Always (1989)

This Steven Spielberg-directed drama starring Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter and John Goodman shot primarily in Montana, but also featured scenes in Washington. 

The main airfield seen in the film was Libby Airport, located 7 miles south of Libby, Montana. Shooting was done at Kootenai National Forest, where an actual forest fire was ablaze in 1988. The De Havilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter seen in the last shot (N141Z) is still in active firefighting duty for the US Forest Service. 

A wheat field near Sprague, WA was used for the scene where Pete (Dreyfuss) talks to Hap (Audrey Hepburn).

One of the old hangars at Ephrata Municipal Airport in eastern Washington played the part of the "Flat Rock, Colorado Air Attack Training Base," where newcomer Ted (Brad Johnson) undergoes training under the supervision of Al (Goodman). 

The Fairchild C-119C "Flying Boxcar" used in the Flat Rock scenes (N8093) was donated to Hagerstown Aviation Museum in Maryland in 2006, where it is on display today. The town's minor league baseball team has even adopted the "Flying Boxcars" as their team name!

Al's PBY-5A Catalina in the film (N9505C) sat outside the hangars at Ephrata Municipal Airport in a sad state for many years but recently moved to Yanks Air Museum in Chino, CA (above photo from 2020).

In the latter half of the film, Doreen (Hunter) lives in a small house behind the hangar in Ephrata. It was built especially for the film and no longer stands.

The bar scene was filmed in Slim's Tavern at 121 North I Street in Lind, WA (thanks to Medie).

Pete's plane in the film (#57), a Douglas A-26/JD1 (B26) Invader (N9425Z) is on display at the Palm Springs Air Museum at 745 North Gene Autry Trail in Palm Springs, CA. It has since been repainted the original WWII colors. 

The A-26C that Ted (Brad Johnson) ends up with (#59) (tail #N4818E) sat for many years on display at Billings Airport. It has since been moved to the Museum of Mountain Flying in Missoula, MT. The good news? It still has the original "Fire Eaters" paint scheme from the film!