MOVIES - June 14, 1988

The original Lockheed Electra 12A airplane seen taking off at the end of the classic 1941 film “Casablanca” may have been discovered by props people at the Walt Disney Co. While gathering props for “The Great Movie Ride” attraction for its theme parks, the company began searching for a similar Lockheed Electra to be part of the final “Casablanca” scene in which stars Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman say goodby. But a Disney research team found a Lockheed Electra 12A, Serial No. 1204, in Hondo, Tex., and said it is probably the plane used in the Warner Bros. film.