Jakeman

Hello people on this useful and resourcefull network.

Can any one help me? I am looking for a company that has a Helicopter for aerial film work in the aerea of Tanger, Morocco. We have to film there some aerial shots as other scenes as well at around April 2013. As the rest of the film will be recorded with an Arri Alexa, we would prefer an Arri film mount.

Thanks in advance.


Jake

JimBall

Try here - they have Arri and gyrostab mount

Gordy

A little far from Morocco there Jimball....

Give Aurelie, a former student of mine, a call here, there are based in Morocco:

Heliconia Aero Solutions

crice

Anyone know who this is? Apparently he's called Frank and does all the IRC rounds, Tour De France and Dakar. The pic was taken on a rally in Ireland.

crice

Ah, here we go:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/BIRD-...57007037700760

Birdvison Helicopter paris

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misterbonkers

If it's the ROI - they did well getting permission to fly that low!

crice

That was the Circuit of Ireland which was an IRC round.
When I last competed on the Circuit in 2009 it ran stages both sides of the border. I think this year (when the pic was taken) it only ran stages in Northern Ireland.
I'm not sure when Rally Ireland (the WRC round) will run again.

Spunk

or the driver of the car did well getting permission to fly that high

farmpilot

Hi Jakeman

Did you get my email?

farmpilot

Savoia

A movie called 'The Host' features a 500 wrapped in 'chrome' film:


Brian Reynolds flies a chase scene in the 2013 movie 'The Host'

500 Fan: Brian Reynolds (owner of Northwest Helicopters at Olympia Airport in Washington State) kindly sent me a photo of the 500 he flew in this movie but, his firm cannot publicise more info for about another month and has asked me not to post the photo he sent me till then. But, for now .. this video grab (above).

The chrome wrap used was manufactured in Germany and according to Brian .. was pretty expensive.

Those who read the Nostalgia Thread may recall my mentionings of David Thieme owner of Essex Oil who were one of the first ever sponsors of Team Lotus. Thieme's Monaco-based LongRanger 3A-MSX wore a blue coat with a scarlet and 'chrome' flash but .. from what I understand, the chrome wrap had to be specially manufactured as the custom car accessories market didn't really cater for such things in 1970's Europe!


David Thieme's Essex Oil LongRanger 3A-MSX with chrome stripe c.1979

The same colour scheme was applied to Colin Chapman's aircraft while Essex sponsored Lotus:


The Colonel with the 'Dancer' (G-AYTF) at Lydd Airport in 1980

As an aside, the movie uses Lotus cars!

500 Fan

Thanks for the info on the shiny 500, Sav. I saw a trailer for that movie a while ago and I'd wondered how they achieved the glimmering effect on the helicopter. I thought it might have been some kind of CGI effect but it is interesting to see that they actually covered it with something. I look forward to the close-up photos. Thanks.

500 Fan.

Bravo73

I wouldn't bother to rush out to see it though. It looks like bit of a stinker: The Host - Rotten Tomatoes