Helinet Aviation Services Transmits Aerial Images from Above New Orleans Metropolitan Area in Wake of Hurricane Katrina

Helinet Aviation Services Transmits Aerial Images from Above New Orleans Metropolitan Area in Wake of Hurricane Katrina

Video Feeds Available to Relief Agencies and News Stations Beginning at Approximately 8 AM Eastern Time

NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 30 -- Helinet Aviation Services, one of the country's largest operators of electronic news gathering helicopters, will be making available aerial feeds from above the New Orleans metropolitan area to relief organizations and news stations beginning at approximately 8 AM Eastern Daylight Time.

Helinet will make an effort to broadcast from above the Biloxi, Miss area this afternoon. On Monday, Helinet provided the first aerial images in the wake of Hurricane Katrina from its Cineflex HD aerial camera system.

For more information please contact Helinet CEO David Calvert-Jones at (818) 902-0229 or via email at cj@helinet.com.

About Helinet Aviation Services

Helinet Aviation Services is an international provider of aviation services to a diversity of markets. The company is recognized as one of the nation's top electronic news gathering (ENG) aerial solutions providers. In addition, Helinet regularly flies heads of state, celebrities and Fortune 500 executives, and transports patients in need of specialized care and life- saving organs to hospitals. Another facet of Helinet's business model is its entertainment division, Helinet Cinema Solutions, a turnkey provider for the most challenging aerial shots and stunts for Hollywood's top films and commercials.

PRNewswire -- Aug. 30

Source: Helinet Aviation Services

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