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BBC Radio One Big Weekend 2021
With the music industry being hit so hard throughout the pandemic, our crew were filled with...
Sky One, Bloods Drone Filming
If you haven’t already started watching the new Sky One original series Bloods, then we...
Spectacular FPV Drone Fly
FPV drone fly through video shows a great night out at London bowling alley! After the massive...
Saturday Night Takeaway Drone
Have you been tuning into this years multi-award winning Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway?...
The Red Nose and Spoon Race – The...
This March, we filmed The One Show’s Alex Scott and Jermaine Jenas as they competed in a special...
Sky One Intelligence Drone Filming
Have you been watching Sky One’s new comedy Intelligence with David Schwimmer and Nick...
ITV Flesh and Blood Drone Filming
Did you get a chance to watch the new ITV series Flesh and Blood ? We provided the drone filming on...
Energy Observer Drone Filming
Energy Observer Drone Filming. The Energy Observer zero emission ship landed in London on the 4th...
Six The Musical Flash Mob Drone Filming
Six The Musical invited fans to participate in a Flash Mob at The Tower of London on the 31st of...
BBC Sacred Wonders Drone Filming
Tune into BBC One to watch the new 3 part series of Sacred Wonders which we recently provided drone...
EE and Stormzy Launch 5G
EE and Stormzy Launch 5G On the 29th May EE lit up the River Thames to launch the UK’s first...
Coronation Street – Behind The...
Coronation Street – Behind The Scenes We recently worked with ITV to capture some awesome...
Sky One: Bounty Hunters – Drone...
Sky One: Bounty Hunters – Drone Filming Bounty Hunters season 2 returns to Sky One tonight...
ITV Cheat Drone Filming
ITV Cheat drone filming – ITV has a new psychological thriller – Cheat. It is airing on...
The Parachute Murder Plot Drone Filming
The Parachute Murder Plot Drone Filming. Tune in tonight to ITV at 9pm to watch The Parachute...
Sick Of It Production Drone Hire
Sky One, Sick Of It production drone hire. Brand new series where Karl Pilkington co-creates and...
Final Score Drone and Cablecam...
Final Score Drone and Cablecam production filming. Released on 14th of September 2018 in cinemas...
ITV This Morning Live Drone Broadcast
ITV This Morning Live Drone Broadcast. To celebrate Summer Solstice – the longest day of the...
Wish Shopping Drone Stunts
Take a sneaky peak at a social ad we worked on for Wish Shopping, where we provided some awesome...
HIIT On The Pitch Live Drone Stream
HIIT On The Pitch Live Drone Stream Chelsea Football Club and Joe Wicks, the Body Coach, teamed up...
Project84 London Southbank ITV Drone
Project84 London Southbank ITV Drone CALM’s new campaign #Project84 tells the stories of 84...
Canal & River Trust Seend Lock...
Canal & River Trust Seend Lock Virtual Tour. When we heard the Canal & River Trust were...
EPSRC Drones for heritage communication...
We are excited to be collaborating with EPSRC and are now seeking the best possible...
Lucy Worsley’s Fireworks for a...
Lucy Worsley’s Fireworks for a Tudor Queen BBC 4 Lucy Worsley reminds us, that fireworks were...
2017 Best Drone & CableCam Filming...
What a great way to start the new year… 2017 Best Drone & CableCam Filming –...
What Our OSC Means
Our Drone OSC Permission Explained: Under the normal CAA drone regulations there are a number of...
3D Virtual Tours
Have you ever wanted to show clients a venue without having to leave the office? Did you know...
Drone Filming for Great Big Story
We recently provided drone filming for Great Big Story: This Poker-Playing AI Could Change the...
360 VR Drone Video
Do you want fully immersive 360 VR drone video content that is fully stabilised and can provide...
Drone LED for Louis Mattrs...
Check out a recent shoot we worked on for Louis Mattrs ‘Killer’ music video. His latest...
