Finding a Decommissioned Plane to Buy
Jul 24, 2013 | 2:54 am
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Finding a Decommissioned Plane to Buy
Dear fellow FT'ers,
Thought this might be the best place to get some advice in the right direction for an interesting query.
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.
Thought this might be the best place to get some advice in the right direction for an interesting query.
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.
Jul 24, 2013 | 4:07 am
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Finding a Decommissioned Plane to Buy
Actually the on near Tucson is not the biggest one. It's located at Marana Pinal Airpark. The biggest one is at Victorville California. You can also check Mojave Spaceport in California, Kingman, Arizona - Goodyear, Arizona - Greenwood, Mississippi - Opa Locka, Florida, Maxton, North Carolina or 20 other graveyards in US. They also have one in France and one in UK.
Jul 24, 2013 | 11:29 am
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Jul 24, 2013 | 12:25 pm
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There are companies that provide these things. The biggest is http://airhollywood.com I don't know what your budget is, but there are probably similar companies in Cape Town.
Jul 24, 2013 | 2:29 pm
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Jul 24, 2013 | 2:49 pm
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There are companies that provide these things. The biggest is http://airhollywood.com I don't know what your budget is, but there are probably similar companies in Cape Town.
Jul 24, 2013 | 8:28 pm
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Wow. I want to go tour that place!
OT, but if anyone wants to play around in the front 50' of an old BA 747, there is one at the Hiller Aviation Museum in the Bay Area. Run up the staircase and sit in the pilot's seat and everything.
OT, but if anyone wants to play around in the front 50' of an old BA 747, there is one at the Hiller Aviation Museum in the Bay Area. Run up the staircase and sit in the pilot's seat and everything.
Jul 24, 2013 | 9:08 pm
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...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.
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.
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
Last edited by Mwenenzi; Jul 24, 2013 at 9:27 pm
Jul 25, 2013 | 2:05 am
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Very good call. Sadly whilst they let you shoot in them you can't damage them at all because they're museum pieces
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
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
Jul 26, 2013 | 12:08 pm
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It fits....barely.
I remember seeing a video of them bringing one of the 747s into that airport. Pretty amazing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap_nyRzEOMI
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