Dodging Eagles, Brushing Ridges, Flying Through Gorges, Blasted by Torrential Rains and Racing over the Pacific at 100ft - Aerial Filming Along the Most Typhoon Ravaged Coastline in the World - Taiwan, 6th January 1200z

I am currently in Taiwan co-ordinating an aerial shoot with Kaimu Productions and world renowned camerman Ron Chapple from Aerial Filmworks for a major international broadcaster. Today we spent over 3 hours in the air battling chaotic weather filming some of the most incredible scenery on the planet - Taiwan's rugged east coast and Taroko Gorge.

We had a very near miss with a giant eagle which could have caused significant damage to our helicopter if we'd hit it. Tomorrow we will be taking off at dawn to film the sunrise casting light on the 10,000ft mountains erupting out of the Pacific.

We are using a brand new Jet Ranger helicopter with one of the world's most sophisticated aerial camera systems, the gyro-stabalised Cineflex V14.

Take off

The incredible scenery along the east coast of Taiwan shot at 100ft doing 100kts

The city of Ilan straddles the Pacific Ocean in eastern Taiwan

Unpredictable weather made the shooting very challenging

Coming into land

A lone truck travels the perilous Suao-Hualien highway in eastern Taiwan

Aerial Shooting in Taiwan With One of the World's Most Sophisticated Cameras - The Cineflex V14, 5th January 2009 1200z

I am currently in Taiwan co-ordinating an aerial shoot with Kaimu Productions and world renowned camerman Ron Chapple from Aerial Filmworks for a major international broadcaster. We will be flying over the centre of the island in a helicopter filming the stunning mountain scenery as well as the rugged typhoon blasted Pacific east coast.

We are using a brand new Jet Ranger helicopter with one of the world's most sophisticated aerial camera systems, the gyro-stabalised Cineflex V14.

Pushing the helicopter out onto the apron as a passenger jet prepares to taxi to the runway

The cockpit of the helicopter with video monitoring system installed

Our Bell Jetranger with the Cineflex V14 system attached