Air Hawks (1935)

Interesting facts

Air Hawks is a 1935 American aviation-themed horror science fiction film based on Ben Pivar's "Air Fury", an unpublished story. Director Albert Rogell who had moved from shorts to B-films, was interested in aviation and had already helmed The Flying Marine (1929) and Air Hostess (1933). In Air Hawks, the studio was able to add an A-list star, Ralph Bellamy, as well as exploiting the fame of record-setting pilot Wiley Post in his only feature film appearance.

Production

Primary photography on Air Hawks took place from February 25 to March 14, 1935. The aerial scenes used a combination of models and full-size aircraft, which included a DH60GM Gipsy Moth, Stearman C-3R, Stinson SM-8A, and Vultee V-1.

Billed as one of the stars of the film, Wiley Post was in the midst of a series of record flights. His actual screen time amounted to little more than a minute.

Between February 22 and June 15, 1935, Post made four attempts to complete the first high altitude non-stop flight from Los Angeles to New York, all of which failed for various mechanical reasons. As the attempts were also meant to be the "First Air Mail Stratosphere Flight" over U.S.

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