Qantas' first 747-400, which flew non-stop from London to Sydney and broke the world record for the longest flight of a commercial jet, could transform Albion Park's Illawarra Regional Airport into our own piece of Hollywood.

Filmmakers have long wanted access to an aircraft of its calibre.

However, filming restrictions such as those at Sydney Airport mean a plane hasn't been on the ground long enough to be of use to the industry.

Until now, that is.

When the City of Canberra touched down on March 8 and was officially handed to the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society, Qantas hinted a film scout would tour within weeks.

On Saturday, VH-OJA's flight to stardom began when film and television location manager Mary Barltrop gave her the once over.

Ms Barltrop has worked on a number of films and TV series — from Australia and X-Men Origins: Wolverine to Underbelly and Packed to the Rafters.

"[In] so many scripts that come up, particularly feature films, there's always a scene that is in a plane or around a plane," she said.

"More often than not we've had to build a set to accommodate that, so when I first got wind of this happening I thought 'this will be great'.

"It's a standing set, it's a set waiting to happen."

Ms Barltrop described the plane as "absolutely ideal", but wouldn't be drawn on where we might see the 747-400 next.

"Every film and TV project is different and the requirements are always very different," she said.

"That's the wonderful thing about film and TV, you just never know what might turn up.

"[I'm] open to any ideas, if you've got any scripts throw them my way."

HARS has already had a number of inquiries and president Bob De La Hunty said they were "working through" them.

"It's pretty exciting, not just for HARS and the Illawarra, but the overall opportunity this presents to a lot of people for an iconic region, matched with our iconic aircraft, to generate tourist dollars," Mr De La Hunty said.

"It's pretty hard not to see the activity taking place ... this week we had the crew and cast of The Biggest Loser doing a whole film sequence for a later edition of that [Channel 10] TV series," he said.

"People pick up on that and want to come and look at where they've been."