The aerial scenes will be outstanding, including shots above Victoria Falls, Okavango desert and wildlife, and many different settings. The film crew, with Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Christopher Eccleston, and director Mira Nair, were ecstatic at the presence of the Electra, which is the mechanical star of “Amelia”. The filming across SA took 63 flight hours, and was absolutely fantastic. It cost me 11000 euros labelled as “fine for violating the national airspace”, in reality a ransom… Also there was no avgas in Luanda, Angola, where are located Africa’s largest refineries, and we had to fly in from Namibia (5 hours) a Twin Otter bringing 1000 liters of 100 LL, at the total cost of 10 USD per liter… Your tank came in very handy there! The ferry down took 50.14 hours, including three days in internment in Equatorial Guinea where the crew was lured into landing there under the false announcement by the control tower in Malabo that there was avgas, now becoming very rare around Africa. I had designed three crews overlapping the three chapters: ferry down to SA, filming all over South Africa, return ferry. “Briefly, the act left France on July the 10th, right after adapting the tank inside the cabin just behind the cockpit. Owner of Electra Mr Bernard Chabbert a noted aviator and author had this to say about the epic flight: Turtle-Pac FERRY 238 was used for extra fuel. Army Truck Tanks – Combat fuel bladdersįilm shoot “AMELIA” flight - France to Africa and return by Lockheed 12 Electra. ![]() Collision Bandage – Slide and Video Shows.TurtlePac | Order Flexible Jerrycans from TurtlePac. ![]()
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