Based in Van Nuys, California, in the Los Angeles area, Helinet Aviation provides professional aerial cinematography and charter flight services to a wide-ranging clientele. The company also works with news crews and documentary filmmakers, law enforcement, and hospitals seeking emergency medical airlift transportation. Kathryn Purwin, wife of the company’s late founder Alan Purwin, currently serves as CEO of Helinet Aviation.
Helinet Aviation’s client roster includes celebrities and executives representing major corporations. One of the reasons for the company’s continuing success is the quality of its team. Acclaimed for the depth and breadth of its staff’s expertise over its 30 years in business, Helinet Aviation recently on-boarded former FLIR Airborne Systems executive Jim McGowan in the position of president and added aerial cinematography expert Kevin LaRosa II as vice president of aerial film production. Ms. Purwin is herself a licensed pilot with three decades of experience.
The company’s fleet consists of a recently added Sikorsky UH-60A ESSS Black Hawk, which is designated as MovieHawk™ . The twin-engine helicopter is the first such model in the LA area created specifically to assist the movie and TV industries.