
By Bruce Ackerman
Jimmy Leeward holds a model of a 1927 Ford Tri-Motor while standing in front of his 1944 P-51 in a hangar at Leeward Air Ranch in Ocala, Fla. on Thursday, May 22, 2008. Leeward flew the Ford Tri-Motor, the oldest passenger plane in the world, during filming for the movie "Amelia" in Toronto from May 6-16. In one scene, a night flight over Washinton, D.C., Leeward flies the plane as Amelia Earhart. In another, he flies the plane as Eleanor Roosevelt. The film, which stars Hilary Swank and Richard Gere is scheduled to be released in 2009.