The Spirit of Flight Foundation, through Spirit of Flight Productions, develops and produces aviation-themed film and television projects to support its mission. Spirit of Flight Productions has a vast knowledge of aviation, aviation history, access to aircraft, facilities and locations, and film equipment and crews that help create film projects that are both inspiring and educational. Spirit of Flight Productions partnerships include Blackwing ASL, Red Pine Studios and Air Assets International. Spirit of Flight Productions has helped produce Chasing Planes TV, Great Colorado Women (RMPBS), and is currently in development for the feature film, Flight for Life.
DISCLAIMER-The Flight for Life Movie, Flight for Life Movie website and Flight for Life Movie, LLC are wholly unrelated to the FLIGHT FOR LIFE medical transport services, and the donations submitted in support of the Flight for Life movie do not fund “FLIGHT FOR LIFE” emergency transport services program.
Flight for Life is a feature film currently in development. Centering on the story of an Army veteran pilot grappling with suicide, the film seeks to avert veteran suicide by sharing uplifting messages. VIFM veterans will employed in production of this film. For more information, please go to flightforlifemovie.com.
Chasing Planes is a series showing an inside look at running a museum and how aircraft and artifacts are appraised, acquired, restored, and displayed. Season One included six episodes, filmed in the US and overseas. Season Two is in currently in production. For more information, please go to www.chasingplanestv.com.
Spirit of Flight Productions is producing a documentary on Mary Elizabeth Trebing, a Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) who was one of 38 women who were killed in WWII ferrying aircraft for the war effort.
The WASP program was established in 1943 to address the severe shortage of pilots as male aviators were deployed to combat roles overseas. These brave women, including Trebing, played a crucial role in the war effort by ferrying military aircraft from factories to bases, freeing up male pilots for combat missions.
Spirit of Flight Productions helped produce a pilot for a Mystical Western TV series called Raven and Blackjack. Spirit of Flight provided a wrecked Cessna 210 for filming.
Great Colorado Women is a television program presented by Rocky Mountain PBS featuring remarkable stories of women inducted into the Colorado Women Hall of Fame. In our segment, general aviation pilot, educator, and researcher, Penny Hamilton encourages women to fly and pursue careers in aviation.
Spirit of Flight Productions helped produce a pilot for a series called The Shadow War. Spirit of Flight provided a working Cessna 172 and a Hangar for filming.
Spirit of Flight Productions helped produce a film on a fictitious Secret WWII German Project . Spirit of Flight provided a customized BD-5 Jet for filming which attracted passing drivers to stop to help with the “victim”.
Spirit of Flight Productions helped produce a film on time travel. Spirit of Flight provided a throttle quadrant from an MD-80 that was used as the “control panel."