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‘Back in Service’ with our ‘Top Gun’ crew, Episode 14!

▶ Watch Episode 14 above and go behind the scenes with our Top Gun crew as they keep our helicopter in service.

“Back in Service’ with our ‘Top Gun’ crew, revolves around a SWAT standoff and routine maintenance. Our television news flight does everything they can to stay to stay in service.

With the clock ticking on a required 3,000-hour inspection for our Bell 505, the pressure was on to stay mission-ready. That’s where our “Top Gun” crew stepped in—working around the clock to keep us flying by bringing another helicopter online.

Reported, produced, and edited by journalist Tammy Rose, Episode 14 of Back in Service takes you behind the scenes of the teamwork it takes to keep a news helicopter in the air.

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‘Back in Service’ with a Supermoon, Episode 13!

🎥 Watch the full episode and go behind the scenes with SkyEye 13 below.

Some weeks are quiet in aviation maintenance. Others remind you just how quickly everything can change.

Episode 13 of Back in Service takes you behind the scenes with the SkyEye 13 flight crew during a week that started under the glow of a supermoon and quickly turned into nonstop breaking news coverage across Houston.

From aerial views of the supermoon lighting up the night sky to responding to multiple crash scenes, this episode shows what it really takes to keep a television news helicopter mission-ready. When the call comes in, there’s no pause button — the aircraft, crew, and maintenance team all have to be ready.

As someone who lives this world, I wanted to share more than just the beautiful shots. This episode highlights the long hours, fast decisions, and behind-the-scenes work viewers never see — the inspections, coordination, and teamwork that keep SkyEye 13 safely in the air.

Whether we’re capturing a rare moonrise or flying above active scenes to bring critical information to viewers, every flight tells a story. Episode 13 is about those moments — calm, chaos, and everything in between — all from the cockpit.

An all female flight News crew is taking aviation to new heights.

As a helicopter reporter, I’ve covered breaking news from the sky for years — but this story was different because it was personal. I had the rare opportunity to be part of an all-female flight news crew, something almost unheard of in television aviation at the time.

From pre-flight planning to live coverage in the air, this experience showed what’s possible when women take the controls in a field long dominated by men.

Behind the Scenes of an All-Female Flight Crew

Watch the full behind-the-scenes video below — filmed, written, edited, and produced by me — for an inside look at what it really takes to report the news from the sky.

From mechanical checks and routine maintenance to live breaking-news coverage, viewers rarely see what happens behind the scenes of a television flight crew. As Helicopter Reporter Tammy Rose, flying alongside Pilot Samantha Fisher, I experienced firsthand what it takes to safely gather news from the sky. Together, we became the only all-female flight news crew in our company nationwide — proving that women belong in every level of aviation.