Aerial Filming Helicopters from FlyingTV
Recent Work
Our current broadcast output for July includes Top Gear (Sundays BBC2 8pm). Series 11 features our work in the Black Mountains with JC and the CLK Black. And look out for one incredible hunt : horses, hounds, Herefordshire in the TG style.
Marco Pierre White's Great British Feast (Wednesdays ITV1 9pm) features our work across the south of England.
We've completed a BBC documentary about Bryn Terfel where we recorded the great tenor singing at the top of his favourite mountain - Snowdon. (Picture above shows the helicopter landed near Snowdon's peak.)
Snowdon also features in our coverage of the Mountain Race - year 4 for S4C and Sky Sports.
And we are staging and filming an enormous shoot for the new series of Britain's biggest entertainment show, The X Factor (ITV1, Autumn 08). In addition, XF will also be using Mastershot material throughout the new series.
And there's more............ Five is re-inventing the classic sports series Superstars - tx July/August, C4 is showing the Corus Elite Triathlon series, BBC is into festival season and shows Beach Break in Cornwall, Jamie Oliver's new C4 series is set around Rotherham, Animal Planet has a monkey sanctuary series in Staffordshire, BBC Northern Ireland has Laurence Llewelyn Bowen driving the coastal roads of the province, The Culture Show has land art in Scotland and northern England.
And TwoFour Media have us flying to the Wye Valley, Cornwall, Yorkshire, Scotland, the Lake District and Snowdonia for Britain's Best Drives with actor Richard Wilson and some classic vehicles.
Add in numerous London and the south-east shoots and you'll understand why we can claim over 200 clients in all corners of the UK
Call us to discuss your idea for an aerial filming project. Live or recorded, there is no more efficient way than FlyingTV.
Standard Def ? High Def ? Stills ? We can handle it all.
MASTERSHOT launched
FlyingTV MASTERSHOT is a totally new way of incorporating glorious stabilised aerial video into your productions. This stunning collection of aerials is unique – every image is shot by our crews using our 2 dedicated imaging helicopters. And then we select only the best for inclusion in the collection. At FlyingTV we founded our business on “keep it simple” ideas. We also believe in the highest quality at the best price - £200 or £300 per shot with no royalties. View Site
1700 hours of tv flying
FlyingTV has completely changed the acquisition of aerial images since 2004. Our one-stop-shop approach with our dedicated tv helicopters has increased the quality and the cost-effectiveness of aerial filming. We have now clocked more than 1700 hours of dedicated tv flying - which makes us the UK's biggest supplier of live and recorded aerial shots. That’s just one reason why the UK’s leading broadcasters and independent producers come to FlyingTV for aerials.
We are the only operator to keep 2 fully-equipped dedicated tv helicopters ready-to-go – working live or recorded for any client. We don’t fly people to weddings – we are dedicated providers of airborne television.
Whether it’s glossy titles shots or gritty live news coverage – we have the equipment and skills to make it all happen.
The bonus for you is our price structure. Because we own everything we fly, because we own all the tv equipment, our price structure is simple to understand and our low rates will astound you. That doesn’t mean we cut corners on safety or technical standards.
Purpose-built helicopter
The R44 “ENG” helicopter is the world’s only purpose-built tv helicopter. Designed and built in one factory to our specification, each helicopter permanently carries everything you could need. Basically, the helicopter is a small facilities house with rotor blades.
And that’s why producers love us – no extras. No equipment failing to connect with other equipment. We simply turn up and get on with the task.
Once again, thank you very much for helping us out on this AND for being so easy to deal with….I never thought a helicopter shoot could run so smoothly.
ITV production manager
Dedicated personnel
We only use a regular rota of specialist filming pilots. Most of them are also CAA flight instructors, some of them are also CAA examiners. They are all highly-skilled.
Our camera operators not only know the camera systems inside out, but they are multi-skilled and operate the links equipment for live broadcasts. All have multiple years experience and training in professional broadcasting. Most of our camera operators are also helicopter pilots – so they know how the machine works in unison with the camera.
Those aerials were the b*ll**ks! They made the episode.
Spooks director
Enjoy the website – we’ve thoroughly enjoyed gathering the images and information together.
And when you want to discuss using our services, simply call me.
Mike Smith
Founder and CEO - FlyingTV ltd T: 0870 44 625 44 
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