Logo - Walter Donovan - Indiana Jones

[pylorns]

Anyone able to find any other screen grabs of the Walter Donovan plane that Indiana Jones gets into in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade? I can make out the first part it looks like W Donvan then I can't make it out. Maybe its Company? I'd like to recreate this logo I think.

 

[starbuc]

I could be wrong, but it looks like "Corporation" to me.

 

[pylorns]

I could be wrong, but it looks like "Corporation" to me.

Yeah I can see that, kinda looks like that too.

 

[Celeste Conway]

Yea I believe that the whole logo reads W.DONOVAN D CORPORATION, i tried finding behind the scene photos of the plane and i've discovered the plane model was Douglas C-47B-35-DK Dakota IV Registration N170GP, c/n 16688. Carried military serial 44-77104 and that the scene with it was filmed at North Weald Airfield I found a photo of the plane with the logo at a flat angle but can't find it in high enough resoltion. hopefully this infomation can lead to a decent readable photo of the logo.

 

[pylorns]

Yea I believe that the whole logo reads W.DONOVAN D CORPORATION, i tried finding behind the scene photos of the plane and i've discovered the plane model was Douglas C-47B-35-DK Dakota IV Registration N170GP, c/n 16688. Carried military serial 44-77104 and that the scene with it was filmed at North Weald Airfield I found a photo of the plane with the logo at a flat angle but can't find it in high enough resoltion. hopefully this infomation can lead to a decent readable photo of the logo.
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Oh, that's awesome. Thanks!

 

[MAKE BELIEVE]

We'll be waiting for that logo

 

[Celeste Conway]

I've inquired to RVL Aviation (Owner of the Douglas C-47 During the Filming of Last Crusade) If they have any photographs regarding it's appearence in Crusade, haven't heard anything back yet but i hope they can be helpful in this endevour. I know it's not important to the topic at hand but i found it interesting That on the day of filming using the plane it was only 8 Days after the plane was purchased by RVL Aviation from Air Atlantique and that Air Atlantique were the company that gave the plane it's white and blue trim paint job (As seen in the below photograph) So I believe that Lucasfilm just placed the W.DONOVAN D CORPORATION decals on it and used it for the day of filming then removed them again so it may be tricker then I thought to get clear photos of the logo.

 

[pylorns]

Oh wow, short usage. Makes sense though, only time you see that plane is the very beginning and never used again.

 

[pylorns]

Getting there on the logo background.

 

[pylorns]

Added fonts - pretty close. I also added a fictional date for when he might have formed his corporation. I wanted to see if I could find google fonts that were close to do this, so I found Radley font that was a pretty close match. Google Fonts

 

[Rymo]

All this time and I never noticed that the plane says "W Donovan" on the side!

 

[pylorns]

Update: Applied some texture to the logo, fixed a couple more items. I'm still not happy with the squiggle lines at the bottom but I can't seem to do much better.

 

[Celeste Conway]

"Because you didn't take my advice"
Just a quick letterhead i made with your logo, hope you and everyone else enjoys.
Dylan Conway
Raider of the Doomed Crusade

 

[pylorns]

Nice, I dig it.

 

[Celeste Conway]

"It's time to ask yourself what you believe?"
Updated the Letterhead to something I'm more happy with and also designed a Business card alongside it.
I'm thinking of redoing the letter I saw couple years back of Walter inviting Jones but for the life of me can't find it anywhere.
Anyway Enjoy!

 

[MAKE BELIEVE]

Great work Dylan!
Thanks for sharing it.

 

[division 6]

Phone number is wrong for the era.
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[Celeste Conway]

Phone number is wrong for the era.
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Thanks for the heads up!
From Australia so not particular acquainted with American phone numbers

 

[division 6]

No worries.
I made the same mistake when I was working on a Sam Spade card.

 

[Celeste Conway]

Updated business card to have a correct phone number, Thanks for the correction division 6.