Snow at Bankstown Airport

[planedriver]

Last week at Bankstown Airport, prior to the cold snap, I witnessed some unusual sights including snow on the ground.

 

The area near the terminal building, was chock a block with film crew, and a large corporate jet with American rego, was parked out on the tarmac.

 

The hanger behind the old Illawarra Flying School had fake snow on the ground, an old Beech 18, or Lockheed Electra just inside it's open doors, and a sign claiming it to be Faro Airport.

 

The terminal building signage was just being changed to "Welcome to Faro Airport".

 

Around on the western side of the airport near Sydney Sky Divers, was an old DC3/C47 sporting a gleaming new US Airforce paint job, but minus it's engines, which presumeably, also had something to do with the movie being made.

 

Maybe someone who works at the airport can throw some more light on the activity (I don't mean the lighting crew)

 

 

 

 

 

[planedriver]

Just found out that it was 2nd spin off, to do with the Hugh Jackman movie "The Wolverine"

 

Apparently it's only likely to have about a 30 second airtime despite all the the work and countless dozens of people that are involved.

 

Just goes to show, that the movie business involves real big bucks.

 

 

[GAFA]

20 years ago I was instructing with Illawarra out of that hanger.

 

 

[Guest Howard Hughes]

Did they make the hangar look that old for the movie?

 

 

[GAFA]

It's one of the original hangers, which had an update in the 80's so even in the early 90's it was looking old, but not as old as in the photos above with the stains added for the movie.

 

 

[Ultralights]

nope, that pretty much how that hangar looks today.. and has for some time..

 

 

[planedriver]

If visiting Bankstown before filming finishes, don't set your altimeter going by whats written under the Faro Airport sign, or you might stuff-up what was otherwise a really good day:ah oh: