New Discovery Channel show "Flying Alaska"
12-07-2010, 10:08 PM
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New Discovery Channel show "Flying Alaska"
New show coming to the discovery channel featuring Era Aviation and flying in Alaska:
http://press.discovery.com/us/dsc/pr...-alaska--1006/
http://press.discovery.com/us/dsc/pr...-alaska--1006/
12-08-2010, 06:23 AM
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Perhaps this....
DISCOVERY CHANNEL SOARS THROUGH THE WILDERNESS IN NEW SERIES FLYING WILD ALASKA (WT) : Discovery Press Web
It did want to open in a separate tab on IE. May need to hold CNTL or right click, select new window or tab. It could just be me as well. Whata wino.
DISCOVERY CHANNEL SOARS THROUGH THE WILDERNESS IN NEW SERIES FLYING WILD ALASKA (WT) : Discovery Press Web
It did want to open in a separate tab on IE. May need to hold CNTL or right click, select new window or tab. It could just be me as well. Whata wino.
10-30-2011, 10:02 AM
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Posed "Drama"
I watched a few times, and found it interesting. Until I realized some flaws in the stories:
1. The crew is landing a Cessna on a "deserted" runway; can't remember why. Then, in the murk.....three other people, at the end of the runway, walking closer, with guns. Who are the mysterious strangers approaching?
Cut to commercial to build suspense. When they return, the scene is repeated....from the ground, as the Cessna lands. But wait!! How did they film this if they haven't landed yet?
The "suspense" was a hunting party who found the runway by accident and needed some supplies. Fabricated suspense.
2. The owner was landing a tail-dragger Cessna on a small sand-bar in a big stream/small river to bring supplies for a hunting party. The supplies are deemed "crucial" as they are for a hunting team that has been out for two weeks.
Weather is marginal VFR (vis OK; ceiling pretty low). He circles the landing spot. The water is higher than normal; part of the bar is under water. The announcer ominously intones: "The runway is at least 200 feet shorter than required. Will he make it?"
Commercial break for suspense, then back. The landing is filmed from both the aircraft, and the sand bar.
But wait!! If landing distance was critical, would the pilot really risk the life of his photographer passenger to land, drop him off with camera, takeoff, and land again for dramatic effect?
The supplies get dropped to the hunting party, and now, we are told that takeoff distance is critical.
Same thing as before. Takeoff shown from cockpit and the bar.
But wait!! That would mean he left the photographer there.....
3. I know these types of flights are the lifeline of many remote villages. But I found it somewhat depressing to see them loading "critical" supplies for a remote village, and deciding to press ahead with poor weather, when the bulk of the supplies I saw being loaded were sodas, chips, and candy bars.
Haven't watched much since.
1. The crew is landing a Cessna on a "deserted" runway; can't remember why. Then, in the murk.....three other people, at the end of the runway, walking closer, with guns. Who are the mysterious strangers approaching?
Cut to commercial to build suspense. When they return, the scene is repeated....from the ground, as the Cessna lands. But wait!! How did they film this if they haven't landed yet?
The "suspense" was a hunting party who found the runway by accident and needed some supplies. Fabricated suspense.
2. The owner was landing a tail-dragger Cessna on a small sand-bar in a big stream/small river to bring supplies for a hunting party. The supplies are deemed "crucial" as they are for a hunting team that has been out for two weeks.
Weather is marginal VFR (vis OK; ceiling pretty low). He circles the landing spot. The water is higher than normal; part of the bar is under water. The announcer ominously intones: "The runway is at least 200 feet shorter than required. Will he make it?"
Commercial break for suspense, then back. The landing is filmed from both the aircraft, and the sand bar.
But wait!! If landing distance was critical, would the pilot really risk the life of his photographer passenger to land, drop him off with camera, takeoff, and land again for dramatic effect?
The supplies get dropped to the hunting party, and now, we are told that takeoff distance is critical.
Same thing as before. Takeoff shown from cockpit and the bar.
But wait!! That would mean he left the photographer there.....
3. I know these types of flights are the lifeline of many remote villages. But I found it somewhat depressing to see them loading "critical" supplies for a remote village, and deciding to press ahead with poor weather, when the bulk of the supplies I saw being loaded were sodas, chips, and candy bars.
Haven't watched much since.
10-30-2011, 11:19 AM
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Granted, it's trumped up to keep Joe six-pack interested - this episode they claimed a "45kt crosswind was a tornado".
But where else (other than on the job for some of you) do you get to see pax barfing, actual flying, instrument panels, real turbulence, etc.
If you watch knowing they have to make it "interesting" it's the only aviation themed show out there.
It's better than catching crabs.
But where else (other than on the job for some of you) do you get to see pax barfing, actual flying, instrument panels, real turbulence, etc.
If you watch knowing they have to make it "interesting" it's the only aviation themed show out there.
It's better than catching crabs.
10-30-2011, 12:10 PM
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Granted, it's trumped up to keep Joe six-pack interested - this episode they claimed a "45kt crosswind was a tornado".
But where else (other than on the job for some of you) do you get to see pax barfing, actual flying, instrument panels, real turbulence, etc.
If you watch knowing they have to make it "interesting" it's the only aviation themed show out there.
It's better than catching crabs.
But where else (other than on the job for some of you) do you get to see pax barfing, actual flying, instrument panels, real turbulence, etc.
If you watch knowing they have to make it "interesting" it's the only aviation themed show out there.
It's better than catching crabs.
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10-30-2011, 01:27 PM
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10-30-2011, 01:45 PM
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Well, I guess you could.Who all cried when Phil died?
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