Bird's eye view of the Coventry AGCO Tower demolition

Last week we shared a couple of videos with you of the AGCO Tower in Coventry being imploded. Both videos were captured by someone with their feet firmly on the ground.

What we don't usually get to see is an implosion from the air, but for AGCO, someone was on hand in a helicopter filming the event. You can see that footage above.

Wooldridge Group boss killed in helicopter crash

We are sad to report that Ian Woolridge, boss of Surrey demolition contractor Woolridge Group has been killed in a tragic accident.

While travelling on a helicopter with a close friend of the Prince of Wales, the craft came down in the Mourne Mountains killing both passengers and the pilot. Ian was only 52 years of age.

According to Construction Enquirer:

He ran the £40m turnover Surrey-based Wooldridge Group with his brother Graham. The firm, a member of the National Federation of Demolition Contractors, employs around 300 and runs a fleet of more than 400 machines.

The business has operated as a demolition, land remediation and construction company for more than 30 years, covering jobs from the expansion of facilities at the royal polo club to demolition works at the prestigious One Hyde Park development in London.

Our thoughts of with Ian's family and friends at this difficult time.

Source: NFDC

This is how all demolition should be filmed

Usually, when a demolition gets recorded you see a number of distant shots of a building disappearing. If you are lucky then some cameras are setup inside a building that is being imploded, or a cool VR camera is used like that on the recent Texas Stadium implosion.

There is a better way of recording demolition though, as the video above shows. Just mount a camera on a remote control helicopter and fly it over the demolition. It produces footage that otherwise couldn't be captured and gives a better overview of the work involved.

Here's the type of helicopter that was probably used to capture the shots:



Source: Demolition News