The Bell 206 is a family of two-bladed, single- or twin-engined helicopters, manufactured by Bell Helicopters. Originally developed as the Bell YOH-4 for the United States Army’s Light Observation Helicopter program, it was not selected by the Army. Bell redesigned the airframe and successfully marketed the aircraft commercially as the five-place Bell 206A JetRanger. The new design was eventually selected by the Army.
Today its likely the worlds most common private helicopter. It’s been flying for best part of 50 years with only subtle updates along the way.
We’ve used these several times and we even have a brilliant studio buck to help you get those bits of interior dialogue in an otherwise tight shooting space. In addition we have a crash shell so if you’ve got some heli action which ends up in a crash after some close up screaming then it doesn’t get much better!!
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Sir Robert tests out the newly arrived Shoot Aviation hack! #md500 #exciting https://t.co/eG6cWF6zsS
about 14 hours ago
Away from ww2 and a first proper coat of paint for the 1:1 Airfix JetRanger. Not a bad start! #jetranger #bell206 #airfix https://t.co/seXp5et6RV
19th April 2021RT @maz_jovanovich: Certainly not ideal, but if you have to crash, this is about as good as it gets. Kudos to the pilot on a textbook ditch…
18th April 2021
The building he’d change in is now our office! https://twitter.com/RoyalFamily/status/1382742048168685571 https://t.co/yW4GYnHUTu
16th April 2021RT @RoyalFamily: The Duke learned to fly with @RoyalAirForce at White Waltham and gained his RAF Wings in 1953, his helicopter wings with t…
16th April 2021
The morning after the night before... #ukfilm #me109 #nightshoots #messerschmitt https://t.co/meuxPDw5xr
16th April 2021
Today we’re a 24 hr, 3 film, 5 aircraft type, 3 decade business! First up a 1990’s airliner followed by military freighter. Off to the 1970’s with a twin Cessna this evening and then the rest of the night back in WW2! #ukfilm #cessna #messerschmitt #boeing https://t.co/cmA5PXiaUs
14th April 2021
In the workshop our Boeing Airliner Cockpit begins a refurb.. #airlinercockpit #ukfilm #boeingcockpit #airlinerfilming https://t.co/wjPYVpUOLh
14th April 2021
Look stunning, really happy with how they’ve come out. Well done paint team! #ukfilm #me109 https://t.co/VnH75HJbIM
12th April 2021
Filming on Airliners and Commercial Aircraft
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Applying Temporary Paint to Aircraft for Filming.
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