Skyfall helicopters video blog

The latest video blog shows behind the scenes footage of the helicopters used in Skyfall and discusses some of the challenges involved.

It shows the helicopter used by Silva learning the location and set, while the camera chopper finds just how close it can get during filming; 23 feet at 100 mph is the answer, leaving little margin for error. And as the pilot says, if you’re going to be in a film it’s got to be a Bond film!

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