Mastercard Commercial - Pilot: Ron Newman

The helicopter «Air Taxi» hovering outside 42nd floor prior to climbing up to the roof and chasing away the «bad guys» and picking up the «good guys».

Cameraman (Rob Murray) standing on the skids & attached to the helicopter with a safety harness in order to film the actor in the left hand rear seat.

The male «hero» (stuntman) put the female hero (stunt woman) onboard and then, as the helicopter started to climb, he grabbed the skids and pulled himself in.

Jacky Chan's «First Strike» - Pilot: Brett Newman

Brett spent most of the time being made up as either a Ukraine Police Pilot or the «Baddie» helicopter pilot.

Brett and Ron did most of the chase work and all the stunt flying for the film.

The stunt man skied over a cliff and grabbed the skid of the hovering helicopter. A wire attached to his hat ignited a small explosive that made it look as though his head had contacted the main rotor. You can see the remains of his hat behind him.

We manufactured rocket launchers and machine guns and then the special effects people made them look as though they were firing. The rockets were launched along a wire into their target. You can see it approaching the Jet Ranger in the next photo.

We purchased a wrecked Bell 206, painted it in our colours and fitted a lawn mower engine to drive the main rotor and a «whipper snipper» motor to drive the tail rotor. The helicopter was then lifted by the crane, the motors started and then it was blown up and dropped into a frozen lake.

Kangaroo Jack - Pilot: Dan O'Dwyer

Dan O'Dwyer was our Northern Territory Manager, and flew one of our Jet Rangers from Ayers Rock to Alice Springs where it was painted as a Police helicopter with «Latex» paint. He then flew it to Coober Peedy for part of a feature film. Once the job was finished, the paint was peeled off and the chopper was back in our colours.