SKYNEWS 6 Pilot Does Double Duty - Flies In Green Country And Iraq

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TULSA, OK --  When pilot Will Kavanagh isn't serving his country as a citizen soldier in the Army National Guard, he's giving News On 6 viewers amazing views of news in their communities thanks to SKYNEWS 6 SteadiZoom 360.

SKYNEWS 6 SteadiZoom 360 is a lot different than the Sikorsky Black Hawk helicopters Will flies for the military.

"I like flying it, I'm going to tell you right now, you don't have to throw a rock at me to fly," Kavanagh said. 

SKYNEWS 6 SteadiZoom 360 is a Bell 206B3 JetRanger.  The helicopter is 39.2 feet long and is 10 feet tall.  It has a Rolls Royce engine that gives it a top speed of 140 miles per hour.

SKYNEWS 6 SteadiZoom 360 has a maximum gross weight of 3,350 pounds and carries a maximum of 95 gallons of jet fuel.  That gives it a range of 374 miles.

But the cameras attached to SKYNEWS 6 SteadiZoom 360 make it a one-of-a-kind news gathering machine.

It has a 5-axis gyro system which keeps the images it captures rock-steady, and its 1140 mm lens allows it to see with unparalleled clarity from great distances.

See how it all comes together here.