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tgpopel	Post subject: Ice Pilots NWT Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 5:59 pm
FlightAware Member Joined: Tue Jul 10, 2007 5:00 pm Posts: 141	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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flyboy97222	Post subject: Re: Ice Pilots NWT Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 6:35 pm
FlightAware Member Joined: Tue Jun 19, 2007 8:00 pm Posts: 2659 Location: Sunny South Florida	Seen'em
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wendellsmith1964	Post subject: Re: Ice Pilots NWT Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 7:49 pm
FlightAware Member Joined: Wed Jul 08, 2009 12:00 pm Posts: 137 Location: Lake Charles, LA (LCH)	I hope the Tweetos come back for a second season.
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Stonesurfer	Post subject: Re: Ice Pilots NWT Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2011 10:19 am
FlightAware Member Joined: Sat Feb 07, 2009 3:00 pm Posts: 96 Location: KWWD KACY	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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R123154	Post subject: Re: Ice Pilots NWT Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 9:58 am
Joined: Mon Aug 14, 2006 9:00 am Posts: 4	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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Gundah	Post subject: Re: Ice Pilots NWT Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 10:49 am
FlightAware Member Joined: Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:00 pm Posts: 186	Flying Wild Alaska will be back in the Fall/Winter of next year. Great show!
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flyboy97222	Post subject: Re: Ice Pilots NWT Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 12:40 pm
FlightAware Member Joined: Tue Jun 19, 2007 8:00 pm Posts: 2659 Location: Sunny South Florida	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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Gundah	Post subject: Re: Ice Pilots NWT Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 12:44 pm
FlightAware Member Joined: Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:00 pm Posts: 186	Why do you say that? Is it not as difficult as it looks?
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flyboy97222	Post subject: Re: Ice Pilots NWT Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 5:21 pm
FlightAware Member Joined: Tue Jun 19, 2007 8:00 pm Posts: 2659 Location: Sunny South Florida	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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pfp217	Post subject: Re: Ice Pilots NWT Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 1:16 am
FlightAware Member Joined: Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:00 pm Posts: 1052 Location: KSPI	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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trwilson	Post subject: Re: Ice Pilots NWT Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 6:39 pm
FlightAware Member Joined: Sat Dec 01, 2007 10:00 pm Posts: 127 Location: KBIL-Billings MT	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. 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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ZoeKool	Post subject: Re: Ice Pilots NWT Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 11:59 am
Joined: Wed Jan 11, 2006 9:00 pm Posts: 31	wendellsmith1964 wrote: I hope the Tweetos come back for a second season. I agree! Great show!
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cd1989	Post subject: Re: Ice Pilots NWT Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2011 11:13 am
Joined: Fri Jul 09, 2010 9:00 pm Posts: 23	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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barnsley	Post subject: Re: Ice Pilots NWT Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 12:13 pm
Joined: Mon Sep 15, 2008 8:00 am Posts: 2	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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tgpopel	Post subject: Re: Ice Pilots NWT Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2011 7:50 pm
FlightAware Member Joined: Tue Jul 10, 2007 5:00 pm Posts: 141	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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AWACdhc7	Post subject: Re: Ice Pilots NWT Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 11:52 pm
FlightAware Member Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 1:00 pm Posts: 51	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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