# Bell 47-G2 “Telecopter”: the first flying TV studio first flew 63 years ago **URL:** \ **Category:** General Forum\ **Created:** [July 3, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.flyinside-helis.com/t/bell-47-g2-telecopter-the-first-flying-tv-studio-first-flew-63-years-ago/630 "2021-07-03T18:05:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![flylow](https://forum.flyinside-helis.com/user_avatar/forum.flyinside-helis.com/flylow/32/443_2.png) [@flylow](https://forum.flyinside-helis.com/u/flylow)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://forum.flyinside-helis.com/t/bell-47-g2-telecopter-the-first-flying-tv-studio-first-flew-63-years-ago/630/1 "2021-07-03T18:05:02Z")
![telecopter001](https://blade7.starweb.net/uploads/default/original/1X/a4408050c73202b590e0ed65680b9d23fce1c41b.jpeg) As usual, when I buy an aircraft to use in any flight simulation, I do it because I’ve some interest into its history and performance. With the Bell 47G-2 I wanted the flying characteristics of a real helicopter, as much as they are possible to recreate inside a computer simulation, but I was also curious about its history, beyond the M_A_S\*H series connection I was aware of. It was then that I found, among other interesting information, the association with the invention of the Telecopter by John D. Silva, a story that really deserves to become a movie. I wonder if anyone has thought about this before. if you needed an extra reason to buy this helicopter, here it is. The article I wrote - [Bell 47G-2 “Telecopter”: the first flying TV studio first flew 63 years ago](https://www.provideocoalition.com/bell-47-g2-telecopter-the-first-flying-tv-studio-flew-63-year-ago/) - points to multiple options when flying the Bell 47G-2. Hope you enjoy the reading as much as i enjoyed searching for the information. I hope this story interests someone able to create a livery and version of the Telecopter to share with the community. As apparently the website I write for is down at the moment, you can read the story at Medium: > **[Telecopter: the first flying TV studio first flew 63 years ago](https://medium.com/outpost2/telecopter-the-first-flying-tv-studio-first-flew-63-years-ago-e401bc51bc7)** > > On July 4, 1958, when the first images from the hand-held camera onboard the helicopter were received by the engineers on the ground, news… ---
**Author:** ![Easyraider](https://forum.flyinside-helis.com/user_avatar/forum.flyinside-helis.com/easyraider/32/534_2.png) [@Easyraider](https://forum.flyinside-helis.com/u/Easyraider)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.flyinside-helis.com/t/bell-47-g2-telecopter-the-first-flying-tv-studio-first-flew-63-years-ago/630/2 "2021-07-04T14:25:31Z")
and here is the libery,i make, because he has no one… it is not real,it is wat he show… it works for the new version of the Bell 47g… [https://de.flightsim.to/file/17335/bell47g-ktal1-3](https://de.flightsim.to/file/17335/bell47g-ktal1-3) nice reading there, cheers Ralf