Top Gear Aerial Camera Work
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Top Gear Aerial Camera Work
Did anyone see Top Gear on Sunday?
BBC iPlayer - Top Gear: Series 14: Episode 1
Go to almost the end, where the trio are driving on the fabled mountain road built for Ceaucescu. Even Clarkson comments on the helicopter cameraman. Slow it down and you'll see how close he was to the cars.
What's the risk assessment on something like that?
BBC iPlayer - Top Gear: Series 14: Episode 1
Go to almost the end, where the trio are driving on the fabled mountain road built for Ceaucescu. Even Clarkson comments on the helicopter cameraman. Slow it down and you'll see how close he was to the cars.
What's the risk assessment on something like that?
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From: Under my coconut tree
As an expat of 10 years plus, I find the program hilarious and a great reminder of how people back home get wound up so easily..
As for 3rd party indemnity....
It's a helicopter people and that's what they do. Don't forget, wherever there's !!!!.....there's a helicopter
As for 3rd party indemnity....
It's a helicopter people and that's what they do. Don't forget, wherever there's !!!!.....there's a helicopter
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It reminds me of the other day when I was unsure of where I was. I decided to follow the M1 North and the next thing I know I'm going the wrong way and I do a 180 turn only to see that I'm only about 10-20 foot above a bloody HGV.
These bloody HGV drivers are a pain in the arse. I mean fancy driving so close to the motorway I'm flying down!
Unbelievable. Anyway no harm was done, but I did find it a bit of a squeeze flying through the tunnel.
Joel
These bloody HGV drivers are a pain in the arse. I mean fancy driving so close to the motorway I'm flying down!
Unbelievable. Anyway no harm was done, but I did find it a bit of a squeeze flying through the tunnel.
Joel
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Fly 7 - I have to disagree with some of the comments on here, and I'm guessing you are thinking along the same lines as me.
Its what you do in a helicopter...............if you are a complete cowboy! There is a time and a place for putting an aircraft into a situation where there is little margin for error or malfunction. This was not life & death, it was not military. With a bit of careful planning and preparation, I am pretty sure that the right shots could be set up in a way in which safety is not compromised. (ie, a professional approach)
Alternatively, you wazz and zoom, and it all looks great on the telly until one day.............
Its what you do in a helicopter...............if you are a complete cowboy! There is a time and a place for putting an aircraft into a situation where there is little margin for error or malfunction. This was not life & death, it was not military. With a bit of careful planning and preparation, I am pretty sure that the right shots could be set up in a way in which safety is not compromised. (ie, a professional approach)
Alternatively, you wazz and zoom, and it all looks great on the telly until one day.............
Hovering AND talking
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From: Propping up bars in the Lands of D H Lawrence and Bishop Bonner
that I'm only about 10-20 foot above a bloody HGV.
Cheers
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What's the risk assessment on something like that?
Preferably a car (and preferably driving) because it's such a fabulous road for doing what high performance sports cars are designed to do.
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" 40 lives lost building the road ! " I don't think that Risk Assessments come very high on the agenda in that Country.
That said, I would have been a happy passenger in the Squirrel, the flying looked like fun.
I'm not so sure I would have driven under the helicopter in a 5 foot hover though. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .who am I kidding, of course I would have.
I probably would have screamed like a big lassie though
That said, I would have been a happy passenger in the Squirrel, the flying looked like fun.
I'm not so sure I would have driven under the helicopter in a 5 foot hover though. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .who am I kidding, of course I would have.
I probably would have screamed like a big lassie though
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From: lake district
i for one loved the aerial work, the non skeptical viewing public i imagine think the same, great prime time pr for the heli business. remember risk assessments and the nanny state that comes with it have driven the country to its knees.
i thought the footage was brilliant.... that hover did seem excessively low tho!!!!
i thought the footage was brilliant.... that hover did seem excessively low tho!!!!
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I thought it was great too. Yes the flying was pushing the limits, but there was danger throughout the scene...like driving 3 high performance cars, at high speed along a road with no crash barriers and steep cliffs.
As someone else said...it is what it is...
As someone else said...it is what it is...
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i thought the footage was brilliant.... that hover did seem excessively low tho!!!!
Top Gear is great TV. Glad to see the boys are back on form after the disappointing previous series
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From: I am not sure where we are, but at least it is getting dark
the children! Somebody think of the children!
How irresponsible! If this was in the UK, they would've had to use an IFR twin.
Actually they wouldn't have shot the episode at all because the speed limit on that road would be 15mph, with a traffic camera every 50m.
Actually they wouldn't have shot the episode at all because the speed limit on that road would be 15mph, with a traffic camera every 50m.