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 initially operated in the commercial aircraft dismantling, crash recovery, and recycling industry, taking apart decommissioned airplanes and supplying aviation mock-up and props, using retired aircraft to the motion picture industry.[2][3] Scroggins Aviation was founded in 2000 by James Douglas (Doug) Scroggins III, a veteran of the film industry and aviation industry. [4] [5] [6] The company changed its name in 2015 to Scroggins Aviation Mockup & Effects,[7][8][9][10] and began to focus on the restoration and modification of airframes and cockpits for use in film and television productions.[11] This has included both the interior and exterior of various aircraft[12] and helicopters, fabricating both airplane parts and fuselage sections for filming.[13]

Film and television

A selection of films that used Scroggins to produce aviation materials for its sets include 65 (film),[14] Hobbs and Shaw,[15] Bumblebee (film)[16], Deadpool 2[17], Jurassic World[18], Captain America: Civil War,[19] Terminator Genisys,[20][11] Spider-Man: Homecoming[21], Dunkirk[22], Iron Man 3, Sully[23], Independence Day: Resurgence, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle[24], Fifty Shades Darker[2], and Flight.[1] Television series for which Scroggins has designed sets have included The Event, Pan Am[25], Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.[26], The Night Shift, and The Last Ship.[13]

References
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  5. Evan Henderson (May 2023). "Building the Ultra-Real "Off-World" Escape Vessel for 65". VFXV the Magazine of the Visual Effects Society. No. Web Exclusive.
  6. MeLinda Schnyder (July 2023). "Camera-Ready, King Air Stars in New Movie". King Air a Magazine for the owner and pilot of King Air aircraft. No. Web Exclusive.
  7. 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 Archived 2018-02-20 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Cody Diamond (September 2018). "Saving a Delta L-1011". Airways Magazine. No. #271.
  9. Philip Faiss, Scroggins Aviation (January–February 2019). "The Craft of Aircraft in Cinema Art" (PDF). Perspective.
  10. Marjorie Galas. "Plane Parts From "Flight" to "Iron Man 3" An Overview of Scroggins Aviation". Variety 411 / LA411 (issue 117).
  11. "Jurassic Copter - Vertical Magazine". Archived from the original on 2018-02-20. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  12. JETGALA.COM (8 May 2023). "JETGALA MAGAZINE - Life Beyond First Class". www.jetgala.com. Archived from the original on 21 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  13. "Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features /2005/06/14/". archives.starbulletin.com. Archived from the original on 2017-10-22. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  14. VFXV the Magazine of the Visual Effects Society May 9, (2023) (web exclusive)" Building the Ultra-Real “Off-World” Escape Vessel for 65 - by Evan Henderson "
  15. Cinefex October, issue #167, (2019) (page 98)" Muscle Cars - by Graham Edwards"
  16. Cinefex February, issue #163, (2019) (pages 81 – 83)" Transformation - by Graham Edwards"
  17. Cinefex August, issue #160, (2018)"Knocking'em Dead - by Graham Edwards"
  18. Cinefex July, issue #142, (2015)"Indominus - by Jody Duncan"
  19. Cinefex June, issue #147 (page 28), (2016)"A Family Affair - by Jody Duncan"
  20. Cinefex October, issue 143, (2015)"Wrinkles in Time – by Jody Duncan"
  21. Cinefex August, issue 154, (2017)“The Kid Underneath the Suit – by Jody Duncan”
  22. Cinefex October, issue 155, (2017)"Deliverance - by Joe Fordham"
  23. Schuman, David (29 July 2017). "Local company bringing Hollywood magic to Las Vegas with plane and helicopter sets". Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  24. Cinefex February, issue 157, (2018) "It’s a Jungle Out There – by Jody Duncan"
  25. "In Hollywood, Flights of Fancy". International Herald Tribune. 9 July 2012. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2018 – via The New York Times.
  26. Airways (January 2014). "Airways-News" (PDF). Airways Magazine.
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