25-Aug-2020Source: SHOTOVER
Serko was the big winner at the 2020 Hi-Tech Awards tonight, claiming the PwC Hi-Tech Company of the Year category. For the first time ever the Awards gathering took place virtually with a huge audience coming together remotely via a livestream to celebrate the successes of New Zealand hitech companies across 14 categories. In selecting... Read more
7-Sep-2016Source: GSS
Gyro Stabilized Systems has launched the first fully digital ENG aerial camera with the nation’s most-watched television station. In partnership with Total Traffic and Weather Network, GSS provides a fully digital B516 for WABC-TV’s news helicopter in New York City. The GSS B516 was configured to include a Sony HDC-P1 camera paired with a Canon... Read more
4-Sep-2016Source: HeliHub.com
The Guinness Book of World Records has confirmed that the world’s largest aerial projection was created and successfully pulled off this past weekend. Instead of the usual banner pulled by a plane, MTV used the company Branding By Air to successfully create the largest flying cinema screen, pulled and operated by a pair of helicopters,... Read more
7-Jul-2016Source: Helinet
Helinet Aviation Services today announced the appointments of Jim Adams, Arnold Kleiner and Thomas Norton to its board of directors. Helinet is the leading provider of airborne surveillance solutions, patient and organ transport and news coverage helicopters and pilots, as well as the largest, most respected charter service on the West Coast. The three directors... Read more
6-Jul-2015Source: Aerigon
The AERIGON™, an aerial remote camera head (ARCH™) from Intuitive Aerial, was operated by Helicopter Film Services to shoot aerial footage used throughout Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron. The remarkable stability of the AERIGON platform meant that footage captured could be fed directly into ILM’s VFX pipeline. For the first time, filmmakers have access to... Read more
30-Oct-2013Source: BBC
BBC believes their new kit will “transform the way TV news looks in the future.”. See full story... Read more
17-Sep-2013Source: Shotover
SHOTOVER, the maker of high performance stabilization platforms for the motion picture and broadcast industries, announced today the launch of its new F1 gyro-stabilized camera system. Previewed in April at the NAB Show in Las Vegas, the ready-to-ship F1 brings unprecedented versatility to the aerial cinematography space, providing unshakeable stabilization in a lightweight package that... Read more
21-Feb-2013Source: LA Times
The pilot of a helicopter that crashed in Acton this month had his pilot privileges suspended twice in the last decade, according to FAA records (see full story). Details on the accident referred to can be found at 10-Feb-13 N59518 Bell 206B Acton, US-California (3F)... Read more
17-Dec-2012Source: Helinet Aviation
Helinet Aviation Services, a diversified flight services company, announced today the acquisition of Shotover Camera Systems, developer of the world’s first gyro-stabilized camera system for shooting aerial footage in Ultra High-Definition, the next generation digital video standard announced earlier this year. Lightweight and compact enough to be transported as excess baggage by a single person,... Read more
6-Dec-2012Source: Nordic Rotors
HeliAir Film and HeliAir Sweden announced that the two companies have acquired a brand new Cineflex ELITE gyro-stabilized camera system for its filming operations. The Cineflex ELITE integrates the award-winning ARRI Alexa-M Super 35 Digital Cinema camera and the Canon 4K Digital Cinema lenses into a 5-axis gyro-stabilized Cineflex system. “Over the last year we’ve received a... Read more
9-Oct-2012Source: Fuglefjellet
Fuglefjellet AS is proud to announce that we have signed a contract to buy our largest competitor in the Norwegian aerial filming market, Blue Sky Nordic. The Fuglefjellet aerial film service branded as Magic Air is the market leader in Norway and with the purchase of our competitor we will be the largest aerial filming... Read more
16-Aug-2012Source: HeliHub.com
Thai operator Heliluck Aviation Co has recently started operations of the country’s first Eurocopter AS355NP. Serial 5766 and delivered via Eurocopter South East Asia in Singapore, HS-PNG is role-equipped as a filming platform and commences operations immediately on contract to a local television station. The helicopter is a fully ENG unit, with Gyro Cineflex V14... Read more
15-May-2012Source: Oxygen DCT
Leading on-shore helicopter operator PDG Helicopters has become the first company in the UK to use a Cinedeck RX dual channel, solid-state recorder to deliver high quality digital aerial filming to clients in film, TV broadcast, commercials and corporate production. Based in Scotland, PDG Helicopters has over 40 years of knowledge in helicopter charter, a... Read more
