Moving Aeroplanes for TV?

I was involved in the move of a PBY a couple of time – take wings off, stick the bits on 3 low loaders and away we went.

I would guess that a documentary built around the Concorde move mentioned here by Ren Frew would attract a great deal of interest, and not just in the UK. I’m ready to place my order for a DVD copy of the programme now!

Tell me when it will be broadcast and I will make you a copy. This offer comes with complementary Dutch subtitles! :diablo:

I would guess that a documentary built around the Concorde move mentioned here by Ren Frew would attract a great deal of interest, and not just in the UK. I’m ready to place my order for a DVD copy of the programme now!

I can’t think of any major aircraft ‘movements’ going on in the UK just now apart from the Cosford reshuffle, and what’s being moved isn’t particularly big. The removal of Concorde G-BOAA from Heathrow to The Scottish National Museum of Flight, by road, river, sea and through fields would have been a pretty good subject had it not already happened a couple of years ago.

That said, there’s plenty of news footage available from the appropriate broadcasters should a retro production be of interest ?

Maybe a look at the huge Antonov-22 cargo plane which visits the UK regularly might be of interest, especially when you consider some of the things that the beast can carry in it’s hold.

Oh and if you need the services of a friendly broadcast cameraman…. :rolleyes:

Again if you are interested in stock footage, and not aviation related but may be of interest… a couple of years ago several very large buildings in downtown Wellington (NZ’s capital city) were moved around to make room for the Museum of New Zealand (Te Papa).

This was all captured on camera over several months so there have been some fantastic stop-motion sequences edited together showing buildings shifting. I believe TVNZ has the footage.

Just a suggestion for the future.

Hello all forum goers,

I am currently working on a TV series called Mega Moves for Five and National Geographic International. As the name suggests it focuses on moving large or unusual objects. In the first season these included houses, locomotives and even a new air traffic control tower at Heathrow Airport. We have a webpage that details these programs at http://www.windfallfilms.com/html/productions/monstermoves.htm

Now, we have been challenged to make a bigger and bolder second series, and I am making the show that follows the moving of large machines. Not surprisingly, it struck me that moving aeroplanes, especially historic ones, would be an ideal subject for this program.

As a result I was wondering if any of you were involved in, or had heard of, any aeroplanes or other large machines that are being moved in the future in the UK or anywhere else in the rest of the world.

We’re looking for interesting and challenging moves – which require some nifty engineering. So the trickier the better… and just to let you know, our filming schedule is between now and the end of September!

Please do get in touch if you have heard of anything – reply to this post, send an email or phone!

Hope to hear from you soon,

Alice Jones
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Researcher, Mega Moves
Windfall Films

[email]megamoves@windfallfilms.com[/email] / 020 7251 7652

Windfall Films, the company I am working for, is a multi-award winning independent documentary produciton company based in London. It specialises in science, technology adn history documentaries for the like of National Geographic, BBC, Channel 4, Five, The History Channel and the Discovery networks. Details of our recent productions can be found on our website: www.windfallfilms.com

You mind using stock footage? A while back the Aviodrome (NL) moved a KLM 747 by barge from Schiphol airport to Lelystad. Some pretty cool footage of a 747 floating through Amsterdam canals. Obviously this is already complete though.

As for current projects. Part of the BA collection is going to be moved. The other part, unfortunately, scrapped.

Try this company…
http://www.airsalvage.co.uk/
They appear to do a lot of jobs and are involved with the BA collection.

possibly the british airways collection at cosford, someone else may have more details as i’m not sure wether they are being broken up or moved