'PIRATES' COULD BE FILMING AT SITE 9 FROM MAKING BOMBERS TO BUILDING MOVIE SETS.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer PALMDALE - The sounds echoing from the former B-1B bomber plant might be going from the roar of jets to calls of "Yo ho, yo ho, the pirate's life for me." The plant, known as Site 9, is being considered for use as a soundstage for a movie company filming the two sequels to "Pirates of the Caribbean This article is about the franchise. For other, more specific uses, see Pirates of the Caribbean (disambiguation). For real pirates, see Piracy in the Caribbean. Pirates of the Caribbean ." Second Mate
A Second Mate (2/M) or Second Officer is a licensed member of the deck department of a merchant ship. Productions is looking to rent the site's two massive hangars for seven months from Los Angeles World Airports Los Angeles World Airports or LAWA is the airport oversight and operations department for the city of Los Angeles, California. This department owns and operates Los Angeles International Airport, LA/Ontario International Airport, Palmdale Regional Airport, and Van . The proposed rental agreement A rental agreement is a contract, usually written, between the owner of a property and a renter who desires to have temporary possession of the property. As a minimum, the agreement identifies the parties, the property, the term of the rental, and the amount of rent for the term. is due to come before LAWA's board of directors April 17. If a rental agreement is approved, the company would rent the two hangars, at Rancho Vista Boulevard and 30th Street East, for $616,000. The production company would rent all of hangar 703 and up to 40,000 square feet of hangar 704 for the movie work, according to LAWA LAWA Los Angeles World Airports LAWA Lawrence's Warbler (bird species) . "LAWA wants to do everything it possibly can to keep as much filming activity in Southern California as possible and the Palmdale site is turning out to be a very attractive venue," said LAWA spokesman Paul Haney. If the production company opts to rent the hangars, it would continue Site 9's recent track record as a soundstage. One of the site's hangars was used the 2003 Steven Spielberg movie "Terminal," featuring Tom Hanks. For that film, a 2 1/2-story replica of an airport terminal was built, complete with some 40 retail shops and restaurants. "Terminal" provided an estimated $5 million boost to the region's economy, including work for as many as 150 local workers a day. More recently, the site was used by the production company working on the new "Mission Impossible" sequel. Site 9 was also used for filming the 1998 release "Hard Rain," starring Christian Slater and Morgan Freeman. Production of that movie took a year and involved building several sets depicting a small town inside one of the hangars. The set was flooded for the movie's climax. LAWA continues to hunt for a permanent tenant for Site 9 and has several leads. LAWA would like to attract an aircraft-related business to occupy the site's 1 million square feet of industrial space. In the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile , LAWA is attracting short-term tenants. LAWA estimates it has received $583,000 in rents from short-term tenants over the past two years. Part of Site 9 is now being rented out to Sanswire Networks LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , which is working an airship airship, an aircraft that consists of a cigar-shaped gas bag, or envelope, filled with a lighter-than-air gas to provide lift, a propulsion system, a steering mechanism, and a gondola accommodating passengers, crew, and cargo. project. That company is paying $185,000 in rents through September. There is a possibility the company will extend its stay in Palmdale, and pay an additional $84,000 in rent through December, according to LAWA. The two hangars were built by Rockwell International during the 1980s for the assembly of 100 B-1B bombers. james.skeen(at)dailynews (661) 267-5743 |
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