20-Apr-2012Source: Cineflex
General Dynamics Global Imaging Technologies has introduced the new Cineflex ELITE, a light-weight, compact, Super 35 format digital production camera featuring a design that ensures quick, affordable transport and simple rigging onto a wide variety of mobile platforms. The newest camera in the Cineflex family of 5-axis gyro-stabilized camera systems, the Cineflex ELITE was developed in close... Read more
16-Apr-2012Source: HeliHub.com
This news item is part of the accident data provided by HeliHub.com on this site. Information provided in this update may potentially be incomplete or inaccurate as we frequently post these stories only a very short time after the accident has occurred. Users of HeliHub.com are advised to carry out their own checks and searches,... Read more
16-Apr-2012Source: Schiebel
Brain Farm Digital Cinema, Snaproll Media, and Schiebel are excited and proud to announce that the CAMCOPTER® S-100 achieved its first flight with the CINEFLEX® camera as the first UAS (Unmanned Air System) ever. The days of shooting were successfully carried out in Austria, bringing new levels of innovation to the film and broadcast industry... Read more
15-Apr-2012
Four injured when helicopter crashed into two houses – Juan Carlos Menendez, 40, Andres Turcios, 32, and Octavio Gordillo, 52 and one identified only as Michael. Aircraft made at least four circuits above Antigua before it went down, the fire department spokesman said – reportedly on aerial filming work... Read more
9-Feb-2012Source: Aerial Filmworks
Aerial Filmworks just wrapped 3 projects in Costa Rica including a documentary on Carolina Marin, a world class kickboxer, and a new film by Hernán Jimenez, the director of El Regresso. Dramatic nature footage of the Costa Rica landscape will be used as establishing shots for the film on Marin, and late afternoon and night scenes... Read more
13-Nov-2011Source: Meeker-AirFilm
Meeker-AirFilm  are pleased to announce we have received: FAA / STC’s : SR02377LA and SR02376LA for our Bell 429 nose and aft mounts for: camera / sensor / searchlights. Working directly with Bell Helicopters, the mounts were developed to allow 429 operators to meet various mission requirements The nose mount offers these distinct features: nose... Read more
8-Nov-2010Source: Aerial Filmworks
Aerial Filmworks provided the Cineflex V14HD system and helicopter mount for the popular CBS/Survivor show. The filming for “Survivor: Outwit, Outplay, Outlast†took place on the tropical coast and in the jungles in Nicaragua. Award-Winning Aerial Cinematography Mark Hryma of Fly Boy Pictures, the Aerial Director of Photography for Survivor, continues to work with the... Read more
26-Feb-2010Source: Goodrich
Goodrich Corporation is demonstrating a low-cost family of stabilized surveillance camera gimbals for the helicopter market that provides enhanced information-gathering capability to budget-pressured cities, businesses and armed forces. The gimbal system, part of the TASE family, is produced by Goodrich’s ISR Systems team from the Hood River, Ore.-based Cloud Cap Technology, Inc. business that was... Read more
2-Feb-2010Source: Wired
A new mobile technology product called HT 4Sight promises to bring live, encrypted video feeds direct from air crews to smartphones on the ground. Initially, the product is being targeted at law enforcement and security officials... Read more
1-Feb-2010Source: Aerial Filmworks
Aerial Filmworks just added the new Sony F23 camera sensor to one of their Cineflex V14 aerial systems. “While all our Cineflex systems are the newest generation of gyro-stabilization,†states Ron Chapple, founder of Aerial FIlmworks, “we now go one step further to offer the only Cineflex V14 with an F23 sensor available to the... Read more
6-Nov-2009Source: RotorNews
DART Helicopter Services is pleased to announce that their affiliated partner Tyler Camera Systems has received Transport Canada approval of their Side Video Gimbal Support Framework for the R44 aircraft model. FAA and EASA approvals have been previously received.... Read more
9-Jul-2009Source: RotorNews
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26-Mar-2009Source: Byron News
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3-Mar-2009Source: AerialFilmworks
The newest CBS season of “Survivor: Tocantins†used a Cineflex V14 HD from Aerial Filmworks. Aerial DP and camera operator Mark Hryma worked with the system for 7 weeks in the Highlands of Brazil.... Read more
9-Feb-2009Source: Aerial Filmworks
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