Texas Aviation Delivers ‘Studio in the Sky’

Texas Aviation Services is no stranger to unusual helicopter interiors, but the Eurocopter AS 350B2 for Hangar 5 Productions of Scottsdale, Ariz., stretche

By AIN Staff • AIN Staff

October 9, 2008

Texas Aviation Services is no stranger to unusual helicopter interiors, but the Eurocopter AS 350B2 for Hangar 5 Productions of Scottsdale, Ariz., stretched the imagination. Hangar 5 owner Mitch Kelldorf wanted what he described as “a Hollywood production style studio in the sky.” And he got it. The Fort Worth, Texas-based helicopter interior completion and modifications center delivered an aircraft with a Geneva Aviation package that incorporates an audio/video console between the crew seats and an iTouch iPod integrated into the center console for the crew, cameraman and/or director of photography.

The audio/video panel on the console provides power to the 15-inch Marshal Sunbrite monitor and Astro Systems 3208 Wave Form/Vector Scope monitor display that is integrated with the Dart/Geneva P165 system aft of the copilot seat. A Sunbrite monitor installed on the copilot’s side of the primary instrument panel provides easy access to the monitor’s contrast/color adjustments for the director of photography, camera operator and pilot. The audio/video panel includes FM provision as well as input for a portable high-definition DVD player and auxiliary power adapter.

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