Watch This Stunt Helicopter Pilot Carve Through Lake Powell’s Crazy Tight Canyons

Published Jul 21, 2018 6:59 PM EDT

I keep saying it, the best follow on Instagram is stunt and aerial film pilot Fred North. This is the guy who gets all those amazing aerial shots seen in your favorite movies and television shows. The job takes him all over the world to some of the most dramatic and exotic locales on the planet.

With the Eurocopter AS350 AStar chopper as his platform of choice, Fred and his Team 5 Aerials camera operators grab the impossible shots. A couple years back we posted about his crazy flight through Vietnam’s Ha Long Bay , and now he has upped the ante by ripping through the ever-tightening and meandering canyons of Lake Powell. The video, shot from within helicopter’s cabin, is a seriously terrifying rush to watch and to hear—listen to those blades!. One can only imagine what it was like actually sitting inside that AS350 as Fred did his thing.

The coolest thing about Fred’s posts is that you can tell he is having a ball doing his job. Case in point, this video set to the Airwolf theme shot while filming in the jungles of Colombia:

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A post shared by Fred North (@fred_north)

Often times his shots include interactions with other vehicles, and some seem far too close for comfort:

And then there is this terrifying mountain climb:

Anyways, the guy is a master helicopter pilot doing some of the coolest flying on earth. So next time you’re in a theater and an awesome action sequence is shown captured from the air, it’s probably Fred and Team 5 Aerials work on display. It’s also a reminder of how awesome practical effects are compared to the CGI stuff we are pelted with all too often these days.

But would you fly along with him through that canyon? Let us know in the comments below.

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发布于美国东部时间2018年7月21日下午6:59

我一直都说，Instagram上最值得关注的人就是特技飞行员兼航拍飞行员弗雷德·诺斯。你最喜欢的电影和电视剧里那些令人惊叹的航拍镜头都是他拍的。这份工作让他有机会环游世界，去到地球上一些最壮丽、最奇特的地方。

弗雷德和他的Team 5 Aerials摄影团队选择驾驶欧洲直升机公司的AS350 AStar直升机，拍摄出无数惊险刺激的画面。几年前，我们曾报道过他飞越越南下龙湾的疯狂之旅，如今他更进一步，驾驶直升机穿梭于鲍威尔湖蜿蜒曲折、日益狭窄的峡谷之中。这段从直升机机舱内拍摄的视频，无论是观看还是聆听——尤其是那螺旋桨的轰鸣声！——都令人肾上腺素飙升，不禁让人想象弗雷德驾驶AS350完成壮举时的感受。

弗雷德的帖子最酷的地方在于，你能看出他很享受自己的工作。比如，这段配上《飞狼》主题曲的视频，就是他在哥伦比亚丛林拍摄期间拍摄的：

在 Instagram 上查看此帖子 由 Fred North (@fred_north) 分享的帖子

Fred North (@fred_north) 分享的帖子

他的镜头经常包含与其他车辆的互动，有些镜头看起来距离太近，令人感到不舒服：

然后还有这段令人胆寒的登山之旅：

总之，这家伙是个直升机飞行高手，能做出世界上最酷炫的飞行特技。所以下次你在电影院看到精彩的空中动作镜头时，那很可能就是弗雷德和第五航拍团队的作品。这也提醒我们，与如今铺天盖地的电脑特效相比，实景特效有多么出色。

但你愿意和他一起飞越那个峡谷吗？请在下方评论区留言。

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