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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]
In 1958, KTLA began operating a well-equipped helicopter for newsgathering known as the "Telecopter", and was the most advanced airborne television broadcast device of its time; it was ultimately sold to NBC-owned KNBC (channel 4), which flew the Telecopter with pilot Francis Gary Powers and cameraman George Spears until it crashed on August 1 ...
When the Disneyland job ended two years later, she became a Metro Traffic and aerial reporter for KFWB radio, becoming the second-ever female traffic reporter to fly in a helicopter (the first being Kelly Lange, who flew for KABC). In 1992, she joined KTLA Morning News and Shadow Traffic as their aerial traffic reporter.
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. John D. Silva was born in San Diego, California on February 20, 1920 and studied engineering at Stanford University.
She has also ferried helicopters across the U. S. From 2001 to 2005, Horton flew and reported for KABC 7 in Los Angeles. She was with KTLA 5 in Los Angeles from April 2005 to October 2005, flying their helicopter and reporting traffic and breaking news for the KTLA Morning News. [6]
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.
On April 30, 1992, he toured Los Angeles in a helicopter to observe damage from the Los Angeles riots. Moyer was a visible face on the ABC network in the mid-1980s, appearing as a correspondent on Eye on Hollywood and substituting on World News This Morning and Good Morning America. He departed from KABC-TV in spring of 1992.
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.