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MOVIE STAR
Meet the guys who helped prepare
the King Air for a starring role in “On a Wing and a Prayer”
by MeLinda Schnyder
Photos provided by Doug Scroggins unless specified otherwise
The first thing you the reader of King Air magazine should know about the film “On a Wing and a Prayer” is that it was written and edited for the general public – an audience that movie studios believe values the dramatic over the technically accurate.
The second thing you should know is that fellow aviation enthusiasts were working behind the scenes – and in front of the camera in some cases – to accurately represent the Beechcraft King Air, which gets an incredible amount of screen time in the 2023 film starring Dennis Quaid, Heather Graham and Jesse Metcalfe.
JULY 2023
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On set shooting Dennis Quaid and Heather Graham in the King Air cockpit. In order to capture their hands on the yoke and throttle, the instrument panel had to be removable, but able to be usable for other shots.
