In regards to the Battle of Britain. The movie was shot in Europe over a three month period. Some 15 (+ or-) WW II war birds were the main story line on that film. At one point the individual who was in charge of combat choreography was asked if he would take a percentage of the movie because the producers were running out of money. The 'one man' in charge of combat scenes, was a hard nosed individual who said, No sir, no percentages just cash, I've got to get these planes back to their rightful hangers from Europe and that is going to cost a lot of money. This gentlemen, performed all of the flying along with his son and five other pilots. Within the last five or maybe 6years, those planes were sold by"Invitation Only" to European museums, governments, and very wealthy collectors. ALL of those planes are flyable and maintained. Some of the planes were so rare that only one of two are left in flyable conditions in the world. All planes were sold by firm price, as the owner said, "this is price, take it or lump it." You've got two weeks only to get your plane outa of here or the sale is off! No kidding. Kinda crusty, hard nosed, ornery old gent , hugh. All of these planes were stored in half moon, metal buildings you often see on West Texas cotton farms. As a matter of fact, the owner of all of those planes that appeared in the movie, the main pilot, technical advisory of Battle of Britain, is a...cotton farmer who lives in Rotan, Texas. His cotton farm sits along the highway and has a long landing strip close to the barns. Understand he gave his farm to his son who has thousands of hours in the captain chair and is very well known as an excellent pilot.
This story appeared in one of the small circulation flying magazines.
BTW Hell or High water was shot mostly in New Mexico with only a few scenes in Texas.
And, NoPlaceforOldMen, was mostly shot SW of Marfa and south of Valentine. Very close to the Brite Ranch. Brite Ranch is mostly high desert mountains with large areas of grass land protected by canyons. Not what you normally think when thinking of deep West Texas.