Desperately seeking info on how one would cha
07-30-2024, 01:13 PM
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Desperately seeking info on how one would cha
Hi folks,
First, apologies if this is in the wrong forum; or, if such a question isn't permitted.
I'm currently working on a film production with quite a lot of money to spend, and am desperately seeking information on where someone might go to see about chartering a wide body plane for several days for on-the-ground filming. Or, if such a thing is essentially impossible.
In the past, I've never had trouble requisitioning a plane for filming. We typically go to the Boneyard in Mojave or Victorville if a nonworking option would be suitable. Or, we charter a narrow body, of which there is never a shortage, often filming at Van Nuys, Burbank, etc.
On my current project, the goal is to charter a wide body plane of any kind to an airport in the Inland Empire. The exterior is all that matters - we will never go inside the plane, so either a passenger or cargo plane would both work.
All I need is a single option with a rough ballpark attached. But I've found that while charter services talk a big game when you reach out ("Not a problem! We'll definitely have some options for you!"), after a few days, they come back with the same line: no wide-bodies available, but would a 757 work? (No, unfortunately...).
While the budget will eventually be a deciding factor, at the moment, it's open-ended, and I'm not used to a situation where I can't at least find a dollar amount for something, even if it's ludicrously expensive. I was told by someone that one reason wide bodies are hard to come by is that many private operations that owned them went out of business during COVID.
I'm wondering if anyone here might be able to speak to how one goes about this; or, can shed a bit of light on why it's so difficult.
Thank you! It has been a lot of fun getting into the world of aviation the past two weeks.
First, apologies if this is in the wrong forum; or, if such a question isn't permitted.
I'm currently working on a film production with quite a lot of money to spend, and am desperately seeking information on where someone might go to see about chartering a wide body plane for several days for on-the-ground filming. Or, if such a thing is essentially impossible.
In the past, I've never had trouble requisitioning a plane for filming. We typically go to the Boneyard in Mojave or Victorville if a nonworking option would be suitable. Or, we charter a narrow body, of which there is never a shortage, often filming at Van Nuys, Burbank, etc.
On my current project, the goal is to charter a wide body plane of any kind to an airport in the Inland Empire. The exterior is all that matters - we will never go inside the plane, so either a passenger or cargo plane would both work.
All I need is a single option with a rough ballpark attached. But I've found that while charter services talk a big game when you reach out ("Not a problem! We'll definitely have some options for you!"), after a few days, they come back with the same line: no wide-bodies available, but would a 757 work? (No, unfortunately...).
While the budget will eventually be a deciding factor, at the moment, it's open-ended, and I'm not used to a situation where I can't at least find a dollar amount for something, even if it's ludicrously expensive. I was told by someone that one reason wide bodies are hard to come by is that many private operations that owned them went out of business during COVID.
I'm wondering if anyone here might be able to speak to how one goes about this; or, can shed a bit of light on why it's so difficult.
Thank you! It has been a lot of fun getting into the world of aviation the past two weeks.
07-30-2024, 05:01 PM
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Call Kalitta Air. If you can travel to Oscoda Michigan Kalitta has some widebodies sitting at their maintenance facility. They are familiar with the entertainment industry. A couple of Mythbuster episodes were filmed up there with their aircraft and a few other company aircraft have been used in films.
07-30-2024, 07:18 PM
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You call an airline which operates wide-bodies - Kalita Atlas, Omni, ABX, etc. frankly there's gobs of stock footage of these types of things already... If you need something extremely specific "flown" a lot of airlines don't like to get into anything "unique" - airline flying is more akin to moving a cargo ship between ports than it is to barn storming.
07-31-2024, 03:47 AM
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Hi folks,
First, apologies if this is in the wrong forum; or, if such a question isn't permitted.
I'm currently working on a film production with quite a lot of money to spend, and am desperately seeking information on where someone might go to see about chartering a wide body plane for several days for on-the-ground filming. Or, if such a thing is essentially impossible.
In the past, I've never had trouble requisitioning a plane for filming. We typically go to the Boneyard in Mojave or Victorville if a nonworking option would be suitable. Or, we charter a narrow body, of which there is never a shortage, often filming at Van Nuys, Burbank, etc.
On my current project, the goal is to charter a wide body plane of any kind to an airport in the Inland Empire. The exterior is all that matters - we will never go inside the plane, so either a passenger or cargo plane would both work.
All I need is a single option with a rough ballpark attached. But I've found that while charter services talk a big game when you reach out ("Not a problem! We'll definitely have some options for you!"), after a few days, they come back with the same line: no wide-bodies available, but would a 757 work? (No, unfortunately...).
While the budget will eventually be a deciding factor, at the moment, it's open-ended, and I'm not used to a situation where I can't at least find a dollar amount for something, even if it's ludicrously expensive. I was told by someone that one reason wide bodies are hard to come by is that many private operations that owned them went out of business during COVID.
I'm wondering if anyone here might be able to speak to how one goes about this; or, can shed a bit of light on why it's so difficult.
Thank you! It has been a lot of fun getting into the world of aviation the past two weeks.
First, apologies if this is in the wrong forum; or, if such a question isn't permitted.
I'm currently working on a film production with quite a lot of money to spend, and am desperately seeking information on where someone might go to see about chartering a wide body plane for several days for on-the-ground filming. Or, if such a thing is essentially impossible.
In the past, I've never had trouble requisitioning a plane for filming. We typically go to the Boneyard in Mojave or Victorville if a nonworking option would be suitable. Or, we charter a narrow body, of which there is never a shortage, often filming at Van Nuys, Burbank, etc.
On my current project, the goal is to charter a wide body plane of any kind to an airport in the Inland Empire. The exterior is all that matters - we will never go inside the plane, so either a passenger or cargo plane would both work.
All I need is a single option with a rough ballpark attached. But I've found that while charter services talk a big game when you reach out ("Not a problem! We'll definitely have some options for you!"), after a few days, they come back with the same line: no wide-bodies available, but would a 757 work? (No, unfortunately...).
While the budget will eventually be a deciding factor, at the moment, it's open-ended, and I'm not used to a situation where I can't at least find a dollar amount for something, even if it's ludicrously expensive. I was told by someone that one reason wide bodies are hard to come by is that many private operations that owned them went out of business during COVID.
I'm wondering if anyone here might be able to speak to how one goes about this; or, can shed a bit of light on why it's so difficult.
Thank you! It has been a lot of fun getting into the world of aviation the past two weeks.
difference for filming being windows on passenger vs no windows on cargo. So it depends on the look your trying to obtain.
cargo, Kalitta
passenger, Omni
08-02-2024, 10:48 AM
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