Telecopter
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telecopter-182-11744247
title:
Telecopter
text:
A telecopter is a helicopter used to gather footage for television stations. It is a portmanteau of television and helicopter. The KTLA Telecopter was the world's first television news helicopter, which first went into operation in 1958 and was invented by John D. Silva. The on-board video and audio equipment communicated with a line of sight KTLA transmitter receiver on top of Mount Wilson. The first helicopter was leased to KTLA by National Helicopter Service and Engineering Company in Van Nuy
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Television news helicopter
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecopter
date created:
2012-02-26T01:42:37Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T14:46:52Z
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