Production Showreel 2017
Introducing our sparkly new production showreel for 2017…. This includes clips of some of our...
Music Video for Gina Kushka
Gina Kushka: Cure (music video) Watch debut single ‘Cure’ from singer-songwriter...
Eubank Jr v Abraham Filming
Eubank Jr v Abraham filming on top of ITV studios. The opponents went toe-to-toe on the canvas in a...
Theresa vs Boris Drone Filming
We recently provided some aerial drone filming for a new BBC 2 drama documentary- Theresa vs Boris...
Broadcast Film and Video June...
Have you seen the latest Broadcast Film and Video June publication? The publication is being...
Drone Filming for Loaded TV Series
Loaded – Check out the brand new Channel 4 comedy TV series which we provided drone filming...
PR Drone for Boy Better Know at O2
You may have seen seen on social the buzz about the up and coming BBK (Boy Better Know) gig to be...
Drone Filming for DeWalt
We recently worked on a promotional video where we provided drone filming for DeWalt. The location...
Drone Filming for Burger King
What a Whopper! Here you can watch an advert we worked on for Burger King where we provided drone...
CraneCam Gets The Shot
Need some elevated high resolution photography or 4K videography of a site or project and you have...
The London Oratory Schola Cantorum Boys...
Sony Music Masterworks proudly announces the debut release from The London Oratory Schola Cantorum...
Best Aerial Filming Services Company UK
We are proud to announce that we were recently awarded the TMT ‘Best Aerial Filming Services...
Holby City, Game of Drones: Behind the...
Holby City, Game of Drones: Behind the scenes A short clip produced by BBC One showing fans behind...
Land Rover #Hibernot Campaign
Check out a recent shoot we worked on for the Land Rover #Hibernot campaign. A drive-through...
Magician Troy: The Highwire E4
Well there was certainly lots of great TV on over the festive period, but did you catch Troy: The...
Black Friday Airship Deal
We are celebrating Black Friday this year with a special airship deal for our customers. Drum...
Kier Flying Bear!
Kier Flying Bear! “Where’s the Bear Campaign” – Kier’s mascot Bear will...
Hyundai Drone Stunt
Read all about a recent Hyundai drone stunt we worked on set in a secret filming location. Watch...
Russell wins Align MR25 2016 Cup
Russell wins Align MR25 2016 Cup on 18th September. We all have a passion for flying and getting...
CableCam at Blenheim Palace...
See behind the scenes footage of our CableCam at Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials 2016....
Drone Filming at King’s Cross
Check out some of our recent drone filming at King’s Cross of a shopping development for...
Ride The Night CableCam
Ride The Night: Downhill Into Darkness was a promotional video shot for Vice Sport to celebrate the...
Proud to be supporting Julia’s...
It’s so important to give something back to the community where possible. We are so proud to...
DJI Inspire 1 RAW & DJI Matrice
It is like Christmas has come early this week as we continue to expand our fleet of drones. In...
Radio Controlled Airships at the Royal...
We love flying our radio controlled airships at the Royal Albert Hall in London and this week was...
Drone Filming & Photography up to...
Drone Filming & Photography up to 10m! We have some exciting news… you are probably aware we...
High Res. Aerial Photography
Providing High Resolution aerial drone photography is so important when working with major brands...
BBC3 Thirteen
BBC Drama Thirteen Have you been watching the brand new BBC drama Thirteen? Well, if you have...
Indoor Drone Filming
Imagine the elevated video footage you can capture with indoor drone filming. Our smaller drones...
TV Drone Showreel 2016
TV Drone Showreel 2016 Check out our new TV drone showreel for 2016 which shows some of our most...
BBC One Silent Witness
BBC One Silent Witness Series 19 comes to an end next week, make sure you tune into the final story...
Stan Lee’s Lucky Man – The...
Watch this short video where Stan Lee reveals the inspiration for the idea for his first TV drama,...
