Plane Parts From “FLIGHT” to “Iron Man 3” – An Overview of Scroggins Aviation
By Marjorie Galas
Variety / LA411 Marjorie Galas explains how Scroggins Aviation supplies mockups to the film and television industry including the latest films FLIGHT and Iron Man 3.
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“Putting Airliners into FLIGHT” – by Nicholas A. Veronico
Aviation writer Nicholas Veronico explains how Scroggins Aviation supplied two retired airliners for the blockbuster film FLIGHT starring Denzel Washington and Don Cheadle and the new movie OBLIVION starring Tom Cruise.
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PPG Aerospace a provider for commercial aircraft windows contact Scroggins Aviation to supply them with a Boeing 767, N610TW training aid. Below is an image of an article Airliner World magazine published on the subject. The fabricated nose was completed with a Wonder Bread type paint scheme to be used during a training course put on by PPG.
Filming Hollywood’s Flights of Fantasy
by Christine Negroni
When the movie ‘Flight’, starring Denzel Washington, is over you might wonder, ‘Just how many airplanes did it take to make that picture-perfect airliner crash?’ The answer is three: McDonnell Douglas MD-80s salvaged from Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, and the former Continental Airlines. I know this because I have talked to the man who helped make it happen. Christine Negroni looks into how Scroggins Aviation supplied the mockups for FLIGHT, THE EVENT (shown on cover) and ABC’s television series Pan Am.
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In the feature FLIGHT starring Denzel Washington. Scroggins Aviation was contracted by Paramount to supply two MD-80 series airliners for the film. MD-82, N442AA was choice for the crash scene. However, the cockpit from MD-88, N901DL had to be used to replace the damaged one from N442AA. MD-82, N16807 upper forward fuselage was chosen for all the key interior cockpit and cabin scenes.
In Airliner World magazine, aviation writer Nicholas Veronico explains how Scroggins Aviation supplied two retired airliners for the blockbuster film. Click here for story.
