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GE factory flyovers

How do I get hired by GE to just fly mini helicopter camera rigs over their factories for a living? This seems like such a fun job. Plus, you get to see the amazing American industrial sector in action.

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Watch this helicopter break into two pieces while decorating a Christmas tree

While decorating a Christmas tree in New Zealand, a helicopter caught some scaffolding and ripped into 2 pieces. The pilot was miraculously uninjured but the helicopter was scrapped. [via]

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The WWF Black Rhino Range Expansion Project: transporting endangered black rhinos by helicopter

Photo: GreenRenaissance.co.za Watch this video from the WWF’s Black Rhino Range Expansion Project where they show how endangered black rhinos are being transported from one wild location to another. The black rhino population has been endangered because of poaching of … Continue reading

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OM-Copter demonstration video

Here’s a demo video of the OM-Copter with a Sony FS100 camera on board. No huge production rigs here. Just a flying remote controlled machine that looks like it can film at pretty much any angle you need.

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Video of a RED Epic camera on an octocopter

Fstoppers posted this video of a RED Epic being hoisted into the air by an octocopter drone. That’s one seriously expensive insurance claim if anything went wrong.

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Mounting a camera to a helicopter blade

What does the view from the edge of a helicopter blade look like? Well, if you’re a camera with a frame rate of 30fps attached to a rotor that goes 1800rpm, this is what it looks like. [via]

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