Pasadena Rocked by Plane Crash
One of the biggest events during my early teens was the plane crash movie called ‘The Survivor’ which was filmed at Pasadena and Panorama in the early 80’s. I used to enjoy heading down to the movie set each night after school to watch the action. I even grabbed a few pics that I can share today.
I was used as an ‘extra’ in the film on one occasion but never made the big screen as the director did not have the right light. If Ihad of made the cut, my role in the closing credits would be ‘boy with bad haircut in distance walking past with his brother’ …..lol
I remember the big night where the plane was blown up across a couple of nights. Thousand of people converged on Pasadena to see quite a spectacle. We were all told to scream and run towards the plane after the explosion. The heat generated was incredible and our suburb was completely rocked.