[CDsDontBurn]

I finally saw the movie on Saturday (Thanks Redbox), and it was most definitely an exceptional movie.

I will say one thing though. Every single shot of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) was actually filmed in Ontario International Airport (ONT). How do I know this? Because the mountain in the background is actually Mt. Baldy. How else do I know this? I grew up in Ontario, CA (California, not Canada!) and the house I grew up in had a great view of Mt Baldy.

Another shot

The view from the house I grew up in

 

[XR7-4.6]

Yeah, LAX doesn’t have mountains that close, that whole area landscape looks like The O’hare area here if you ignore the pesky palm trees and ocean on the west side. I may be going out on a limb but I suspect test driving GT40s on the runway, in broad daylight at times, may have been artistic license too ?

Funny enough, I know of a Ontario CA because of my other hobby. One of my high school friends dad had a old Jackson Strat made there(they used to be made in San Dimas), and apparently these were shunned by collectors because they thought production moved to Canada, despite using the same employees, same tools, same designs/materials etc. lol

 

[CDsDontBurn]

Based from Google Satellite images, I could see the highlighted part being used for the filming part of the GT40s as that part of the airport seems to be low volume takeoff and landings.

Another tidbit about Ontario, CA, the flashlight manufacturer Maglite is based there.

 

[theterminator93]

Yeah, there is way they'd be able to shut down LAX for any length of time to film those scenes...

 

[XR7-4.6]

I mean IRL back in the 60s. I never heard they used the runways for testing purposes, Shelby moved to the LAX facility from the original Venice beach location primarily for space to produce and store the much higher volume Mustangs.