Welcome to the website of Flying TV, one of the UK's most established helicopter and drone aerial filming companies.
We've been flying helicopters with cameras since 2003 and drones since 2016. 2025 marks more than two decades of experience that ensures client satisfaction every time we fly.
CAA Helicopter Part SPO & Drone OA/OSC authorised, we are based at Denham, the closest civilian aerodrome to central London.
Our helicopters are maintained at Denham to the highest standards and we operate from a private, purpose designed hangar with on-site engineering facilities for custom projects.
Please enjoy looking around the website. You will find lots of information about the services we offer and the equipment we use.
If you have any questions or would like to discuss a specific project, please don't hesitate to give our friendly and experienced team
a call or send us a message through the contact form.
The Aircraft
We own and operate both the Airbus Twin Squirrel and Robinson R44, both brilliant filming platforms with exemplary safety records.
We don't default to using a twin engine helicopter for every task as more often than not, a twin is just not necessary. We always offer advice on which is the best aircraft for your shoot and when that means a single engine helicopter,
the cost savings are enormous.
In addition to our helicopter platforms we also operate the high speed Diamond DA42 aeroplane. The only UK company to do so. This allows us to fly at up to 150KTS, 50% faster than a helicopter. The perfect solution for air-to-air filming with faster aircraft.
The Cameras
For helicopter and aeroplane work we fly the GSS Cinema Pro. Similar to a Shotover, it's slightly smaller and lighter which means we can fly it on the R44. It takes most TV and Cinema small form cameras and lenses.
For the majority of 4K TV projects we love the HDR Sony P50 with the Canon CJ45. A brilliant combination that offers stunning pictures with a serious zoom.
For cinematic work we shoot on Arri Alexa 35, Alexa Mini, Red and Canon cameras. Available lenses include the Angenieux Optimo 25-250, Canon CN-E 14.5-60 and the Canon CN-E 20x50.
The Drones
One of the few helicopter aerial filming companies to do so, we also fly drones. We operate under a CAA OA and have an OSC for six meter separation on certain projects.
For cinema work we fly the Freefly Alta X/MoVi Pro combo that will take most current small form FF/S35 cameras and lenses.
For drama & Netflix we now fly the DJI Inspire 3 with RTK. It has the DJI Zenmuse X9 FF/S35 camera with DL 18/24/35/50mm AFPS lenses.
For live work where HDR/interlaced is required, we also offer the Sony P50 with live COFDM/HEVC HDR 4K transmission.