Specialist Helicopters has supplied the aerial unit, stunt piloting and aerial coordination for feature films, television, documentaries and live sport across Australia and worldwide — with a completely accident-free record over more than 23,000 flight hours. A selection of our credits is below.
Chief pilot David Adamson is lead pilot on these productions — verify on IMDb ›

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🏆 Oscar nomineeDetails ›Feature film

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🏆 6× Oscar nomineeDetails ›Feature film

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🏆 Emmy AwardDetails ›Documentary — Emmy winner, Outstanding Nature Documentary

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“I've been lucky enough to work with the best aerial cinematographers and pilots worldwide, and I rank David Adamson as one of the very best pilots I have ever worked with.”
“David is the best film pilot in the business. Chasing world rally cars at very low level, at ridiculous speeds, on terrain filled with tall trees, you need a pilot who only needs half a word to understand what a Cineflex operator wants as a shot.”
“David's skills flying cameras and crews in remote locations were simply the best we have ever experienced. He made a difficult project happen when most pilots would not have bothered. Up there with Fred North — many shots and locations would simply not have happened with any other pilot.”
“David is the only pilot I have flown with who orientates his helicopter like a camera. His innate knowledge of light, angles and timing — and his ability to tell the story through the lens — is something unique.”
“The way he manoeuvred the helicopter on our shoot, myself and many others on set had never seen anything like it. He flew with incredible precision, skill and sheer expertise, and gave more to our film than I thought possible.”
“The Swiss production team had never seen a helicopter pilot like David. He is by far one of the world's best — if you are looking for a pilot, David would be my first choice.”
Specialist Helicopters has provided aerial units, stunt piloting and aerial coordination on feature films and series including Anyone But You, Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, Mad Max: Furiosa, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Land of Bad, Poker Face, Foe, Lion, SAS Australia, RFDS and Planet Earth III, plus IMAX and Emmy-winning documentaries such as Puff: Wonders of the Reef and Great Barrier Reef.
We have worked with major studios and broadcasters including Columbia Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Amazon Studios, Netflix, 20th Century Studios, the BBC, the Seven and Nine Networks, Red Bull, Rolex, NEP and SailGP.
We are the long-standing aerial broadcast unit for the World Rally Championship (since 2003), SailGP, the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, the Finke Desert Race, the Santos Tour Down Under and UCI Road World Championships, among others.
Chief Pilot David Adamson has more than 23,000 flight hours over 18+ years of motion-picture work, with a completely accident-free record across more than 40 countries — flying precision low-level, formation and stunt sequences for film, television and live broadcast.
Yes — Specialist Helicopters owns the only CASA-approved helicopter stunt platform (TSOP) in Australia, and works with the only K1 and F1 Rush stabilised camera systems in the country.
Tell us the shot, the schedule and the location — we'll build the aerial unit, stunt and coordination plan around it.