Sky One’s Lucky Man, it’s...
We can’t wait to watch Stan Lee’s Lucky Man on Sky1. Check out the trailer here. We...
National Geographic’s Top 10...
Did you catch National Geographic’s Top 10 Biggest Beasts Ever? Before man ruled the world,...
BBC Music Awards 2015
Did you watch the BBC Music Awards 2015? well, if you did, chances are you would have seen the...
The Football League – Come Home...
We recently provided UAV aerials at Brentford for an advert for The Football League and...
Sky Drama Winter Teaser Trailer
It’s great to see the Sky drama winter teaser trailer is out. It’s great to see some of...
Aerial filming in the UK – The...
We recently provided statements as an industry expert to The Knowledge regarding Aerial filming in...
Aerial 3D Mapping & 360 Virtual...
Our 3D mapping aerial surveys are a great way to check a site or location for planning purposes or...
BBC Building Cars Live
BBC Building cars live broadcasts on Tuesday 20th of October at 19:30 on BBC 2. Buckle up for an...
Drones on Location
Drones on Location Fancy seeing some shots of our drones on location? Take a peek below to see some...
Construction and Engineering Showreel
Check out our brand new construction and engineering showreel, hot off the press. It truly...
The National Trust Coast Campaign Video
The National Trust Coast Campaign Video: Thank you for caring for the coast #lovethecoast This...
Circles from the Sky – History
Circles from the Sky – History Channel, broadcast in the USA and to be broadcast in the UK...
Circles from the Sky History Channel
Circles from the Sky – History Channel, broadcast in the USA and to be broadcast in the UK...
RTS Thames Valley Centre’s Drone...
We were excited to be a part of RTS Thames Valley Centre’s Drone Festival this summer. It was...
CH5 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take...
Did you watch CH5 Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away? … it was a documentary series about...
BBC The Extraordinary Making Of You
New BBC series Countdown To Life: The Extraordinary Making Of You is due to be aired on Monday...
Fiat 500 Launch with Ella Eyre
Fiat 500 Launch with Ella Eyre was filmed in London this week and featured a 15 metre wide record...
Prostate Cancer UK’s, Lads Night...
We recently worked with PokerStars to provide aerial footage for an awareness video for their...
Award Winning Team
Award Winning Team | Skypower No matter how big or small the project, your guaranteed to get the...
Magnificent Thames Barrier
We often shoot at some stunning locations in the UK and abroad, however shooting at...
Flying high in the Royal Albert Hall
Our airships were flying high in the Royal Albert Hall recently for the Fund Manager of the Year...
7 Tips on how to choose a drone
Check out our essential 7 tips on how to choose a drone operator that is right for you and your...
Video Production
We capture some truly stunning footage, why let our team of in-house video editors turn this into a...
Islands and Drones
If you were stranded on an Island, what would you bring? Well…. we’d bring a drone! Filming...
Adobe Airship
The Adobe Airship has been busily buzzing over thousands of heads at the Adobe summit at the ExCel...
Behind the Scenes – Ladbrokes
Isn’t it great to have a sneak peak of a recent production. Well, here you can see behind the...
Introducing CraneCam
CraneCam – Elevated Photography or Video using construction cranes. Do you need high quality...
AIS Training TV Advert with CableCam
We recently worked with AIS Training to produce some stunning footage for their TV advert using our...
Inspire 1 Review
Take a closer look at one of our fleet with our Inspire 1 review: Looking like its just flown...
Drone filming in the River Thames
Have you considered filming NOT from land? We actually don’t have to take off from terrafirma...
Give a Pet a Home Aerial Filming
We recently carried out some aerial filming for the new ITV series ‘Give a Pet a Home’...
Cliff Top Filming
Truly break taking footage can be captured from cliff top locations. Imagine soaring around the...
Surveying with Drones
Surveying with Drones With helicopter and pilot time often running in excess of £1000 per hour you...
