Helicopter Flight Instruction - Film and Photo
We not only offer helicopter flight instruction, but also do a variety of film and photo shoots. Film and photo shoots allow Upper Limit Aviation’s pilots to cater to more than just helicopter flight instruction. We recently provided a Robinson R-22 for a science fiction movie with Lou Diamond Philips. We also aided in the filming of a movie called Unearthed. We have taken numerous photographers and cameramen to remote destinations, only accessible by air. Filming and photography from the air allows us to see nature’s beauty from a different aspect. As a helicopter flight student, you will be able to see this beauty as you receive top notch flight instruction.
Eric Ristau is a high-experienced director of photography, shooting 35mm, 16mm, and HD for clients all over the world. His experience shooting aerials has taken him from the red rock desert of Utah to the ice sheets of Greenland. With Upper Limit Aviation's Aerial Exposures LS gyro-stabilized camera platform, Ristau can bring breathtaking aerial images to your next project. Smooth, stable images shot on beautiful high-definition video (720p, 1080p, 1080i, and SD formats available) add incredible production value to your video content--- whether for broadcast, commercial, documentary, feature film, or new media.
General Rates: Photo Shoots
R-44 Raven II $550.00 per hour
R-22 Beta II $305.00 per hour
** with the unstable, uncertain and flucuating fuel prices of the past couple of years, ULA reserves the right, if necessary, to include a fuel surcharge. The surcharge for the R-44 is $37.00 per hour and the fuel surcharge for the R-22 is $32.00 per hour.
