II service shortly after completing this film. Aircraft used Principal photography took place at the Alhambra, California airport. Aircraft in Flying Wild prominently featured a Ford 4-AT-35 Trimotoras a "Flying Ambulance". Other aircraft that are used included a Lockheed Vega 5C, Lockheed Model 12 Electra Junior Bellanca Cruisair, Travel Air 6000 and Harlow PJC-4 (in background). Reception Film critic Theodore Strauss in his review of Flying Wild, wrote in The New York Times, "The cycle of the Dead End Kids is slowing down. In fact, with 'Flying Wild', now at the Rialto, it has completely stalled. This time the talkative young toughs are out sleuthing for saboteurs in an airplane plant. Though the original group has been revised somewhat, they are still dropping the same hard-boiled gags with the same corner-of-the-mouth delivery and the plot harks back to some of the naïvetés of the nickelodeon era. 'Flying Wild' is downright tedious." Re-release Flying Wild was re-released twice, once in 1949 by Favorite Films and again in 1952 by Savoy Films Corporation. Home media Since Flying Wild is in the public domain, there have been several releases from a variety of companies over the years. References Notes Bibliography Pendo, Stephen. Aviation in the Cinema. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1985. . External links IMDB page for Flying Wild IMPD for Flying Wild 1941 films 1941 comedy-drama films American comedy-drama films American aviation films American black-and-white films Monogram Pictures films American spy films Films produced by Sam Katzman East Side Kids 1940s English-language films 1940s American films