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The first helicopter was leased to KTLA by National Helicopter Service and Engineering Company in Van Nuys. [3] For several years, KTLA (channel 5) was the only TV station with a helicopter based TV camera crewed reporting platform. The Telecopter was designed and introduced by KTLA chief engineer John D. Silva (1920-2012). [4]
KTLA (channel 5) is a television station in Los Angeles, California, United States, serving as the West Coast flagship station of The CW.It is the largest directly owned property of the network's majority owner, Nexstar Media Group, and is the second-largest operated property after WPIX in New York City.
John D. Silva (1920-2012) was the chief engineer for KTLA-TV in Los Angeles, California and is most famous for inventing the first telecopter, or a helicopter fitted with a TV camera in 1958. [ 1 ] John D. Silva was born in San Diego, California on February 20, 1920 and studied engineering at Stanford University.
In video captured by a KTLA-TV news helicopter, a gunman could be seen exiting the white Maserati, walking toward officers and then opening fire with two handguns. A gun battle ensued. A gun ...
Sam Rubin, an indelible figure in the world of entertainment journalism for decades, has died at the age of 64. Rubin’s death was announced by KTLA, where he had worked since 1991, on Friday ...
A military Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines passenger jet collided in midair Wednesday night in Washington D.C. in a catastrophic crash that is believed to have left no survivors.
3 July – A Pakistan Army Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashes in Khyber Pass, Pakistan, killing all 41 people on board. 8 August – A Eurocopter AS350 collides with a Piper PA-32R over the Hudson River between Hoboken, New Jersey and New York City, United States. The six occupants of the helicopter and the three occupants of the Piper aircraft all ...
Helicopter forced to make emergency landing due to poor weather conditions. [99] 0 0 1981-07-29 Summit Township, Pennsylvania, United States WJET-TV: Robinson R22 helicopter crashed shortly after takeoff at the stations studio. [100] 0 1 Interference of the cyclic flight control by passenger held video camera. [101] 1980-05-26