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''Wings of Danger'' was based on the novel ''Dead on Course'' by [[Elleston Trevor|Trevor Dudley Smith]] and Packham Webb.<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=FS4hAQAAIAAJ&pg=RA2-PA56&lpg=RA2-PA56&dq=Dead%20on%20Course#v=onepage&q=Dead%20on%20Course&f=false ''Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series''.] Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1 January 1952, p. 56.</ref> The film was made by [[Hammer Film Productions|Hammer Films]] and shot at the [[Riverside Studios]] in [[Hammersmith]].<ref>[http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b69b60ed8 "Review: 'Wings of Danger' (1952)."] ''BFI'', 2019. Retrieved: 13 July 2019.</ref> Production began in late September 1951 with [[location shooting]] in [[Rye, East Sussex|Rye]], [[East Sussex]]. <ref>[http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/72519/Wings-of-Danger/original-print-info.html "Original print information: 'Wings of Danger' (1952)."] ''TCM'', 2019. Retrieved: 13 July 2019.</ref>
The aircraft used in ''Wings of Danger'' are:
In Britain ''Wings of Danger'' was released on a [[double bill]] with ''[[FBI Girl]]'' (1951), enjoying a certain amount of success at the box office.{{#tag:ref|When ''Wings of Danger'' was released in the United States by Lippert Pictures, "according to some sources, the U.S. version was trimmed by a couple of minutes."<ref name="Allmovie"/>|group=N}}▼
* [[de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide|De Havilland DH.89A Dominie]], c/n 6886, G-AGSI
* [[Percival Proctor]] Mk II, c/n H548, G-AIIL<ref>Santoir, Christian. [http://aeromovies.fr/articles.php?lng=en&pg=1065#z2 "Review: 'Wings of Danger' (1952)."] ''Aeromovies'', 27 February 2014. Retrieved: 13 July 2019.</ref>
==Reception==
▲In Britain ''Wings of Danger'' was released on a [[double bill]] with ''[[FBI Girl]]'' (1951), enjoying a certain amount of success at the box office.{{#tag:ref|When ''Wings of Danger'' was released in the United States by Lippert Pictures, "according to some sources, the U.S. version was trimmed by a couple of minutes."<ref name="Allmovie"/>|group=N}}
Aviation film historian Stephen Pendo in ''Aviation in the Cinema'' (1985) compared ''Wings of Danger'' to the "dull" ''[[Arctic Flight]]'' (1952), stating, that ''Arctic Flight'' "... was still better than 'Wings of Danger', a British film with Zachary Scott as an airline pilot mixed up in a smuggling web or counterfeiting ring, depending on how one interprets the vague plot."<ref>Pendo 1985, p. 26.</ref>
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