The Flight Log | Helicopter Service of Iceland

30 Minute Observation Flight On October 24, 2011

Oct 25, 2011 | Comment »

A fantastic birthday present for the kids. Thirty minutes over the Reykjavik area can be quite an adventure during your Iceland visit.

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Cockpit video from our Bell 206 Long Ranger going down from the top og Eyjafjallajökull volcano

Jul 29, 2011 | Comment »

KATLA volcano melts a glacier and causes floods

Jul 11, 2011 | Comment »

Pilots Reynir Petursson and co-pilot Eggert Akerlie from Helicopter.is flew over Katla volcano today. Eggert shot this video. There was some volcanic activity under the glacier that caused big time melting and massive floods on the south coast of Iceland. The floods took out a bridge on Highway 1.

Aerial filming with Cineflex camera

Jun 23, 2011 | Comment »

The island Eldey south-west of Reykjanes penninsula, this is a footage from go-pro camera

Volcano tour, June 2011

Jun 14, 2011 | Comment »

TIME TO VISIT ICELAND

Jun 03, 2011 | Comment »

This is a promotional video for the south of Iceland. Many of the shots in this video were shot from our helicopter so this gives you a good idea what you will see on your visit to Iceland this summer.

Volcano Shoot interview on MSNBC

May 24, 2011 | Comment »

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Eruption in Grímsvötn caldera in Vatnajökull glacier May 2011

May 23, 2011 | Comment »

Around 7pm last Saturday 21.05. An eruption started in Grimsvötn caldera. Grímsvötn are located in the middle of Vatnajökull glacier that is the biggest glacier in Iceland and Europe.
We where the first to get there and be able to film it up-close from the surface of the glacier around 10:30 pm, we got as close as 2-3NM on the upwind side northwest of the volcano.
The surface of glacier there is about 5000 feet high and at the time we where there the ash plume reached 65000 feet, to put that into perspective the height of Mt Everest is 29000 feet.
I admit that you felt rather tiny flying so close to this beast towering 60k feet above you and with all the lightning’s thunders to make it very dramatic and almost scary, but as long as we flew in low and from this direction we where both safe from the ash and lightning’s.
Now the ash cloud has spread in all directions and the authorities have decided to put a 20NM radius “No Fly Zone” around the volcano. “Thank god that big brother is watching out for us”.
We are hoping that this eruption will turn into more of magma flowing type with fire within the ice rather than this ash spreading all over,
But please enjoy still the only proper video of the eruption filmed by Jon Gustafsson.

Capt. Reynir Petursson

Volcanic Eruption in Grimsvotn, Iceland May 21 2011 from Jon Gustafsson on Vimeo.

Water bombing practice

Apr 29, 2011 | Comment »

Vorið að nálgast og tími sinubruna að koma, við tókum því út slökkvifötuna okkar og gerðum hana klára í slaginn þegar á henni þarf að halda. Slökkvilið Grindavíkur var á staðnum og fylgdist með að allt færi vel fram.
Its spring time and the season of bush fires getting close, therefor we took out our fire bucket and held demostration for the Grindavik fire department

Last years film project on Nat Geo TV

Mar 31, 2011 | Comment »

The film/documentary we flew for last year, made by the Icelandic company Profilm for National Geographic about volcanos in Iceland will premire on National Geographic TV 7th of April. See for first time when cameras are taken into the core of an volcano, it also explains both last year eruption in great detail and the volcanic activity in Iceland throu the ages. Dont miss this one, here’s the preview link.

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/series/expedition-week/5782/Videos/09879_00

Aerial Filming in Iceland

Dec 20, 2010 | Comment »

Aerial filming in Iceland is our specialty. We have extensive experience working with numerous filmmakers and broadcasters. We would like to congratulate our friends at Icelandic production company ProFilm on all their successes in 2010. Their 2011 Show Reel leaves no doubt that 2011 will be a good year for them.

December – Calendar desktop background picture

Dec 07, 2010 | Comment »

Right-Click HERE to see the full size version and download it to your computer.

Windows users right click on the high res image and select “Set as Background”. Mac users should select the background via System Preferences.

GREAT AIRPORT-TRANSFER

Nov 09, 2010 | Comment »

On behalf of all five of us, I’d like to thank Helicopter Service of Iceland for the great service and experience we had in our airport transfer to Keflavik on Nov 8th 2010.
We were impressed by the ability HSI had to arrange an airport transfer on such a short notice.
We’ll be back for more in the future.

Fredrik – Denmark

November, calendar desktop background picture

Nov 05, 2010 | Comment »

Right Click HERE to see full size version.

then for Windows users right click on the high res image and select “Set as Background”. Mac users should select the background via System Preferences.

Helicopter Sling To Lava Cave

Sep 27, 2010 | Comment »

Sling project for ProFilm‘s latest National Geographic Channel. We transported filming equipment to Þríhnúkagígur, a 150.000 cubic meter bottle shaped cave in the Bláfjöll area. The bottom of the cave is the size of a football field 120 meters below the surface. We are looking forward to seeing ProFilms‘s documentary when completed. Photos: JG

Birthday Flight – Afmælisflug

Sep 18, 2010 | Comment »

Birthday Flight September 2010 - Afmælisflug - Helicopter.is

Photographer Erling Adalsteinsson was luckly enough to get a helicopter flight as a birthday present from his family. It was a spectacular sunny day with dramatic clouds – an ideal day for aerial photography with pilot Reynir Petursson. Photo: JG Artio Films.

Wedding Flight To Viðey

Aug 27, 2010 | Comment »

These newlyweds decided to arrive at the reception in style. The Helicopter Service of Iceland took them from the Reykjavik airport to Videy island where the guest were waiting.

We congratulate Mr Bjarni Biering Margeirson and Mrs Charlotte Jónsdottir Biering and wish them a long and happy life together. Pictures: JG

Paul Allen and the Octopus crew enjoy Iceland

Aug 06, 2010 | Comment »

The Helicopter Service of Iceland had the pleasure of working with Mr. Paul Allen and the Octopus crew during their visit to Iceland this summer.

Eyjafjallajokull – The Aftermath Of The Volcanic Eruption

Jul 30, 2010 | Comment »

Pilot Reynir Petursson flew over Eyjafjallajokull on an aerial filming flight for German broadcaster NDR. He couldn’t resist attaching his little GoPro HeroCam on the front of his helicopter. The resulting video shows the crater and the black ash that now covers the glacier.