Have been asked about a photo shoot location.
It’s for a partial recreation of an aircraft sales literature shot from the late 1940’s featuring a light aircraft and car. The 1947 period a/c and car are already sourced, but we’re looking for a suitable aviation orientated Art Deco style background that has obviously fly-in access but also drive-in access.
Shoreham sprung to my mind as a possibility, but does anyone else have any suitable suggestions at all…????
By: JDK - 13th April 2007 at 02:03
While Croydon’s building is lovely, it’s very hard to get an uncluttered view of it from any direction these days, IIRC.
By: RonaldV - 12th April 2007 at 21:15
If leaving the UK is not an issue: the Aviodrome in the Netherlands has a beautiful 1930s airport building (with accessible control tower), with matching aircraft (An-2, PBY, DC-3 to name some) available on the platform. We’ve supported photo shoots like that in the past.
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 12th April 2007 at 17:20
Ah! 🙂
TT
By: Atcham Tower - 12th April 2007 at 17:12
Speke would be brilliant but not an option unless you bring the aircraft in by road! The Brit and Jetstream would also get in the way.
By: Moggy C - 12th April 2007 at 14:59
Need to find photos etc of Cambridge to have a looksee.
Watch the first or second episode of Piece of Cake.
It stands in for Le Touquet as I recall.
Moggy
By: TEXANTOMCAT - 12th April 2007 at 13:09
Sywell is the one ya want – as lovely as Shoreham is it might be difficult to get ‘uncluttered’ shots as its a jolly busy, Speke also comes to mind and also Croydon (flying in may be an issue!) – we’d welcome you to Sywell. I hear they have an excellent museum too 😉
Best thing is to do a ‘recce’
ATB
TT
p.s
A shot of a Luton Minor at Vne there….
By: low'n'slow - 12th April 2007 at 13:03
Sywell is a definite “go”, we’ve done a number of photosessions there and the management are never less than enthusiastic and co-operative.
As for getting the aeroplanes close to the art-deco…….
By: Firebird - 12th April 2007 at 12:52
Had a look at the Sywell website, and although it initially looked promising, I’m not sure you can get the a/c and car close together with the Art Deco hotel as a close behind backdrop…….but it’s not that clear from a mix of looking at the website and zooming in on Google Earth…….??
Need to find photos etc of Cambridge to have a looksee.
Ta muchy so far…….:)
By: BlueRobin - 12th April 2007 at 12:28
Sywell without a doubt for art deco.
By: Moggy C - 12th April 2007 at 12:13
Shoreham / Sywell / Cambridge
Moggy
By: Arm Waver - 12th April 2007 at 12:05
Sywell perhaps?
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