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It's July 15, 1982, in the city of Rialto, California, 50 miles east of Los Angeles.

37-year-old Dan Allingham pulls up alongside a low-slung building on the edge of the local airport.

Allingham is the unit production manager on the John Landis segment of Twilight Zone, The Movie.

And in his role as UPM, Allingham is responsible for day-to-day logistics on the John Landis segment of Twilight Zone the movie. And in his role as UPM,

Allingham is responsible for day-to-day logistics on the production,

which is already shooting back in L.A.

But today, his job has taken him to the offices of Western helicopters.

This charter company earns most of its money moving heavy equipment or helping farmers with crop control. But

Western also has a growing sideline supplying aircraft to the movie business. The company owns a

Huey helicopter that would be perfect for Landis's big Vietnam War finale, and its low rates have caught

the attention of the Twilight Zone team. At $800 an hour, Western charges a third less than more established

companies. So Allingham is hopeful they'll be able to provide the production what they need.

He's shown into the wood-paneled office of the president of the company, Claire Meriwether.

After a few minutes of small talk, Meriwether suggests they take a look at the aircraft outside.

The company's helicopters are lined up on the tarmac.

Meriwether leads Allingham over to the large military chopper at the far end.

Yeah, well, here she is. The bell UH1B.

You know her as a hewing.

Allingham runs a hand over the helicopter's dark, green, aluminum skin. Wow, it's big. What is it? Forty feet long? Yep, just a little under. Yeah, much larger than it looks on TV. So if this is your first time seeing one, you didn't serve them. No, I was one of the lucky ones. Mary Weather nods at the helicopter. Well, this bird did. She's ex-Army. We bought her from the Maryland State Police, actually. So she's been around a block a time or two. That she has, but she still flies beautifully in the right hands. You spoke to Dorsey, right? Yeah, on the phone yesterday, is he here? Dorsey Wingo is Western's director of operations and its chief

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