Twin Peaks Location – FBI Jet Interiors from Parts 7 and 9

I recently shared how the aerial footage of the FBI jet in flight from Twin Peaks Parts 7 and 9 was taken from promotional footage provided by Gulfstream Aerospace. The interiors for this location were shot using a set provided by Air Hollywood located in Pacoima, California. Here’s how I discovered this location.

WHERE WERE THE FBI JET INTERIOR SCENES SHOT IN TWIN PEAKS?

AirHollywood
AirHollywood.com

I figured there was no way that the scenes were shot while traveling in the air. The cost of renting an airplane for the crew seemed like it would be too high. Additionally, I knew there were companies based in Los Angeles, California that provided fake airplanes for film and television shoots.

At first, I searched AeroMockUps.com thinking that may be the company that provided the airplane. An exhaustive search on their website yielded no results. So I searched the web for another company and discovered AirHollywood.com. Their website had a listing for a Gulfstream III set that looked like it matched scenes from Twin Peaks Season 3 on Showtime.

AirHollywood.com
AirHollywood.com

Digging deeper into their site, I found a page that listed film and television shows that used their company. BINGO! There was a listing for Twin Peaks on Showtime that interestingly included a fan-created poster for the series.

Let’s look at where Air Hollywood is located in southern California.

Google Maps
Google Maps

Here’s an aerial shot from Google Maps of Air Hollywood located at 13240 Weidner Street  in Los Angeles, California.

Google Maps
Google Maps

Zooming in, it appears the Gulfstream III is parked outside the facility.

Google Maps
Google Maps

A Google Maps street view image from June 2016 shows the Gulfstream III set parked in a similar spot as what is featured on their website.

Google Maps
Google Maps

Zooming in again, the set appears to be an exact match!

BEHIND THE CURTAIN – FBI JET INTERIOR

Film crew working on a mock up of a jet
Behind the Curtain – Part 7

When I originally published this article on December 23, 2018, I didn’t have access to the incredible Behind the Curtain features on the Twin Peaks – From Z To A Collection Blu-ray set. These short videos contain so much behind the scenes footage at how the crew created Twin Peaks – The Return. For Part 7, we learn that the scenes were shot on December 1, 2015.

Film crew working on a mock up of a jet
Behind the Curtain – Part 7

You’ll see the crew preparing lighting equipment that helped illuminate the inside of the jet.

Film crew working on a mock up of a jet
Behind the Curtain – Part 7

These soft lights gave the illusion the FBI Agents were flying above the clouds.

Film crew working on a mock up of a jet
Behind the Curtain – Part 7

Since this jet is not a working airplane, they had to pump in cool air so that the interior wouldn’t turn into an oven (those bright lights really get hot!).

Film crew working on a mock up of a jet
Behind the Curtain – Part 7

The wildest part for me is this is the same plane that I found when searching Google Maps! How I’d love to visit it one day.

CLOSER LOOK AT FBI JET INTERIORS

Let’s compare screen caps from Twin Peaks Parts 7 and 9 with the set images from the Air Hollywood website.

David Lynch as Gordon Cole sitting inside an airplane
Part 7
Albert Rosenfield walking through the plane
Part 7

The interior scenes from Part 7 starts with Gordon Cole sitting toward the back of the airplane. Albert Rosenfield stops to speak with Diane Evans before joining Cole.

AirHollywood.com Airplane Interior
AirHollywood.com
AirHollywood.com Airplane Interior
AirHollywood.com

AirHollywood.com offers these two images from inside the set that appear to match. I believe they reversed the couch and chairs and replaced the carpet for the series.

FBI Agents inside a jet
Part 7

Agent Tammy Preston eventually discusses her findings about Dale Cooper with Cole and Rosenfield.

AirHollywood.com
AirHollywood.com

Here is another look at the back of the airplane set from AirHollywood.com.

Gordon Cole looking outside a jet window
Part 9

In Part 9, Cole is seen looking out window.

AirHollywood.com Airplane Interior
AirHollywood.com

The windows and seats appear to be the same as seen in this image from AirHollywood.com.

Gordon Cole Talking to the FBI Jet pilot
Part 9
Gordon Cole by the Cockpit
Part 9

Cole visits the cockpit and asks the pilots to make a detour in their flight plan. He stops at the mini-bar and picks up Diane Evans more bottles of Vodka.

AirHollywood.com Airplane Interior
AirHollywood.com

Here’s a look at the mini-bar/kitchen area from the set as found on AirHollywood.com.

Gordon Cole inside the FBI Jet
Part 9

The scene ends with Gordon Cole remarking that Cooper flew the Coop.

Notice in every scene how details are missing outside the exterior windows. You would think that the cockpit windows would at least show some kind of detail. It confirmed for me that they were really on a set.

David Lynch and fellow actors and crew inside a jet
Behind the Curtain – Part 7

I close with a favorite shot from the Behind the Curtain footage of David Lynch inside the FBI Jet set with Laura Dern, Chrysta Bell, Miguel Ferrer and Cinematographer Peter Deming. They were blocking and discussing the upcoming shoot on December 1.

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  • Steven Miller at Twede's Cafe enjoying cherry pie and coffee

    A "Twin Peaks" fan since October 1993, Steven Miller launched Twin Peaks Blog in February 2018 to document his decades-long fascination with David Lynch and Mark Frost's wonderful and strange show. With his Canon camera in hand, he's visited numerous film locations, attended Twin Peaks events and conducted extensive historical research about this groundbreaking series. Along with fellow Bookhouse Boys, he dreams of creating a complete Twin Peaks Archive of the series and feature film. Steven currently resides in Central Florida.

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