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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.
KTLA has the distinction as being the first news station to use a helicopter as a news broadcasting platform. KTLA engineer John D. Silva pioneered the use of a Bell 47G-2 outfitted with transmitters to relay live breaking news back to the KTLA transmitter receiver on Mount Wilson to scoop their competitors, making their first successful in ...
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] Today, KTLA's news helicopter is known today as "Sky 5" and it is used during breaking news coverage.
Warren Wilson, the former KTLA broadcast journalist who spent four decades covering some of the biggest stories in Los Angeles’ history, died Friday at his home in Oxnard, Calif. He was 90. His ...
This is a list of people who died in the last 5 days with an article at the English Wikipedia. For people without an English Wikipedia page see: Wikipedia:Database reports/Recent deaths (red links). Generally updated at least daily, last time: 04:49, 11 December 2024 (UTC).
Accident date Location News org. Description F I Official cause 2022-11-22 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States : WBTV: The Robinson R44 helicopter went into rapid descent and crashed in a grassy area adjacent to a southbound intersectional lane of I-77, as the pilot was conducting a news-gathering training simulation accompanied by a WBTV staff meteorologist.
A news helicopter from local station KTLA had captured aerial footage of Cosby lying dead on the road on January 16, and included closeups of his body. The footage was broadcast by CNN later that day. [ 18 ]
Sam Rubin's cause of death has been revealed nearly two months after he passed away unexpectedly. On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office released a report on the death of the ...