When location video tape became practical two years later, the company began to weigh the high maintainence cost of their helicopter against the income it generated and the obvious markets opening up to mobile production companies around the country. In 1976 Air-Mobile introduced the first commercial mobile video unit in Alabama. While the helicopter continued to draw crowds when it was used, it was finally retired in 1978.

As the demand for higher and higher quality video continued, the mobile unit was expanded to include a high-band Quad video recorder in 1978 and further still to multiple 1" machines in 1980. At about the same time, the company moved into a permanent facility with a large studio south of Birmingham. As with the helicopter, in 1983 the multi-camera truck became history as studio production became the mainstay.

Air-Mobile's operation grew and the building was expanded. As a part of the expansion a full service audio recording studio was added under the direction of Tom Petras. One of the first clients to make use of this new direction was Feld Entertainment, Inc. Feld Entertainment is the producer of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus and a host of Ice and Stage shows around the world. It is this continuing relationship with Feld that has become the governing factor in the operations of Air-Mobile. In the past fourteen years, the company's leading-edge development has kept pace with the multi-national requirements of our industry in general, and Feld's needs in particular.

Over the years, as capable production companies began to emerge in all of the major cities, post production became our main business. In the fall of 1995, Air-Mobile moved to a new and very modern facility on Interstate 459 south of Birmingham. This has greatly expanded our ability to serve our local clients as well as access the overnight freight services used every day for our national and international operations. The move also aided in re-wiring the facility as digital non-linear formats have become our primary operating medium for post production.

Now Air-Mobile is expanding once again. With this expansion we are moving into providing highly secure internet hosting services to the Bessemer / Birmingham area. As we grow in this area we intend to continue building our web page design and authoring services. To see pages we are already working on, please visit our Web Design section.