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 Post subject: Ice Pilots NWT
PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 5:59 pm 
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Pretty cool show on National Geographic called Ice Pilots NWT. It's about Buffalo Airways and the old vintage planes that they fly near the Arctic Circle.

They had to fly 2 CL-215 Water-Bombers over the North Atlantic to deliver to Turkey. Here are the flights:

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/CGFNF
http://flightaware.com/live/flight/CFTXB

Show's worth checking out...I'm pretty sure you can find it On-Demand.


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 Post subject: Re: Ice Pilots NWT
PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:35 pm 
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Seen'em

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 Post subject: Re: Ice Pilots NWT
PostPosted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 7:49 pm 
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I hope the Tweetos come back for a second season.


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 Post subject: Re: Ice Pilots NWT
PostPosted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 10:19 am 
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wendellsmith1964 wrote:
I hope the Tweetos come back for a second season.


A lot of people, including myself hope so too.


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 Post subject: Re: Ice Pilots NWT
PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 9:58 am 
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I watched the whole season on 1 day.I hope it returns also.Gives a true insight into the real life of a lot of pilots who have made great sacrafices to get where they are.


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 Post subject: Re: Ice Pilots NWT
PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:49 am 
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Flying Wild Alaska will be back in the Fall/Winter of next year. Great show!


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 Post subject: Re: Ice Pilots NWT
PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 12:40 pm 
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Gundah wrote:
Flying Wild Alaska will be back in the Fall/Winter of next year. Great show!


As a former bush pilot myself I call that show 99% hollywood. But if it wasn't all dramatized no one would watch it.... sad


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 Post subject: Re: Ice Pilots NWT
PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 12:44 pm 
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Why do you say that? Is it not as difficult as it looks?


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 Post subject: Re: Ice Pilots NWT
PostPosted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:21 pm 
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Gundah wrote:
Why do you say that? Is it not as difficult as it looks?


Super-Pilot-Flyboy wrote:
But if it wasn't all dramatized no one would watch it....


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 Post subject: Re: Ice Pilots NWT
PostPosted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 1:16 am 
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flyboy97222 wrote:
Gundah wrote:
Flying Wild Alaska will be back in the Fall/Winter of next year. Great show!


As a former bush pilot myself I call that show 99% hollywood. But if it wasn't all dramatized no one would watch it.... sad


I just think it's cool that an airline that still flies an Electra, DC-6 and C-46 (as well as the others) is televised!


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 Post subject: Re: Ice Pilots NWT
PostPosted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 6:39 pm 
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flyboy97222 wrote:

As a former bush pilot myself I call that show 99% hollywood. But if it wasn't all dramatized no one would watch it.... sad

Sometimes the drama is real. :shock: In one of the episodes last weekend, the Buffalo crew was training the Turkish pilots to fly the water bombers. The Turks were doing touch and go's, and on one of the passes, they forgot to lower the gear. Camera man was filming head on and finally decided it was time to bail! Below is a clip showing a portion of the mishap.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gTBe0FWQ18&feature=related


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 Post subject: Re: Ice Pilots NWT
PostPosted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 11:59 am 
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wendellsmith1964 wrote:
I hope the Tweetos come back for a second season.


I agree! Great show!


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 Post subject: Re: Ice Pilots NWT
PostPosted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:13 am 
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I love this show! I've seen every episode of season 1 and 2, and i think 3 is either being made now or starting to show on History TV (channel not available to me in RI, USA). I saw a repeat on National Geographic but finished the episodes on youtube.

This guy's got every episode online, the title in some weird language:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54_2nH7HnQw


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 Post subject: Re: Ice Pilots NWT
PostPosted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 12:13 pm 
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We love the show here in England, we get it on Quest (DTV & on Sat). We had a bad winter last year but nothing like these guys fly through. Not seen it for the past 2 or 3 weeks as I've been working away from home then working nights.

Dave


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 Post subject: Re: Ice Pilots NWT
PostPosted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 7:50 pm 
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Heard this week that National Geographic will not be picking up season 2. Here is a link to their contact info, ask them to reconsider if you like this show.

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/contact


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 Post subject: Re: Ice Pilots NWT
PostPosted: Mon May 28, 2012 11:52 pm 
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Sorry to drum up an old post, but I saw the show for the first time last week, and watched tonight as well (at least one was a repeat from last week). Very interesting show. I love those old planes. While they were then also old, they were a tad more common in my childhood. Plus, I like the northern Canada landscape. Very bleak and simple, and everything is built not for beauty, but to withstand the elements.

I saw this on The Weather Channel, of all places.


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