Scroggins Aviation

Scroggins Aviation is an American aircraft salvage and aviation movie special effects company based in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1] It has provided special effects for several network television shows and feature films.

History

The company was founded by its namesake, James Douglas Scroggins III.[2][3][4][5][6] Initially the company operated in the aircraft dismantling, crash recovery and recycling industry, taking apart decommissioned airplanes and supplied aviation mockups.[7][8] The company changed its name in 2015 to Scroggins Aviation Mockup & Effects [9], and began to focus on the restoration and modification of airframes and cockpits for use in feature film and television productions.[2] This has included both the interior and exterior of various aircraft[10] and helicopters, fabricating both airplane parts and fuselage sections for filming.[11]

Film and television

A selection of films that used Scroggins to produce aviation materials for its sets include Deadpool 2"",[12]",Jurassic World,[13]",Captain America: Civil War, Terminator Genisys,[14][2][15] Spider-Man: Homecoming[16], Dunkirk [17], Iron Man 3, Sully,[18] The Fate of the Furious,[19] Independence Day: Resurgence, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle[20], Fifty Shades Darker,[7] and Flight.[1] Television series for which Scroggins has designed sets have included The Event, Pan Am,[21] Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Night Shift, and The Last Ship.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 "Las Vegas aviation company specializes in mangling planes for Hollywood". 21 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Jurassic Copter - Vertical Magazine".
  3. ↑ "Aviation archaeologist reunites woman with 1958 crash that took her husband". 22 November 2000.
  4. ↑ Air Classics May, Vol. 54/No. 5, (2018)"Saving the Last Convair Jetliners - by Ralph M. Pettersen"
  5. ↑ James Douglas Scroggins III author of Junkyard Jets, a book on the end of live of a commercial aircraft, https://www.amazon.com/James-D.-Scroggins/e/B004PANFHG/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_1
  6. ↑ Convair jet rises from desert graveyard, returns to public view, by reporter Diana Bell, http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/columnists/diane-bell/sd-me-bell-convair-20180929-story.html
  7. 1 2 "Mojave — thinking outside the box". www.aerotechnews.com.
  8. ↑ "A Boeing 737NG Embarks on a Final Mission". 21 October 2015.
  9. ↑ Local company bringing Hollywood magic to Las Vegas with plane and helicopter sets – by David Schuman, https://www.ktnv.com/news/local-company-bringing-hollywood-magic-to-las-vegas-with-plane-and-helicopter-sets
  10. ↑ JETGALA.COM. "JETGALA MAGAZINE - Life Beyond First Class". www.jetgala.com.
  11. 1 2 "Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features /2005/06/14/". archives.starbulletin.com.
  12. ↑ Cinefex August, issue #160, (2018)"Knocking'em Dead - by Graham Edwards"
  13. ↑ Cinefex July, issue #142, (2015)"Indominus - by Jody Duncan"
  14. ↑ Cinefex October, issue 143, (2015)"Wrinkles in Time – by Jody Duncan"
  15. ↑ contributors, Wikipedia. "Focus On: 100 Most Popular 2010s Adventure Films". e-artnow sro – via Google Books.
  16. ↑ Cinefex August, issue 154, (2017)“The Kid Underneath the Suit – by Jody Duncan”
  17. ↑ Cinefex October, issue 155, (2017)"Deliverance - by Joe Fordham"
  18. ↑ Schuman, David (29 July 2017). "Local company bringing Hollywood magic to Las Vegas with plane and helicopter sets".
  19. ↑ Craft, Andrew (16 August 2017). "Vegas aircraft supplier helps bring flight scenes to movie blockbusters".
  20. ↑ Cinefex February, issue 157, (2018) "It’s a Jungle Out There – by Jody Duncan"
  21. ↑ "In Hollywood, Flights of Fancy". International Herald Tribune. 9 July 2012 – via The New York Times.
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