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Dan Rudert

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Dan Rudert, started his aviation career over 20 years ago in Salt Lake City, UT. At age 27, he started one of the nation's first private and independent helicopter ambulance services located in Page, Arizona. He was soon specializing in unprecedented night rescues in remote areas of Lake Powell and Grand Canyon.

Since then, Dan has served as both Chief Pilot and Director of Operations for Classic Helicopters, located in his home town of Salt Lake City where he still serves part time. While there, he flew in multiple capacities from fire fighting to helicopter skiing to being one of only 12 pilots in the United States, certified by the the US Forest Service for suspended human external load rescue missions (Bridger-Teton National Park, 1995 & 1999), quickly becoming one of the regions top mountain and precision long line pilots.

What most film pilots perform as action stunts on a controlled movie set, Dan Rudert has done in real life situations.

Dan currently makes Southern California his home, where he works as a helicopter camera and stunt pilot for the motion picture and television filming industry.
Bornc. 1959
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    Kevin Bacon, Jason Flemyng, January Jones, Rose Byrne, Nicholas Hoult, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Lucas Till, Jennifer Lawrence, and Zoë Kravitz in X-Men: First Class (2011)
    X-Men: First Class
    7.7
    • Stunts
    • 2011
    xXx (2002)
    xXx
    5.9
    • Additional Crew(uncredited)
    • 2002
    Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell in Miami Vice (2006)
    Miami Vice
    6.1
    • Additional Crew
    • 2006
    John Travolta, Don Cheadle, Halle Berry, and Hugh Jackman in Swordfish (2001)
    Swordfish
    6.5
    • Additional Crew
    • 2001

    Credits

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    • 2014 General Tire Mint 400
      TV Special
      • helicopter pilot
      • 2014
    • Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell in Miami Vice (2006)
      Miami Vice
      6.1
      • helicopter pilot
      • 2006
    • Dust to Glory (2005)
      Dust to Glory
      7.3
      • helicopter pilot
      • 2005
    • Téa Leoni and Adam Sandler in Spanglish (2004)
      Spanglish
      6.4
      • aerial ground coordinator
      • 2004
    • S.W.A.T. (2003)
      S.W.A.T.
      6.1
      • helicopter pilot (uncredited)
      • 2003
    • Ang Lee in Hulk (2003)
      Hulk
      5.7
      • helicopter pilot (uncredited)
      • 2003
    • xXx (2002)
      xXx
      5.9
      • co-pilot (uncredited)
      • 2002
    • Mel Gibson in We Were Soldiers (2002)
      We Were Soldiers
      7.2
      • co-pilot
      • 2002
    • The Climb (2002)
      The Climb
      5.8
      • helicopter pilot
      • 2002
    • John Travolta, Don Cheadle, Halle Berry, and Hugh Jackman in Swordfish (2001)
      Swordfish
      6.5
      • helicopter pilot
      • 2001
    • Road to Redemption (2001)
      Road to Redemption
      5.5
      • helicopter pilot
      • 2001
    • American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith (1999)
      American Prophet: The Story of Joseph Smith
      6.5
      • helicopter pilot
      • 1999
    • Bats (1999)
      Bats
      4.1
      • aerial coordinator
      • helicopter pilot
      • 1999
    • Life Beyond Earth (1998)
      Life Beyond Earth
      7.5
      TV Movie
      • helicopter pilot
      • 1998
    • Letters from a Killer (1998)
      Letters from a Killer
      5.4
      • helicopter pilot (uncredited)
      • 1998

    Transportation Department



    • The Amazing Race (2001)
      The Amazing Race
      7.8
      TV Series
      • helicopter
      • aerial pilot
      • 2014–2017

    Actor



    • The Climb (2002)
      The Climb
      5.8
      • Rescue Helicopter Pilot
      • 2002
    • Gerald McRaney in Promised Land (1996)
      Promised Land
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Helicopter Pilot
      • 1998
    • Behind the scenes shot provided by Grand L. Bush
      The Visitor
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
      • 1997
    • Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, and Ving Rhames in Con Air (1997)
      Con Air
      6.9
      • Army Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
      • 1997
    • Kiefer Sutherland and Vincent Gallo in Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1997)
      Truth or Consequences, N.M.
      6.3
      • Helicopter Pilot
      • 1997

    Personal details

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    • Born
      • c. 1959
      • USA

    Did you know

    • Trivia
      In September 2004, the Genesis space probe will eject a capsule to Earth carrying fragile samples of the solar wind - particles spewed out from the Sun. The capsule's fall will be slowed by two parachutes, but its fast descent means the container must be caught in mid-air by a helicopter with a hook if a damaging impact with the ground is to be avoided.

      He and fellow stunt performer Cliff Fleming have ben hired by the US space agency to carry out this difficult task.

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