The Eurocopter (now Airbus Helicopters) AS355 Écureuil 2 (or Twin Squirrel) is a twin-engine light utility helicopter originally manufactured by Aérospatiale in France. The AS355 is marketed in North America as the TwinStar.
Development at Aérospatiale began in the early 1970s and the first flight took place in June 1974. A twin-engined version, known as the Twin Squirrel, or in North America as the TwinStar, first flew on 28 September 1979. In 2007, the more capable AS355 NP variant was introduced to service.
An extremely popular helicopter, if you’ve had a camera helicopter on your production then this was likely it. In other roles it’ll serve well as a Police helicopter or a luxury VIP example. In this last role we used one on “The Royals”, landing it on Camber Sands.
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So we’ve got a spanking new First Class Widebody Film Set that’ll be ready to shoot in August. When it comes to quality airliner sets you certainly won’t catch us napping.. #ukfilm #filmproduction #firstclasssets #airlinerfilmsets https://t.co/S4GJnI58jb
17th July 2019
It’s heavy engineering as we modify and upgrade our popular mobile Airliner film set. So you nag the team to please wear appropriate head gear for the job. Apparently it was Ascot week.. #ukfilm #filmproduction https://t.co/FqK5itgboC
17th July 2019Enjoyed working on this one, I suspect it’ll be a blast... https://twitter.com/universaluk/status/1146771956458557445
13th July 2019
If you like a bit of C130 action. We looked after this one a few weeks ago in the rain of Southern California. #filmproduction #washablepaint #temporaryaircraftpaint #c130 Hyundai VENUE : Urban Vibes https://youtu.be/xHp0R14_sRY via @YouTube https://t.co/dXhfa5m6sn
10th July 2019
When the Airbus A320 film set looks better than the real thing.. #ukfilm #filmproduction #airbusa320 https://t.co/6MvmBbCcTe
8th July 2019
Sausage or fish? Business Class dining Shoot Aviation style.. #FridayFeeling https://t.co/m5rQsnLcYy
5th July 2019
BBQ at an old mates house. England in the summertime surely must be the best place in the world. Such a crushing shame about the 361 days either side of that summer... #ukflying #alouette #bbq #summerfun https://t.co/fUESMdEpam
3rd July 2019Filming on Airliners and Commercial Aircraft
Filming on/in/around Airliners. The most common request we receive is that of a production wishing to film inside an airliner. Be that…
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Applying Temporary Paint to Aircraft for Filming.
It's often the case that a production will wish to change the appearance of an aircraft to be used in…
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