This has been sitting in my Grandfathers VHS collection for decades, and I don't believe it has ever been shown to the public

When filming the "Jock! Start the Engine!" scene, the production of Indiana Jones and Raiders of the Lost Ark rented a plane from my Grandfathers neighbor (who was a good piloting friend as well). His family was there filming during the trip to Hawaii, and captured a lot of behind the scenes footage of the creation of the small moment. This upload is for educational purposes. It is amazing the ups and downs the whole process took, and it must have taken a very large budget for such a small moment. I will soon have a commentary track with my grandfather to provide more details. I mean really, they wrecked the plane and had to repair it. It's quite the story.

Converted from original VHS by doily0 on Reddit if that works for proof.

It was shot on 8mm but my grandfather converted it to VHS which is the version I have. It is very doubtful that the original tapes are still around.

Plane returned home with its owner Hank (Junction City, Oregon), and he held on to it till his passing. It was the first plane I ever flew in when I was a child!

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WACO UBF-2 -Flown in the Movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark".- ON DISPLAY at Erickson Aircraft Collection.

After an exhaustive search for Indiana Jones's South American escape plane, this l930s Waco biplane was finally located in Junction City Oregon. Owned and cherished by Henry and Alice Strauch, the plane was the only one found that fit all the requirements of the movie - single engine, open cockpit, and the original floaters which allowed for landing and taking off on water. Production designer Norman Reynolds had the plane painted to match the aircraft of the period, and added a small touch of humor as well - note the use of the two Star Wars characters OB (as in Obi-Wan Kenobi) and 3PO as the plane's identification numbers. This valuable antique plane finally returned home to Oregon and its regular routine - The plane is now owned by Ron Braatz and on display at the Erickson Aircraft Collection.

Hoffentlich veröffentlicht Joe Hughes es noch einmal, wenn er die Kommentare fertig hat...

Zitat von Erickson Aircraft Collection (Facebook):

WACO UBF-2 -Flown in the Movie "Raiders of the Lost Ark".- ON DISPLAY at Erickson Aircraft Collection.

After an exhaustive search for Indiana Jones's South American escape plane, this l930s Waco biplane was finally located in Junction City Oregon. Owned and cherished by Henry and Alice Strauch, the plane was the only one found that fit all the requirements of the movie - single engine, open cockpit, and the original floaters which allowed for landing and taking off on water. Production designer Norman Reynolds had the plane painted to match the aircraft of the period, and added a small touch of humor as well - note the use of the two Star Wars characters OB (as in Obi-Wan Kenobi) and 3PO as the plane's identification numbers. This valuable antique plane finally returned home to Oregon and its regular routine - The plane is now owned by Ron Braatz and on display at the Erickson Aircraft Collection.