Air Hollywood founder and CEO Talaat Captan is featured in How to Make an Airplane Crash Look Real on Film, published on September 26, 2026 on the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum blog at Smithsonian Magazine. The article, adapted from the Spring 2026 issue of Air & Space Quarterly, looks at how filmmakers have recreated flight on screen over more than a century, from wire-hung models and miniatures to radio-controlled aircraft, full-size mockups and digital effects.
The piece describes how Air Hollywood builds airport and airplane sets from surplus and decommissioned airliner parts, and mentions the AutoPlane, our mobile airplane set built on a tractor-trailer. It also features other specialists in aviation mockups and models.
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How to Make an Airplane Crash Look Real on Film on Smithsonian Magazine
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See our production guide on how to film an airplane crash scene on a set, explore our aviation film sets, including the AutoPlane and the Narrow-Body 737, and dress your scene with safety equipment from Air Hollywood Props. Call 747-400-0747 or contact us to schedule a scout.