Elevated shots in central London
Have you ever come up against a barrage of reasons why elevated shots in central London, cities and...
Schools & Universities Embrace...
Schools, colleges and universities are embracing aerial filming and photography. The interest has...
Introducing BuggyCam
So here it is, the moment we’ve been waiting for. I’m excited to introduce to you our...
No Ordinary Adventure Bike –...
No Ordinary Adventure Bike – The NEW Triumph Tiger 800 – Capability. Introducing the...
London’s Home For Making –...
London’s Home For Making. A new digital quarter for east London, the former press and...
Mazda MX-5 The Thrill of Driving
BARC’s Harewood Hillclimb is the longest speed hillclimb course in the mainland UK, hosting...
Samsung Galaxy Flies with Airship
Samsung Electronics showcased its vision for smarter living at the Samsung EU Forum 2015 in Monaco....
Sprite B-Ball Fusion Advert
They say the real beauty of basketball is teamwork… that’s why Sprite teamed up with the...
EE Behind the Scenes
Fancy taking a peek at some awesome behind the scenes drone filming footage of our recent filming...
Aerial Drone Filming with Panasonic GH4...
Recently we provided some aerial drone filming with our S900 for the Nike Academy at St Georges...
Hollywood award for Exceptional Aerial...
We are proud to announce that our very own Neil Willis has been presented with a Hollywood award...
Aerial Filming In Jamaica
Recently we were sent to Jamaica to film a hotel resort for our clients online video. On arrival we...
BBC1: Our Zoo | Aerial Filming in the...
A new BBC drama is due to air on September 3rd called “Our Zoo” Its a 6 part drama...
Aerial Filming | ITV1: Prom Crazy:...
A new documentary on ITV1 airs tonight (28/08/14) which follows a set of teenagers as they fret...
Third Person Driving with a Filming...
Well, that was our clients wish and we couldn’t resist helping out on this awesome challenge....
Aerial Filming In London
London from above looks amazing both in video and stills. Until recently most aerial filming and...
Hotel VW California Promo Video
“What’s Hotel VW California?”, you say? Well, Volkswagen Camper Vans have created a brand...
BBC Life in the Clouds series
Recent aerial filming in the Breacons for BBC4 Life in the Clouds series. The season of programmes...
The Skypower Aerial Filming team love a...
Our client dyed a flock of sheep yellow (4-6 July) to highlight Yorkshire Building Society’s...
Airships Flying High at Insurance
The annual British Insurance Awards hosted at the Royal Albert Hall have once again called upon our...
Aerial Property Filming –...
Once again the Skypower Aerial Property Filming team have been out and about in the Costwolds...
.uk Domain Launch
At nearly 10,000 sq ft in size and visible from 35,000 ft, the world’s largest welcome sign has...
Property Sale Uses Aerial Filming
We were recently commissioned by the owners of a Grade II listed building and Savills to promote...
Capital FM Summertime Ball
The annual Capital FM Summertime Ball is once again back at Wembley Stadium this year. To make the...
Upper Farm Barn Uses Aerial Filming To...
We were commissioned by Savills and Upper Farm Barn to provide aerial video and photography to help...
UK Horror Film Wandering Rose
Back in the summer of last year we went on a road trip to Aviemore in the Highlands of Scotland to...
Stratford Riverside Aerial Photography
A few weeks back we were in Stratford, London to take a number of aerial stills and videos for a...
Aerial Photography For Solar Company
Its been about 3 months in the making, but finally a few weeks ago we were able to get these shots...
Property Development Turns to Drone...
We’ve been busy over the last few weeks working with several property developers in London. Views...
Drone Used for 4G Trials
A few weeks ago we were in London flying over the River Thames for a 4G mobile trial. UK Broadband...
Police Comedy Drama Babylon Uses...
Our UAV Drones were recently used by Danny Boyle on the police comedy/ drama TV program Babylon. We...
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