PT6-114A wrote:"NO BY GOD WE ARE MEN OF THE NORTH WE WILL NOT GIVE UP!!!! WE HAVE TESTICLES THAT CLANK!!!!!"
that made it all worth it right there!! I will check it out again.
Thanks for that, i missed the very last part about what the testicles do....
I don't think we are going to see much aviation technical expertise in the scrip-writing but i'd give it a pass for entertainment, when is the last time you saw a guy punched out in a CBC production?
I stand by my opinion that no one can watch a TV show that portrays their career of choice and think it was good...doesn't matter if you are a pilot, doctor, beachcomber or professional dance judge (if the last one even exists).
Arctic Air only re-enforces this. Although I'll probably watch it again just out of morbid curiousity
bornagain1340 wrote:I stand by my opinion that no one can watch a TV show that portrays their career of choice and think it was good...doesn't matter if you are a pilot, doctor, beachcomber or professional dance judge (if the last one even exists).
Arctic Air only re-enforces this. Although I'll probably watch it again just out of morbid curiousity
Good point bornagain1340!
Im curious if the truckers in Canada have a forum for "Ice road truckers" and make fun of that show as well?
To the average viewer, Arctic Air is good entertainment. Only our group (pilots) are egotistical enough to let it bother us if they call a deadstick landing (which btw is an accurate call for an engine(s) out landing) what it actually is.
Its a show people. Enjoy the entertainment factor and dont let the aviation scenes bother you so much (even though I bitch to my wife when they screw up a scene too lol).
bornagain1340 wrote:I stand by my opinion that no one can watch a TV show that portrays their career of choice and think it was good...doesn't matter if you are a pilot, doctor, beachcomber or professional dance judge (if the last one even exists).
Arctic Air only re-enforces this. Although I'll probably watch it again just out of morbid curiousity
Good point bornagain1340!
Im curious if the truckers in Canada have a forum for "Ice road truckers" and make fun of that show as well?
To the average viewer, Arctic Air is good entertainment. Only our group (pilots) are egotistical enough to let it bother us if they call a deadstick landing (which btw is an accurate call for an engine(s) out landing) what it actually is.
Its a show people. Enjoy the entertainment factor and dont let the aviation scenes bother you so much (even though I bitch to my wife when they screw up a scene too lol).
I think the show is fun.
Fly safe all.
I just read the last few posts to my wife and she very nicely told me that the pilot wives/girlfriends/husbands/boyfriends need a support group for this (and many other) problems
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Then we meet Joe, err, Mel with the bad temper....
So here's my take:
- Mel is Joe
- Krista is Justin
- Hailey is Kelly
- Kirby is an anorexic Adam Smith / Curtiss Dyson on oestrogen supplements.
- Loreen is Mikey
- Blake is Devon
- Cece is a cross between Roddy, Jimmy Essery and the guy who ran the store on North of 60'.
- Dev is Gideon from Summit
- Oh; and . MacEvoy is Bobby's dad...
How am I doing so far and how many episodes will we have to endure before Bobby finds his dad's airplane wreck? I sure hope the whole first season isn't just a dream..
I have only watched a part of one episode, but I think it will be a good series for basic entertainment. Considering it is fiction I think it will be a welcome relief from CSI this or CSI that and all the friggen nurse and Dr. shows.
But what do I know? My favorite aviation show was "Airplane".
Bob
The details of flying airplanes are terrible. That aside, it's not a terrible show. Try and look beyond the flying failures and Canadian production values, the show isn't bad for a prime time soap.
TheCheez wrote:The details of flying airplanes are terrible. That aside, it's not a terrible show. Try and look beyond the flying failures and Canadian production values, the show isn't bad for a prime time soap.
And, the Leafs aren't a bad hockey team. They'll win the Stanley Cup this year......
I just watched the second show All in. Maybe I'm taking this too serious, but to me, they make our bush industry look idiotic and dangerous. Forget that The turbine shots were inside a piston beaver, or that the captain called for feathering the engines after they were shut dow. It shows an unskilled and uncertified float pilot taking off without flight following ( 2Cars violations) but also a captain who knowing flew an aircraft without sufficient fuel, or properly securing a load (2 more violations) but also a bumbling fool for a co-pilot. Not only that, but they didn't have any shots from the Black Horse!!
Between Ice pilots and Arctic air, just imagine how the nieve general public must picture the bush flying world. Luckily, Pan Am is in the same time slot. Much more entertaining.
Unfortunately, it is so stupid that I will probably keep watching it during commercials on Pan Am.
You mean she didn't need to yell at him to put the mixture rich on the turbo beaver?! Next you'll be telling me that when you're miles out and you run out of fuel you don't declare a "deadstick" to the tower. And do you need to feather the props when the engines come to a dead stop when they run out of gas?
