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Film work

Film Work/Hire   

Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ and The LincolnshireFilming at The Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre, East Kirkby Aviation Heritage Centre assets.

We have a unique set of assets available for filming and photography work; all of them rare and some of them the only ones in existence.

We have one of the only sites in the country set on an original WW2 airfield featuring many original buildings and vehicles; enabling you to ‘step back to the 1940’s’.

We have already featured in many films/TV documentaries internationally; here are just a few-

  • BBC Drama ‘Night Flight’Michael Aspel with Fred and Harold Panton in front of Avro Lancaster NX611 when filming the Antiques Roadshow
  • Al Murray’s ‘Road to Berlin’
  • CH5 Documentary ‘The Last Dambuster’
  • BBC Antiques Roadshow
  • ‘Battlestations’
  • ‘Battle Fields’
  • BBC Documentary ‘The Dambusters’
  • BBC Documentary ‘The Watch Tower’
  • Weaponology
  • The Sun ‘Help for Heroes’ Campaign

With stars such as-

Stephen Fry, Sir David Frost, Michael Aspel, Peter Jackson, Martin Shaw, Chris Barrie and Al Murray.

Assets available for hire-

  •  Avro Lancaster NX611 ‘Just Jane’ (Taxying and Engine Running Condition)
  • Original WW2 Control Tower
  • Tallboy, 8000lb, 4000lb ‘Cookie’, 4 x 1000lb, Original Dambusters bombs
  • Willys Jeep
  • 1932 Bedford Bus
  • Bedford Queen Mary
  • Ford WOT1 Crew Bus
  • Ford WOT1 Fire Engine
  • 1930’s Ford 8 car
  • 1930’s ‘NAAFI Wagon’
  • AEC ‘Matador Fuel Bowser
  • Oil Bowser
  • David Brown Tug Tractor
  • Bomb Trolleys
  • Bedford Water Bowser
  • ATC Control Caravan
  • Heinkel Bomber nose sectionStephen Fry and Ray Grayston in the cockpit of Avro Lancaster NX611

 We also have a re-enactment group who are happy to provide the full 1940’s Bomber Command atmosphere and ‘Crew the Lancaster’ for photographs and film work. 

The tariff for filming changes depending on your requirements.  As many of you will know it is extremely expensive to run and maintain a Lancaster, therefore costs can drastically change depending on the running of the aircraft.

Rough guide prices are as below (including filming inside and outside the aircraft)- 

 Lancaster Taxy run (15 minutes approx) -  £2,000.00

Lancaster Engine Run (8 Minutes approx) - £1,000.00

There will be a tiered charge system for the use of different vehicles and/or buildings.

If you have any more enquiries or you would like to book, please call Andrew Panton on 01790 763207