsterdam: "She has been given new livery to look like KLM's Douglas that competed in the air race and is resplendent re·splen·dent adj. Splendid or dazzling in appearance; brilliant. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin resplend ," said Trevor. The US-built aircraft was acquired by Air Atlantique about 15 years ago from the Middle East and was used by the company as a cargo plane until being retired from heavy duty into the classic flight collection. Before filming starts, GAPSA GAPSA Graduate and Professional Student Assembly has a few "modelling practice sessions". The first was at the Portrush Airshow in Northern Ireland at the weekend. Fans gathered to watch as she left from Coventry Airport. FACTFILE THE Douglas DC-6 is a piston-powered airliner and transport aircraft built by the Douglas Aircraft Company The Douglas Aircraft Company was founded by Donald Wills Douglas, Sr. in July 1921 in Santa Monica, California, following dissolution of the Davis-Douglas Company. An early claim to fame was the first circumnavigation of the world by air in Douglas planes in 1924. from 1946 to 1959. Originally intended as military transport near the end of the Second World War, it was reworked after the war to compete with the Lockheed Constellation in the long-range transport market. More than 700 were built, and many still fly today in cargo, military, and wildfire control roles. CAPTION(S): DJ070907DUTC DUTC Dallas Union Terminal Company 4 RESPLENDENT... The Douglas DC-6, which has been given the Dutch national airline livery for the film, with cabin services manager Nicole Marques Marques may refer to:
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