An aerial view can elevate your film project, add a comprehensive view to your estate sales, bring the big picture to financing construction sites and get you to new heights with your surveillance job. 

Getting you over the river and through the woods and in the sky has never been so easy… or inexpensive  We offer several platforms to meet your needs.   No matter if your job requires heavy loads, quiet operations or night time perspectives we have you covered.   What are your specific needs?  Here are some common requests we satisfy...

An aerial view can elevate your film project, add a comprehensive view to your estate sales, bring the big picture to financing a construction site or get you to new heights in your surveillance job. 

QUIET!
For quiet jobs our work-horse has become our electric helicopters and airplanes.  These are ten to twenty pound fixed wing and rotor-crafts that have the unique ability to fit into tight areas such as between buildings, canyons, trees,  or even branches of trees that wouldn't normally allow the best vantage points. That is why we can get the priceless shots when others ca not.  Being nearly silent, the aircraft (s) can do thier jobs in the quietest settings without disturbing neighbors.  It is so quiet that it performs without being noticed on most occasions.  As an electric, it consistently performs reliably in even the highest or lowest altitudes.  This aircraft is a perfect platform for even those quiet wedding or special event shots.

GREAT HEIGHTS
Our helicopters and planes are able to get the angles and altitude that a full size aircraft would.  We can cover an altitude up to 1200', but usually find less than 200’ is desirable to our clients with high altitude desires.  We can use full size aircraft to shoot material for jobs when needed. The surprising perspective is that we can cover shots that a full size would not be able to. Our size allows us to set up on location and in tight areas a full size wouldn't be safe in. 

SAFE
Our Heli-cams are much safer to operate in the approximate area of actors and set worker. Each aircraft is closly inspected after each flight to insure maximum reliabilty. Plus several redundant systems insure maximum saftey for the proximit personel around the working aircraft. We evaluate closley every situation as unique and comunicate to the director any concerns that should be made aware of.  

COST EFFECTIVE$
We can save you tens of thousands of dollars in comparison to full size aircraft without compromising the shot. Keep in mind with or size and versitility we can also achieve shot not possible with a large manned aircraft. So we could not only save you money but also provide the money shots you didn't think you could get.

CAMERA CHOICE?
For larger jobs that demand more time in the air or heavier camera applications we use larger gasoline or turbine powered helicopters or aircraft.  Just as our aircrafts are gyro stabilized so are our camera platforms. 1-2-3 axis gyro stabilization for smooth positive framing while the helicopter or aircraft is moving throughout a scene.

FRAMING THE ACTION [  ]
These helicopters have independent control systems for both flight and camera functions.  As the pilot maneuvers the helicopter into position, the camera operator holds and tracks the framed target while viewing a ground station monitor.  The camera on the aircraft can be maneuvered to achieve more demanding camera movements that would follow subject movement that would not be possible with pilot alone on a rigid platform. We use one, two, and three axis camera gimbels to work with. This allows us to offer you as little as one person to operate our systems. You should keep in mind that depending on the shot you need we will determine how many crew members it will take to achieve your desired shot. Crew members from basic to most elaborate consist of the pilot, camera operator, field tech(s), spotter(s), directors liason or aerial coordinator.  

REAL TIME DIRECTING:
Our in-flight cameras broadcasting real time to the ground station(s), allowing both the Director and Camera Operator to directly view the shot. The aerial coordinator works with the DP/Director to effectivley direct the aerial crew throughout the shot. This ensures the Director gets the shot that is desired.