Flight / blue origin

The moment
of departure.

Aviation coordination and aerial cinematography around New Shepard launch operations for CNN / Blue Origin.

Chad Copeland preparing UAS equipment in West Texas.
Chad Copeland preparing UAS equipment in West Texas.
My role
Pilot · Cinematographer · FAA liaison & Air Boss
Time & place
West Texas · April–October 2016
Project
Selected portfolio work

Chapter 01

Aviation meets the launch window.

As pilot, cinematographer, FAA liaison and Air Boss, I brought flight operations and production together around New Shepard. The work connected airspace coordination, flight crews, aerial camera operations and the timing of a launch.

Chapter 02

Flight Three: Pushing the Envelope.

My consulting-producer and cinematography contribution belongs to the Flight Three production. Blue Origin’s original film documents the third flight of the reused New Shepard vehicle in April 2016.

The original film

Flight Three.

Blue Origin · Pushing the Envelope.

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