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Capelis XC-12
The Capelis XC-12 was a failed 1933 aircraft design that most notably was used as a prop in the 1939 film ''Five Came Back'' with Chester Morris and Lucille Ball, the 1942 war film ''The Flying Tigers'' starring John Wayne,〔Hughes 2012, p. 44.〕 and the 1942–1943 war film ''Immortal Sergeant'' with Henry Fonda, Thomas Mitchell, and Maureen O'Hara. The aircraft featured unusual twin horizontal tail structures supported by three vertical tail surfaces. Construction and finishing methods involved using sheet metal screws which ultimately led to the abandoning of the project.
==Design and development==
The original design by Socrates H. Capelis was issued U. S. patent #1,745,600 in 1930. The patent comprised a modified application with a half-span dorsal wing mounted rearward and on top of the cabin two additional engines mounted on the wings. The project was funded by local Greek restaurateurs as a promotional aircraft; it was constructed with help from University of California students.〔Gunston 1994, p. 70.〕
A less radical design by Dr. John E. Younger featured all-metal construction; the aircraft was built as an all-metal, low-wing, retractable gear, twin engine transport with a triple vertical tail supporting a dual (biplane arrangement) horizontal stabilizer. The wing used a large box-spar construction with corrugated skin panels. The partly retracting landing gear extended automatically when the throttle was closed.〔Raymond, John and Fred Freeman. "The Cape Capelis. XC-12 Safety Airplane." ''Skyways,'' October 1995.〕
Following a 1938 incident, the XC-12 was modified at Glendale, California: The forward slanting eight-piece windshield was modified to a four piece that slanted rearward, and the passenger windows were squared off to look more like a Douglas DC-3.
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