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Old Jul 24, 2013 | 9:08 pm
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Originally Posted by berlindave
...I am making a movie and the majority of it happens on a plane. We are going to build a wide body jet, probably in Cape Town, where we can shoot the movie.

Does anyone know where I could start searching for planes that have been sent to the graveyard and we can buy seats, parts, etc to build the set? I am certain there is a world in which airplane parts and decommissioned planes trade hands - but I don't know where to begin my research. Any help and advice would be very much appreciated.
Cape Town, South Africa ?
There are 2 off 747's in the museum at the end of the runway at Rand / Germinston airport in J'burg. Always wondered how they got those in. When I was training at Rand (in C152 & C172's) the SA Air Force DC4's used all the runway width.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_Airport
http://www.randairport.co.za/
http://www.saamuseum.co.za/our-locat...d-airport.html

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