Plane Spotting

The Thrill of Plane Spotting

Who can take something extraordinary, like the exciting world of aviation, and make it even more amazing? Sam Chui, that’s who! Widely respected as one of the most prolific and expert aviation photographers in the skies today, Sam Chui is something of a legend among his fellow plane spotters, here at Star Helicopters.
No wonder! Star customer Sam Chui is responsible for some of the most magnificent aviation images ever captured on camera, and the author of Air2. Now Sam Chui and Star Helicopters invite you to find out more about plane spotting, the thrill of enjoying aviation by photographing it in action!
At any given time, at almost any airport in the world, you can find a small group of strangers intently observing and rapidly photographing the comings and goings of every category of airplane. In fact, if you’re reading this in an airplane, these aviation enthusiasts may be looking up at you, right now!
The sheer romanticism of flight and the celebration of technology are reasons enough to be entertained by watching aircraft soar into the air. But it’s even more fun to capture beautiful photographs of these wonderful flying machines as they take off and land directly below your hovering helicopter.
The top plane spotters in the world are quickly discovering Star Helicopters and enjoying the exceptional Plane Spotting Services that we offer.
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Why Choose STAR HELICOPTERS for your next Plane Spotting flight???

  • STAR HELICOPTERS Gets You There Faster. Star Helicopters is located less than 3 miles from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Ready for takeoff? So are we! We can have our helicopters started up, and flying mid-field at 1500 feet over the North and South complexes of LAX, in less than 10 minutes!
  • STAR HELICOPTERS Has the Best Location. No other helicopter company in Los Angeles is as close to LAX as Star Helicopters. In fact, our location is so close and our rates so low that you’d have to pay twice as much at any other company in Los Angeles just to get up in the air.
  • STAR HELICOPTERS Hires Only Top Pilots. Star Helicopters uses only high-flight-time experienced pilots for our Plane Spotter Service. Together, our pilots have conducted hundreds of photo flights at LAX.
  • STAR HELICOPTERS Gives You Flexibility. We can provide helicopter services for one to three Plane Spotters at a time.
The LAX Control Tower requires a minimum of 24 hour (Business Days) notice from us, prior to any Plane Spotting flights over LAX. Once a flight time has been scheduled we can not change the time unless we have another 24 hours notice to coordinate with LAX.
Enjoy some of the truly amazing pictures that some of our Plane Spotters have captured using Star Helicopters.
Share Your STAR HELICOPTERS Flight! What has been your favorite Star Helicopters flight so far? If you’d like Star Helicopters to post one of your pictures with a link to your website, just send us your favorite picture, along with the link.
* A behind the scenes look at Plane Spotting from one of our helicopters with two photographers.
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Photo by Sam Chui

Aerial Photographer
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Photo by Tom Pawlesh

Aviation Photography – Airways Magazine Cover Photo
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Photo by Kai Hansen

Aviation Photographer
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Photo by Paul Turang

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Photo by Jason Bong

Editor-in-Chief Photographer
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Photo by Andy Martin

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Photo by Mario Aurich

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Photo by Walter Scriptunas

Space Shuttle Endeavour travled 123 million miles. We flew the last 12!
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Photo by Sebastian Maudanz

United debuts first international Dreamliner Flight from LAX
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Photo by Ido Wachtel

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Photo by Edward Pascuzzi

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Photo by Edward Pascuzzi

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Photo By Alexander Golz

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Photo By Alexander Golz

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Photo By Edward Pascuzzi

Congratulations to Edward Pascuzzi for making the cover of Airways Magazine (April 2013 issue), taken during a Plane Spotting flight with us.
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Photo by Rob Finlayson

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Photo by Alexander Golz

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Photo By Eric Rosen

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Photo By Gabor Hajdufi

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Photo By Stephen Grimshaw

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Photo By Seth Jaworski

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Photo By Paul Turang

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Photo By Eric Rosen

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Photo By Mike Kelly

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